The Santa Clause (1995 VHS)

Release date
Running Time: 97 Minutes
 * October 25, 1995
 * October 6, 1998

Stock Number

 * 3633 (1995 VHS)
 * 15844 (1998 VHS)

List price
$14.99

Aspect ratio
4:3

Format
T-120 (Standard Play, NTSC)

Audio
Hi-Fi Stereo

Language(s)
English

Subtitles
English (Closed Captioned)

1995-1998
Divorced toy company executive Scott Calvin (Tim Allen of Home Improvement and the Toy Story movies) is pleased to have his son Charlie for Christmas, though the boy himself isn't happy about it. But when Santa Claus accidentally topples off the roof of the house and falls with a thud in the snow, Scott finds himself taking the merry old elf's place and earning new respect in his son's eyes. When the night ends, the reindeer take them to the north pole, and Scott discovers that by donning the fabled red suit, he's inadvertently agreed to become the next Santa Claus. The next morning he wakes up in his own bed and thinks it's all a dream--only Charlie remembers it with crystal clarity. Scott now has to deal with his suspicious ex-wife (Wendy Crewson, Air Force One) and her psychiatrist boyfriend (Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop), who both think he's playing tricks with Charlie's mind, and also with his own out-of-control body, which is putting on weight and growing a prodigious beard. The Santa Clause probably won't supplant It's a Wonderful Life or Miracle on 34th Street as anyone's favorite holiday film, but it's an enjoyable, straightforward family film, anchored by the affable charisma of Allen. --Bret Fetzer

1995 VHS
Print date: September 7, 1995

Number: 11

1998 VHS
Print date: September 26, 1998

Number: 08

1995 VHS

 * 1) Man of the House (VHS) (August 8, 1995)
 * 2) Heavyweights (VHS) (August 15, 1995)
 * 3) Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (VHS) (August 22, 1995)
 * 4) Cinderella (1995 VHS) (October 4, 1995)
 * 5) While You Were Sleeping (1995 VHS) (October 17, 1995)
 * 6) Return to Snowy River (1995 VHS)

1997

 * 1) Fun and Fancy Free (1997 VHS) (July 15, 1997)
 * 2) Jungle 2 Jungle (1997 VHS) (July 29, 1997)
 * 3) That Darn Cat! (1997 VHS) (August 5, 1997)
 * 4) Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997 VHS) (August 5, 1997)
 * 5) Mary Poppins (1997 VHS) (August 26, 1997)
 * 6) Sleeping Beauty (1997 VHS) (September 16, 1997)
 * 7) Old Yeller (1997 VHS) (October 7, 1997)
 * 8) Alice in Wonderland (1997 VHS)
 * 9) The Jungle Book (1997 VHS) (October 14, 1997)

1998

 * 1) Toothless (1998 VHS) (May 19, 1998)
 * 2) Angels in the Endzone (1998 VHS) (May 19, 1998)
 * 3) The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon (1998 VHS) (May 19, 1998)
 * 4) Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998 VHS) (August 4, 1998)

1999

 * 1) The Rescuers (1999 VHS) (January 5, 1999)

2000

 * 1) My Date with the President's Daughter (2000 VHS) (April 18, 2000)
 * 2) Noah (2000 VHS) (April 18, 2000)