Whether you believe in the Jolly Old Elf or not, the legend of Santa Claus makes for a pretty good story. The important thing to remember about legends is that they can be more or less entertaining depending upon who is telling the story.

Most Americans got to know Santa from Cement C. Moore’s The Night Before Christmas, but for this 1941 series,the Santa legend is told using the writings of L. Frank Baum, the creator of The Wizard of Oz. Everything we “know” about Santa gets explained in The Adventures of Santa, just not in the way we usually expect.