{"id":8102,"date":"2011-12-12T15:40:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T23:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=8102"},"modified":"2011-12-12T16:02:55","modified_gmt":"2011-12-13T00:02:55","slug":"santa-claus-1959-christmas-movie-from-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2011\/12\/12\/santa-claus-1959-christmas-movie-from-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Claus: 1959 Christmas Movie From Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHere’s a Mexican take on the story of Santa Claus. It was released in 1959 and then dubbed into English for a 1960 release. It was directed by Ren\u00e9 Cardona. The story has Santa working in space and relying on his assistant, Merlin the Wizard, to battle with the Devil’s minion who is sent to ruin Christmas. Even though it won several awards and was featured on television stations during the 60s and 70s, it is widely considered to be one of the worst movies ever made! But I enjoy the Mexican flavor that permeates all the typical North Pole settings.<\/p>\n
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Here’s a Mexican take on the story of Santa Claus. It was released in 1959 and then dubbed into English for a 1960 release. It was directed by Ren\u00e9 Cardona. The story has Santa working in space and relying on his assistant, Merlin the Wizard, to battle with the Devil’s minion who is sent to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[301,1492],"tags":[2513,126,1085,2186],"class_list":["post-8102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1950s","category-christmas-2","tag-1950s","tag-christmas","tag-mexico","tag-santa-claus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t