Nikolaus und die drei Bären

Santa and the Three Bears is a 1970 animated feature film, which aired in syndication on television regularly during the holiday season.[2]

The film was originally pitched to TV networks, which rejected it as it lacked a villain, but was then shown in theaters instead. This special has been rerun on TBN, USA Network, FOX Family (now Freeform), and on KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles. It also received a "blue ribbon" award for Best Family Film at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

The live-action sequences at the beginning and end of the film are often edited out in television reruns.[3] The edited version was later released on VHS in 1992 by Kids Klassics, and distributed by GoodTimes Home Video.