Santa Claus Archives - Back to the Past Collectibles https://gobacktothepast.com/tag/santa-claus/ Your Source for Everything Pop Culture Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:42:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Old Movies + Modern Toys = Value? https://gobacktothepast.com/old-movies-modern-toys-value/ https://gobacktothepast.com/old-movies-modern-toys-value/#respond Wed, 22 Dec 2021 11:45:43 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=36022 Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Every week, we teach you a lesson about value illustrated by recent auction items. This week’s lesson is a tad abstract, but one that’s worth knowing. It revolves around the various action figure sets based on the classic Rankin/Bass Christmas specials that sold in our 12/15 auction, how they relate…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/old-movies-modern-toys-value/feed/ 0 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend: Santa Claus 1959 https://gobacktothepast.com/1-out-of-5-would-recommend-santa-claus-1959/ https://gobacktothepast.com/1-out-of-5-would-recommend-santa-claus-1959/#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:00:05 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=26138 Welcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where Santa Claus is coming to town! We’re ending our Christmas schlocktravaganza with my personal favorite take on the Father Christmas mythos, 1959’s Santa Claus! What’s The Plot? On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus does battle with the demon Pitch for the goodness of the world’s…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/1-out-of-5-would-recommend-santa-claus-1959/feed/ 0 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend: Santa & The Ice Cream Bunny https://gobacktothepast.com/1-out-of-5-would-recommend-santa-the-ice-cream-bunny/ https://gobacktothepast.com/1-out-of-5-would-recommend-santa-the-ice-cream-bunny/#respond Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:00:49 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=26129 Welcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where what you flush, I flaunt. Our month long celebration of Christmas continues this week with the 1972 cinematic lump of coal, Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny. What’s The Plot? Santa Claus’ sleigh becomes stuck on a Florida beach somehow and enlists a diverse…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/1-out-of-5-would-recommend-santa-the-ice-cream-bunny/feed/ 0 A Christmas Tale; or Santa Claus and Batman Have a Heart-to-Heart Chat in the Batcave https://gobacktothepast.com/a-christmas-tale-or-santa-claus-and-batman-have-a-heart-to-heart-chat-in-the-batcave/ https://gobacktothepast.com/a-christmas-tale-or-santa-claus-and-batman-have-a-heart-to-heart-chat-in-the-batcave/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:42 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=24840 I Will Tell You #100: A Christmas Tale; or Santa Claus and Batman Have a Heart to Heart Chat in the Batcave   “Can I get you anything else, sir?” Despite speaking in a hushed tone, the elder manservant’s elegant voice echoed through the dank, cavernous room. He looked across the chamber at the man…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/a-christmas-tale-or-santa-claus-and-batman-have-a-heart-to-heart-chat-in-the-batcave/feed/ 0 A Christmas Tale, or Santa Claus and Superman Hang Out and Do Shots at The North Pole https://gobacktothepast.com/a-christmas-tale-or-santa-claus-and-superman-hang-out-and-do-shots-at-the-north-pole/ https://gobacktothepast.com/a-christmas-tale-or-santa-claus-and-superman-hang-out-and-do-shots-at-the-north-pole/#respond Tue, 17 Dec 2013 12:00:04 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=23509 I Will Tell You #90: A Christmas Tale; or, Santa Claus and Superman Hang Out and Do Shots at The North Pole     “Never have I ever . . . eaten 4 billion cookies in one night.” The older, heavier man ever so slightly wrinkled his brow upon hearing this sentence, stroking his long…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/a-christmas-tale-or-santa-claus-and-superman-hang-out-and-do-shots-at-the-north-pole/feed/ 0 I WILL TELL YOU #50.1: Yes, Virginia, There’s Still A Santa Claus https://gobacktothepast.com/yes-virginia-theres-still-a-santa-claus/ https://gobacktothepast.com/yes-virginia-theres-still-a-santa-claus/#respond Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:13 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=544 I WILL TELL YOU #50.1 Yes, Virginia, There’s Still A Santa Claus Since this the first Christmas since the site went live, I’d like to repost a holiday piece I ran here last year but actually first wrote in 2005, a column that was the result of a really audacious idea I had. What’s that idea, you…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/yes-virginia-theres-still-a-santa-claus/feed/ 0 Super Santa https://gobacktothepast.com/super-santa-claus-as-superhero/ https://gobacktothepast.com/super-santa-claus-as-superhero/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:00:50 +0000 http://localhost:8888/backtothepast/?p=34 I WILL TELL YOU: Super Santa As Christmas is nearly upon us, I’d like to repost a column that I did several years ago, where I unabashedly propose a re-imagining of Santa Claus for today’s social climate. I actually posted this here on B2TP a year ago, but since our audience consisted of about six people…

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