nazarov will not rehabilitate it. this unfortunate character, and santa claus is only acquiring these like all, well, the vast majority of animation, color is still an experiment for soviet cinema, and truly color cartoons will be released only after the great patriotic war in the late forties, in the fifties, then color, of course , will not go back anywhere, but santa claus , of course, still does not have those familiar features to us, and of course, of course he not red and white like... in the foreign tradition, where he also acquires his canonical image of santa claus only with the advent of the popular carbonated drink. yes, in 1948 the first cartoon appeared, where santa claus was already in color in our usual form, starting from the late forties, a series of cartoons appeared, where one way or another the action takes place in winter, on new year’s eve, around new year, around. gifts around the tree, let's say, a fairy tale of 12 months, well, there is no santa claus, yes, but there is winter, there are brothers of the month, there are travels, there are adventures, there is