Alias St. Nick

On Christmas Eve, a cat disguises himself as Santa Claus to get into the home of a mouse and her many children.

Like almost all of the Harman-Ising cartoons of this period, I find something off about it, and it's the heavy-handed sense of humor. It seems calculated to get through to the dullest of audiences. It annoyed me as a young child when I delighted in the rapid-fire gags offered by Looney Tunes and Fleischer, and offends me now. Like a lot of entertainment offered to young children, it seems intent on despising its audience.

There is also something a bit odd about the Technicolor effects. Disney had recently lost its monopoly on 3-Strip Technicolor for cartoons, but Harman-Ising's use of it suggests they were still being very cautious in mixing primary colors.