The animation is adorable and nicely done for how early this cartoon is. And the songs are catchy and fun. But there's just nothing very original or remarkable about "Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives." The plot-line is incredibly straight-forward and obvious, and even the toys are fairly predictable and behave relatively normally. A much better cartoon featuring Depression-era pathetic orphans who get a surprise visit from Santa is the 1936 "Christmas Comes But Once a Year."
Review of The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
