# Gruen Guild Playhouse - Joe Santa Claus

While preparing for his new position as a department store Santa Claus, Joe (Ray Montgomery) recalls his troubled marriage to Maria (Marla Palmer) and their eventual separation. As Christmas Day approaches, Joe and Maria's young daughter (Jeri James) unexpectedly appears in the toy department to give Santa her special Christmas wish.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1951
- Runtime: 25 min
- By: Leon Fromkess
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/JoeSantaClaus)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/JoeSantaClaus?play=1)