Waiting for Santa

Waiting for Santa (known as Barney's Happy Christmas in Australia) is a direct-to-video Christmas Eve special. Released on video on May 11, 1990 as part of the Barney & the Backyard Gang series, it features an array of traditional Christmas songs as well as new arrangements. The video had sold almost five million copies by 1999.
==Synopsis==
===1990-1992 VHS===
Barney the Dinosaur uses his magic and whisks the Backyard Gang and their new friend, Derek, to the North Pole. There they meet a magical snowman, frolic on the ice, pretend to be elves in Santa's workshop, and best of all, learn the true meaning of friendship.
===1993-1998 VHS===
It's Christmas Eve and Santa's given Barney and his friends a special job -- to take Derek (the new boy in their neighborhood) to the North Pole to see if Santa knows his address. After arriving in Barney's special sleigh, the kids frolic on the ice, pretend to be elves in Santa's workshop and learn from Mrs. Claus that "doing things for others is what Christmas is all about."
Educational Theme: Doing Things for Others and Singing Classic Christmas Songs
Stories: The Night Before Christmas
==Songs==
#When Santa Comes to Our House
#Waiting for Santa
#S-A-N-T-A
#Star Light, Star Bright
#Up on the Housetop
#Jingle Bells
#Winter's Wonderful
#Skating, Skating
#The Elves' Rap
#Let's All Do a Little Tapping
#Jolly Old St. Nicholas
#We Wish You a Merry Christmas
#Deck the Halls
==Trivia==
*Previews on this VHS include Campfire Sing-Along, The Backyard Show, Three Wishes, and A Day at the Beach.
*This film was released on November 17, 1989.
*Barney is colored a Pinkie Pie purple starting with this film.
*This is the first film to be ActiMates Compitable.
*This marks the first appearance of Derek. In the first three Barney & the Backyard Gang films, he was replaced with Jason.
==Re-releases==
The 1993 VHS of Waiting for Santa contains NO logos whatsoever; just the old warning screens (1993-1996) for Barney videos. The 1994 VHS was the first version of the tape that had closed captions, done by The Caption Center at WGBH. The tape was also re-released in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.
In the Spanish language version, the opening contains no vocals, just a man reading the names of the kids in a Latin American accent.
Category:Barney & Friends
Category:VHS
Category:Released in 1990
Category:Discontinued in 1999