
At the very end, a silhouette of Santa flies over the moon, shouting "Ho ho ho. Nicholas" (also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas") to Michael and Amy, unaware that Santa is there. The video was rereleased in 2002 in 20, being sold until 2008. After some fun in Santa's workshop, they return home and Barney reads " A Visit from St. 'Waiting for Santa' was the first Barney and the Backyard Gang Christmas Eve special. Waiting for Santa, known as Barney's Happy Christmas for Australian releases, is the first episode of the second season of the Barney & the Backyard Gang series, originally released on January 6th 1990. Claus and she proves to Derek that his new address is in Santa's computer and therefore he'll be able to visit him. At the North Pole, they meet a snowman as well as go ice skating on a frozen pond. Zwarte Piet himself is a softening of an even earlier tradition in which Saint Nicholas used the services of an enslaved devil. Barney takes the gang to his house to get him and then they go on a magical sleigh ride to the North Pole to prove that Santa knows his new address. In addition, it's stated that he really wishes for some new friends more than anything else. After he is released, he magically brings the other kids there and then explains that Derek, a new boy in the neighborhood, is worried that Santa won't be able to see him.


They fall asleep, but are soon awakened by Barney who has gotten stuck trying to get down the chimney. Everyone is asleep in Michael's house on Christmas Eve, well, except for him and his sister, Amy.
