The feature film, where Disney plays Santa Claus, was released earlier than Muppet Treasure Island.
One Magic Christmas is a 1985 American/Canadian Christmas fantasy film directed by Phillip Borsos. 
Muppet Treasure Island is a 1996 American musical adventure comedy film based on Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". 
 Over the years, various actors have donned the red suit (aside from those discussed below), including Monty Woolley in "Life Begins at Eight-thirty" (1942), Alberto Rabagliati in "The Christmas That Almost Wasn't" (1966), Dan Aykroyd in "Trading Places" (1983), Jan Rubes in "One Magic Christmas" (1985), David Huddleston in "" (1985), Jonathan Taylor Thomas in "I'll Be Home for Christmas" (1998), and Ed Asner in "Elf" (2003). 
