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#Year without a santa claus movie#
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The special was first released on VHS by Vestron Video on Septemas part of their Christmas Classics Series, which is distributed by Family Home Entertainment. Entertainment currently distributes the special through their ownership of the post-1974 Rankin/Bass Productions library.

#Year without a santa claus movie#

As of 2018, AMC: American Movie Classics currently airs the special uncut as part of the Best Christmas Ever block. The special premiered in 1974 on ABC and aired annually on Freeform during its 25 Days of Christmas programming block until 2017.

"The Year Without a Santa Claus (reprise)".

The Wee Winter Singers as the Children Choir.

Noelle Magargle as the Blue Christmas Girl.

Colin Duffy as Ignatius "Iggy" Thistlewhite.

Bradley Bolke as Jangle Bells, Police Officer.

Bob McFadden as Jingle Bells, Elf Doctor.

Santa is shown getting out of bed to prepare himself, his reindeer, and his gift-loaded sleigh, remarking he could never imagine "a year without a Santa Claus". Claus narrates that somehow, "yearly, newly, faithfully and truly", Santa always comes. The next day, the children, including Iggy, are delighted to receive their presents. On Christmas Eve, he makes a public stop in Southtown during a snowfall. Touched by the outpouring of generosity and appreciation, Santa decides to make his journey after all. Claus goes over their heads and visits their mother, Mother Nature, who convinces her sons to compromise.Īs Christmas approaches, the world's children send their own presents to Santa, setting off international headlines. When the brothers begin bickering again, Mrs. They then ask Heat Miser, who says he will only comply if Snow Miser turns the North Pole over to him in exchange. They ask Snow Miser to send snow to Southtown for a day he is agreeable but says he cannot as it is part of Heat Miser's territory. Claus when she arrives to pick up Jingle and Jangle, and together they visit the Miser Brothers. When Claus leaves to retrieve Vixen, Iggy realizes his true identity and resolves to help Jingle and Jangle. Klaus reveals his belief in Santa, and Iggy's father reveals that Santa personally visited him one Christmas, and he still believes as well. While there, he meets Iggy and his family. As she leaves, Santa discovers Vixen is missing and travels to Southtown himself to retrieve her while disguised as a civilian named "Klaus".

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The town's police officer refers them to the town's mayor, who laughs at their story but agrees to free Vixen if they can prove they are elves by making it snow in Southtown on Christmas. To make matters worse, Vixen grows sick due to the warm weather and is sent to the local animal shelter after Jingle and Jangle disguise her as a dog. They ask a group of children, including a boy named Iggy, if they believe in Santa, but they are skeptical. Jingle, Jangle, and Vixen come upon Southtown, a small community in the southern United States. Vixen saves her guardian elves from falling to their doom and they continue on their uncertain path. Jingle and Jangle set out with Santa's youngest reindeer Vixen, but are shot down by crossfire between the conflicting Miser Brothers: Snow Miser, who controls the world's cold weather, and Heat Miser, who controls its warm weather. Claus unsuccessfully tries to convince him otherwise, so she enlists two elves named Jingle and Jangle to find proof that people still believe in Santa. His doctor, who thinks nobody cares about Santa anymore, advises him to make some changes to his routine, so Santa decides to take a holiday instead of delivering gifts. Santa Claus wakes up with a cold sometime before Christmas in the early 20th century. It was originally broadcast on December 10, 1974, on ABC. It is narrated by Shirley Booth (her final acting credit before her retirement from acting) and starring the voices of Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, and George S.

The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book of the same name. The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 stop motion animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions.