When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.
Shirley Booth
- Mrs. Santa
- (voice)
Mickey Rooney
- Santa Claus
- (voice)
Dick Shawn
- Snow Miser
- (voice)
George S. Irving
- Heat Miser
- (voice)
Bob McFadden
- Jingle Bells
- (voice)
Rhoda Mann
- Mother Nature
- (voice)
Bradley Bolke
- Jangle Bells
- (voice)
Ron Marshall
- Mr. Thistlewhite
- (voice)
- …
The Wee Winter Singers
- Chorus
- (voice)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe painting hanging in Santa Claus' bedroom is the same one that is put up in the town hall at the end of Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970).
- GoofsMother Nature tells Snow Miser to allow snow in Southtown, and Heat Miser to allow a warm day at the North Pole. But that's backwards -- it would be Heat Miser allowing snow in Southtown and Snow Miser allowing warmth at the North Pole.
- Quotes
Snow Miser: So, Mrs. C., how's your hubby?
Mrs. Santa: Not too good, Snowy, he's got a bad cold.
Snow Miser: Aw, that's a shame. He should've come to see me, I'd've given him a good one! HO HA HO... a little chilly humor, there.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Batman & Robin (1997)
- SoundtracksThe Year Without A Santa Claus
Words and music by Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson
Performed by The Wee Winter Singers
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Beloved Christmas Cartoon
If you were alive and cognizant during the 1970's, you must remember the "Heat Miser" and "Snow Miser" songs, but less remembered is one other... "So you don't believe in Santa Claus", which is, imho, one of the most important that Rankin & Bass ever produced. It is about faith backed with personal experience, but in a non-religious-specific way that everyone can relate to alike. The only other Rankin/Bass special that even comes close is "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", and its song about belief in the world's true magic, a belief that some children hold and most adults sadly do not.
The animation in "The Year Without A Santa Claus" is stop-motion in the tradition of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", and "Rudolph's Shiny New Year". I call this a must see for every child -- and adult.
The animation in "The Year Without A Santa Claus" is stop-motion in the tradition of "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", and "Rudolph's Shiny New Year". I call this a must see for every child -- and adult.
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- Nov 18, 1998
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- Рік без Санти
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- Runtime51 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) officially released in Canada in English?
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