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". 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. Claus waves to him, gets on his sleigh and takes off into the moonlit night, as it fades to black.The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 stop motion animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. Santa woke up with glee from his bed, and later puts on his red suit in front of his mirror. Claus finishes the story, the scene goes into a flashback. Claus" sign on the castle tilts and flies away as the camera follows it to Rankin/Bass' producing/directing credit on the billboard.Īt the end of the special, after Mrs. On the piano, the music sheets shows Maury Laws' music and Jules Bass' lyrics credits on each page.Phyllis McGinley's book credit is on the front of a red book in front of a sleeping Santa.William Keenan's teleplay credit is written with a quail on a paper.Four of Southtown's children are seen unhappily crying. Irving's credit fades in front of the sun after the camera zooms towards it from the window. Santa sleeps in bed, as the Southtown Christmas tree is shut off. Outside, Dick Shawn's credit is enclosed in the snow, visually representing his character, Snow Miser. ![]() In Santa's room, Santa himself gets up from his bed and briefly stares at his mirror with Mickey Rooney's credit painted in it. The wagon starts to move away with the man right behind it. The camera zooms out to reveal the man putting away the Christmas decor, including the tree in which the red globe ornament bonks on top of his horse's head and shatters it. ![]() It then dissolves with a colorful explosion to fade to Southtown, where the title and copyright notice are painted on the side of a horse-driven wagon. Claus begins the song, the camera pans to a calendar on the wall, which flips up the 12 pages of the month in a year to reveal Shirley Booth's credit. Claus) and a choir at the beginning of the Rankin/Bass Christmas special of the same name, and reprised at the end.Īt the beginning of the special, Santa Claus contacts his elves to warn the world's people and newspapers about cancelling Christmas. " The Year Without a Santa Claus" is a song sung by Shirley Booth (as Mrs.
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