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Year Without a Santa Claus

Shirley Booth (Actor), Mickey Rooney (Actor), Arthur Rankin Jr. (Director), Jules Bass (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: VHS Tape
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Even Santa can suffer a case of the holiday blues. In this 1974 stop-motion holiday family favorite, a sparkly eyed Mrs. Claus (voiced by Shirley Booth) sings and tells about the year her hubby felt too weary and too unappreciated to prepare for his annual Christmas rounds. Mickey Rooney stars as the voice of Santa, a rosy-nosed puppet who travels incognito to Southtown in search of his tiniest reindeer, Vixen, and two well-meaning elves. Seems Mrs. Santa sent them to find proof of Christmas spirit--but all they've discovered is ambivalence about Santa's year off. Luckily, when Santa arrives and befriends a buck-toothed lad named Ignatius Thistlewhite, spirits begin to lift rapidly. Adult fans of this cousin to the 1970 television special Santa Claus Is Coming to Town will remember it as the Heat and Snow Miser movie--their vaudevillian theme songs, complete with trombone and piano riffs, are hard to forget; but other treasured musical moments include "I Believe in Santa Claus," "I'll Have a Blue Christmas Without You," and "Here Comes Santa Claus." --Liane Thomas

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good quality! Jan 15 2013
By sherrie martell
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This was the original version that I remembered from years ago. My kids loved it and the quality was great.
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5.0 out of 5 stars my favourite christmas show. Dec 24 2012
By Blake Grealy
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
how can you not love these old stop motion shows...rudolph ,santa claus is coming to town..... and this one. love snow miser,makes me laugh everytime. all time classic entertainment.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Nestor Feb 13 2004
By Charlotte M. Lemons
Format:DVD
If you haven't seen this movie, then you haven't experienced a true joy at Christmas. This is a wonderful movie. I own it and can't imagine not letting my children know how truly important little Nestor was to the creation of Christmas and its true meaning.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I Can't Believe I'd Never Heard of this one before!!!
I'm 16. My mother and I were watching a Rankin/Bass Christmas marathon. For years we had known and loved "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Peter... Read more
Published on Dec 7 2003 by Terry T
5.0 out of 5 stars Most Awesome Christmas Cartoon
The Year Without A Santa Claus is the most awesome Chirstmas show of all time. I have loved this one since I was a child myself. Read more
Published on Dec 2 2003 by Noelle Lynn
5.0 out of 5 stars 3 Wonderful Reasons to buy this DVD
Wow, 3 Rankin/Bass specials on 1 DVD, and they are such great stories individually.

The First is "The Year Without a Santa Claus", when Santa gets the blues over humans... Read more

Published on Sep 27 2003 by D. Earp
5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE these classics. And they me.
Try this: walk into a public space singing "Nestor, Nestor, The Long-eared Donkey/He's a friend at Christmas for all the World To see" and I bet you that by the time you... Read more
Published on May 30 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars heatmister rocks!
heatmiser rocks!, no, really, i mean it. he rocks!
Published on April 21 2003 by Patrick Oliver
5.0 out of 5 stars So fun and cute!
I loooove the Christmas clasics! The Year Without a Santa Claus is my favorite Christmas movie ever! You won't regret buying thos movie! Read more
Published on April 21 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Christmas special
I thank God that this Christmas classic is now available on VHS because it was such a pain having to wait for the local TV station to show it and I usually ended up missing it. Read more
Published on Jan 27 2003 by Mynameisthis
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Holiday Puppetmation Ever!
THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUSE is my absolute favorite Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Bass production. It has everything a Christmas story could want; action, story, suspense,... Read more
Published on Jan 3 2003 by Lorenzo M. in the Hollywood CA Area
5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST Classic Christmas Special EVER Made!!
Of course it's a cute story line, but everyone knows that the REAL stars of the show are the fueding climate-controlling brothers: Heat Miser & Snow Miser! Read more
Published on Dec 31 2002 by Roseanne L. Otto
5.0 out of 5 stars There won't be a year without a Santa Claus.
This was made by the makers of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer": Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass. Read more
Published on Dec 21 2002 by Josh P.
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