Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

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Christmas special stop-motion animated film television special

"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a classic 1970 stop-motion animated Christmas television special that tells the origin story of Santa Claus, featuring narration by Fred Astaire.

Aliases (1)

"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christmas special → stop-motion animated film → television special →
animationStudio	MOM Production →
animationTechnique	Animagic stop-motion →
basedOn	song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" →
character	Burgermeister Meisterburger → Jessica → Santa Claus → surface form: "Kris Kringle" Santa Claus → Topper the penguin → Winter Warlock →
countryOfOrigin	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
director	Arthur Rankin Jr. → Jules Bass →
distributedBy	ABC →
featuresSong	"Be Prepared to Pay" → "If You Sit on My Lap Today" → "My World Is Beginning Today" → "Put One Foot in Front of the Other" → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town → surface form: ""Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town""
firstBroadcastOn	ABC →
format	stop-motion animation →
genre	Christmas → animated television special →
hasTargetAudience	children → family →
hasTheme	Christmas traditions origin → generosity → redemption →
inspiredBy	song "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" →
lyricsBy	Jules Bass →
musicBy	Maury Laws →
narrator	Fred Astaire →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	ABC →
originalReleaseDate	1970-12-13 →
originalReleaseYear	1970 →
partOf	Rankin/Bass Christmas specials →
plotFocus	origin story of Santa Claus →
productionCompany	Rankin/Bass Productions →
runningTime	51 minutes →
setIn	fictional town of Sombertown →
voiceActor	Fred Astaire → Keenan Wynn → Mickey Rooney → Paul Frees → Robie Lester →
writer	Romeo Muller →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town → featuresSong → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town →

this entity surface form: ""Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town""

Fred Astaire → notableWork → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town →

The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town → relatedWork → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town →