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.

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Label Occurrences
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town canonical 14
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 TV special) 14
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town 3

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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town → relatedWork → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
Merry Christmas → hasPart → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
Merry Christmas (Mariah Carey album) → includesSong → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
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Romeo Muller → notableFor → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970 TV special)
Jules Bass → notableWork → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
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Burgermeister Meisterburger → appearsIn → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
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The Beach Boys' Christmas Album → hasPart → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town ⓘ