The Year Without a Santa Claus

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Christmas special stop-motion animated film television special

The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 stop-motion animated Christmas television special best known for its whimsical story about Santa considering canceling Christmas and its iconic Heat Miser and Snow Miser characters.

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The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974 TV special)	5

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christmas special ⓘ stop-motion animated film ⓘ television special ⓘ
animationTechnique	stop motion ⓘ
associatedWithHoliday	Christmas Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithSeason	winter holidays ⓘ
basedOn	The Year Without a Santa Claus (book) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Phyllis McGinley NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Arthur Rankin Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Jules Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributionFormat	television broadcast ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Heat Miser NERFINISHED ⓘ Jangle NERFINISHED ⓘ Jingle NERFINISHED ⓘ Mrs. Claus NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Claus NERFINISHED ⓘ Snow Miser NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresMythology	Christmas folklore ⓘ
firstBroadcastDecade	1970s ⓘ
followedBy	A Miser Brothers’ Christmas NERFINISHED ⓘ
format	television animation special ⓘ
genre	Christmas ⓘ family ⓘ fantasy ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	yes ⓘ
hasSong	The Heat Miser Song NERFINISHED ⓘ The Snow Miser Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	appreciation of Santa Claus ⓘ spirit of Christmas ⓘ
musicBy	Maury Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ
narratedBy	Shirley Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacters	Heat Miser and Snow Miser NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	Heat Miser and Snow Miser musical numbers ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetwork	ABC ⓘ
originalReleaseYear	1974 ⓘ
partOf	Rankin/Bass Christmas specials NERFINISHED ⓘ
plotSummary	Santa Claus considers canceling Christmas after feeling unappreciated and ill NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Arthur Rankin Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Jules Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Rankin/Bass Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	51 ⓘ
setting	Dixville NERFINISHED ⓘ North Pole NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ families ⓘ