The Year Without a Santa Claus

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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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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

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Rankin/Bass Productions notableWork The Year Without a Santa Claus
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Romeo Muller workedOn The Year Without a Santa Claus
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Rankin/Bass Christmas specials notableWork The Year Without a Santa Claus
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Animagic notableWork The Year Without a Santa Claus
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Jules Bass notableWork The Year Without a Santa Claus
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