The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by RankinBass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley’s 1956 book of the same name. It was originally broadcast on December 10, 1974 on ABC. The film was Shirley Booth’s final acting credit as she retired from acting after its completion.
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The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by RankinBass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley’s 1956 book of the same name. It was originally broadcast on December 10, 1974 on ABC. The film was Shirley Booth’s final acting credit as she retired from acting after its completion. The remake stars John Goodman as Santa Claus, Michael McKean as Snow Miser, and Harvey Fierstein as Heat Miser. The special was first released on VHS by Vestron Video on September 5, 1991 as part of Christmas Classics Series.
Warner Bros. Entertainment currently distributes the special through their ownership of the post-1974 Rankinbass Productions library. As of 2018, AMC: American Movie Classics currently airs the special uncut aspart of the Best Christmas Ever block. It follows on December 11, 2006, and was released on Blu-ray on October 5, 2010, making it the first Rankin Bass production to be released on that format.
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