Monday, December 31, 2018

The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)


Another Rankin Bass Christmas special. In this adorable cartoon, Santa catches a cold right before Christmas Eve. He decides that not only is he sick, but no one really cares about Christmas anymore. He decides to cancel Christmas so he can stay in bed on Christmas Eve. It is up to two young elves, Jingle and Jangle to prove to Santa that the Christmas spirit is not dead and that the world still needs him. In the midst of this they get mixed up with dogcatchers who mistake their reindeer for a stray dog and the brothers Snow Miser and Heat Miser. It is a fun movie. They made a live action remake in 2006 but it did not have the charm of this original Christmas classic.

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