The Year Without a Santa Claus. The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1. Christmasstop motionanimatedtelevision special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis Mc.

Ginley's 1. 95. 6 book of the same name, illustrated by Kurt Werth. It was originally broadcast on December 1. ABC. The film was Shirley Booth's final acting credit as she retired from acting after its completion. Santa Claus wakes up with a cold after Thanksgiving but . He is told by his doctor–who thinks that nobody cares about Christmas any more–that he should make some changes to his routine. Santa decides to take a holiday instead of delivering gifts, and leaves it to two elves, Jingle and Jangle, to find proof that people still believe in Santa Claus. The elves take Santa's youngest reindeer Vixen, but they are shot down between the two fortresses of the Miser brothers; the Snow Miser is a supernatural being in charge of cold weather, while his brother the Heat Miser is in charge of warm weather.

Traveling on, they become lost in Southtown, a small town in the Southern United States. They receive a citation from a policeman for . They befriend a boy named Ignatius . The Mayor laughs hysterically at their story but agrees to free Vixen if Jingle and Jangle prove that they are elves by making it snow in Southtown on Christmas Day.

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On their behalf, Mrs. Claus visits the Miser brothers to ask Snow Miser to make it snow in Southtown. Snow Miser declares that the town is under Heat Miser's control. Claus proposes a compromise: Heat Miser will agree only if Snow Miser will surrender the North Pole to his control. When Snow Miser refuses, Mrs.

Claus decides to . Claus arrives at Mother Nature's house where she persuades Heat Miser and Snow Miser to compromise. Santa, dressed in civilian clothes, arrives in Southtown to rescue Vixen. He discovers that some people still believe in him and in the spirit of Christmas when all the world's children make him presents. This sets off headlines around the world.

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One little girl is saddened by Santa's decision to skip his Christmas Eve journey, and she writes that she'll have a . On Christmas Day, the children of Southtown were very happy with their presents they found under their trees; even Ignatius have his own bicycle and gives his parents their presents as Mrs. Claus explains that for . The special ends with a reprise of the title song in the present as Santa got up from his bed to dress himself, and with his reindeer hitched up and his sleigh loaded with gifts, he took off to bring the joy of Christmas to the children of the world. Shirley Booth as Mrs. Claus, the narrator.

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Mickey Rooney as Santa Claus. Dick Shawn as Snow Miser. George S. Irving as Heat Miser.

Bob Mc. Fadden as Jingle Bells, Additional Voices. Bradley Bolke as Jangle Bells, Police Officer. Rhoda Mann as Mother Nature, Mrs.

Thistlewhite. Ron Marshall as Mr. Penalty For Driving With Expired License In Ct. Thistlewhite, Mayor of Southtown. Colin Duffy as Ignatius . Warner Bros. Television is the show's current distributor, through their ownership of the post- 1. Rankin/Bass TV library. Home media. Warner Home Video released the special on VHS on September 2, 1. VHS on September 2.

The special was then released on DVD on October 3. Deluxe Edition DVD on October 2, 2.

Warner Home Video released the special on Blu- ray on October 5, 2. Rankin/Bass production to be released on that format. DVD details. A widescreen DVD was released on December 1. UPC 0. 85. 39. 11.

Claus and two of his helper- elves, Jingle and Jangle. They decide to provide Santa with some proof that children still believe and that they still deserve toys from Santa, so the elves visit the United States in search of Christmas spirit. This 2. 00. 8 sequel used stop- motion animation like the original.

It was animated by Cuppa Coffee Studios. Mickey Rooney, at age 8. Santa Claus; and George S. Irving, at age 8.

Heat Miser. Snow Miser, originally voiced by Dick Shawn who died in 1. Juan Chioran. Claus, originally voiced by Shirley Booth who died in 1. Catherine Disher.