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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 American stop-motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner and Paul Frees, as well as an assistant song performance by the Westminster Children's Choir.
The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow is a 1975 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions which originally premiered on NBC on December 19, 1975. [1] It is narrated by Angela Lansbury and co-stars Cyril Ritchard. [2]
The special avoids all mention of Christmas and has an environmentalist theme, as Frosty works to stop a corporate executive whose spray product wipes out snow. The Legend of Frosty the Snowman – This 2005 straight-to-video film was produced by Classic Media , the previous rights holder for the original Rankin/Bass special, and the remainder ...
The album contains six songs not featured on the special, including an alternate version of "Angels We Have Heard On High". The song "O Christmas Tree", as featured in the special, was excluded from the soundtrack. The special was released on the Hen's Tooth Video DVD Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Plus Halloween & Easter Celebrations in 2003.
New York City woke up to its first white Christmas in 15 years. But only a few areas of the U.S. are likely to see snow in the weather forecast for Christmas 2024.
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse is a 2001 animated direct-to-video Christmas comedy fantasy crossover film. It includes two Disney short films, 1952's Pluto's Christmas Tree and 1983's Mickey's Christmas Carol , as well as three 1999 episodes of Mickey Mouse Works (albeit one of them only as a shortened skit).
It was voted number 4 in UKTV Gold's Greatest TV Christmas Moments. It came third in Channel 4's poll of 100 Greatest Christmas Moments in 2004. Its broadcast, usually on Christmas Eve on Channel 4, has become an annual festive event in the UK. [4] A sequel, The Snowman and the Snowdog, was released in 2012. [5]
The song has also been covered (with lyrics) by the band Cocteau Twins; the cover was released on their 1993 EP Snow. It was also covered by the Jackson 5 and appears on the Jackson 5 Christmas Album. The song was covered and released as the first single of Tarja Turunen's third Christmas album and ninth studio album, Dark Christmas.