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User Rating:
7.8/10   1,655 votes
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Writer:
Romeo Muller (writer)
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Release Date:
14 December 1970 (USA) more
Plot:
A mailman reveals the origin of Santa Claus. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
My favorite of all Christmas cartoons! more (36 total)

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Fred Astaire ... Narrator (voice)

Mickey Rooney ... Kris (voice)
Keenan Wynn ... Winter (voice)
Paul Frees ... Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsby / Soldiers / Townsmen (voice)
Joan Gardner ... Tanta Kringle (voice)
Robie Lester ... Jessica (voice)
Andrea Sacino ... Child (voice)
Dina Lynn ... Child (voice)
Gary White ... Child (voice)
Greg Thomas ... Child (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
48 min
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) (video rating) | UK:U (video rating) (1995)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The bandage on the Burgermiester/Miesterburger's foot disappears and reappears throughout the show more
Quotes:
[first lines]
News Reporter: Today, children everywhere are making preparations for an event of world shaking significance: the annual visit of Santa Claus. Informed sources report that legions of junior citizens are making monumental efforts not to cry and not to pout. Meanwhile, letters by the thousands have been flooding postal facilities at the North Pole.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofed in Santa's Slay (2005) more
Soundtrack:
My World is Beginning Today more

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12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
My favorite of all Christmas cartoons!, 6 November 1999
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Author: pattyjef from Long Island, NY

I am an adult, and probably shouldn't watch Christmas cartoons, but I love them anyway! "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" is my favorite of all Christmas cartoons. Anyone who knows me knows that I love this cartoon! (I was a kid in the 70's when all the Rankin/Bass cartoons were on during Christmas, so I remember and have most of them!) The mailman (Fred Astaire) is just adorable! Mickey Rooney as Santa was such a perfect choice! I love to settle in a comfy chair, knowing I won't be interrupted, and put this tape in my vcr.

I agree (a little bit) about the cartoon being dated. Yes, it has those tones mainly in the middle of the cartoon, but it can easily be dismissed. I would like to explain about the wedding celebration between Santa and Jessica in the forest. They got married in the forest because "no church would have them". This a wonderful, innocent Christmas cartoon - a joy for anyone to watch.

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