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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Shirley Booth | ... | Mrs. Santa (voice) | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Santa Claus (voice) | |
| Dick Shawn | ... | Snow Miser (voice) | |
| George S. Irving | ... | Heat Miser (voice) | |
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Bob McFadden | ... | Jingle Bells (voice) |
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Rhoda Mann | ... | Mother Nature (voice) |
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Bradley Bolke | ... | Jangle Bells (voice) |
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Ron Marshall | ... | Mr. Thistlewhite (voice) |
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Colin Duffy | ... | Ignatius Thistlewhite (voice) |
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Christine Winter | ... | Blue Christmas girl (voice) |
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The Wee Winter Singers | ... | Chorus (voice) |
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Plot Summary
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Mrs. Claus tells us about the time Santa had a bad cold and decided to take a vacation from Christmas. Two of his elves, Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells decided to go out (with Vixen) to find children to convince Santa that the Christmas spirit is still important to everybody else. But they have to get past Heat Miser and Snow Miser, first, before they land in Southtown, USA, where it never snows for Christmas. But the Miser Brothers can't agree to let it snow in Southtown. But Mrs. Santa knows their mom--Mother Nature. Written by Kathy Li
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
10 December 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El año sin Santa Claus See more »Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Mrs. Santa: Oh come now. You know he's not on your brother's payroll.
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Music by Maury Laws
Lyrics by Jules Bass
Performed by George S. Irving
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Jessica/Mrs. Claus has red hair in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970), while Mrs. Claus in this film has red highlights. See more »Goofs
When Jingle, Jangle and Vixen arrive in Southtown they approach a woman to ask her if she has any Christmas spirit. Southtown is a warm weather town 365 days a year, yet the woman is dressed for cold weather wearing a hat, a full length coat and has her hands in a muff (Which turns out to be a live cat!). See more »Quotes
Heat Miser: Well, well, Mrs. Claus. How's your husband doing? Out doing another commercial for my brother?Mrs. Santa: Oh come now. You know he's not on your brother's payroll.
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Soundtracks
Heat MiserMusic by Maury Laws
Lyrics by Jules Bass
Performed by George S. Irving
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I admit it!!! I am one of those grown ups (a Generation Xer to be exact)who has never really fully grown up-at least not when it comes to watching Christmas Specials like this one. I have this on DVD now and plan to collect all the Rankin Bass Specials in addition to the Charlie Brown Holiday specials.
A Year Without a Santa Claus is just great. You can't beat it in my opinion. I agree with all the other comments that the Miser Brothers are the highlight of the special and should be mentioned whenever this special is marketed. But unlike some of the other comments, I liked the ENTIRE story. Another person who commented, Oldra, seems to hit the nail on the head about the song "So You Don't Believe in Santa Claus". Call me silly, but my eyes get just a "little wet" whenever Ignatious's Father and Mr. "Clouse" start singing to him about the existence of Santa Claus. Even though in real life, a man does not come down chimneys in a red suit to deliver presents, the symbolism of what Santa stands for what the song is trying to convey-and it does a very good job in my opinion!!! To quote the song, "Just believe in Santa Claus, like you believe in Love, and just believe in Santa Claus, and everything he does". Happy Holidays and beyond!