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The Year Without a Santa Claus

  • TV Movie
  • 19741974
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 51m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
11K
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Mickey Rooney, George S. Irving, and Dick Shawn in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
AnimationComedyFamily
When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.When a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
11K
YOUR RATING
    • Jules Bass
    • Arthur Rankin Jr.
    • William J. Keenan(teleplay)
    • Phyllis McGinley(novel)
  • Stars
    • Shirley Booth(voice)
    • Mickey Rooney(voice)
    • Dick Shawn(voice)
    • Jules Bass
    • Arthur Rankin Jr.
    • William J. Keenan(teleplay)
    • Phyllis McGinley(novel)
  • Stars
    • Shirley Booth(voice)
    • Mickey Rooney(voice)
    • Dick Shawn(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 52User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Mickey Rooney, Bradley Bolke, Shirley Booth, and Bob McFadden in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    Mickey Rooney in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    Mickey Rooney in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    Boris Karloff, Mickey Rooney, George S. Irving, Billie Mae Richards, Dick Shawn, and Jackie Vernon in How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
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    The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    George S. Irving in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    Bradley Bolke and Bob McFadden in The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
    The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)

    Top cast

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    Shirley Booth
    Shirley Booth
    • Mrs. Santa
    • (voice)
    Mickey Rooney
    Mickey Rooney
    • Santa Claus
    • (voice)
    Dick Shawn
    Dick Shawn
    • Snow Miser
    • (voice)
    George S. Irving
    George S. Irving
    • Heat Miser
    • (voice)
    Bob McFadden
    • Jingle Bells
    • (voice)
    Rhoda Mann
    • Mother Nature
    • (voice)
    Bradley Bolke
    • Jangle Bells
    • (voice)
    Ron Marshall
    • Mr. Thistlewhite
    • (voice)
    • …
    Colin Duffy
    • Ignatius Thistlewhite
    • (voice)
    Christine Winter
    • Blue Christmas girl
    • (voice)
    The Wee Winter Singers
    • Chorus
    • (voice)
      • Jules Bass
      • Arthur Rankin Jr.
      • William J. Keenan(teleplay)
      • Phyllis McGinley(novel)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The painting hanging in Santa Claus' bedroom is the same one that is put up in the town hall at the end of Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970).
    • Goofs
      Mother Nature tells Snow Miser to allow snow in Southtown, and Heat Miser to allow a warm day at the North Pole. But that's backwards -- it would be Heat Miser allowing snow in Southtown and Snow Miser allowing warmth at the North Pole.
    • Quotes

      Snow Miser: Don't be such a stranger! Come around with your husband, we'll have a blizzard! Ha ha ha ha!

    • Connections
      Featured in Batman & Robin (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      The Year Without A Santa Claus
      Words and music by Billy Hayes and Jay Johnson
      Performed by The Wee Winter Singers

    User reviews52

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    8/10
    It's the hair!!! Heat Miser's hair.
    There are 45 reviews detailing this show, mine won't make a lick of difference. If you have never seen this; Welcome To Earth!!

    I grew up on this (I'm 54) and still watch it every year, more than once.

    I eagerly awaited for it when the commercial announced its airing date. I was obsessed with Heat Miser's hair; that crazy poof of multicolored fuzzy fur with lights flickering in it to resemble flames. His minions also had it.

    To this day, I can't wait for that scene and it's accompanying song.
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    • kimcoxmonm
    • Dec 17, 2021

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      • December 10, 1974 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Rankin/Bass Productions
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    • 51 minutes

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