Credited cast: | |||
Joel Grey | ... | Joshua Trundle (voice) | |
Tammy Grimes | ... | Albert (voice) | |
John McGiver | ... | Mayor (voice) | |
George Gobel | ... | Father Mouse (voice) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Patricia Bright | ... | (voice) |
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Scott Firestone | ... | (voice) |
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Bob McFadden | ... | (voice) (as Robert McFadden) |
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Allen Swift | ... | (voice) (as Alan Swift) |
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Christine Winter | ... | (voice) |
One Christmas season, the human and mouse citizens of a small town get their letters to Santa unceremoniously returned, with a message that the town has been removed from Santa's delivery itinerary because of a letter from someone in that town that insulted him by dismissing his existence. While Father Mouse confronts his cynical son Albert, the letter's writer, their human companions, a clockmaker and his family, work to regain Mr. Claus' favor. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
I agree that this is a classic. I was born shortly before this cartoon was made, so it was a big part of my Christmas ritual growing up. The morale is great ("even a miracle needs a hand") and the songs are GOOD. They crept in my head at an early age and stayed there 'til this day. I see a lot of my adolescent, atheist, Ivy League self in the defiant Albert, who derides Santa as a myth, but also in Mr. Trundle, who works devotedly for something he believes in. I'm not talking literals here, people, but there's something nice about believing in something greater than yourself, or your known quantities.