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When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Joel Grey
- Joshua Trundle
- (voice)
Tammy Grimes
- Albert
- (voice)
John McGiver
- Mayor
- (voice)
George Gobel
- Father Mouse
- (voice)
Patricia Bright
- Sarah Trundle
- (voice)
- …
Scott Firestone
- Son
- (voice)
- …
Bob McFadden
- Substation Operator
- (voice)
- (as Robert McFadden)
- …
Allen Swift
- Santa Claus
- (voice)
- (as Alan Swift)
Christine Winter
- Daughter
- (voice)
- …
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- TriviaJunctionville, New York is a fictional town meant to honor author Clement Moore, who was born in New York. It is apparently a seaside town, as one little boy, Davy Thomas, is shown sitting on a seaside cliff dropping a drawing of Santa into the ocean. Its maritime nature may have been based on Newport, Rhode Island, where Clement Moore died.
- GoofsAs Father Mouse and Albert enter the Trundles' house to see the model of the new clock tower, we see a clock that reads 10 o'clock in the long shot. After Father Mouse and Albert finish bouncing down in the next shot, the clock reads 11:10.
- Quotes
Father Mouse: [voiceover] Here's our first example of how you've ruined everyone's Christmas with your opinions.
- Alternate versionsSome TV networks edit out the song "Give Your Heart a Try" because of the word "gay" at the beginning.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Super Why!: Twas the Night Before Christmas (2008)
- SoundtracksOverture
Music by Maury Laws
Lyrics by Jules Bass
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Even a Miracle Needs a Hand
Cynical mouse Albert writes an insulting letter to Santa, which ticks Santa off. Afraid Santa will pass them up this year, the town of Junctionville enlists clockmaker Joshua Trundle to build a clock that will play a special song for Santa on Christmas Eve. But Albert, curious about how the clock works, breaks it. Now there will be no Christmas for Junctionville unless Albert can somehow fix the mess he created.
Charming Rankin-Bass Christmas special. This one has more traditional animation, like Frosty, instead of the stop-motion animation we all know & love from other specials. But it's still very good animation with wonderfully expressive faces on the humans and the mice. It's full of beautiful sentiment, lovely music, and great voicework. Joel Grey and Tammy Grimes were especially memorable. I remember as a little kid being fascinated with the way Albert the mouse spoke. This was one of the constants from my childhood Christmases and holds a special place in my heart.
Charming Rankin-Bass Christmas special. This one has more traditional animation, like Frosty, instead of the stop-motion animation we all know & love from other specials. But it's still very good animation with wonderfully expressive faces on the humans and the mice. It's full of beautiful sentiment, lovely music, and great voicework. Joel Grey and Tammy Grimes were especially memorable. I remember as a little kid being fascinated with the way Albert the mouse spoke. This was one of the constants from my childhood Christmases and holds a special place in my heart.
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- utgard14
- Dec 18, 2013
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- Это была ночь перед Рождеством
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- Runtime25 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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