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.
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Title: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (TV Movie 1974)
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Cast
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| Joel Grey | ... | Joshua Trundle (voice) | |
| Tammy Grimes | ... | Albert (voice) | |
| John McGiver | ... | Mayor (voice) | |
| George Gobel | ... | Father Mouse (voice) | |
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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) |
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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>
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angry santa claus | anthropomorphic animal | disbelief | adult man believes santa clause is real | junctionville new york |Certificate:
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Junctionville, 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. See more »Goofs
As Father Mouse pushes the door open to the children's hospital, he is seen leaning partially away from the door in the long shot. In the close-up, he is seen leaning toward the door, after he's done pushing it. See more »Quotes
Father Mouse: Winter came and things got tough for the Trundles, and if you think they had it bad... we'd have swapped our whiskers for a peanut shell or a round ripe apple seed, but meals don't fall from empty tables. Then finally it was Christmas Eve.See more »
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Some TV networks edit out the song Give Your Heart a Try. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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8 December 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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.