The Year Without a Santa Claus

This article is about the 1974 television special. For the live-action remake, see The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006 film).
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The Year Without a Santa Claus
Based onThe Year Without a Santa Claus
by Phyllis McGinley
Written byWilliam Keenan
Directed byJules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
Voices ofShirley Booth
Mickey Rooney
Dick Shawn
George S. Irving
Narrated byShirley Booth
ComposerMaury Laws
Country of originUnited States
Japan
Production
ProducersJules Bass
Arthur Rankin Jr.
CinematographyAkikazu Kono
Ichiro Komuro
Running time51 minutes
Production companyRankin/Bass Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseDecember 10, 1974 (1974-12-10)
Related
A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008)
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The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 stop-motion animated Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book. It is narrated by Shirley Booth (her final acting credit before her retirement from acting) and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn and George S. Irving. It was originally broadcast on December 10, 1974, on ABC.


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