Old Christmas TV specials

Welcome to Christmas in July: Animation Celebration! July is the special time of the year that I turn the blog over to my readers. All month long I'll be posting essays written by people eager to share their passion and memories for animated Christmas entertainments. Isn't this fun? Today we feature an essay about the 1970 Rankin/Bass Animagic TV special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town. This essay was written by Jakki Hanna, the founder of the blog Tis the Season and the Yahoo group Christmas…

I've wanted a Christmas wedding ever since I first saw this movie as a little girl.

A few people have emailed me about the Authoring problems with the 2015 blu ray of Rankin/Bass' Santa Claus is Comin' to town. It fades to black in scenes. I wouldn't know, since I wasn't sent one and do not own it. After seeing the 2015 box art, I can say I am not surprised. The Frosty the Snowman cover says it is the 45th Anniversary and it is the 46th Anniversary (Originally airing on CBS in 1969). I would love to help with these things going forward. They definitely could be done right…

Eddie Cantor, a comedian from the 1930s was given a new Christmas song to sing for his radio audience in 1934. Targeted at kids, the songwriters were frustrated at their inability to get it recorded and sold. Record labels thought the appeal too narrow to be successful. Cantor sang it…

Jessica Claus is the version of Mrs. Claus who first appears in the Rankin/Bass special Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and later in the movie Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July. In Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Jessica, voiced by Robie Lester, was the schoolteacher of Sombertown when Kris Kringle arrived to bring the children toys for the first time. She at first does not condone the actions of Kris, as he is breaking Burgermeister Meisterburger's law declaring that toys were illegal in…

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