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Posted On: December 19th 2025, 09:58 pm
Rankin/Bass made A LOT of stop-motion Christmas (and other holiday) specials, but it's hard to argue against the stance that the best three are Rudolph (1964), Santa Claus is Coming' to Town (1970), and The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974).

The Year Without a Santa Claus has Heat Miser and Snow Miser, Santa trying to finagle his was out of his one day of work per year, and Blue Christmas for some reason.

Find our full Year Without a Santa Claus episode on the NOT-STALGIA podcast feed.

#yearwithoutasantaclaus #heatmiser #xmas #christmas #rankinbass
Comments (18)
kev_b_man 10 months ago

kev_b_man

I dreamed unhappy things

scringus_mcbingus_mabungy 10 months ago
andy_rooniey 10 months ago

andy_rooniey

Classic loved it with my grandma

retroverse.tv a year ago

retroverse.tv

Amazing! I love stop motion

snoopy.rhodes a year ago

snoopy.rhodes

I swear, Jingle and jangle look like goofy renditions of John C. Riley and Owen Wilson- ๐Ÿ’€

paige_crouch7 a year ago

paige_crouch7

My mom refers to this special as the year Santa Claus gets seasonal depression

lusciouslin a year ago

lusciouslin

That one elf looks like Patton Oswald ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

karenallensravenwood a year ago

karenallensravenwood

Begging you to do Scrooged

donald.trapps a year ago

donald.trapps

My favorite Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ classic watch this movie ๐ŸŽฅ every year and misters brothers movie

ashley.andersen.9828 a year ago

ashley.andersen.9828

All those reindeer look upset that they had to take these men to places.

findme_inwonderland_t a year ago

findme_inwonderland_t

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

j_regina_89 a year ago

j_regina_89

I think this is where Rankin/Bass peaked. Everything else afterwards varied in quality in my opinion.

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