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December 23, 2025 64 mins

We round out this year’s trilogy of Christmas episodes by exploring the made-for-TV Christmas classics that have awed generations. We’re talking about the Rankin / Bass stop-motion films. 

  • We go all the way back to 1964 for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the longest-running Christmas special of all time. 
  • The company garnered another hit with the Santa origin story. Mickey Rooney and Fred Astaire lend their voices to Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town. 
  • Finally, Rooney returns in the hilarious and vibrant film, The Year Without A Santa Claus.

Have you seen these animated classics? Which one is your favorite?

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