A Year Without A Santa Claus (Christmas Special)

 One of my personal favorite Christmas specials I ever watched, was the Year Without A Santa Claus which first made its appearance all the back in 1974, 50 years ago. This special was based off of a book of the same name which was written by Miss Phyllis McGinley and the book was created back in 1956.

The team that put all of this together for this animated classic, were the Rankin/Bass Productions who were known for a lot of other amazing animations as well.

The special stars Shirley Booth who plays Mrs. Claus/Narrator, Mickey Rooney plays Santa Claus and Dick Shawn as Snow Miser and George S. Irving as Heat Miser.

The story begins with Santa Claus falling ill to a cold and is bed ridden. But begins to question if people really cared about Christmas anymore after his doctor sarcastically said so.

With that in mind, Mrs. Claus with the help of a couple of elves, Jingle and Jangle as well as a little reindeer Vixon head of to prove to Santa that there is still plenty of Christmas left in the world. Only to find themselves in a bit of trouble.

I love watching this special, it never gets old, I can not begin to tell you how many times I've watched it and to this very day still brings a smile to my face.

From the music, the singing, the beautiful message behind it all. It really is amazing to see how much time and effort some of these old school shows put in these incredible animations and used to help create amazing stories.

I personally love seeing the Miser brothers go out at each other. Always seems to get me to laugh 😂. Probably because it reminds me of myself and my twin brother Chad and how we are with each other sometimes lol. Always being goofy and picking on each other.

Like I had mentioned earlier, I loved the music and I for one really enjoyed listening to Blue Christmas which was sang by Christine Winter still makes me a little teary eye. An amazing performance!

Certainly miss those times as a kid.

Until Next Time!

God Bless and Be Safe Everybody! 🙏🙏🙏

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