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When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.When a town learns that Santa Claus has struck it off his delivery schedule due to an insulting letter, a way must be found to change his mind.
Joel Grey
- Joshua Trundle
- (voice)
Tammy Grimes
- Albert
- (voice)
John McGiver
- Mayor
- (voice)
George Gobel
- Father Mouse
- (voice)
Patricia Bright
- Sarah Trundle
- (voice)
- (as Pat Bright)
- …
Scott Firestone
- Son
- (voice)
- …
Bob McFadden
- North Pole Phone Operator
- (voice)
- (as Robert McFadden)
- …
Allen Swift
- Santa Claus
- (voice)
- (as Alan Swift)
- …
Christine Winter
- Daughter
- (voice)
- …
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- TriviaJunctionville, New York is a fictional town meant to honor author Clement Moore, who was born in New York. It is apparently a seaside town, as one little boy, Davy Thomas, is shown sitting on a seaside cliff dropping a drawing of Santa into the ocean. Its maritime nature may have been based on Newport, Rhode Island, where Clement Moore died.
- GoofsAs Father Mouse and Albert enter the Trundles' house to see the model of the new clock tower, we see a clock that reads 10 o'clock in the long shot. After Father Mouse and Albert finish bouncing down in the next shot, the clock reads 11:10.
- Quotes
Father Mouse: [voiceover] Here's our first example of how you've ruined everyone's Christmas with your opinions.
- Alternate versionsSome TV networks edit out the song "Give Your Heart a Try" because of the word "gay" at the beginning.
- SoundtracksOverture
Music by Maury Laws
Lyrics by Jules Bass
Featured review
I agree that this is a classic. I was born shortly before this cartoon was made, so it was a big part of my Christmas ritual growing up. The morale is great ("even a miracle needs a hand") and the songs are GOOD. They crept in my head at an early age and stayed there 'til this day. I see a lot of my adolescent, atheist, Ivy League self in the defiant Albert, who derides Santa as a myth, but also in Mr. Trundle, who works devotedly for something he believes in. I'm not talking literals here, people, but there's something nice about believing in something greater than yourself, or your known quantities.
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- Это была ночь перед Рождеством
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- Runtime25 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) officially released in Canada in English?
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