| The Year Without a Santa Claus  (1974),
				Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.,  
				Writer: William Keenan, rated G 
				There's no 
				vacations at the North Pole? 
				
		  Starring: 
Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving, Bob McFadden, Rhoda 
Mann, Bradley Bolke, Ron Marshall, Colin Duffy, Christine Winter 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★☆☆ 
				- great 
				"Who cares? Nobody 
				cares about Christmas anymore!" – 
				Santa's Doctor 
				Why watch this? 
				Santa's sick and might miss Christmas! It's up to Mrs. Claus and 
				Mother Nature. 
				Plot Summary: 
				Discouraged and feeling unappreciated, Santa Claus decides to 
				take a year off from delivering presents on Christmas Eve. Mrs. 
				Claus and two elves, Jingle and Jangle, embark on a mission to 
				find enough Christmas spirit to change Santa's mind. Their 
				journey takes them to a town that has never seen snow on 
				Christmas, where they must contend with the mischievous Heat 
				Miser and Snow Miser to prove that belief in Santa and the 
				Christmas spirit are still alive. Dad's Preview: 
				This is the final Rankin and Bass TV Special on my list. This 
				holiday classic makes the list for the wonderful feuding 
				brothers, Snow Miser and Heat Miser. They each have a wonderful 
				song, and their sparring is legendary. 
				 Rankin/Bass 
				Productions; ABC
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