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Name: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
Released: 1970-12-14
Cast: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

NR
50m
1970

93%

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Celebrate the season with the story of Kris Kringle in the original holiday special, Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town! After being discovered by a family of elves, baby Claus is raised by the Kringles and grows up to become a toymaker. Wanting to share his toys with the children of Sombertown, Kris must overcome the Winter Warlock and the Burgermeister Meisterburger along with some help from Miss Jessica and Topper. Based on the timeless song, the Rankin/Bass production of Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town features groundbreaking "Animagic" stop-motion animation and is sung and told by Fred Astaire. It's pure holiday magic for the entire family!

Director:

Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass

Producer:

Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass

Writer:

Romeo Muller

Cast:

Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

93%

Critics Consensus: Arriving with light-hearted cheeriness and the best musical numbers, Santa Claus Is Comin To Town is a magical story told by charming wood-figure animation.

Reviews

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Rachel Wagner

So overall it is an odd trippy little film but I enjoyed watching it.

With terrific set designs and the best musical numbers of any of the old Rankin-Bass animated specials, it really holds up well even to this day. The story of how Santa Claus came to be, it's a must-see if you've got little kids in the household.

Rather than a pure retelling, it became a unique modern version amongst other historical folklore. A modern fairytale of sorts.

I know it's a classic but the too-bright colors and weird animation style just doesn't work for me.

Everything Rankin/Bass did works perfectly here. The guest voice (Fred Astaire) is dead on. The filling in of mythology around a holiday figure is just great. And even the song the special builds toward is one of the better Santa Claus songs out there.

November 26, 2018

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