TY - ADVS AU - Rankin,Arthur AU - Bass,Jules AU - Booth,Shirley AU - Rooney,Mickey AU - Shawn,Dick AU - Irving,George S. AU - Miller,Roger AU - Vaccaro,Brenda AU - Frees,Paul AU - Skelton,Red AU - Gorshin,Frank AU - Amsterdam,Morey AU - Peary,Harold AU - Richards,Billie AU - Laws,Maury AU - Marks,Johnny AU - McGinley,Phyllis AU - Autry,Gene AU - Primer,Don AU - Burgess,Dave AU - Keenan,William AU - Muller,Romeo AU - May,Robert L. ED - Rankin/Bass Productions. ED - Warner Home Video (Firm) TI - The year without a Santa Claus SN - 1419854968 U1 - 791.45/75 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Burbank, Calif. PB - Distributed by Warner Home Video KW - Santa Claus KW - Elves KW - Juvenile films KW - Donkeys KW - Reindeer KW - Christmas television programs KW - lcgft KW - Animated television programs KW - gsafd KW - Fantasy television programs N1 - Title from container; Full screen; Year without a Santa Claus based on the book by Phyllis McGinley; Nestor, the long-eared Christmas donkey based on the song by Gene Autry, Don Primer, Dave Burgess; Special features: Festive new featurette: "We are Santa's elves:" profiling Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass; Festive new featurette: "Stop motion 101:" stop-motion masters the Chiodo Brothers show how it's done step by step; Year without Santa Claus originally broadcast on television in 1974; Nestor, the long-eared donkey originally broadcast on television in 1977; Rudolph's shiny New Year originally broadcast on television in 1976; The year without a Santa Claus; teleplay by William Keenan --; Nestor, the long-eared Christmas Donkey; written by Romeo Muller --; Rudolph's shiny New Year; written by Romeo Muller; story by Robert L. May; Year without a Santa Claus: Music, Maury Laws ; lyrics, Jules Bass; Rudolph's shiny New Year: Music and lyrics, Johnny Marks (features the song Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer); Nestor, the long-eared Christmas donkey: Additional music and lyrics, Maury Laws and Jules Bass; Year without a Santa Claus cast: Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George S. Irving; Nestor, the long-eared Christmas donkey cast: Roger Miller, Brenda Vaccaro, Paul Frees; Rudolph's shiny New Year cast: Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam, Hal Peary, Paul Frees, Billie Richards N2 - The year without a Santa Claus: When Santa decides to take Christmas off, two elves go to find children to convince Santa to come back, but first they have to get past the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser. Nestor the long-eared Christmas donkey: An outcast donkey escorts an expectant couple to Bethlehem. Rudolph's shiny new year: Father Time asks Rudolph to find the missing New Year baby ER -