The Original Christmas Specials Collection : : 5 Holiday Favorites.

Locations
Call Number: Youth-DVD Holiday Original
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

"5 timeless holiday specials"--Container.
Bonus features: The animagic world of Rankin/Bass; Restoring the puppets of Rudolph; Reimagining Rudolph in 4D; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Attraction film; T.E.A.M. Rudolph and the Reindeer Games; Frosty the snowman original pencil test; commentaries on Frosty the snowman and Santa Claus is comin' to town.
Disc 1. Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer / Rankin and Bass ; Videocraft International Productions ; Classic Media ; written by Romeo Muller ; co-producer Jules Bass ; director, Larry Roemer ; produced by Arthur Rankin (1964 ; 53 mins.).
Disc 2. Frosty the snowman / a Rankin and Bass production ; Classic Media ; produced & directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. & Jules Bass ; written by Romeo Muller (1969 ; 26 mins).
Disc 3. Santa Claus is coming' to town! / A Rankin and Bass Production ; Classic Media ; produced by Arthur Rankin ; produced and directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. & Jules Bass ; written by Romeo Muller (1970 ; 51 mins).
Disc 4. The little drummer boy / a Rankin and Bass Production ; written by Romeo Muller ; produced & directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr. & Jules Bass (1968 ; 25 mins.) -- Cricket on the hearth / A Rankin and Bass production ; Thomas-Spelling Productions and Classic Media ; written by Romeo Muller & Arthur Rankin, Jr. ; produced & directed by Arthur Rankin, Jr., & Jules Bass ; executive producers, Aaron Spelling & Danny Thomas (1967 ; 49 mins.).
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer: Burl Ives, Larry Mann, Billy Richards, Paul Soles, Stan Francis, Alfie Scopp, Janis Orenstein, Paul Kligman, Carl Banas, Corinne Conley, Peg Dixon.
Frosty the Snowman: Jimmy Durante, Billy DeWolfe, Jackie Vernon, Paul Frees, June Foray.
Santa Claus is comin' to town: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Westminster Children's Choir, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester.
Little drummer boy: Jose Ferrer, Greer Garson -- Cricket on the hearth: Danny Thomas, Marlo Thomas, Ed Ames, Abbe Lane, Hans Conried, Roddy McDowall.
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer: a misfit reindeer and his friends look for a place that will accept them.
Frosty the snowman: a living snowman and a little girl struggle to elude a greedy magician who is after the snowman's magic hat.
Santa Claus is comin' to town: A mailman reveals the origins of Santa Claus.
The little drummer boy: an orphan drummer boy who hates humanity finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men en route to Bethlehem.
Cricket on the hearth: a helpful cricket named Crocket befriends a poor toymaker and his daughter on Christmas morning. When tragedy strikes the family, Crocket restores peace and happiness.
DVD, region 1, NTSC, standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ration of its original television exhibition, Dolby digital.
Contents: Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer. -- Cricket on the hearth. -- Frosty the snowman. -- Little drummer boy.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

From Someone Who Didn't Grow Up With These submitted by Meginator on August 27, 2022, 7:11pm These classic holiday stories are hit-and-miss, but even the bad ones have a certain nostalgic charm that makes them worth watching at least once. The two films based on the Santa Claus legend are the best of the group, presenting surprisingly thorough origin stories for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and for Santa himself; the choppy stop-motion serves the stories well and gives them a childlike, almost dreamy quality that works well with the established mythology. “Frosty the Snowman” has charming character and set design, although the story is a bit odd and unrealistic (yes, even for a story about a talking snowman), and the adaptation of “Cricket on the Hearth” has its moments but ultimately relies on some troubling visual stereotyping and uneven storytelling that make it feel woefully outdated and overly simplistic. Frosty’s animation is solid, but “Cricket on the Hearth” suffers from bizarre cel-shading abnormalities and far too simplistic movement that makes it look unprofessional and cheap. “The Little Drummer Boy” is an unmitigated stop-motion disaster that I hated for all of the twenty-five minutes I was stuck with it and, like “Cricket on the Hearth,” feels tonally out of synch with the other three films. So, this is a mixed bag. As a lifelong Christmas-celebrating adult somehow encountering these classics for the first time, I was surprised by just how good “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” was and was vaguely disappointed by the rest; still, the good and benign trio holds up fairly well and I can understand why they are so beloved even today.