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{{quote|''"Drummer boy, you may not believe me, but this... is the luckiest day... of your... life!'''|Ben Haramed (José Ferrer), ''The Little Drummer Boy''}}
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The script is by Rankin/Bass's favorite writer, Romeo Muller; the music follows the favored R/B formula, starting with a classic Christmas tune and adding original songs by Maury Laws and co-producer Jules Bass. A touch of distinction is added by the choral work being performed by the Vienna Boys Choir.
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This story has inspired several imitations and variations; for example one Puerto Rican TV [[Christmas Special]] was about a little boy who wanted to visit the Nativity to ask Baby Jesus to cure his dying father (in the apparent belief that [[Eternal Recurrence|the event repeats itself every year]]). A [[Christmas Miracle]] happens, of course. Similarly, the Spanish Christmas song ''Burrito Sabanero'' is about a boy riding a burro to reach the Nativity.
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Though set in first century Judaea, the kings wear costumes more suggestive of [[The Renaissance|15th century]] European paintings of the Adoration of the Magi.
* [[Ass in
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]: The show begins with Greer Garson reading from the beginning of the second chapter of [[The Bible
** Slightly subverted in the fact that the Bible itself contains no mention of anyone remotely resembling The Little Drummer Boy; It started as a song in 1949, based loosely off a French legend only two centuries older than that.
* [[Christmas Special]]
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: The main character's father being scene stabbed to death on screen, and his mother being burnt alive.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Aaron is friend to all living
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Aaron, who realizes when the Child smiles at him that his hatred for humanity has been wrong.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Money Song]]: In Book Two.
* [[Narrator]]: Miss Greer Garson (a classic [[English Rose]]), as Our Storyteller.
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* [[The Power of Rock|The Power of Music]]: How Aaron taught his animals to dance.
* [[Star of Bethlehem]]: How Aaron knows where to find Joshua.
* [[Surrounded
* [[Talking to Himself]]: The Three Kings and their servant discussing how to replace their weary
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