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The script was written by Wiliam Keenan (instead of Rankin/Bass stalwart Romeo Muller), with the studio's usual mixture of classic Christmas tunes with original songs by Maury Laws and co-producer Jules Bass.
The script was written by Wiliam Keenan (instead of Rankin/Bass stalwart Romeo Muller), with the studio's usual mixture of classic Christmas tunes with original songs by Maury Laws and co-producer Jules Bass.


A Live Action remake aired on NBC in 2006, starring John Goodman as Santa.
A [[The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006 TV movie)|Live Action remake]] aired on NBC in 2006, starring John Goodman as Santa.


Followed in 2008 by the '''non'''-Rankin/Bass ''A Miser Brothers Christmas'', in which Heat Miser and Snow Miser are forced to work together to save Christmas.
Followed in 2008 by the '''non'''-Rankin/Bass ''A Miser Brothers Christmas'', in which Heat Miser and Snow Miser are forced to work together to save Christmas.

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=== This holiday special contains examples of: ===
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Vixen, while [[Ass in a Lion Skin|disguised as a dog]], barked at and chased a cat. One could argue that she was really in character, but even so.
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Vixen, while [[Ass in a Lion Skin|disguised as a dog]], barked at and chased a cat. One could argue that she was really in character, but even so.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: It's implied in the closing song that the whole story is something Santa dreamed. Though that wouldn't explain the sequel.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: It's implied in the closing song that the whole story is something Santa dreamed. Though that wouldn't explain the sequel.
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* [[Large Ham]]: The Miser Brothers are, well, ''too much''.
* [[Large Ham]]: The Miser Brothers are, well, ''too much''.
* [[Let There Be Snow]]
* [[Let There Be Snow]]
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]: The 2006 TV movie with John Goodman as Santa, [[Designing Women|Delta Burke]] as Mrs. Claus, [[This Is Spinal Tap|Michal McKean]] as Snow Miser, Harvey Fierstein as Heat Miser, and Carol Kane as Mother Nature. Among other famous faces. Despite rather dramatic changes from the original story, it still retained [[Ear Worm|those ''songs''.]]
* [[Live Action Adaptation]]: The [[The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006 TV movie)|2006 TV movie]] with John Goodman as Santa, [[Designing Women|Delta Burke]] as Mrs. Claus, [[This Is Spinal Tap|Michal McKean]] as Snow Miser, Harvey Fierstein as Heat Miser, and Carol Kane as Mother Nature. Among other famous faces. Despite rather dramatic changes from the original story, it still retained [[Ear Worm|those ''songs''.]]
* [[Metaphorically True]]: Mrs. Claus manages to describe Jingle and Jangle's mission to the human world in such a way as to hide her responsibility while suggesting it was their idea.
* [[Metaphorically True]]: Mrs. Claus manages to describe Jingle and Jangle's mission to the human world in such a way as to hide her responsibility while suggesting it was their idea.
* [[Mini-Mook]]s: Heat Miser and Snow Miser both have minions who are miniature clones of themselves. (In the later [[Live Action Adaptation]], they have scantily-clad girls instead.)
* [[Mini-Mook]]s: Heat Miser and Snow Miser both have minions who are miniature clones of themselves. (In the later [[Live Action Adaptation]], they have scantily-clad girls instead.)
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