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* [[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 -- or Mrs. Claus narrating everything up to and including the dream [[Reveal]].
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: Mother Nature is hyped up to be a dangerous, hot-headed woman, whom even her vicious children fear. The main characters are nervous but bravely go to confront her... only to have a charming friendly lunch with her and have all of their problems peacefully solved without any hesitation from Mother Nature.
** Although we definitely get the feeling [[Good Is Not Nice|she ''can'' be scary if she wants to be]] -- she's able to frighten her sons into obedience, at least. (With ''lightning.'')
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* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Apparently, most children don't believe in Santa anymore. The question is how do they explain the presents that their parents never bought. Or the fact that Santa gave interviews to several reliable newspapers who also publish photos of him.
** Likely they just assume the adults are tricking them -- once Iggy brings the issue up to his parents they actually convince him pretty easily.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: At one point during the Mayor's song, "It's Gonna Snow", [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s "Little Tramp" character can be seen at the front of a group of bystanders. He waves his cane to the beat of the Mayor's song, almost like a bandleader or cheerleader with a baton.
* [[Hemisphere Bias]]: A curious and extreme example -- if one accepts the images, descriptions and comments absolutely literally, the world consists of only the Northern hemisphere, and stops rather suddenly at the equator.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Jangle the Elf sounds very much like [[Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales|Tennessee Tuxedo]]'s walrus pal, Chumley -- because both were voiced by Bradley Bolke.
* [["I Am" Song]]: The Miser Brothers.
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* [[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.
* [[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 [[Fanservice|scantily-clad girls]] instead.)
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: The elves here are rather Keebleresque, and a bit shorter than the children.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Okay, so they've got slightly larger parts. The one thing people remember from this special is the Miser Brothers, in no small part because of [[Ear Worm|those ''songs''.]] Half this page is devoted to the guys, even.
* [[Painting the Frost on Windows]]: Snow Miser, Heat Miser and Mother Nature.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: The elves disguise Vixen as a dog by putting a pair of brown socks over her ears, while doing nothing about here ''hooves''.
* [[Playing with Fire]]: Heat Miser.
* [[Polar Opposite Twins]]: The Miser Brothers, of course. Aside from the obvious, Snow Miser seems to be more of a joker who likes the Clauses while Heat Miser is, well, [[Incredibly Lame Pun|hot-headed]].
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