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A [[Rankin/Bass Productions]]' [[Stop Motion]] puppet animated (called "Animagic") [[Christmas Special|holiday special]] from 1974. This time, [[Santa Claus]] (voiced by Mickey Rooney, reprising his role from 1970's ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town]]'') decides to take a holiday from Christmas when he becomes convinced that nobody really cares anymore. In an effort to get Christmas back on, [[Mrs. Claus]] (voiced by Shirley Booth) sends a pair of elves out to find enough Christmas spirit left in the world to make Santa change his mind. [[Hilarity Ensues]], contributed to in no small part by the memorable obstructiveness of the climate-ruling Miser Brothers, Snow Miser (Dick Shawn) and Heat Miser (George S. Irving).
The script was written by Wiliam Keenan (instead of Rankin/Bass stalwart Romeo Muller) based on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZDKdCdL0ls the 1956 book] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9CjpskT_NY by Phyllis McGinley], with the studio's usual mixture of classic Christmas tunes with original songs by Maury Laws and co-producer Jules Bass.
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