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• The stop motion animated film Santa Claus is Comin' to Town is another classic holiday special brought to television by the producers of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman.

• Fast Facts

  1. Original air date: December 14, 1970
  2. Starring: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Robie Lester and Joan Gardner
  3. Created by Rankin-Bass
  4. As with many other Rankin-Bass productions, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town was based on the classic holiday song of the same name
  5. Songwriters: Haven Gillespie and J. Fred CootsSongFacts: Santa Claus is Coming to Town
  6. Singer Eddie Cantor made the tune famous in 1934

• Synopsis

  Actor and dancing legend Fred Astaire narrates this tale of how Santa Claus got his start. Mickey Rooney voices Kris Kringle, who was left on the doorstep of a family of toymakers as a baby and ultimately brings joy to the previously somber Sombertown, where toys had been outlawed.

• Rooney IS Santa

  Beloved stage, screen and TV actor Mickey Rooney voiced the young Kris Kringle in Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, and would reprise the role three times, twice for Rankin-Bass productions.

• Song List

  • "The First Toymakers to the King"
  • "No More Toymakers to the King"
  • "If You Sit On My Lap Today"
  • "One Foot in Front of the Other"
  • "My World is Beginning Today"
  • "What Better Way To Tell You"
  • "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"

  
  

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  Rankin Bass Christmas Specials | Christmas Special Schedule | Fred Astaire | Mickey Rooney | Santa Claus | Santa Claus is Coming to Town Lyrics | Christmas | Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer | Frosty the Snowman | Frosty Returns | A Christmas Carol | Frosty's Winter Wonderland | The Polar Express | Santa Claus Pictures | Bad Santa | Santa Clipart

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