User blog comment:Toughpigs/10 Worst Christmas Specials of All Time/@comment-27117248-20151025074041

I signed up for an account just to comment on this. The Year Without a Santa Claus is definitely NOT one of the worst Christmas specials. "But what else do you remember about it?" Plenty. Aside from the novel story, the music is some of the best and most memorable of all the Rankin-Bass specials. Heat/Snowmiser aside, "I Believe in Santa Claus" is a sweet, wonderful song with a great backing guitar melody. "It's Gonna Snow" is a fun song, as is "I Could Be Santa." This is easily one of the best of the stop-motion R-B specials, right up there with Rudolph and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Go back and watch some of the lesser known ones--you know, the ones even ABC Family won't show anymore. This one's far better than you give it credit for.