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The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated television special. The story is loosely based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book of the same title, illustrated by Kurt Werth. The Year Without a Santa Claus is a story told by Mrs. Claus, of the year that there almost wasn't a Christmas. Santa had fallen ill, and under the recommendation of his doctor, decided to issue a press release that Christmas was canceled so that he may take a holiday. Humoring her husband for the time being, Mrs. Claus assigns two elves with a task. She orders Jingle and Jangle to leave the North Pole in the weeks leading up to Christmas, to find a town where they could rally up some Christmas cheer.

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