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|director={{w|Arthur Rankin Jr.}}<br>{{w|Jules Bass}} {{s|(producers: ''[[Frosty the Snowman (Rankin/Bass)|Frosty]]'' and ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town|Santa Claus]]'')}}<br>Larry Roemer {{s|(''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass)|Rudolph]]'')}}
 
|director={{w|Arthur Rankin Jr.}}<br>{{w|Jules Bass}} {{s|(producers: ''[[Frosty the Snowman (Rankin/Bass)|Frosty]]'' and ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town|Santa Claus]]'')}}<br>Larry Roemer {{s|(''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Rankin/Bass)|Rudolph]]'')}}
|writer=[[Romeo Muller]] {{s|(writer: ''Rudolph''/teleplay: ''Santa Claus'' / writer: ''Frosty'' [uncredited])}}<br>Steve Nelson {{s|([[Frosty the Snowman (song)|song]]: ''Frosty'')}}<br>Jack Rollins {{s|(song: ''Frosty'')}}<br>Robert May {{s|(story: ''Rudolph'')}}<br>Johnny Marks {{s|(song: ''Rudolph'')}}<br>J. Fred Coots {{s|([[Santa Claus is Coming to Town (song)|song]]: ''Santa Claus'')}}<br>Haven Gillespie {{s|(song: ''Santa Claus'')}}
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|writer=[[Romeo Muller]] {{s|(writer: ''Rudolph''/teleplay: ''Santa Claus'' / writer: ''Frosty'' [uncredited])}}<br>Steve Nelson {{s|([[Frosty the Snowman (song)|song]]: ''Frosty'')}}<br>Jack Rollins {{s|(song: ''Frosty'')}}<br>Robert May {{s|(story: ''Rudolph'')}}<br>Johnny Marks {{s|([[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (song)|song]]: ''Rudolph'')}}<br>J. Fred Coots {{s|([[Santa Claus is Coming to Town (song)|song]]: ''Santa Claus'')}}<br>Haven Gillespie {{s|(song: ''Santa Claus'')}}
 
|release=November 8, 1996
 
|release=November 8, 1996
 
|available=VHS
 
|available=VHS

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Rudolph frosty and friends sing along vhs

The cover to the video.

The Rudolph, Frosty & Friends Sing Along is a sing-along video of songs from the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. It was presented by Golden Books Family Entertainment, released by Family Home Entertainment, and sponsored by Priority Mail from the United States Postal Service (USPS). It features ten songs from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.

Songs

Title From
"A Holly Jolly Christmas" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
"The First Toymakers to the King"
"Jingle, Jingle, Jingle" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
"The Most Wonderful Day of the Year"
"Put One Foot in Front of the Other" Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
"Frosty the Snowman" Frosty the Snowman
"We Are Santa's Elves" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
"Be Prepared to Pay" Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Premise

The video starts with a snowy background that shows the title card before dissolving to the next scene. The scene then shows a songbook that opens itself to reveal the first song card, introducing the song. The card flies out, and the song begins. The video continues with the various song cards introducing each song, before they begin. At the end, the last song card goes back into the songbook and it closes, and the credits roll.

Sing Along Screen

Each song has its own screen in the video. Each song starts off with a song card introducing it. Then, the screen irises in to the sing along screen. The words are on a clear translucent wave background at the bottom of the screen, and appear and disappear in time with the vocals. The words sometimes become all-caps or flash rhythmically whenever the song's name is heard. Also, the words might flash across the screen. Some songs, like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, have a "bouncing ball" that bounces along with the words as the song goes.