In some respects, “The Year Without a Santa Claus” plays like a 1970s throwback, featuring plenty of semi-star talent with NBC ties, including “Saturday Night Live’s” Chris Kattan ...

William J. Keenan wrote “The Year Without a Santa Claus,” which was based on a 1957 book written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Phyllis McGinley. The story centers on Santa, who catches a ...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: Sling TV • Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town: Hulu, Disney+, Sling TV • The Year Without a Santa Claus: Sling TV • The Little Drummer Boy: Hulu, Fubo TV • The ...

The Year Without a Santa Claus, a Christmas special from Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., turns 50 this December But McGinley’s book had just the most basic story — about Santa wanting a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Whether you grew up watching these beloved classics or recently saw your first (we force our friends to watch them every year), we found ... the origin story of Santa’s favorite “misfit.” ...

That’s when ABC premiered the Rankin/Bass Productions animated Christmas special “The Year Without A Santa Claus” (a.k.a. “Scary Title, Kids, But Tell Mom and Dad That Hasbro and Mattel ...