'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974 TV special)

 

                               'Twas the Night Before Christmas



 Set in the fictional town of Junctionville, New York around the turn of 


the 20th century. Santa Claus is offended by an anonymous letter printed 


in the town's newspaper (and signed "all of us") claiming that he doesn't 


exist. In response, Santa returns the entire town's letters to them 


unopened. Upon reading the anonymous letter printed in the newspaper, 


Father Mouse — a mouse assistant to the human clockmaker Joshua 


Trundle — immediately suspects that his brainy son Albert is its author. 


Albert confirms his suspicions, repeating the letter verbatim to him.


Father Mouse and the Trundle Family devise a plan to appease Santa by 


building a singing clock tower for him, built with a special recording to 


play a song to coax him not to bypass Junctionville on Christmas Eve. 


Unfortunately, Albert enters the clock to explore it without permission, 


and inadvertently causes it to malfunction in front of the whole town, 


seriously damaging Trundle's professional reputation. Furthermore, the 


Mayor, publicly embarrassed at the clock tower's failure, refuses to give 


Joshua access to it for repairs. Confessing his mistake, Albert volunteers 


to repair it himself and Father Mouse tells Joshua of the situation before 


waiting at his bed with worry  on Christmas Eve. Although Albert does 


not complete his task until about one minute after the midnight deadline, 


the clock does play its song within earshot of Santa which convinces him 


to turn around and come to town after all. This is one of my all time 


favorites cause it was one of the first Christmas specials I seen when 


I was a kid, being a huge Rankin/Bass and animation freak it fit perfectly


into my life, a timeless story that everyone can relate to now days with


all the BS  going on in our country, this is a movie you can sit down and 


watch with the whole family and forget about all your troubles and 


worries for little bit. So do me a favor and sit down and watch it with 


your kids and or family it will give you peace and let you know that


things will get better and work out in the end. If you like my posts


please leave a like and let me know in the comments what you think and 


how I can improve. Thank you so much, I really hope you enjoy my takes


on the greatest animated Christmas movies of all time. 




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