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The Burgermeister then sets a trap for Kris and Topper as he makes another delivery while his soldiers capture the Kringles and Winter.

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To protect the town from further toy deliveries, the Burgermeister orders all doors and windows to be locked, but Kris enters by the chimneys and places toys in the children's stockings. To repay him, Winter reunites Kris with Jessica, who informs him that the Burgermeister destroyed all the toys and the children now want new ones. Kris and Topper manage to evade capture and run into the woods.Īs Kris and Topper start their journey back to the Kringles, the Winter Warlock captures them with his tree monsters, but when Kris gives him a toy train as a present, the Warlock's evil exterior melts away and he befriends Kris.

Kris stops him and gives him a yo-yo, which the Burgermeister enjoys until Grimsley informs him that he is breaking his own law. As Kris gives out more toys, the Burgermeister arrives and orders the children arrested. As the children are about to play with the toys, Kris is stopped by Miss Jessica, their lovely schoolteacher, but she softens toward Kris when he offers her a china doll as a 'peace offering'. In the town, he offers toys to two children washing their stockings by a water fountain.

On his way to Sombertown, Kris meets a lost penguin whom he names Topper. Meanwhile, the Burgermeister, after tripping on a toy wooden duck, causing him to fall down a flight of stairs and suffering a leg injury, bans all toys in the town, declaring that anyone found possessing a toy will be arrested and thrown into the dungeon. When Kris is old enough, he volunteers to deliver the toys to Sombertown. A few years later, Kris hopes to restore the Kringles' title as the 'first toymakers to the king.” Led by their matron, Tanta Kringle, they adopt the baby and name him “Kris”. On the way there, a gust of wind blows both sled and baby to the Mountain of the Whispering Winds, where the animals hide him from the Winter Warlock and take him to the Kringle elf family.

A baby arrives on his doorstep with a nametag reading 'Claus' and a note requesting that the Burgermeister raise the child, but he instead orders his henchman and lawkeeper Grimsley to take the baby to an orphanage. The story begins in the gloomy city of Sombertown, ruled by the ill-tempered Burgermeister Meisterburger. When his mail truck breaks down, he tells the story of Santa in response to several letters sent from children. The special was originally telecast on Decemby ABC, which continues to air the special every year along with its sister network Freeform as of 2022 (commemorating the special's 50th anniversary), though both channels have at times edited the special to make room for commercials.Īfter a newsreel prologue stating that children around the world are preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus, a postman named Special Delivery 'S.D.' Kluger is introduced. The special was created using Japanese stop motion animation called 'Animagic', in which all the characters are made out of wood and plastic and animated via stop-motion photography. and introduced on radio by Eddie Cantor in 1934, and the story of Saint Nicholas. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie for Leo Feist, Inc. It is based on the hit Christmas song ' Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town', which was written by J. The film tells the story of how Santa Claus and several Claus-related Christmas traditions came to be. The film is narrated by Fred Astaire and stars the voices of Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Robie Lester, Joan Gardner, and Paul Frees, as well as an assistant song performance by the Westminster Children's Choir. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 stop motion Christmas television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions in New York, New York.