The Year Without a Santa ClausThe Year Without a Santa Claus

From Rankin/Bass studios come three holiday favorites boasting delightful stop-motion animation, catchy songs and family-pleasing stories.
The year without a Santa Claus: When a weary Santa decides to take Christmas off, two elves go to find children to convince Santa to come back, but first they have to get past the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser.
Nestor, the long-eared Christmas donkey: An outcast donkey in Roman era Judea with overlong ears finds his destiny on the way to Bethlehem.
Rudolph's shiny New Year: Rudolph must find Happy, the missing baby New Year, before midnight on New Year's Eve.