A Visit From St. Nicholas A Coronet Christmas Fantasy (1949)
An animated rendition of Clement Clarke Moore's timeless Christmas poem comes to life in this Coronet film from 1949. David A. Smart, the publisher of Esquire and Coronet magazines, named the company after his Coronet magazine. His films were primarily distributed to schools from the 1940's through the 1980's. (Moviecraft Film Archive)
A Christmas tradition on WGN-TV in Chicago for many years. UPA studios, who also did the animation for Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing, created this seasonal cartoon. Enjoy Frosty again as he ran "over the hills of snow... jing-jing! Transferred from 16mm b-w film. (Moviecraft Film Archive)
Here’s a blooper from The Farmer’s Daughter, that was kept in the episode.
Inger accidentally knocked a phone off the table after the Morley’s butler left the scene. Notice how William Windom looks toward the crew as the picture fades.
It's Christmas Eve and Santa hasn't come yet, so Buffalo Bob Smith, Howdy, and Clarabell The Clown (Bob Keeshan soon-to-be "Captain Kangaroo") decide to take the Rocket Doodle as transportation and head for the North Pole to see what's happened to Santa. When they get there they find out that "Ugly Sam" (Dayton Allen later of "The Steve Allen Show") thinks that Santa is the "Bearded Bandit" and has captured him. So, it's up to Howdy and the Crew to prove differently.