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The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas

★ 4.8/10•1968•26m•G•Animation•Family•Drama

Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's music and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.

Clement C. Moore · Writer

Jim Pabian · Director

Dick Woellhaf · Screenplay

Bill Turnbull · Creator

StatusReleased
Runtime26m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 1, 1968

Actors

Olan Soule

Olan Soule

Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

Barbara Eiler

Barbara Eiler

Mrs. Moore (voice)

Hal Smith

Hal Smith

Dr. Sawyer (voice)

Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg

Gretchen (voice)

Laura Turnbull

(voice)

Shari Turnbull

(voice)

Douglas Crowther

(voice)

Diana Lee

Soloist (voice)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Thurl Ravenscroft

Soloist (voice)

Bill Cole

Soloist (voice)

Eleanor Geffert

Soloist (voice)

Julia Rinker

Soloist (voice) (as Julie Rinker)

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