Rankin/Bass made A LOT of stop-motion Christmas (and other holiday) specials, but it's hard to argue against the stance that the best three are Rudolph (1964), Santa Claus is Coming' to Town (1970), and The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974). The Year Without a Santa Claus has Heat Miser and Snow Miser, Santa trying to finagle his was out of his one day of work per year, and Blue Christmas for some reason. Find our full Year Without a Santa Claus episode on the NOT-STALGIA podcast feed. #yearwith

Mad Monster Party? Intro from the 1967 Rankin and Bass stop motion film, 1967 Stars: Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Gale Garnett and Phyllis Diller Track: Ethel Ennis #madmonsterparty | Goth Magazine Past Present and Forever

Here Comes Peter Cottontail 1971 Rankin/Bass Productions Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a 1971 Easter stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, currently distributed by Universal Television and based on the 1957 novel The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich.[ The special also features Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins' Easter song "Here Comes Peter Cottontail". It was originally broadcast on April 4, 1971, on the ABC television network in th