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What's one of the well known Christmas Specials that plays each year? Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964). That film was the start of several Christmas specials for the Rankin Bass company.

Every Christmas, I love their skill of puppetry animation to tell classic tales. How many of these characters do you recognize? I'll list them anyway.

Bottom Left: Nestor (the Long Eared Christmas Donkey), Aaron and Baba (The Little Drummer Boy)
Top: Heat Miser and Snow Miser (The Year Without a Santa Claus), and Jack Frost (1979)
Center: Clarice, Happy (Rudolph's Shiny New Year), Special Delivery Kluger (Santa Claus is Coming to Town), Rudolph, Santa Claus, Topper (Santa Claus is Coming to Town), Frosty the Snowman, Mrs. Claus, Pardon Me Pete (Jack Frost), Crystal (Frosty's Winter Wonderland), Pinocchio and Talking Cricket (Pinocchio's Christmas)

All drawn together by and me

All characters (c) Rankin Bass

Description
What's one of the well known Christmas Specials that plays each year? Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964). That film was the start of several Christmas specials for the Rankin Bass company.

Every Christmas, I love their skill of puppetry animation to tell classic tales. How many of these characters do you recognize? I'll list them anyway.

Bottom Left: Nestor (the Long Eared Christmas Donkey), Aaron and Baba (The Little Drummer Boy)
Top: Heat Miser and Snow Miser (The Year Without a Santa Claus), and Jack Frost (1979)
Center: Clarice, Happy (Rudolph's Shiny New Year), Special Delivery Kluger (Santa Claus is Coming to Town), Rudolph, Santa Claus, Topper (Santa Claus is Coming to Town), Frosty the Snowman, Mrs. Claus, Pardon Me Pete (Jack Frost), Crystal (Frosty's Winter Wonderland), Pinocchio and Talking Cricket (Pinocchio's Christmas)

All drawn together by and me

All characters (c) Rankin Bass