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The Night Before Christmas

1968-12-01
4.8
en 26m
AnimationFamilyDramaTV Movie
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.

Director

Jim Pabian

Writer

Clement C. Moore

Poem

Clement C. Moore

Creator

Bill Turnbull

Story

Louise Turnbull

Screenplay

Dick Woellhaf

holiday santa claus sick child christmas christmas eve holiday special fictionalized history

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Elba Productions
  • Playhouse Pictures