Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town · LeviOsa

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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town · LeviOsa

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AnimationFamilyFantasy51m

🍅93%

🍅

93%

Tomatometer

🍿

82%

Popcornmeter

7.2

TMDB

Storyline

A postman, S.D. Kluger, decides to answer some of the most common questions about Santa Claus, and tells us about a baby named Kris who is raised by a family of elf toymakers named Kringle. When Kris grows up, he wants to deliver toys to the children of Sombertown. But its Mayor is too mean to let that happen. And to make things worse, the Winter Warlock lives between the Kringles and Sombertown.

Trailers

2 videos

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Santa Claus is Coming to Town (Nolanized trailer)

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"A Baby?" Preview

Details

DirectorsArthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass

ReleasedDec 13, 1970

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideGUS

Studio

Rankin/Bass Productions

Cast

Mickey Rooney

Mickey Rooney

Kris Kringle (voice)

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

S.D. Kluger (voice)

Keenan Wynn

Keenan Wynn

Winter Warlock (voice)

Paul Frees

Paul Frees

Burgermeister Meisterburger / Grimsley (voice)

Joan Gardner

Tanta Kringle (voice)

Robie Lester

Robie Lester

Miss Jessica / Mrs. Claus (voice)

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Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Hulu

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Paramount Plus Essential

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Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

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YouTube

Fandango At Home

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Arriving with light-hearted cheeriness and the best musical numbers, Santa Claus Is Comin To Town is a magical story told by charming wood-figure animation.”

93% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

E

Emily St. James

RTVoxNov 26, 2018

Everything Rankin/Bass did works perfectly here. The guest voice (Fred Astaire) is dead on. The filling in of mythology around a holiday figure is just great. And even the song the special builds toward is one of the better Santa Claus songs out there.

V

Virginia Heffernan

RTNew York TimesNov 26, 2018

Two of these, ''Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'' and ''The Year Without a Santa Claus,'' [are] both giddy and delightful.

C

Charles Bramesco

RTNew York TimesNov 26, 2018

This origin story for Santa Claus has all the elements that have made their productions perennial favorites every holiday season, including Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney as the kindly narrator and a young Kris Kringle.

R

Rachel Wagner

RTrachelsreviews.netApr 18, 2019

So overall it is an odd trippy little film but I enjoyed watching it.

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Information

Title

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

Released

Dec 13, 1970

Rated

G

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

51m

Status

Released

Studio

Rankin/Bass Productions

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