Three of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass' beloved stop-motion animated Christmas specials. "The Year Without a Santa Claus" (1974, 51 min.) - Santa is too sick to fly on Christmas Eve! Now it's up to two resourceful elves to get past the Heat Miser and the Snow Miser and rally support for Christmas. "Rudolph's Shiny New Year" (1975, 47 min.) - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer searches for Happy, the missing baby New Year! "Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey" (1977, 22 min.) - A young donkey with very long ears is lead by his guardian angel to Bethlehem.