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The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas

Release: 1968-12-01 ·Runtime: 26m ·★ 4.8
Animation Family Drama TV 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.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Elba Productions
Playhouse Pictures

Cast

Thurl Ravenscroft Thurl Ravenscroft as Soloist (voice) Barbara Eiler Barbara Eiler as Mrs. Moore (voice) Hal Smith Hal Smith as Dr. Sawyer (voice) Virginia Gregg Virginia Gregg as Gretchen (voice) Olan Soule Olan Soule as Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

Crew

Iwao Takamoto Iwao Takamoto Character Designer Norm McCabe Norm McCabe Animation Clement C. Moore Clement C. Moore Writer, Poem