Product Details

• Actors: Keenan Wynn, Fred Astaire, Paul H. Frees, Joan Gardner, Mickey Rooney
• Directors: Jules Bass
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Classic Media
• DVD Release Date: September 4, 2007
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000R7G6KO
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,859 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
Where does Santa’s suit come from? Why does he slide down the chimney? Why does he live at the North Pole? The answers to all these questions and the origins of our favorite holiday traditions are revealed in this delightful classic about Kris Kringle, the world’s most famous gift giver.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED TO BE....., December 4, 2008

By	wally gator "the only" (USA) - See all my reviews

Whats good about alot of these Christmas DVD's that have come out in the last few years is that they present the specials in their original form. One hour TV specials from the sixties and seventies have gone through some edits over the years, most notably the Rankin Bass specials, such as Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, and this: Santa Claus is Comin To Town.

I watched this one on TV the other night with my kid. He really enjoyed it, as it is one of those timeless Christmas shows that every kid loves at Christmas.

But there was an entire musical number cut from the TV presentation. Perhaps you remember when Jessica (the sexy puppet, who eventually becomes Mrs. Claus) has to free Kris Kringle from jail. And in doing this, she is struck with intense liberation and sexual feelings for him, that cause her to let her hair down out of it's bun for the first time ever (she was kind of a stuck up school teacher at the beggining, remember?) and dance around and sing in this psychedelic flower garden-fantasy sequence.

It is the most out of place scene in the movie, and I guess I can understand the network execs desicion in leaving it out (ABC is Disney owned these days) it's probably considered either too controversial, or just too dated,... or the fact that it looks like most cartoon animators in the seventies were on tons of acid, I'm not sure. But at any rate, as somewhat of an obsessive when it comes to small details, I couldn't get over the fact that the scene was just gone. This happens alot lately on TV. I watched Willy Wonka on TV with my kid one time and noticed that the entire psychedelic boat ride scene was chopped.

But thats what really makes the DVDs a good bet with these spcials. I'm a kid of the eighties. I have no real recollection of what the sixties/seventies were all about but I like the style. For you peeps out there that do remember, you should appreciate the uncut renditions of these specials found on DVD. It is the only way to ensure that your kids, and your kids kids, never forget just how flipping strange you people were in the seventies. Thank you. Much love and Merry Christmas. Now put that foot in front of the other and get this thing...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Christmas Fare!, January 13, 2008

By	Deb E - See all my reviews

Once you get past the usual Christmas movie-viewing to-dos...Frosty...Grinch...Rudolph...Charlie Brown...you MUST check out this movie! Classic cast! Fred Astaire! Mickey Rooney! Keenan Wynn!

For years the name Burgermeister Meisterburger has rolled off my lips, and this year I finally bought the movie to show to my kids, which they loved.

Add this to your collection, you won't regret it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just as Good as You Remember It. , December 1, 2007

By	Bernard Chapin "Ora Et Labora!" (CHICAGO! USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Sometimes you get sentimental and it always seems to be around Christmas time in my case. I hadn't seen Santa Claus is coming to Town for over twenty years so I checked it out the other day. Amazingly it still holds up which is mostly due to the gravitas voices of Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney. What's kind of funny is that all the songs came back to me while I was watching them. The melodies have gone through my head from time to time and I had forgotten where I first heard them. This cartoon special explains the Kris Kringle legend in great detail, but the purity of the characters is what makes it so endearing. Yeah, "changing from bad to good is as easy as putting one foot in front of the other" is kind of silly but suspend your disbelief and enjoy this feel good hour of old school television. A film like this would never be made in the contemporary USA as you're not aloud to refer to Christmas as "the holiest night of the year" on a television network.