The Night Before Christmas

Dec 1, 1968

0h 26m

★ 4.8

Overview

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.

Genres

Animation

Family

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Elba Productions

Playhouse Pictures

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Cast

Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

Olan Soule

Mrs. Moore (voice)

Barbara Eiler

Dr. Sawyer (voice)

Hal Smith

Gretchen (voice)

Virginia Gregg

(voice)

Laura Turnbull

(voice)

Shari Turnbull

(voice)

Douglas Crowther

Soloist (voice)

Diana Lee

Soloist (voice)

Thurl Ravenscroft

Soloist (voice)

Bill Cole

Soloist (voice)

Eleanor Geffert

Soloist (voice) (as Julie Rinker)

Julia Rinker

Annie Cooper has big shoes to fill when she takes over as CEO of her late grandmother’s small-town cookie company and is doing her best to help their struggling business get back on track. That task gets more daunting when her grandmother’s secret recipe is stolen during the Christmas party. As Annie tries to crack the case and uncover the culprit she works with Sam, the owner of a local bakery, to recreate the recipe in the hope of saving the company and her job. As Annie and Sam bake batch after batch in pursuit of the perfect one, they begin to learn that their lives go together like milk and cookies.

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