The Night Before Christmas

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.

1968

Animation·Family·Drama·TV Movie

0h 26min

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Top Billed Cast

Olan Soule
Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)
Barbara Eiler
Mrs. Moore (voice)
Hal Smith
Dr. Sawyer (voice)
Virginia Gregg
Gretchen (voice)
Laura Turnbull
(voice)
Shari Turnbull
(voice)
Douglas Crowther
(voice)
Diana Lee
Soloist (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft
Soloist (voice)
Bill Cole
Soloist (voice)
Eleanor Geffert
Soloist (voice)
Julia Rinker
Soloist (voice) (as Julie Rinker)

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