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The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)

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The Night Before Christmas
Directed byWilfred Jackson
Produced byWalt Disney
Narrated byDonald Novis
Animation byDick Huemer
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Running time
8 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Night Before Christmas is a 1933 American Pre-Code animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Part of the Silly Symphony series, the film is an adaptation of Clement Clarke Moore's poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, popularly called The Night Before Christmas. The film was directed by Disney animator Wilfred Jackson.[1]

Summary

In a loose adaptation of Clement C. Moore's famous poem, St. Nick is seen delivering the toys that he made in Disney's Santa's Workshop (1932) to a house full of sleeping children. The toys come alive, and they dance around and have fun. The kids awake to find a beautiful Christmas tree with lots of toys.

References

  1. ^ The Night Before Christmas notes, IMDB.com; accessed July 26, 2015.