Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Preview: Holiday Classic Airs Thursday

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Santa Claus is coming to town this Thursday on ABC. If you’re looking for holiday specials, check out ABC this week as the network is set to air the holiday classic.

I guess Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town could be considered a Santa origin story of sorts as it tells the tale of a generous Kris Kringle and how he went on to become Santa Claus. Below is the information ABC released on the popular stop-motion animated Christmas special, which is set to air this Thursday night. Further down are a couple of video clips.

“In the perennial favorite created in 1970 by Rankin-Bass Productions (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman,) Fred Astaire narrates this timeless tale of Kris Kringle (Mickey Rooney), a young boy with an immense desire to do good things for others. In his home village of Sombertown, Kris has started a gift factory where he builds toys and gives them to all the local children. But when the evil ruler, Burgermeister Meisterburger (Paul Frees), bans toys from the land, Kris is forced to go directly to Mother Nature and ask her for assistance. With the help of magical elves and several special reindeer, Kris overcomes the Burgermeister and delivers toys to children all over the world, earning him the name Santa Claus.

Santa Claus Is Coming To Town airs THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.

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