There are few characters more easily recognizable than Santa Claus and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. One of the reasons for that is how prominently they've been featured in various media forms over the years. For those of us in Generation X, there's a really good chance that when you think of those (and so many other) characters, you think of the animated (either stop-motion or classic style) versions put out on TV by Rankin-Bass from the mid-60s through 2001. Here's a quick list of all the Christmas-related specials they did in that time: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964) Cricket on the Hearth (1967) The Little Drummer Boy (1968) Frosty the Snowman (1969) Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow … Continue reading →