Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First released in 1964, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer tells the origin story of Santa’s favorite “misfit.” With songs like “We ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every holiday season, we give thanks for Rankin/Bass, the team behind Christmas TV specials “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and ...

ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty (2) But McGinley’s book had just the most basic story — about Santa wanting a year off and the children of the world rallying around ...

It’s the 60th anniversary of this beloved classic claymation Christmas special from Rankin/Bass! 60 years ago, Rudolph went from an outcast in his community to the only reindeer who can save Christmas ...

Thanksgiving is Thursday - already - which means one thing: ABC Family will soon begin its “25 Days of Christmas” programming, complete with the classic Rankin/Bass specials from the 1960s and ’70s.

First released on Sunday, December 13, 1970, on ABC, Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town is a stop motion television special that was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions — the same company behind the iconic ...

A young Kris Kringle, voiced by Mickey Rooney, on his way to deliver toys to Sombertown. wabc HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Rankin-Bass holiday classic "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" is coming to your ...

Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (8 p.m., ABC) - This 1970 Rankin Bass stop-motion classic is maybe the greatest Christmas special ever created (my opinion, but I’m right). Fred Astaire explains the ...

Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., who died in 2014, produced Christmas stop motion classics like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jack Frost and The Little Drummer Boy Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior ...

Jules Bass, whose work as a producer and director of stop-motion and animated television specials such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town and The Year Without A Santa ...