Rankin/Bass released some 17 Christmas specials for television, starting in 1964 with “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and ending in 1985 with “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus.” Most of these ...

Every holiday season, we give thanks for Rankin/Bass, the team behind Christmas TV specials “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” The production company formed by ...

Below, you’ll find a complete guide to streaming all of the Rankin/Bass holiday specials. Take a look at our tips that show you how to watch them online for free. First released in 1964, Rudolph the ...

While Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass may have encouraged everyone to get along and not to play favorites, we don’t care. It’s time to pick the best and the worst of the timeless, beloved, December ...

OAK LAWN, Ill. (WLS) -- Nearly every square inch of author Rick Goldschmidt's Oak Lawn home is filled with a collectible item, many of them connected to the prolific TV producers Arthur Rankin and ...

If you grew up anytime between the 1960s and the 1980s, then you are no doubt familiar with the extensive and peculiar world of Rankin/Bass. The production company dominated the holiday special genre ...

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 ...

In the spirit of the magic of the season (and in hopes of providing some warm respite from the usual end-of-the-year best-of deluge of stories and their attendant doldrums), IndieWire is proud to ...