Book Vs Movie "The Year Without a Santa Clause" (1974)

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs. Movie:</strong> <strong><em>The Year Without a Santa Clause</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The Rankin/Bass 1974 Classic Special Based on a Light Verse Book </strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/71y96GtXNQL._RI_.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For many 70s kids, the</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin/Bass_Animated_Entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Rankin/Bass</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">specials with their catchy music and stop motion animation were high art. From</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Santa Clause is Coming to Town</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">their specials garnered big ratings and helped popularize holiday music. One of their most iconic specials was based on a 1956</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_McGinley"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Phillis McGinley</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">book</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Year_Without_a_Santa_Claus"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Year Without a Santa Clause</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">which told the story of a burnt-out Kris Kringle who wanted to take leave for one Christmas. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McGinley (1905-1978) was a master of the “light verse” and used humor to describe everyday life. Throughout her writing career (as a poet and children’s author) she loved to talk about humility and living a simple, suburban life. She was not aligned with Sylvia Plath or Betty Friedan who questioned the purpose of being a woman in the 20th Century. McGinley was a lonely child who married at 32 (late for the time) and lived a</span> <em><span style= "font-weigh