The story begins when Santa's new chief mechanic, Tinsel, creates a speedy, new high tech sleigh for Christmas. But what Santa doesn't know is that North Wind has secretly sabotaged the sleigh in the hope of taking Santa's place that year. When Santa takes it out for a spin, he gets caught in the crossfire between the feuding Snow Miser and Heat Miser Brothers and his sleigh comes crashing down. North Wind frames the Miser Brothers for Santa's accident and, with Santa stuck in bed with a bad back, everything falls into place for North Wind to slyly come to the rescue as a temporary Santa. But much to his chagrin, Mother Nature punishes the Miser Brothers by forcing them to put their differences aside and fill in for Santa. In between comedic squabbles, the Brothers rediscover what it means to be family and, along the way, save Christmas for everyone!Director: Dave Thomas
Stars: Mickey Rooney, George S. Irving, Juan Chioran.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1332026/
Watched online, ok print.
4 songs in the Soundtracks.
According to the Connections page and a user review, this is a spin-off from The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), and related to a dozen other xmas toon tv films.
Frankly, it repelled my attention. I despise this sort of animation, and the story, what little I caught of it, sounded awful. Was it hip to work Global Warming into the show?
Rated 6.3 (615)
Warner & more, dir. Thomas; 4
