The Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated Christmas television special aired for the first time.
The musical numbers featuring the Heat Miser and Snow Miser were introduced, becoming iconic elements of Christmas pop culture.
Santa Claus starts to feel that people don't believe in him anymore and decides to take a holiday, skipping Christmas for the first time in centuries.
Mrs. Claus sets out to find proof that people still believe in Santa by sending Jingle and Jangle to find evidence of Christmas spirit before Santa cancels Christmas.
Jingle and Jangle encounter the bickering brothers Heat Miser and Snow Miser while trying to reach the North Pole to find the Christmas spirit.
The elves arrive in South Town, where they meet Iggy and discover children still excited about Christmas, furthering evidence of belief.
With the gathered proof of children's belief and Christmas spirit, Mrs. Claus persuades Santa Claus to resume his Christmas duties.
