The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)

The Night Before Christmas
Silly Symphony series
Directed by	Wilfred Jackson
Produced by	Walt Disney
Narrated by	Donald Novis
Music by	Leigh Harline
Animation by	Dick Huemer
Studio	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	December 9, 1933
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	8 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	The Pied Piper
Followed by	The China Shop

The Night Before Christmas is a 1933 American Pre-Code animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. Part of the Silly Symphony series, the film is an adaptation of Clement Clarke Moore's poem A Visit from St. Nicholas, popularly called The Night Before Christmas. The film was directed by Disney animator Wilfred Jackson.^[1]

Summary

In a loose adaptation of Clement C. Moore's famous poem, St. Nick is seen delivering the toys that he made in Disney's Santa's Workshop (1932) to a house full of sleeping children. The toys come alive, and they dance around and have fun. The kids awake to find a beautiful Christmas tree with lots of toys.

References

↑ The Night Before Christmas notes, IMDB.com; accessed July 26, 2015.

External links

The Night Before Christmas at the Internet Movie Database
Video on YouTube

Silly Symphony film series

The Skeleton Dance (1929) El Terrible Toreador (1929) Springtime (1929) Hell's Bells (1929) The Merry Dwarfs (1929) Summer (1930) Autumn (1930) Cannibal Capers (1930) Frolicking Fish (1930) Arctic Antics (1930) Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930) Night (1930) Monkey Melodies (1930) Winter (1930) Playful Pan (1930) Birds of a Feather (1931) Mother Goose Melodies (1931) The China Plate (1931) The Busy Beavers (1931) The Cat's Out (1931) Egyptian Melodies (1931) The Clock Store (1931) The Spider and the Fly (1931) The Fox Hunt (1931) The Ugly Duckling (1931) The Bird Store (1932) The Bears and the Bees (1932) Just Dogs (1932) Flowers and Trees (1932) King Neptune (1932) Bugs in Love (1932) Babes in the Woods (1932) Santa's Workshop (1932) Birds in the Spring (1933) Father Noah's Ark (1933) The Three Little Pigs (1933) Old King Cole (1933) Lullaby Land (1933) The Pied Piper (1933) The Night Before Christmas (1933) The China Shop (1934) The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934) Funny Little Bunnies (1934) The Big Bad Wolf (1934) The Wise Little Hen (1934) The Flying Mouse (1934) Peculiar Penguins (1934) The Goddess of Spring (1934) The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) The Golden Touch (1935) The Robber Kitten (1935) Water Babies (1935) The Cookie Carnival (1935) Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935) Music Land (1935) Three Orphan Kittens (1935) Cock o' the Walk (1935) Broken Toys (1935) Elmer Elephant (1936) Three Little Wolves (1936) Toby Tortoise Returns (1936) Three Blind Mouseketeers (1936) The Country Cousin (1936) Mother Pluto (1936) More Kittens (1936) Woodland Café (1937) Little Hiawatha (1937) The Old Mill (1937) Moth and the Flame (1938) Wynken, Blynken, and Nod (1938) Farmyard Symphony (1938) Merbabies (1938) Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938) The Practical Pig (1939) The Ugly Duckling (1939)

Directors Jack Cutting, Walt Disney, Burt Gillett, David Hand, Rudolf Ising, Ub Iwerks, Wilfred Jackson, Ben Sharpsteen, Vernon Stallings Book Category

Disney Christmas films

Short films	Empty Socks (1927) Mickey's Orphans (1931) Santa's Workshop (1932) Mickey's Good Deed (1932) The Night Before Christmas (1933) Broken Toys (1935) Toy Tinkers (1949) Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) The Small One (1978) Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) The Little Matchgirl (2006)

Feature films	Babes in Toyland (1961) One Magic Christmas (1985) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) The Santa Clause (1994) Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009) Santa Buddies (2009) The Search for Santa Paws (2010) Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)

TV films	Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (1991) The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) 'Twas the Night (2001) Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation (2009) Prep & Landing (2009) Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa (2010) Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011) Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (2011)

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