The Night Before Christmas

5.7 / 10

(3 votes)

Fictionalized account of how Clement C. Moore came to write "A Visit from St. Nicholas." His young daughter, stricken with pneumonia, asks for a Santa Claus story for Christmas. No such story had been written, so Moore writes his famous poem, set to Ken Darby's music and sung by The Norman Luboff Choir.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Animation,

Family,

Drama,

TV Movie

Duration:

26 minutes

Year:

1968

Director:

Jim Pabian

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Company:

Elba Productions,

Playhouse Pictures

Cast:
Olan Soule

Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

Barbara Eiler

Mrs. Moore (voice)

Hal Smith

Dr. Sawyer (voice)

Virginia Gregg

Gretchen (voice)

Laura Turnbull

(voice)

Crew:
Jim Pabian

Director

Clement C. Moore

Writer

Clement C. Moore

Poem

Bill Turnbull

Creator

Louise Turnbull

Story