The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)

This article is about the Disney 1933 animated short film. For the poem the film is based on, see A Visit from St. Nicholas. For other uses, see The Night Before Christmas (disambiguation).
The Night Before Christmas
Directed byWilfred Jackson
Produced byWalt Disney
Music byLeigh Harline
Animation byDick Huemer
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • December 9, 1933 (1933-12-09)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Night Before Christmas, also known as Santa's Toys, 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 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas", popularly called "The Night Before Christmas".[1] The film was directed by Disney animator Wilfred Jackson.[2]

Plot

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 many toys.

Home media

The short was released on DVD on December 19, 2006, on Walt Disney Treasures: More Silly Symphonies, Volume Two.[2] It is also available on the DVD Celebrate Christmas with Mickey, Donald & Friends.

See also

References

  1. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 214. ISBN 9781476672939.
  2. ^ a b Merritt, Russell; Kaufman, J. B. (2016). Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series (2nd ed.). Glendale, CA: Disney Editions. pp. 138–139. ISBN 978-1-4847-5132-9.


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