Grab your ugly sweaters and a thermos of spiked eggnog, because we’re plunging headfirst into 18 Rankin/Bass Christmas specials—those gloriously weird, stop-motion nightmares that somehow became holiday icons (and childhood trauma)!
From Rudolph’s questionable red nose to penguins with more attitude than Santa’s elves on overtime, we unpack every yuletide oddity, including:
We’ll make you laugh, cringe, and maybe question your entire childhood—and possibly your taste in animation—while riding this sleigh through puppetry gone wild, song parodies that sound like Santa’s karaoke night, and moments so bizarre they belong in the North Pole’s secret vault of “What were they thinking?”
Warning: May cause sudden urges to rewatch Rudolph with a cocktail in hand and an eye twitch! Prepare for chaos, nostalgia, and enough holiday weirdness to jingle your bells off! Ho ho hold onto your candy canes—this is one jolly rollercoaster you don’t want to miss!
1. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2. Cricket on the Hearth
3. The Little Drummer Boy
4. Frosty the Snowman
5. Santa Claus is Comin' To Town
6. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
7. The Year Without a Santa Claus
8. The First Christmas
9. Frosty's Winter Wonderland
10. Rudolph's Shiny New Year
11. The Little Drummer Boy, Book II
12. Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
13. The Stingiest Man in Town
14. Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
15. Jack Frost
16. Pinocchio's Christmas
17. The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold
18. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
