While Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass may have encouraged everyone to get along and not to play favorites, we don’t care. It’s time to pick the best and the worst of the timeless, beloved, December ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rankin/Bass released some 17 Christmas specials for television, starting in 1964 with “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and ending ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. Wait. There are more titles in the stop-motion Christmas canon than just the ...

The Rankin/Bass Productions specials remain a steady holiday watch tradition even all these decades later, but there are a few of them that deserve way more love than they get. Rankin/Bass Productions ...

Every holiday season, we give thanks for Rankin/Bass, the team behind Christmas TV specials “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” The production company formed by ...

'Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?' (Rankin/Bass) It’s the 60th anniversary of this beloved classic claymation Christmas special from Rankin/Bass! 60 years ago, ...

In the spirit of the magic of the season (and in hopes of providing some warm respite from the usual end-of-the-year best-of deluge of stories and their attendant doldrums), IndieWire is proud to ...

IndieWire reached out to a number of current animators about the eternal appeal of the Rankin/Bass stop motion and animated holiday specials like "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer" and "Jack Frost." ...