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Another storyline that was ultimately scrapped followed a school headmistress revealing her long-time commitment to her lesbian partner.
“Frosty The Snowman” Was A Hit Song Before It Was On The Small Screen
Jack Rollins and Steve Nelson wrote the iconic jingle in 1950. Essentially, it was their way of capitalizing on the success of “Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer” by Gene Autry. From a sales standpoint, the record wasn’t as huge as Autry’s single. However, Little Golden Books published the song title as a children’s book.
Then, almost 20 years later, a twenty-five-minute television special appeared and it followed with four more sequels.
The Plot For The Nightmare Before Christmas Was Inspired By The Collision Of Holiday Store Decorations
Director Tim Burton explained how the movie came about in the film’s DVD commentary. The Beetlejuice director revealed that seasonal changes did not mark his childhood in Burbank, California. However, when it came to fall and winter, there was a melding of Halloween and Christmas in stores eager to make the most of both shopping seasons.
Burton claimed that planted the seed for his tale of the king of Halloween intruding on Christmas.
The Puppets From Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer Were Recently Discovered
The puppets somehow resurfaced in an episode of Antiques Roadshow in 2016. It wasn’t all of them, just Santa and Rudolph. A woman who worked for Rankin/Bass had sorted out the puppets in her attic since the seventies. Prior to that, she let her kids play with them, with Rudolph losing his nose, and Santa losing some of his eyebrows.
