The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)

1933 film by Walt Disney

December 9, 1933 (1933-12-09)

Running time

8 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

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.

References

^ 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.
^ ^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.

External links

The Night Before Christmas at IMDb
Video on YouTube

Silly Symphony film series

1929

The Skeleton Dance
El Terrible Toreador
Springtime
Hell's Bells
The Merry Dwarfs

1930

Summer
Autumn
Cannibal Capers
Frolicking Fish
Arctic Antics
Midnight in a Toy Shop
Night
Monkey Melodies
Winter
Playful Pan

1931

Birds of a Feather
Mother Goose Melodies
The China Plate
The Busy Beavers
The Cat's Out
Egyptian Melodies
The Clock Store
The Spider and the Fly
The Fox Hunt
The Ugly Duckling

1932

1933

Birds in the Spring
Father Noah's Ark
Three Little Pigs
Old King Cole
Lullaby Land
The Pied Piper
The Night Before Christmas

1934

The China Shop
The Grasshopper and the Ants
Funny Little Bunnies
The Big Bad Wolf
The Wise Little Hen
The Flying Mouse
Peculiar Penguins
The Goddess of Spring

1935

The Tortoise and the Hare
The Golden Touch
The Robber Kitten
Water Babies
The Cookie Carnival
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Music Land
Three Orphan Kittens
Cock o' the Walk
Broken Toys

1936

1937

1938

1939

The Practical Pig
The Ugly Duckling

Donald Duck
Comic strip
- Silly Symphonies: The Complete Disney Classics
- Bucky Bug
"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"
The Thrifty Pig
Mickey Mouse Works
Once Upon a Studio
Disney Magic Kingdoms

Category

v t e Clement Clarke Moore's A Visit from St. Nicholas
Film and television	The Night Before Christmas (1905) The Night Before Christmas (1933) The Spirit of Christmas (1953) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974) 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977)
Musical adaptations	The Night Before Christmas (2006)
Other	Christmas Mountains Henry Livingston Jr.

v t e Disney Christmas films
Theatrical shorts	Empty Socks (1927) Mickey's Orphans (1931) Santa's Workshop (1932) Mickey's Good Deed (1932) The Night Before Christmas (1933) Broken Toys (1935) Toy Tinkers (1949) Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) The Small One (1978) Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) The Little Matchgirl (2006) Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)
Theatrical features featuring Santa Claus	One Magic Christmas (1985) The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) The Santa Clause (1994) The Santa Clause 2 (2002) The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
Other theatrical features	Babes in Toyland (1961) The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) A Christmas Carol (2009) The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
Direct-to-video	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999) Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving (1999) Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001) Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (2001) Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007) Santa Buddies (2009) The Search for Santa Paws (2010) Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
Made for TV	Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (special, 1991) The Ultimate Christmas Present (DCOM, 2000) 'Twas the Night (DCOM, 2001) A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (special, 2008) Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation (special episode, 2009) Prep & Landing (special, 2009) Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa (short film, 2010) Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (DCOM, 2011) Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (special, 2011) Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (special, 2013) Toy Story That Time Forgot (special, 2014) Christmas...Again?! (DCOM, 2021) Mickey Saves Christmas (special, 2022) The Naughty Nine (DCOM, 2023)
Streaming media	Noelle (2019) Godmothered (2020) Home Sweet Home Alone (2021) The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (special, 2022) Dashing Through the Snow (2023)
Film series	Home Alone The Santa Clause Prep & Landing
Related	List of Christmas films

v t e Films directed by Wilfred Jackson
Mickey's Follies (1929) Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930) The Castaway (1930) The China Plate (1931) The Cat's Out (1931) Egyptian Melodies (1931) The Clock Store (1931) The Spider and the Fly (1931) The Fox Hunt (1931) The Ugly Duckling (1931) The Bird Store (1932) The Grocery Boy (1932) Barnyard Olympics (1932) Mickey's Revue (1932) The Bears and the Bees (1932) Musical Farmer (1932) Mickey in Arabia (1932) The Whoopee Party (1932) Touchdown Mickey (1932) The Klondike Kid (1932) Santa's Workshop (1932) Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933) Father Noah's Ark (1933) Mickey's Mechanical Man (1933) Lullaby Land (1933) The Pied Piper (1933) Puppy Love (1933) The Pet Store (1933) The Night Before Christmas (1933) The China Shop (1934) The Grasshopper and the Ants (1934) Funny Little Bunnies (1934) The Wise Little Hen (1934) Peculiar Penguins (1934) The Goddess of Spring (1934) The Tortoise and the Hare (1935) The Band Concert (1935) Water Babies (1935) Mickey's Garden (1935) Music Land (1935) Mickey's Grand Opera (1936) Elmer Elephant (1936) Mickey's Rival (1936) Toby Tortoise Returns (1936) The Country Cousin (1936) More Kittens (1936) Woodland Café (1937) The Old Mill (1937) Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) Farmyard Symphony (1938) Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938) Pinocchio (1940) Fantasia (1940) Dumbo (1941) Golden Eggs (1941) The New Spirit (1942) Saludos Amigos (1942) Song of the South (1946) Melody Time (1948) Cinderella (1950) Alice in Wonderland (1951) The Little House (1952) Peter Pan (1953) Lady and the Tramp (1955)

Films directed by Wilfred Jackson