Why Rankin/Bass films are timeless

[@stacin821]

I loved the Rudolph movie when I was a kid so much. I haven't seen it for a while. Maybe I'll try to find it somewhere tonight. "OK Rudolph, FULL POWER!"

[@snarkiwi]

Got to see the original restored Santa and Rudolph puppets at a puppet museum in Atlanta and it was lifechanging

[@jaji666]

We enjoy them in my family year after year ever since I'm 4 years old, I'm 28 now and still watch them yearly.

[@justdaffy]

Rudolph's Shiny New Year is so underrated! Ben Franklin, a Caveman, and a literal knight team up with Rudolph to save a baby from a giant vulture...it's a wild ride

[@ccraneem7894]

They are such a banger BUT idk why everyone sleeps on their last special, which is my absolute favorite of all time.

[@TheRavenLord1]

They are rather enjoyable movies to enjoy.

[@teddyobrien4801]

Rudolph’s red nose being granted to him at birth by an omnipotent goddess is one of the craziest retcons ever

[@sushiifoxx]

I grew up on these ❤

[@emmacurtis2270]

Do I smell a full-length video coming?

[@gemstone108]

It exists!

[@alyfreeb]

My favorite is a barely known one. The life and adventures of Santa Clause.

[@eow4317]

I didn’t know they made a Jack Frost one

[@th2184_cma_.]

There’s one way I can describe the movements of the animated stop-motion characters of every Rankin/Bass film animated in aforementioned style (even for the ones unrelated to Christmas), and that’ll be “stiff”. Compared to modern stop-motion, the characters don’t seem to move in a fluid or smooth manner, but rather stiff, rigid and rough.

[@eow4317]

The childhood Christmas of Gen Z

[@DougSalad]

These specials were actually produced for the boomers when they were children