Description

Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world-first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed cartoons and others with year-end themes of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year.

Explore beloved television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas , theatrical shorts such as Santa's Workshop , holiday episodes from animated television series like American Dad! and The Simpsons , feature films like The Nutcracker Prince and obscure productions such as The Insects' Christmas , along with numerous adaptations and parodies of such classics as A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night before Christmas .