A Miser Brothers' Christmas
A Miser Brothers' Christmas is an upcoming stop motion spin-off special based on the characters from 1973 Rankin-Bass special The Year Without a Santa Claus. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the rightsholders of the post-1973 Rankin Bass library and Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios, the one-hour special will premiere on ABC Family December 13, 2008 during the network's The 25 Days of Christmas programming stunt.
Plot
Santa’s new chief mechanic, Tinsel, has created a speedy, new high-tech sleigh for Christmas, but North Wind has sabotaged it in the hope of taking Santa’s place this year. When Santa takes it out for a spin, he gets caught in the cross fire between the feuding Miser Brothers and the sleigh comes crashing down. North Wind frames the Misers for the accident and, with Santa stuck in bed with a bad back, seems poised to be the heroic fill-in. But much to his chagrin, Mother Nature punishes the Miser Brothers by forcing them to put their differences aside and do Santa’s job. In between comedic squabbles, the Brothers rediscover what it means to be family and, along the way, save Christmas for everyone.