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The Night Before Christmas

1941 film by Joseph Barbera, William Hanna
Movie animated_short_film Q886764
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Summary

The Night Before Christmas is an animated short film[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of animated short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (867 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: William Hanna[3], Joseph Barbera[4]
  • Screenwriter: William Hanna[5]
  • Composer: Scott Bradley[6]
  • Genre: comedy drama[7], Christmas film[8], fantasy film[9], comedy film[10], family film[11]
  • Followed by: Fraidy Cat[12]
  • Producer: Fred Quimby[13]
  • Part of the series: Tom and Jerry[14]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[15]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[16]
  • Color: color[17]
  • Country of origin: United States[18]
  • Publication date: December 6, 1941[19]
  • Voice actor: Mel Blanc[20], William Hanna[21], Clarence Nash[22]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[23]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film[24]
  • Title: The Night Before Christmas[25]
  • Different from: The Night Before Christmas[26]
  • Duration: 9 minutes[27]
  • Fabrication method: traditional animation[28]
  • Copyright status: public domain[29]
  • Set during recurring event: Christmas and holiday season[30]
  • P14449: 265636[31]

Why It Matters

The Night Before Christmas has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Joseph Barbera Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer public domain United States William Hanna

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['az', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ja', 'ro', 'ru', 'sv', 'tr', 'uk', '
    Ampas collections film id → W075470
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    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W075470, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fabrication method → traditional animation
    Part of series → —
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 265636
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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