The Year Without a Santa Claus by Rankin/Bass Productions Lyrics

[Mrs. Claus]
Did you ever hear
Of that terrible year
Way back before you were born?
When Santa Claus took a holiday
On the night before Christmas morn!

[Children's Choir]
It was a year without a Santa Claus
A Christmas Eve so sad
It was a year without a Santa Claus
The worst we've ever had!

[Mrs. Claus]
Santa woke up one day
Looking tuckered and gray
And this is what he said:
Santa: I could sure use some rest
I'm not feelin' my best
Mrs. Claus: And he yawned as
He took to his bed
[Children's Choir]
There'll be a year without a Santa Claus
Santa: I'm sure they won't miss me
Choir: There'll be a year without a Santa Claus
Beside your Christmas tree

[Mrs. Claus]
And he slept through the day
As the hours ticked away
And the time was growing near
And the children, they cried
They thought Santa had died
Every eye shed
A blue Christmas tear

[Children's Choir]
It was a year without a Santa Claus
A Christmas Eve so sad
It was a year without a Santa Claus
The worst we've ever had!

Reprise
[Children's Choir]
Santa woke for the night
Feeling things weren't right
And he was heard to say:
[Santa]
Get the reindeer hitched up, Mama! I'm gettin' up! Get those gifts loaded up on the sleigh!

[Children's Choir] There'll be no year without a Santa Claus

[Santa]
I dreamed unhappy things!

[Children's Choir]
...About a year without a Santa Claus
And all the joy that Santa brings!