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Short Film Spotlight: Tom and Jerry in ‘The Night Before Christmas’ (1941)

Synopsis: Tom and Jerry have a squabble under the Christmas tree, until the holiday spirit catches up with them.

The Night Before Christmas was nominated for the 1941 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons, but lost to the Mickey Mouse short film Lend a Paw, making it the only Tom and Jerry cartoon to lose to a Disney film.

Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
Produced by Fred Quimby.
Animated by Jack Zander, George Gordon, Irven Spence and Bill Littlejohn.

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