Alvin! ok

I am out of The Making of Santa Claus is comin' to town books...Trying to save some of the NEW Books for Thursday! My printer has really let me down this year and I ordered plenty early (When I had tons of books). Big year for Rankin/Bass!

 

Friday 🎅

GE

 

I do have Frosty books!

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cold-comfort-the-55th-anniversary-of-frosty-the-snowman/

I have one last 20th Anniversary book in my Etsy shop and then I may or may not get a shipment before Christmas 🎄 Same with my Making of Santa Claus is comin' to town book!#Rankinbassproductionsofficial

 

Wow! Happy 99th to Dick! #Dickvandyke

from around 5th or 6th grade!

Starting to shut things down for the holidays!

 

Here is a news program I did an interview for in New York 🎅

https://cbs6albany.com/community/positively-upstate/rudolph-the-red-nosed-reindeer-turns-60#

Wow!

The Island of Misfit toys and BOOK Update!

 Nunu asked me, if there is one thing you could change about the Island of Misfit toys, what would it be?  Answer:  For writer/creator Romeo Muller to have given the Misfit doll a reason for being on the island!

With the many book orders I got today/tonight, I am going to have to temporarily take my NEW book and the 20th Anniversary book off of our selling platforms.  I ordered books before Thanksgiving, even though I had many at that time, so my printer could have them done by the promise date of December 10th, but they didn't have them done by December 10th.  They are telling me they won't ship to me until later next week.  I have an appearance at the Des Plaines Library on the 19th and I am not sure I will have books by then.

We sold a ton tonight!  ReMind magazine ran 50th Anniversary articles on The Year Without A Santa Claus and 'Twas the night before Christmas.  My RetroFan article is shipping now in issue #36 and it advertises the new book too.  The demand is much greater than the supply and I had tons of books to start with!

I will keep everyone posted here.   Hopefully the printer will ship before what they told me and give me plenty of time to ship before Christmas!

Temps dropped drastically tonight.....so time for a hot Palermo's Thin and Crispy!

 

tonight

Tomorrow night!

Michael Cole R.I.P.

Sorry to hear the Amazing Kreskin passed...

NuNu came out tonight, to write a story for the Regional newspaper with her photographer. She is a big Rankin/Bass fan, so it should be a fun article!

Here is the story 🎅

https://abc7chicago.com/post/author-rick-goldschmidt-decorates-oak-lawn-illinois-home-collectibles-connected-rankin-bass-christmas-movies/15637731/

Behind the scenes

 

John Garcia paid me a visit today and our Rankin/Bass Christmas segment will air on the 4:30 ABC7 news today (I will share the link later too). A shorter version may air at the 10 too. #Christmas #ABC7 #Rankinbassproductions

It is on for today 🎅

15 days!

Today is the 50th Anniversary of Rankin/Bass' The Year Without A Santa Claus! I am expecting a local news reporter and a newspaper writer today 🎅🎄☃️❄️ It seems like we are winning an awful lot this Holiday season!:👏

Pluto's Christmas tree

7:30 central time

To watch - https://www.youtube.com/live/8YuC3sbVT0Y?si=VhtlLGcpm_H76hMm