The show, for which Larry D. Mann voiced the character of Yukon Cornelius, aired earlier than a Charlie Brown show about a festive season. "A Kidnapped Santa Claus" is a short story with the theme of this festive season.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a 1964 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and currently distributed by Universal Television. 
 It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States, and was sponsored by General Electric under the umbrella title of "The General Electric Fantasy Hour". 
 The special was based on the Johnny Marks song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" which was itself based on the poem of the same name written in 1939 by Marks' brother-in-law, Robert L. May. 
 Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its debut on CBS on December 9, 1965. 
 He was best known as "The Boss" in a series of Bell Canada television commercials in the 1980s and for voicing the character of Yukon Cornelius in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". 
"A Kidnapped Santa Claus" is a Christmas-themed short story written by L. Frank Baum, famous as the creator of the Land of Oz; it has been called "one of Baum's most beautiful stories" and constitutes an influential contribution to the mythology of Christmas. 
