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'''Twas The Night: A Holiday Celebration'' is a 2004 animated holiday special by Creator/{{HBO}}.

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'''Twas The Night: A Holiday Celebration'' is a 2004 2002 animated holiday special by Creator/{{HBO}}.
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Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' or the Disney Channel Original Movie with Bryan Cranstan, ''Film/TwasTheNight''.

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Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' or the Disney Channel Original Movie with Bryan Cranstan, Cranston, ''Film/TwasTheNight''.
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Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' or the Disney Channel Original Movie with Bryan Cranstan, Film/TwasTheNight.

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Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' or the Disney Channel Original Movie with Bryan Cranstan, Film/TwasTheNight.
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Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.

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Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' or the Disney Channel Original Movie with Bryan Cranstan, Film/TwasTheNight.

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* FinaleTitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.



* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 1999 HBO special ''WesternAnimation/GoodnightMoonAndOtherSleepytimeTales''. The two have similar formats of musical animations combined with live-action segments featuring children.
* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.

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* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 1999 HBO special ''WesternAnimation/GoodnightMoonAndOtherSleepytimeTales''. The two have similar formats of musical animations combined with live-action segments featuring children.
* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
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* SantaClausmas: Subverted. Instead of ignoring the religious aspects of Christmas, the special does reference it. It even starts with girls-dressed-as-angels singing "Silent Night" at a church.

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* SantaClausmas: Subverted.Averted. Instead of ignoring the religious aspects of Christmas, the special does reference it. It even starts with girls-dressed-as-angels singing "Silent Night" at a church.church.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To the 1999 HBO special ''WesternAnimation/GoodnightMoonAndOtherSleepytimeTales''. The two have similar formats of musical animations combined with live-action segments featuring children.
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* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TheNightBeforeChristmas''.

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* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TheNightBeforeChristmas''.''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
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Not to be confused with the 1970s animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.

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Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.



* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TheNightBeforeChristmas''.
: Subverted. Instead of ignoring the religious aspects of Christmas, the special does reference it. It even starts with girls-dressed-as-angels singing "Silent Night" at a church.

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* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TheNightBeforeChristmas''.
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SantaClausmas: Subverted. Instead of ignoring the religious aspects of Christmas, the special does reference it. It even starts with girls-dressed-as-angels singing "Silent Night" at a church.church.
* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TheNightBeforeChristmas''.
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'''Twas The Night: A Holiday Celebration'' is a 2004 animated holiday special by Creator/{{HBO}}.

'''Twas The Night'' has a mix of animated segments and live-action segments starring children. The animated segments are set to Christmas time staples such as "The Christmas Song" by Music/NatKingCole and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" by Creator/JudyGarland.

Not to be confused with the 1970s animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.

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!!'''Twas The Night'' provides examples of:

* ArtShift: The animated segments are all drawn in different styles.
* ChristmasSpecial: The special focuses mainly on Christmas but there are Kwanzaa and a Hannukah segments as well.
* FunnyAnimal: The "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" segment features an anthropomorphic rabbit sailing all alone in a boat. They're homesick and wish they could be with their family for Christmas. As it turns out, the rabbit "lives" in a snow globe. The people that own the globe are similar looking rabbits.
* TitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TheNightBeforeChristmas''.
: Subverted. Instead of ignoring the religious aspects of Christmas, the special does reference it. It even starts with girls-dressed-as-angels singing "Silent Night" at a church.

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