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| 3 | '''Twas The Night: A Holiday Celebration'' is a 2002 animated holiday special by Creator/{{HBO}}. |
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| 5 | '''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. |
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| 7 | Not to be confused with the 1970s Creator/RankinBassProductions animated special ''WesternAnimation/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas'' or the Disney Channel Original Movie with Bryan Cranston, ''Film/TwasTheNight''. |
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| 10 | !!'''Twas The Night'' provides examples of: |
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| 12 | * ArtShift: The animated segments are all drawn in different styles. |
| 13 | * ChristmasSpecial: The special focuses mainly on Christmas but there are Kwanzaa and a Hannukah segments as well. |
| 14 | * FinaleTitleDrop: The special ends with Music/LouisArmstrong's version of ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''. |
| 15 | * 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. |
| 16 | * SantaClausmas: 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. |
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