'Twas the Night Before Christmas
originally aired on CBS
The special first aired on CBS on December 8, 1974 where it aired annually until 1994, when The Family Channel (now Freeform) took over its syndication rights. The program is set in the fictional town of Junctionville, New York, around the turn of the 20th century. The opening line of the poem is the source of the title of this animated special.