The Year Without a Santa Claus, a Christmas special from Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., turns 50 this December But McGinley’s book had just the most basic story — about Santa wanting a year off ...

Comedian Leslie Jones thinks that whatever President Trump touches starts to melt in his clutches because the "Saturday Night Live" cast member just compared him to Heat Miser from the classic 1974 ...

It's the 40th anniversary of "The Year Without a Santa Claus," so for this new edition of Salon's two-sentence fiction series, we asked our acclaimed novelists to include Heat-Miser and Cold-Miser.

ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty (2) Heat Miser in 'The Year Without a Santa Claus' (right); Snow Miser (left) Related: Will Ferrell Feels 'So Lucky' to Have Done Elf: ...