DISCOVER THE MEANING OF CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF A REINDEER AND A SERIES OF COMEDIC MISADVENTURES, IN �HOLIDAZE: THE CHRISTMAS THAT ALMOST DIDN�T HAPPEN,� AIRING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 ON ABC

This holiday season Rusty Reindeer leaves his cold home for the big city to find his role in Christmas, in �Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn�t Happen,� airing SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9 (8:00-9:00.m, ET) on the ABC Television Network.

The North Pole has never seen a Christmas like this! As Rusty Reindeer leaves his cold home for the big city to find his role in Christmas, Santa�s �Nice �N Naughty O�Matic� is on the blink, and he cannot tell the good kids from the naughty ones!

All alone in the big city, Rusty discovers a support group for holiday icons: Albert, the Thanksgiving Day Turkey; Candie, the charming southern Easter Bunny; Mr. C, the grouchy Cupid; and Trick & Treat, the typically moody teenage Halloween Ghosts. They all team up with Rusty to save a kid from the fate of the Christmas naughty list.

�Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn�t Happen� features the voices of Fred Savage as Rusty Reindeer, Harland Williams as Albert, Glayds Knight as Candie, Fred Willard as Santa Claus, John O�Hurley as Kringle, Edie McClurg as Mrs. Claus, Paul Rodriguez as Mr. C, Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Kid, with Brenda Song and Emily Osmet as Trick & Treat.

The animated film is a Madison Road Entertainment production and was directed by David H. Brooks and written by Peter Murrieta and Jonathan Prince.

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