The 1964 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer stop motion animation from Rankin/Bass is an absolute classic. Treat yourself this season and give it a watch. But also dive into the production of the film. There's plenty of YouTube listicles about it but there's no better authority on the matter than Rick Goldschmidt, a legitimate Rankin/Bass Historian.

This Remind Magazine piece on The Mystery of "Screen-Used" Rudolph Puppets is a strangely compelling deep dive into the history of the puppets that were used for the original animation. The animation was done in Japan but some of the puppets made their way to the US for various promotional photography needs.. but were those puppets ever used on screen? Or were they spares? All will be revealed!

I'm always a big fan of deep niche knowledge and this is a great example of that.