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Bass and his directing and producing partner also created specials like "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" as well as traditionally animated hits like "Frosty the Snowman."

What kind of Christmas would it be without the resourceful Rudolph or Hermey the aspiring dentist, without friendly Frosty or the dastardly Heat and Snow Misers?

The animation company he ran with Arthur Rankin Jr. gave the world “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and much more.

He didnt just contribute indelible classics to the canon of Christmas specials -- he helped popularize the genre.

Bass, who helmed beloved animated Christmas specials like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and "Frosty the Snowman," died this week.

Bass helped make stop-motion animation an instant phenomenon in the 1960s.

What kind of Christmas would it be without the resourceful Rudolph or Hermey the aspiring dentist, without friendly Frosty or the dastardly Heat and Snow Misers?

Longtime director Jules Bass passed away on Tuesday at 87. The "Frosty the Snowman" director died due to an age-related illness.