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Watch The Year Without A Santa Claus online: Episode 4 Rudolph's Shiny New Year

In this television special, Rudolph has just come back from delivering Christmas presents with Santa Claus when he is asked by Father Time to find the next Baby New Year before midnight on New Year's Eve. The baby, named Happy, was humiliated and laughed at constantly by everyone he met because of his large ears and thus ran away. Unless Happy is returned in time to take his position as the new year, the old year won't end and the date will perpetually remain December 31 forever. Father Time speculates that Happy is hiding out in the Archipelago of Last Years, where the Old Years retire and rule over an island styled to resemble the year they ruled over. Sent to assist in this journey are agents of Father Time: General Ticker, a military clock; and The Great Quarter Past Five, a camel with a large timepiece in his hump. Rudolph first travels to the island belonging to One Million B.C. or "O.M." for short. O.M. is a caveman whose island is anachronistically inhabited with friendly dinosaurs. After unseen visits to the islands of 1492, 1893, 1965 and 4000 B.C., Rudolph and O.M. head for the island of Sir 1023, a knight whose island is filled with medieval trappings and fairy tale characters. They then travel to the island of 1776, which reflects Colonial America and is ruled over by "Sev" (1776), who resembles Benjamin Franklin. Sir 1023 and Sev join Rudolph and O.M. on their quest along with "Big Ben", a whale with a clock attached to his tail. As Rudolph and his friends search for the baby, they repeatedly encounter the villain of the special, a giant buzzard named Aeon. Aeon is destined to live for exactly one aeon after which he will turn into ice and snow. Since his aeon will end at the turn of January 1, he plans to kidnap Happy to prevent the year from ending and thus prevent his predestined death on January 1. Eventually, Aeon captures Happy and takes him to the Island of No-Name, which is located "due north of the North Pole". Rudolph and his friends succeed in rescuing Happy from Aeon. Happy's large ears cause Aeon to laugh, thereby filling him with warmth and preventing him from turning to ice and snow. With Santa's help, Happy is brought to Father Time's castle just in time to begin the new year, which is designated "nineteen-wonderful".

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