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3	''The Night Before Christmas'' is a 1994 AnimatedMusical made by Creator/GoldenFilms.
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5	The film is a ChristmasSpecial that tells the story of an kind hearted orphan named Jeffrey who longs for a family. Trying to survive on the icy streets, he manages to find work and a place to stay at a toy factory owned by the miserly Mr. Reeks who pays his workers in potatoes. From then on, every night Jeffrey takes the broken toys from the factory skips and repairs them for the children living in a nearby orphanage. His kindness catches the attention of one of the factory's resident mice, who vows to help Jeffrey find a home.
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7	Not to be confused with ''WesternAnimation/TheNightBeforeChristmas1941'', a ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' short.
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10	!!''The Night Before Christmas'' provides examples of the following tropes:
11	* AnimatedAdaptation: The film is loosely based on the famous poem ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.
12	* AnimatedMusical
13	* BaitAndSwitch: The baker asks Jeffrey in a threatening voice if he took some bread, then gives him some when he says that he didn't take any.
14	* BlindWithoutEm: At one point the mouse loses his glasses and doesn't realise that he's being confronted by cats.
15	* CassandraTruth: Jeffrey's second use of LookBehindYou.
16	* ChristmasSpecial: One of several in [[Creator/GoldenFilms Golden Films']] library.
17	* CoversAlwaysLie: The scene on the DVD cover never happens.
18	%%* HappilyAdopted: Jeffrey by the end of the film.
19	* HeartwarmingOrphan: Jeffrey is an orphan and a very good, kind person.
20	* JerkassHasAPoint: Reeks threatens to put Jeffrey in the local orphanage...which is a bad idea, why? Sure it's not the nicest place, but it's better than freezing to death on the streets.
21	* KindheartedCatLover: Jeffrey is one. His cat, Paws, loves him just as much back.
22	* LivingToy: The toys come alive on Christmas Eve for a song and dance party.
23	* LookBehindYou: Jeffrey does this twice to escape the sergeant, both times claiming that a runaway carriage is coming. The first time he's lying as a distraction, the second time there really is a carriage.
24	* MeaningfulName: The main villains are called Mr. Reek and Mrs. Bottoms.
25	%%* MotorMouth: Uncle Thunkle.
26	* OlderThanTheyLook: When Jeffrey (allegedly) wants a job at Mr. Reek's workhouse, he claims to be this, although it is no more than BlatantLies.
27	%% * OrphanageOfFear: Mrs. Bottoms runs one.
28	* PoliceAreUseless: The three policemen who try to arrest Jeffrey make the Keystone Cops look competent.
29	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The film uses this as well as its own original songs.
30	* SecondPersonNarration: For the first half of the film, the mouse tells the story.

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