The Night Before Christmas is a 1941 American one-reel animated cartoon and is the third Tom and Jerry short directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera,[1] produced by Fred Quimby and animated by Jack Zander, George Gordon, Irven Spence and Bill Littlejohn.
Jerry continues jumping on the soft toy, but bounces too hard and lands on Tom, who he inadvertently wakes up.
Jerry is chased among the myriad of toys (briefly stopping to fire a trick field gun's cork stopper at Tom) and hides inside a Christmas fairy light, causing him to glow.
Jerry sits on top of the caboose, waving cheekily at Tom and pulling faces.
As the train enters a model of a tunnel and Jerry hits his head, knocking him onto the track.
While Jerry trudges up and down in the heavy snow in a vain attempt to keep warm, Tom fluffs up his cushion and prepares to sleep.
He is unable to settle himself; heavenly choirs sing carols breaking their silence, pricking Tom's conscience with the message of Christmas peace and goodwill.
A delighted Jerry licks his cane, but then quickly reacts to prevent Tom drinking from his bowl of milk.