The tenth series of the BBC family sitcom "My Family" originally aired between 9 July 2010, and 27 August 2010, with a Christmas special that went to air on 24 December 2010.
 The series was commissioned following consistent ratings from the previous series.
 The opening episode, "Wheelie Ben", re-introduces the six main characters, with the addition of regular appearances from Kenzo Harper, played by Tayler Marshall.
 However, the character of Roger Bailey only made an appearance in the series finale.
 All episodes from the tenth series are thirty minutes in length, with the exception of the Christmas Special.
 The series was once again produced by Rude Boy Productions, a company that produces comedies created by Fred Barron.
 Unlike previous series of the show, which were filmed on a yearly basis, both Series 10 and 11 were filmed back-to-back.
 For the first time in the show's history, two episodes of the series remained unaired for some time.
 At the time of release, the DVD of the series contained two episodes that had yet to be broadcast on television.
 On 17 June 2011, one of these two episodes were aired, and the other is scheduled to air on 22 July 2011.
 The series averaged 4.55 million per episode; however, they managed to get over 6.00 million viewers for the Christmas Special.
The Year Without a Santa Claus is a 1974 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions.
 The story is based on Phyllis McGinley's 1956 book of the same name, illustrated by Kurt Werth.
 It was originally broadcast on December 10, 1974 on ABC.
The Thunderer is a blues song by Dion, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's resident expert on patristics.
 It is based on a poem by Phyllis McGinley.
 It is a musical biography of Saint Jerome.
A Miser Brothers' Christmas is a stop motion spin-off special based on some of the characters from the 1974 Rankin-Bass special "The Year Without a Santa Claus".
 Distributed by Warner Bros.
 Animation under their Warner Premiere label (the rights holders of the post-1974 Rankin-Bass library) and Toronto-based Cuppa Coffee Studios, the one-hour special premiered on ABC Family on Saturday, December 13, 2008, during the network's annual The 25 Days of Christmas programming.
 Mickey Rooney and George S. Irving reprised their respective roles as Santa Claus and Heat Miser at ages 88 and 86.
 Snow Miser, originally portrayed by Dick Shawn who died in 1987, was voiced by Juan Chioran, while Mrs. Claus, voiced by Shirley Booth in the original, was portrayed by Catherine Disher (because Booth had died in 1992).
 The movie aimed to emulate the Rankin/Bass animation style.
 This is the last Christmas special to feature Mickey Rooney as Santa Claus, as he died in 2014, as well as the last time George Irving voiced Heat Miser, as he died in 2016.
He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special is a Christmas television special based on the animated series "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" and its spin-off "", originally broadcast in syndication December 1985.
 Although that date marked its only broadcast on television (save for some markets that aired it again for the next few years), it was later released on VHS and more recently, BCI Eclipse released it on DVD on December 6, 2005.
 Classic Media acquired the rights for the DVDs and re-released this special on October 12, 2010.
A Garfield Christmas Special is a 1987 American animated television special based on the "Garfield" comic strip, created by Jim Davis.
 It is directed by Phil Roman and stars Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield the house cat, as well as Thom Huge, Gregg Berger and Julie Payne.
 The special is about Garfield spending Christmas with the Arbuckle family on their farm, and discovering the true meaning of Christmas.
Phyllis McGinley (March 21, 1905 – February 22, 1978) was an American author of children's books and poetry.
 Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life.
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a 1965 studio album by American composer/conductor Vince Guaraldi (later credited to the jazz group the Vince Guaraldi Trio).
 The album was released in December 1965 in the United States by Fantasy Records.
 It is the soundtrack to the CBS Christmas television special of the same name.
 Guaraldi was contacted by television producer Lee Mendelson several years prior to compose music for a documentary on the comic strip "Peanuts" and its creator, Charles M. Schulz.
 Although the special went unaired, these selections were released in 1964 as "Jazz Impressions of "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"".
 Coca-Cola commissioned a Christmas special based on "Peanuts" in 1965 and Guaraldi returned to score the special.
John Elwes [né Meggot or Meggott] (a.k.a. "Elwes the Miser"), MP (7 April 1714 – 26 November 1789) was a Member of Parliament (MP) in Great Britain for Berkshire (1772–1784) and a noted eccentric and miser, suggested to be an inspiration for the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol".
 Dickens made reference to Elwes some years later in his last novel, "Our Mutual Friend".
 Elwes was also believed to inspire William Harrison Ainsworth to create the character of John Scarfe in his novel "The Miser's Daughter".
Naura Hayden, originally "Norah Helene Hayden" (September 29, 1930 – August 10, 2013) in New York, New York) was an author (under that name), who worked in entertainment also as Nora Hayden and in modeling as Helene Hayden and was the daughter of Los Angeles Times reporter John Hayden and his wife (née Bussens).
 An aunt was Phyllis McGinley Hayden.
 She was a long-time resident of New York City.

Question: "Heat Miser" is a character from which Christmas special based on Phyllis McGinley's 1974 book?
Answer: The Year Without a Santa Claus