<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Website </Td> </Tr> <P> Nestor the Long - Eared Christmas Donkey is a 1977 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin / Bass Productions . It originally premiered on ABC on December 3, 1977 . </P> <P> Santa Claus's donkey, Spieltoe, narrates the story of a donkey named Nestor with abnormally long ears, who lived in the days of the Roman Empire . Every animal in the stable ridicules Nestor because of his ears . One day the animals in the stable are celebrating the winter solstice . Nestor's mother gives socks to Nestor to cover his ears . </P>

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