The California Raisins were the product of an exacerbated ... Making the Brand In 1986 Vinton was already working on a Claymation Christmas variety special to air on CBS for the holiday season ...

The California Raisins are turning out to be the ... a TV special (the raisins performed in the CBS special, A Claymation Christmas, which finished No. 2 in its time slot in the national ratings ...

During that time, the California Raisins released not one ... as Viton featured the group in a claymation Christmas special – “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” – which won an Emmy for ...