Collection of six festive-themed family films. In 'The Santa
Clause' (1994) Tim Allen stars as Scott Calvin, a cynical toy
company executive who is forced to take over the job of Santa
Claus when he and his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) witness the
previous incumbent falling off a roof. Soon Scott finds himself
putting on weight, growing a white beard and fulfilling his
obligation to deliver presents to all the children around the
world. He even finds himself reluctantly getting into the spirit
of things! 'A Christmas Carol' (2009), Robert Zemeckis's animated
retelling of the classic novel by Charles Dickens, features the
voice talent of Jim Carrey in the multiple roles of Ebenezer
Scrooge and the three ghosts who haunt him. Old miser Scrooge is
visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future who
to rid him of his contempt of friendship, love and all things
Christmas. In order to do so, the ghosts take him on a journey
through time, opening his eyes to the truths he is yet to face
and the consequences should he refuse to do so. But in the end it
is up to old Scrooge himself to realise the emptiness of his
existence and open up his heart before it is too late. The film
also features the voices of Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Robin
Wright Penn and Bob Hoskins. In 'Santa Buddies' (2009), an
animated adventure from Disney's popular Buddies series, the
puppies take a trip to the North Pole where they visit Santa
(George Wendt)'s workshop. When they get there they discover that
Christmas is losing its spirit but, with the help of Santa Paws
(voice of Tom Bosley)'s son, the puppies work together to save
the day. 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' (1993) is a stop-motion
animated musical fantasy set in a parallel world where different
lands represent different holiday periods. Our hero is Jack
Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon), a man from Halloween Town
who becomes converted to Christmas and sets out to spread joy in
the world. However, when Jack's new mission leads him to kip
Santa (Ed Ivory), it becomes clear that he is not really in tune
with the Yuletide spirit. The film was produced and visualised by
Tim Burton. In 'The Muppet Christmas Carol' (1992) The Muppets
present their own version of Dickens' tale about a bitter old
miser who is shown the error of his ways. Ebenezer Scrooge
(Michael Caine) is the antithesis of the Christmas spirit. The
money lender tyrannises his employees, who include Bob Cratchit
(a role assumed by Kermit the Frog - voice of Steve Whitmire),
and is utterly dismissive when his eager nephew, Fred (Steven
Mackintosh), comes to invite him to Christmas dinner. Indeed, the
only reason Scrooge agrees to allow Bob to take Christmas Day off
is that the lack of custom would mean it would be a waste of coal
to heat the office. However, that night Scrooge is visited by a
number of Christmas ghosts, played by Muppets including Statler
(Jerry Nelson) and Waldorf (Dave Goelz), and he may well have a
change of heart when he meets a ly young boy... In 'Mickey's
Once Upon a Christmas' (1999) Mickey (voice of Wayne Allwine) and
Minnie (Russi Taylor) recall a magical Christmas when they each
gave up something important for the other's sake, while Donald
Duck (Tony Anselmo)'s nephews Huey, Dewey and Louie (also Taylor)
remember when the festive holiday nearly turned into a disaster!