Funny!
I bought this for my 11-year old and he LOVES it! In fact, he's already watched it three times.
Because I'm a fan of the old-school Rankin/Bass stop-motion cartoons, including The Year Without a Santa Claus, I thought the Miser Brothers' Christmas would be a nice addition to our holiday collection (especially since the Heat Miser song has been a staple with me for decades!)
Even my husband liked this 44-minute DVD. In a nutshell, Mother Nature has a family reunion with her "children", including The Tides, Earthquake, North Wind and the Miser Brothers (Heat Miser and Snow Miser).
The narcissistic lavender-hued North Wind poses an unusual question during the meeting: if something happened to Santa Claus, who would deliver the presents to the good children? Since the North Pole falls under the domain of the North Wind, it's determined that he would be in charge.
Enter evil plan to destroy Santa and take over Christmas!
Will the Heat...
Disappointing modern take on a classic
I will give this 2 stars for nice stop-motion animation and colorful sets. They tried but they had a lousy story to work with. I realize that Rankin-Bass is history now but the "modern" take on these characters and the "new" story is just wrong on so many levels.
Mrs. Claus has none of the charm of the Shirley Booth character in the original "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and she looks like she is about 50 years older than Santa and she can't sing. Santa also lacks the charm of the original although still voiced by Mickey Rooney. The new elves, while admirably diverse, are charmless too and lacking lovability, especially the head elf who sounds like an accountant instead of one of Santa's jolly helpers. How modernly droll (not).
The Miser Brothers are OK but the new "improved" CEO version of Mother Nature and the huge-chinned North Wind? What on Earth? A useless peripheral character with zero interest as a villain.
The music is the worst I've...
Great addition to Christmas movies
I bought this movie for my 5 year old daughter and myself to add to our Christmas movie collection. I adore all the older Christmas movies, and this one, although it's newer, is based on the old "A Year Without Santa Clause". This movie is adorable, yes some of the characters look different, but I thought it was an improvement. They sing really cute songs, and I loved the story line. Very cute to share with family at Christmas. I recommend this movie to people of all ages. Merry Christmas.
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