Another slightly off animated offering from France though not nearly as creepy as Santa's Christmas Snooze
Santa's sleigh crashes in the dessert and the local children, who know nothing of Christmas, help to replace the damaged toys destined for American children. I assume it was French children in the original but that doesn't make it any less awkward. Oh, and a flying camel (and a camel bone xylophone).
At first I thought this might be a remake of the classic Santa and he Ice Cream Bunny - Santa stranded in the sand, relying on local kids to save him, but alas it was not to be. Pixar take note, the rights are probably still available!
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Excruciating faith based holiday drama.
Me: "This next one can't possibly be as bad as "A Christmas Snow"
John Bradshaw, director of Specimen starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and The Undertakers Wedding : "Hold my Eggnog" And Catch a Christmas Star was born.
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Miracles Still Happen is a story of miraculous faith that takes place at Christmas, but it's definitely not a "Christmas" movie. Susan Penhaligon stars , in this harrowing true story, as a teenage girl who is the sole survivor of an air crash in the Amazon. Her struggle to survive is extraordinary - sadly the film itself doesn't live up to its' subject.
That does it for this group... hopefully the next round will be a bit jollier.
The Naughty: A Christmas Snow beats out Catch a Christmas Star by little red nose.
The Nice: Santa's Christmas Crash by default, though Miracles Still Happen has its' moments, they're just not Christmassy ones.
