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7. The 2000 remake of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus

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Wed Nov 29, 2023, 11:37 AM

Nov 2023

I'm not into the original 1985 movie.

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What were/are your favorite animated Holiday shows? Mine is Rudolph and I still watch. [View all] debm55 Nov 2023 OP

The original Grinch Bayard Nov 2023 #1

Did not like the movies at all. I like the original Grinch ,also, debm55 Nov 2023 #8

It's the only holiday show I like. ChazInAz Nov 2023 #39

Loved that special, thanks for all the information, debm55 Dec 2023 #100

Yep. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2023 #49

Definitely my favorite too! Lunabell Nov 2023 #55

Always go with the original debm55 Nov 2023 #58

Only animation I like is Jim Carey's version on A Christmas Carol. LakeArenal Nov 2023 #2

I never saw that one. Will have to look for this year TY debm55 Nov 2023 #9

It's like peeking through a window into my childhood Walleye Nov 2023 #3

Thanks, there are so many, debm55 Nov 2023 #10

Peanuts (A Charlie Brown Christmas) and Rudolph were my favorites... hlthe2b Nov 2023 #4

Yes Mr Magoo was doing the show on Broadway. Peanuts and Rudolph were favorites also. debm55 Nov 2023 #12

Polar bear express riverbendviewgal Nov 2023 #5

I know. Memories from our childhood. I have watched Rudolph and Charlie Brown's Christmas every year since it has been debm55 Nov 2023 #13

Peanuts and the live action Grinch (n/t) PJMcK Nov 2023 #6

By live action do you mean Jim Carey version? TY debm55 Nov 2023 #15

The 2000 remake of The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Niagara Nov 2023 #7

I have never seen either, I will have to check it out. debm55 Nov 2023 #16

Hard to limit to one...these are the ones that I watch every year. JT45242 Nov 2023 #11

Original Grinch--what a memory of your 3 year old being able to read the book. GREAT! debm55 Nov 2023 #20

If you've never seen the Bloom County Christmas Special - here it is. underpants Nov 2023 #14

Thank you so much for posting this as I have never seen. I will watch this later. debm55 Nov 2023 #19

Robin Williams steals the show as usual underpants Nov 2023 #21

Robin is in this? will watch this evening. debm55 Nov 2023 #22

I didn't see him listed in the voice actors. Archae Nov 2023 #90

Sudy Nim underpants Nov 2023 #92

I'll be darned! Archae Nov 2023 #94

When I saw your reply I was like WHAT?!? underpants Nov 2023 #95

Sudy Nim--Oh I miss you Robin. debm55 Nov 2023 #96

Frosty. MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #17

We used to march around the living room when Frosty was marching with the kids. debm55 Nov 2023 #18

Yes! MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #76

Yes! PBateman70 Nov 2023 #23

Loved those shows. This was during the pre-electronics era, when you only saw once a year. You miss is--wait until next debm55 Nov 2023 #25

The Grinch. (Trivia June Foray voiced Cindy-Lou) justaprogressive Nov 2023 #24

Thank you, justa progressive, debm55 Nov 2023 #26

Charlie Brown Christmas, definitely. Mad_Dem_X Nov 2023 #27

My cousin's son is a Minister. He uses this in Christmas day sermon. He is Lutheran--not Missouri synod. When my uncle debm55 Nov 2023 #29

Miracle on 35th Street. Cartoonist Nov 2023 #28

I watch it on You Tube a couple of years ago. At that time it was free. I had not seen it since I was a kid. debm55 Nov 2023 #31

YT only has clips now. nt Cartoonist Nov 2023 #34

Bummer, I had not seen it in a long time. And I found it on YouTube. debm55 Nov 2023 #35

I liked that too. TY. debm55 Nov 2023 #41

I have been been looking for you tried my tablet streams. I will continue--the search is on. debm55 Nov 2023 #99

Frosty the Snowman Polly Hennessey Nov 2023 #30

Thumpity, Thump, Thump, look at Frosty go, over the hills of snow. I know what you mean about real debm55 Nov 2023 #33

"The Snowman" Glorfindel Nov 2023 #32

I remember the book from my teaching years. I will have to do a search. Thank you. debm55 Nov 2023 #42

Here's a link to watch it online free: Glorfindel Nov 2023 #47

Thank you, That is the book I remember reading. Loved the story and the illustrations. debm55 Nov 2023 #48

I love this too. IcyPeas Nov 2023 #84

Mine's is How the Grinch Stole Christmas tornado34jh Nov 2023 #36

Thank you for that information. I thought it was Boris Karloff too. debm55 Nov 2023 #37

You're not the only one tornado34jh Nov 2023 #40

Thanks for the information. All these years I thought it was Boris. Think about it is the voice of Tony the Tiger. You debm55 Nov 2023 #44

Karloff wanted to. ChazInAz Nov 2023 #43

Sad, very sad. debm55 Nov 2023 #45

Rudolph also. Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #38

Yes and all the characters. Have never missed it. and I am 68 years old. debm55 Nov 2023 #46

I also like Frosty the Snowman and a Charlie Brown Christmas. Elessar Zappa Nov 2023 #91

I'm 68 and I still love Christmas. debm55 Nov 2023 #93

Rudolph. I saw it the evening it premiered: December 6, 1964, at 5:45 PM CST. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #50

I did too!!!! I remember it being on a Sunday night. I had just back from watching my cousin ice-skate. Se both bought debm55 Nov 2023 #52

I saw is just by chance. It came on after the last AFL game of the afternoon. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #59

No. I don't. I thought it was gold or silver debm55 Nov 2023 #62

That's not why he was licking the pick axe. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #63

So it was peppermint. They should have kept that in. PS The reason I got the TV was because at the time the AFL and my debm55 Nov 2023 #65

Nope, sorry. The Steelers were NFL. When the merger occurred in 1970, rsdsharp Nov 2023 #70

Sorry. debm55 Nov 2023 #71

Nothing to be sorry about. It's an easy mistake. The Steelers have been in the AFC for more than 50 years. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #72

Thanks, now that I think about it--could you see home games of your team? I remember my dad using the rabbit ears to get debm55 Nov 2023 #74

I grew up in a small town in northeast Iowa. rsdsharp Nov 2023 #77

Thanks, your parents and you must have been very proud of you. debm55 Nov 2023 #78

Awwww, thanks. I was so bright my mother called me sunny! rsdsharp Nov 2023 #79

HAHAHAHAHA---- debm55 Nov 2023 #80

Charlie Brown Christmas, and Polar Express. patphil Nov 2023 #51

patphil, yes to both. TY debm55 Nov 2023 #53

Grinch. qwlauren35 Nov 2023 #54

Me too, The original debm55 Nov 2023 #56

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #57

I would count it, I guess debm55 Nov 2023 #61

+1 Shermann Nov 2023 #81

Muppets Christmas Carol shown backwards so it has a happy ending. Wonder Why Nov 2023 #60

Watching with my son, i thought it did have a happy ending, Or did Big Bird say "I buried Paul"? debm55 Nov 2023 #64

Scrooge turned nice. No true meanie would ever stoop so low. Sad ending. Wonder Why Nov 2023 #66

No, a change of heart, just like the Grinch. debm55 Nov 2023 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author Wonder Why Nov 2023 #68

I Wonder Why you are posting on this thread? That is a political question and should be in General Discussion. debm55 Nov 2023 #69

Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. ificandream Nov 2023 #73

Where do you watch it from? I saw it for the first time in many years on YouTube about two years ago. A poster somewhere debm55 Nov 2023 #75

It's on DVD also AppleTV and Vudu for purchase. ificandream Nov 2023 #97

Thanks, I watched about 2 years ago on YouTube for free.I checked out the streaming services that we have and it wan't debm55 Nov 2023 #98

I'm a sucker for cartoons so I'll watch just about anything TlalocW Nov 2023 #82

Me too. I don;t know why but I am, Maybe because they always have a happy ending? debm55 Nov 2023 #83

Suzy Snowflake (1953) IcyPeas Nov 2023 #85

Oh thank you , IcyPeas. debm55 Nov 2023 #86

I remember seeing it when I was really young then rurallib Nov 2023 #87

I used to love any movie about Ebenezer Scrooge ailsagirl Nov 2023 #88

I did like Mr Magoo but it was not true to the book--it was like a cartoon. debm55 Nov 2023 #89

The Grinch bamagal62 Dec 2023 #101

Yes, Thank you. debm55 Dec 2023 #103

Always and forever, Richard Williams and Chuck Jones' A Christmas Carol (1971) Grokenstein Dec 2023 #102

That scene is haunting, I agree debm55 Dec 2023 #104