Meaningless Activity

The Muppets perform the classic Dickens holiday tale, with Kermit  the Frog playing Bob Cratchit, the put-upon clerk of stingy Ebenezer  Scrooge (Michael Caine). Other Muppets -- Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzie Bear  and Sam the Eagle -- weave in and out of the story, while Scrooge  receives visits from spirits of three Christmases  -- past, present and future. They show him the error of his self-serving  ways, but the miserable old man seems to be past any hope of redemption  and happiness.

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In this Christmas classic, an old man going by the name of Kris  Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) fills in for an intoxicated Santa in Macy's  annual Thanksgiving Day parade. Kringle proves to be such a hit that he  is soon appearing regularly at the chain's main store in midtown  Manhattan. When Kringle surprises customers and  employees alike by claiming that he really is Santa Claus, it leads to a  court case to determine his mental health and, more importantly, his  authenticity.

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George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it  all - and it's Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life  in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up  rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence - who then shows George what his  town would have looked like if it hadn't been for all his good deeds over the years.

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The film follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington,  Halloweentown's beloved pumpkin king, who has become bored with the same  annual routine of frightening people in the "real world." When Jack  accidentally stumbles on Christmastown, all bright colors and warm  spirits, he gets a new lease on life -- he plots to  bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa Claus and taking  over the role. But Jack soon discovers even the best-laid plans of mice  and skeleton men can go seriously awry.

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Finally alone for the holidays, Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank  (Jamie Lee Curtis) plan to eschew the Christmas traditions and take a  cruise in the Caribbean instead. This doesn't sit well with their  Christmas-obsessed neighbors Vic Frohmeyer (Dan Aykroyd) and Walt Scheel  (M. Emmet Walsh), who are determined to win the  annual "best decorated street" competition, and the Kranks soon find  themselves social outcasts because of their lack of Christmas spirit.

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Divorced dad Scott (Tim Allen) has custody of his son (Eric Lloyd)  on Christmas Eve. After he accidentally kills a man in a Santa suit,  they are magically transported to the North Pole, where an elf explains  that Scott must take Santa's place before the next Christmas arrives.  Scott thinks he's dreaming, but over the next  several months he gains weight and grows an inexplicably white beard.  Maybe that night at the North Pole wasn't a dream after all -- and maybe  Scott has a lot of work to do.

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In this live-action adaptation of the beloved children's tale by  Dr. Seuss, the reclusive green Grinch (Jim Carrey) decides to ruin  Christmas for the cheery citizens of Whoville. Reluctantly joined by his  hapless dog, Max, the Grinch comes down from his mountaintop home and  sneaks into town to swipe everything  holiday-related from the Whos. However, the bitter grump finds a hitch  in his plans when he encounters the endearing Cindy Lou Who.

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When bratty 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) acts  out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother (Catherine  O'Hara) makes him sleep in the attic. After the McCallisters mistakenly  leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and  assumes his wish to have no family has come true.  But his excitement sours when he realizes that two con men (Joe Pesci,  Daniel Stern) plan to rob the McCallister residence, and that he alone  must protect the family home.

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Siblings Kate and Teddy Pierce hatch a scheme to capture Santa  Claus on Christmas Eve. When the plan goes awry, the kids join forces  with a somewhat jolly Saint Nick and his loyal elves to save the holiday  before it's too late.

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Kris Kringle's daughter is full of Christmas spirit and holiday  fun, but wishes she could do something "important" like her beloved  brother Nick, who will take over for their father this Christmas. Nick  is training to be Santa, but is failing miserably. When Nick is about to  crumble like a gingerbread cookie from all the pressure, Noelle suggests he take a break and get away to clear his head...but then he doesn't return.

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