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 It wouldn €™t be Christmas for kids without the likes of Santa, Charlie Brown, The Little Drummer Boy, The Nutcracker and Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer. Here are Top 10 Kid €™s Christmas Films that will bring delight and smiles to their beautiful little faces and keep the magical spirit of Christmas very much alive. Tuck your kids in your arms and watch along with them.
Children's faces light with glee when seeing the red-nose of Rudolph light up. In this sweet story, Rudolph gets kicked out of the reindeer games because of that nose. The tale takes a life of its own from there with a mix of elves, dentists, and snowmen. Of course everyone knows that Rudolph saves Christmas Eve by helping Santa deliver his toys, but younger kids will want to watch this movie over and over again. Burl Ives narrates.
Kids of all ages love Charlie Brown and along with him they discover that things haven't changed much at holiday time. What is the real meaning of Christmas is what Charlie wants to know. He's annoyed by the commercialism. He and Lucy team up to direct the school Christmas pageant and it turns into a rescue mission with Linus' to save a Christmas tree. When they sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," it all comes home again.
Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass teamed up to produce wonderful animated stories including this one, which takes its life from the popular Christmas song of the same name. A homeless street urchin is so distraught that he hates everyone. But then he learns to play music and meets the Christ child. There are animals and merriment and the narration by Greer Garson and voice of Jose Ferrer add to the enjoyment. At 23 minutes long, young kids won't get restless watching this one.
Buddy Hackett voices Pardon-Me-Pete, a Groundhog, who narrates the story of how Jack Frost (Robert Morse) becomes a human and helps a knight win true love. This wonderful animated story has subliminal lessons about injustice and kindness and lots of songs the kids will love. Producer Jules Bass was responsible for bringing many kids' films to television such as this film, "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July" and "The Easter Bunny is Coming to Town," some that are now available on DVD.
Anyone who saw this film as a child has never forgot the wonderful story of a man (Edmund Gwynne) who claims to be Kris Kringle. Maureen O'Hara is a Macy's employee who feels for the man, but never lies to own daughter (Natalie Wood). The charming girl falls for the old man and everything that believing brings along. There are several versions of this film but none top the 1947 version.
This is a great family film that has some sadness about a boy's father (Michael Keaton) dying in a car accident. His wife (Kelly Preston) and son (Joseph) miss him a great deal, but one year after his death he comes back as a snowman to help his family get over the loss and move on with their lives. A very good father-son movie.
This animated movie is about Virginia and a famous letter that she wrote to the Chicago Sun editors more than 100 years ago. She asked the editors, "Is there a Santa Claus?" The response to the letter reaches across hearts of America to teach the spirit of Christmas. Kids and adults will enjoy this one.
This animated tale mixes the nostalgia of the Nutcracker ballet and the wonderful dance of toys into a fantasy story. Clara (Megan Fellows-voice) dreams of being a grand ballet dancer. While at a family Christmas gathering, she hears a preposterous story about a young man (a nutcracker, prince of the dolls) who rescues a princess under a spell by the Mouse Queen. Clara is soon caught up in a quandary that mixes her dream world with the real world around her. Lots of fun and adventure for kids.
Alastair Sim was said to have played the perfect Ebenezer Scrooge in the Dickens' classic adaptation about a miser who doesn't believe in Christmas until three ghosts come to take him on three voyages. Vivid with what life was like in 19th-century London, the terrific performances of the cast, including Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, make the story come to life. This version of "A Christmas Carol" is the one to see.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad sure deliver the laughs in this holiday movie. Hard to believe the governor once played Howard Langston, a dad who has promised his young son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas, and doesn't realize what he'll have to go through to get it. Littler kids won't like the theme, especially the part where James Belushi plays a sleazy Santa impersonator, but older kids will laugh until they drop.
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