The Night Before Christmas
It's December 24th, and 'Santa Claus' is busy feeding his reindeer and finishing up the toys that he will soon deliver. Meanwhile, the children in a large family hang their stockings over the fireplace, and then are put to bed. Bu...
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"A rather charming little film, which starts with Santa feeding hay to his reindeer, before moving back into his workshop to finish toymaking. The scene switches to a middle class house (parents, five children all about 4!, grandpa and maid). They tell the Christmas story, then hang up stockings before the children are packed off to bed (in two beds and one cot). The children get up, are chased back to bed, then have a proper pillow fight with feathers flying everywhere: I wonder how difficult this scene was to film. Santa checks his delivery schedule and inventory, loads up the sleigh and head..."
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One of the title cards refers to "Dunder" the reindeer; this is not a mistake. In different versions of "Twas The Night Before Chtistmas", the reindeer's name sometimes appears as "Donner," sometimes as "Donder", and sometimes as "Dunder". In fact, "Dunder and Blixem" in Dutch mean "Thunder and Lightning", and some think these are the true (i.e., original) names of Donner and Blitzen.
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It's December 24th, and 'Santa Claus' is busy feeding his reindeer and finishing up the toys that he will soon deliver. Meanwhile, the children in a large family hang their stockings over the fireplace, and then are put to bed. Bu...