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Magic Christmas Tree (1964)
, 1hOrigin USA
Genres Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Three boys are walking home from school on the afternoon of Halloween. On the way home, one boy, Mark, agrees to help a strange old woman to get her cat, Lucifer, out of a tree. Mark climbs the tree, but falls and is knocked unconscious. When Mark wakes up, he discovers that the old woman is really a witch. The witch gives Mark a magic ring, and tells him that if he plants the seeds inside a magic tree will grow. On Thanksgiving, Mark performs the magic spell that the witch taught him, and a magic evergreen tree grows overnight in the back yard. Mark's father tries to cut down the tree, but to no avail. Later, on Christmas Eve, the Magic Tree comes to life, and grants Mark three wishes. The boy first wishes for one hour of absolute power, which he promptly abuses. Mark's second wish is to have Santa Claus all to himself. When Mark sees the unhappiness his selfishness causes, however, he uses his third wish to return Santa Claus to the children of the world. On Christmas Day, Mark wakes up, and realizes that the entire adventure was all a dream.
The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Kurt Russell, Judah Lewis, Martin Roach, Darby Camp, Lamorne Morris, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Le soir du réveillon, Teddy et Kate Pierce décident de filmer leur salon pour piéger le Père Noël. Après l'avoir repéré, ils le suivent et montent dans son traîneau, mais ils provoquent un accident lorsque Santa prend conscience de leur présence. Ce dernier ne pouvant poursuivre sa tournée, Noël est en danger. Kate et Teddy l'aident alors à sauver Noël.
Noelle (2020)
Directed by Marc Lawrence
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Shirley MacLaine, Billy Eichner, Julie Hagerty, Michael Gross
Kris Kringle, le père Noël, nous a quitté et le poste est hérité par son fils, Nick. Mais ce dernier est extrêmement stressé à l'idée de reprendre l'affaire familiale. Sa sœur, Noelle, lui propose de prendre un petit week-end pour se changer les idées avant de commencer. Nick en profite alors pour prendre la fuite.
Santa Claus. Battle of Mages (2016)
, 1h45Directed by Aleksandr Voïtinski
Origin Russie
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film, Nouvel an
Actors Fiodor Bondartchouk, Egor Beroïev, Irina Antonenko, Vladimir Gostioukhine, Aleksei Kravchenko
Depuis un moment, la jeune Masha est assaillie par des visions de féroces monstres volants. Sa mère s'inquiète : elle est convaincue que la jeune fille est victime de harcèlement scolaire. Mais un jour, en plein coeur de Moscou, Masha assiste à une bataille entre des monstres ailés cracheurs de feu et de jeunes gens qui se désignent comme magiciens. L'un d'entre eux parvient in extremis à sauver la jeune fille d'une attaque de chimère. Masha les suit et intègre une organisation secrète, au sein de laquelle elle apprend que le Père Noël existe et qu'il est à la tête d'une armée de magicien, qui, en contrôlant la neige et la glace, parviennent à repousser une invasion de forces démoniaques.
Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Angela Lansbury, Michael Jeter, Charles Durning, Terrence Mann, Lynsey Bartilson, David Noroña
The movie is set in December 1910. Mrs. Santa Claus is trying to convince her husband, Santa Claus, to take a new route, but he is preoccupied with the Christmas rush and won't listen. Disgruntled, she takes the sleigh out herself, but is forced to land in New York City, where she is stranded when one of the reindeer (Cupid) becomes injured. As "Mrs. North", she takes up board with a family of Jewish immigrants, who don't celebrate Christmas. She befriends many of the local children and women, and becomes involved with political issues of the period such as child labor and women's suffrage.
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Robby Benson, Jim Cummings, Dixie Carter, Hal Holbrook, Carlos Alazraqui, Maurice LaMarche
In the Forest of Burzee, where many immortals live (such as Knooks, fairies, and nymphs), their leader, Ak, the Master Woodsman of the World (governor of all forests), finds a human baby abandoned and places him in the care of the lioness, Shiegra. A wood nymph named Necile thereupon adopts the baby; later named Nicholas. Meanwhile, a shapeshifting pixie named Wisk is catapulted to Burzee over the mountain where the evil Awgwas live. When Nicholas reaches young adulthood, Ak shows him how mortals live, giving him a magic sash that makes him invisible. Nicholas sees that the humans, mostly the children, live cruel and unfair lives, mostly in poverty or child abuse (enforced by the Awgwas). Eventually, Nicholas and Wisk move to a spot near both Necile and the humans. The Knooks build a house for him, and Necile gives him a cat, whom he names Blinky. Nicholas travels to a village, in which he stops a baby from crying, and a girl named Megan talks for the first time. To help the children, Nicholas carves a toy cat. One day in winter, Ethan the Cripple, a boy from a village, travels to his house to bring him a leaning stick. He nearly freezes to death, but Nicholas takes him into his house, much to the disappointment of King Mogorb, leader of the Awgwas. When he meets Blinky, Nicholas gives him the toy cat.
Call Me Claus (2001)
, 1h30Directed by Robert Costanzo, Peter Werner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Nigel Hawthorne, Victor Garber, Taylor Negron, Frankie Faison, Bruce Vilanch
The movie starts as a flashback to Lucy Collins as a little girl. Her mother takes the kids to see a shopping mall Santa Claus, who happens to be the real one. Santa is nearing the end of his 200-year reign as St. Nick, and needs to find a replacement, someone who enjoys the Christmas season and it is shown from the heart.
Santa's Slay (2005)
, 1h18Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Christmas films, Comedy horror films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Bill Goldberg, Douglas Smith, Emilie de Ravin, Robert Culp, Saul Rubinek, James Caan
On Christmas Eve of 2005, the Masons, a wealthy yet dysfunctional family, is enjoying Christmas dinner when Santa Claus (Bill Goldberg) comes down the chimney and kills them all. Some of the deaths include Santa stabbing Mr. Mason's hands to the table with a fork and knife. Out of fright Taylor faints, causing her to falls back into a sharp pole from the dog bed that impales her neck. Virginia's head is set on fire and is then drowned in eggnog. Gwen's husband Jason tries to fight Santa, causing him to get pushed into a glass case and die. Santa then grabs a leg from the table and smashes in Gwen's head as she pleads, "I've been good!". Beth tries to escape, causing her to be throwing a star into her back by Santa from behind. A deathless Mr. Mason, who got stabbed in the hands, gets a turkey leg lodged down his throat. This opening scene includes bit roles from several famous Jewish actors, including James Caan, Fran Drescher, Chris Kattan, and Rebecca Gayheart.
Christmas Is Here Again (2007)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Musical films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Edward Asnere, Jay Leno, Brad Garrett, Andy Griffith, Kathy Bates, Norm Macdonald
Sophianna, a disabled orphan girl, sets out to find Santa's toy sack, (which is a magical source of toys since it was made from the baby Jesus' swaddling clothes) which is stolen by Krad who wants revenge after Santa stopped handing out coal to naughty children. She is helped in her quest by Paul Rocco, one of Santa's elves, Dart, a reindeer calf, Buster the fox, and his friend, Charlie the polar bear.
The Search for Santa Paws (2010)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Vince
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Sports films, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Santa Claus in film
Actors Kaitlyn Maher, Zachary Gordon, Diedrich Bader, Mitchel Musso, Chris Coppola, Madison Pettis
When Santa Claus (Richard Riehle) travels to New York City and gets hit by a cab, loses his memory and the crystal that keeps him eternal is stolen, it's up to his new friend, his puppy named Paws (Zachary Gordon) to save him. Meanwhile, a young orphan named Quinn (Kaitlyn Maher) arrives at a foster home run by a strict and no-nonsense woman named Ms. Stout (Wendi McLendon-Covey) who does not approve of anything that children love: toys, Christmas decorations, singing, and even pets. She has a furnace which she uses to burn all the toys she confiscates from the girls who rightfully own them. Despite the strict rules she has to respect while staying at the foster home, Quinn eventually befriends the girls, including Janie (G. Hannelius) and Willamina "Will" (Madison Pettis). In order to save Christmas, Eli (Danny Woodburn) and Eddy (Richard Kind) the uncanny elf dog have to go to New York City to save Santa and Paws. But when Santa (Bud) is in the hospital, it takes the help of Quinn and Will to save Santa. When Kate and James take Bud from the hospital, Paws tells Eli to put his crystal next to Santa, but then he wakes up to find that Paws is a stuffed animal. They rush back to the North Pole and Paws turns into a full-grown dog named Santa Paws (Mitchel Musso) and Christmas is back on. Ms. Stout is fired from taking care of the orphan girls at the foster home, much to the excitement of the girls, and Will and Quinn are both adopted by James and Kate Hucklebuckle.
A Christmas Story 2 (2012)
, 1h25Directed by Brian Levant
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Braeden Lemasters, Daniel Stern, Stacey Travis, Valin Shinyei, Tiera Skovbye, Garry Chalk
The movie takes place in 1946, six years after the events in the first movie which took place in 1940, showing Ralphie as a teenager, almost 16, who only wants a used 1939 Mercury convertible for Christmas. He accidentally causes the car to roll back out of the used car lot and gently tap a light pole causing a plastic reindeer on the pole to loosen and fall through the convertible top, so he bands together with Flick and Schwartz to raise enough money to fix it before Christmas so that the car dealer won't have Ralphie thrown in jail.
Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Robert Vince
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Christmas films, Sports films, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Santa Claus in film
Actors Cheryl Ladd, George Newbern, Jennifer Elise Cox, Danny Woodburn, Bill Chott, Pat Finn
When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the playful Santa Pups stow away on her sled. Taking mischief to a whole new level, they begin granting joyful wishes to Pineville's boys and girls, but after a furious young boy named Carter wishes for the Christmas spirit to disappear, it affects all of the people in town. Mrs. Claus, Carter, Sarah, the pups, and three sisters named Agnes, Dorothy and Blue that Mrs. Claus met try to bring the Christmas spirit back forever. They do this by airing on the radio and convincing everyone to act like normal. Carter wishes for the Christmas spirit to last forever all over the world. The pups are then able to reverse the wish. Pineville was filmed in Fernie, British Columbia.
, 55minutesOrigin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Christmas films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Burl Ives, Billie Mae Richards, Paul Kligman, Peg Dixon, Paul Soles, Corinne Conley
Santa Claus's reindeer Donner's wife gives birth to a fawn named Rudolph, but the two are shocked to discover that Rudolph's unusually red nose is capable of glowing. When Santa Claus visits their cave to meet the fawn and sees the glowing nose, he warns Mr. & Mrs. Donner that Rudolph won't be able to pull the sleigh if he continues to carry this trait for the rest of his life. Consequently, Donner tries to conceal Rudolph's nose at first with mud and later a small round cap.
, 51minutesDirected by Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Christmas films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn, Joan Gardner, Paul Frees, Billie Mae Richards
Mailman Special Delivery "S.D." Kluger (voiced by Fred Astaire) is introduced after a newsreel prologue, telling the viewer how children around the world are preparing for the arrival of Santa Claus. His snowmobile/mail truck breaks down, so he tells the story of Santa Claus, answering all of the children's letters they wrote to Santa.
, 48minutesDirected by Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Christmas films, Children's films, Santa Claus in film
Actors Shirley Booth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, George Irving, George S. Irving, Bob McFadden
Santa Claus wakes up with a cold on Christmas Eve. He is told by his doctor–who thinks that nobody cares about Christmas any more–that he should make some changes to his routine. Santa decides to take a holiday instead of delivering gifts, and leaves it to the elves, Jingle and Jangle, to find proof that people still believe in Santa Claus.