Twas' The Night Before Christmas

So let’s watch Twas’ the Night Before Christmas, two nights after Christmas. Sorry about this, viewers, I’m in the middle of the moving process, emotional problems, and juggling options. 

Every time Twas the Night Before Christmas was put on TV, my family always say to change the channel. So I finally manage to watch it on DVD, and I’m not missing much. This is the weakest animated Rankin Bass Christmas film I’ve seen in terms of plot.

Father Mouse (voiced by George Gobel, who’ll be in another version with Paul Lynde) tells the story that Santa has rejected the entire town’s letter by to the sender as humans and mice. The mice family discovered the letter was caused by one of their member. Thus Christmas was ruined by his son, Albert (voiced by Tammie Grime.) The human father named Joshua Trundle (voiced by Joel Grey) created a clock to call out Summon Santa, approved by the town council. Father Mouse is showing that he needs to think with his heart than brain and his opinion is causing so much pain. (Thanks giving him that statement to make him worst.)

This was a plot point that almost no one like with a smart brat proving something magical such as Santa and Snowman is ill-logical until they finally see it to be either mind blown or trying to prove they’re still fake. It wasn’t good when Dexter Laboratory and I doubt it’ll ever be good if anyone else use this plot in the same way. Unless it’s actually a Santa focus story, but we kind of got that with Year Without Santa Claus and maybe Father Christmas. Though maybe if the first act is Santa dealing with the non-believer, second act is the non-believer grows up as Santa tries again, but both one gave up, and the third is the non-believer became an isolated adult either a politician for third party or homeless. In the end in all of these stories, the non-believer believes, fixes everything, and they lived happily ever after.

“Never!!”

-Winterbolt from Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July.

 Though Albert is an obnoxious brat that ruins everyone’s hope for Christmas, twice! The people of Whoville has a better chance to deal with him as much as the Grinch and being boiled by monkeys.

The thought occurs to me on how can to make a feature length version of a short story of Twas the Night Before Christmas? The more I realize, the poem is probably only at the length about a minute or two that short to the point is all it needs to be. Even Disney did this already, and the poem is said at the beginning and end of the film, and the entire middle is Santa bringing out toys to decorate poor children’s’ house as the animation showed all the different features the toys did to decorate a tree. Another cheaper version is A Christmas Visitor; Santa came, as a sailor toy saves a Bo Peep toy that doubtfully inspire Toy Story to deal with a Sniley Whiplash in a Box. This is a simple standalone special that has no connection to others, as Santa and the reindeers look different as it’s the only Santa has doesn’t have a mustache.

The only thing salvageable this film aside from when they do use the poem is the song, “Even a Miracle Needs A Hand.” It was so inspiring that South Park did a better upbeat version for their Christmas Special with Hanky and his family we seen once in the entire series.

Twas the Night Before Christmas is just kerblonk, kerblewy of a film. It has good intention of atmosphere, but it wasn’t well thought. I hope these films go uphill from here. Wait, what’s this uncanny valley?

*me falling into the next review.*