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With another Christmas season fast approaching, Santa Claus/Scott Calvin is feeling even more pressure. Mrs. Claus is expecting a little Claus. She is also longing for the company of some "tall people." So Scott agrees to let her parents visit as long as they believe that they're really in Canada rather than at the North Pole. Further complicating matters is a visit by Scott's ex-wife, her husband, and their daughter, Lucy. A member of the Council...

Scott is distressed to learn that his ex-wife and her husband have informed his son, Charlie, that there is no Santa Claus. While a sullen Charlie visits his dad on Christmas Eve, a noise on the roof brings them outside. It turns out that there is a Santa after all, and Scott has just accidentally killed him. Because of "the Santa clause," Scott inherits the job of Santa. As the next year passes, Scott rapidly gains weight, grows a white beard and...

Evil banker Rachel Bitterman forecloses on the Muppets' famous variety theater. But Bitterman's machinations take a back seat when apprentice guardian angel Daniel shows Kermit what conditions would have been had Kermit never existed. A Kermit-less world would have found Miss Piggy running a fraudulent psychic hotline, Fozzie Bear as a homeless derelict, and Sam the Eagle as a caged "rave" dancer. With showstopping numbers like Moulin Scrooge and...

Doris Walker, a no-nonsense Macy's special events coordinator, desperately searches for a new store Santa. She hires Kris Kringle, who insists that he's the real Santa Claus. When Kris is committed to Bellevue after a confrontation with the store's psychiatrist, Doris's friend attorney Fred Gaily agrees to help Kris try to win his freedom in court.

Even though Sarah and Pete are estranged, she invites him back to their suburban home for the holidays on the condition that he reconcile with their daughters before she will agree to finalize a trial separation with divorce.

In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Cody Cullen is touched by a lovely Christmas card sent to him by Faith Spelman. Faith lives in the small, picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves Cody's side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission for find her. Special features: Edward Asner: a veteran's view; "Heart of a soldier: actor John Newton" featurette; Karene and Jeff: a real-life "Christmas...

Christmas has been cancelled! Or at least it will be if Santa can't find a way to guide his sleigh through a fierce blizzard. Fortunately for him, there's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Garfield's Halloween adventure: Garfild and Odie get to dress up and go out trick or treating, and Garfild gets to say "candy, candy, candy!" Then the boys visit a haunted house. Garfield's Thanksgiving: Jon takes Garfield to the vet and she puts him on a diet. Jon finally gets up enough nerve to ask the vet to his place for Thanksgiving dinner. Garfield's Christmas special: Garfild and Odie go with Jon to his parents for Christmas and Garfield discovers...