Seems like The Nigthmare Before Christmas might be something you could use. There's also the mutant toys in Toystory, but I can't remember if that is birthday or christmas present time. On Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:25:22 -0800 kelly abbott <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On a lighter note... >I've been writing a column on films for a comedic magazine. Soon we'll be >producing a December marathon that includes a new article ever day of >December. An advent calendar, actually. Anyway, I plan on making my >regular Christmas reviews but also had an idea to write about Santa Claus in >film throughout the years. >What I'm asking screen-l, h-film all my friends and readers to help me with, >is to compile a record of all the weirdest Santa Clause imagery they can >remember form films past. Myself, I can only think of a few. The "Dream >Santas" in The City of the Lost Children, the "Rude Santa" in A Christmas >Story. But I'm drawing blanks after that. I seem to remember, a Terrorist >Santa from Christmas past, and didn't Chevy Chase do Santa once. Was it SNL >or the Vacation movie? Oh, and Gremlins featured Gremlin Santas. That's a >prime example. See where I'm going? >If you could forward your suggestions, so that I can fortify my article, I'd >be grateful indeed. Also, feel free to write me personally about any >memorable Chistmas film experiences. My editor mentioned that he kept his >ticket stub from the Muppet Christmas Story from way back. When he looked >through his albums recently he noticed that the stub had been torn just so, >leaving "Muppet Christ" legible. "Now that's a movie I want to see!" he >joked. >Get the picture? >Thanks >Kelly >---- ---- ---- >kelly abbott > great jones street design > 1075 east nineteenth avenue > eugene, or 97403-1326 > tel. 541.683.7207 > http://www.great-jones-street.com/almanac/ ------------------- Aylish Wood [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.