"Oh, I declare, you men are all children! Every one of you. Put my shawl around you. A nice cup of tea will fix you up just fine!" No, not "Mrs. Claus," Mrs. Santa. Despite the fact that Mr. Prune even calls her Mrs. Claus once in the film, she prefers going by "Mrs. Santa." Well, to each their own, I guess. Anyways, Mrs. Santa spends this film making tea. That's pretty much all you really need to know about her. |
"Don't you think you ought to leave [thinking] to me, sir?" One can't help having visions of Blosson propping himself up in a corner to pass the nights, like Jack Pumpkinhead. I mean, the man is covered in cobwebs, that doesn't just happen when dusting the niche under the stairs. But Blossom is amazing, joining such other butlers like Count Duckula's Igor in the ranks of creepily cool manservants. |
"Alright, gentlemen, 'busy little bees'! 'Busy little bees'!" Okay, I'll say it: Prim's Department Store carries some of the ugliest, scariest children's toys I have EVER seen. Ever. What's up with the deranged six-foot giraffe, or the green poodle, or the deer with the swollen head? Oh yeah, I guess I should talk about Prim...well there isn't a lot to say about him. I think we're supposed to be impressed that he's played by Sonny Fox, but I suppose I'm too young to be impressed by that. |
"No, something's wrong. I can feel it in my bones." Here he is, the one billed as "The Boy Who Saved Christmas." Well maybe he did, but I'm afraid I'm too mesmorized by the fact that this so-called "boy" has what appears to be a moustache. Now, I guess it could be a perfectly symmetrical smudge located just where a moustache would be...but I don't buy it. Oh well. Somebody had to coax those kids out of bed to give Santa all their pennies, I guess. |
(No Quote) I say forget Charlie - this is the true hero of the film. If this boy hadn't come back to see Santa as many times as he did, he never would have intercepted Prune at his most dastardly. I mean, itching powder and a stick of dynamite? This kid is a god! Give him his due. |
"The way you're fastening everything down, you must be expecting Christmas to last the whole year round!" I'm only mentioning David because he was played by Paul Tripp's real-life son, David. And you can't have a good film about Santa without one snarky kid who isn't as enthusiastic about Christmas as the adult hero, to set the right perspective. |
