Bohemia
Vesele Vanoce
Bulgaria
Tchestita Koleda;
Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Czech Republic
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy
Rok
Hungary
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Poland
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia or Boze Narodzenie
Romania
Sarbatori vesele
Slovakia
Sretan Bozic
Vesele Vianoce
A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovenia
Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto
For Christmas I bought my Auntie
A
brand new wooden leg
I
didn’t have it specially made
No
I just got it off the peg
You
may say it’s not a nice gift
Or
even that it’s a killer
It
wasn’t her main present though
It
was just a stocking filler
Sports
caster Bruce Dalt (Bruce Boxleitner) is relentlessly competitive and has a
ceaseless go-for-the-gold attitude.
Unsurprisingly
his natural urge to win gets him into trouble, in particular while watching his
son Jason (Kenton Duty) at his High School basketball game. Where he gets into
an altercation with an umpire that lands him in court and he is ordered to do
community service as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army.
Worse
than that because the incident was captured on video and quickly went viral and
negatively impacts his job, where he is demoted, and his family, affecting the
design business of his wife Kasey (Laura Spencer).
Major
Melvin Lowell (Antonio Fargas) of the Salvation Army, knowing of God's love,
guides his actions, and shows Bruce that the charity of Christmas stretches way
beyond just coins gathered in a collection pot.
Despite the general awfulness of the Christmas song there are however always exceptions to the rule and I have a short list of personal favourites.
Without exception all my choices not only include the song but the best
performer of that song and so in no particular order here is my Eighteenth
selection.
Merry Christmas Everybody
Music & lyrics by Noddy Holder and Jim
Lea
Performed by Slade
Are
you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
It's the time that every Santa has a ball
Does he ride a red nosed reindeer?
Does a 'ton up' on his sleigh
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
Chorus:
So here it is merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
Are you waiting for the family to arrive?
Are you sure you got the room to spare inside?
Does your granny always tell ya that the old songs are the best?
Then she's up and rock 'n' rollin' with the rest
Chorus:
So here it is merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
What will your daddy do
When he sees your Mama kissin' Santa Claus?
Ah ah
Are you hanging up a stocking on your wall?
Are you hoping that the snow will start to fall?
Do you ride on down the hillside in a buggy you have made?
When you land upon your head then you've been slayed
Chorus
(3x)
So here it is merry Christmas
Everybody's having fun
Look to the future now
It's only just begun
Belgium (Flemish)
Zalig Kerstfeest en Gelukkig nieuw jaar
England
Merry Christmas
Esperanto
Gajan Kristnaskon
France
Joyeux Noel
Frisian Islands
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte Lok en
Seine yn it Nije Jier!
Germany
Froehliche Weihnachten
The Netherlands
or Zalig Kerstfeast
Well I only got a sweater for Christmas
Not
the best thing to get for a dreamer
Because
I got a sweater for Christmas
When
I wanted a moaner or a screamer
Only child, Oliver Richmond (Andrew Beckham), is a lonely kid because he hardly ever sees his workaholic parents, Jessica (Shannon Elizabeth) and Jeff (Jason Burks).
Because
of that he reaches out in desperation to some classmates, and although they’re
bad news he reluctantly joins their gang and on his first day as a member, the
gang take over a foreclosed home for the holidays.
The
former owners had abandoned the house and contents and left town, even leaving
behind a Golden retriever and her five puppies, animal welfare had taken the
mother to a shelter but the puppies were left behind.
When
they were discovered the gang leader saw an opportunity to make some money but
Oliver just fell in love with them, and that’s when the adventures begin as
Oliver attempts to reunite the puppies with their mother and along the way
roles are reversed as the dogs help him reconnect with his parents as they all
foil a robbery on Christmas Eve.
The
vocal talents of Haylie Duff, Kim Little, G.K. Bowes, Darrel Guilbeau, Steve
Sirkis, Kyle Hebert, Roel Navarro and Megan Miller bring the canine characters
to life in the pleasing children’s movie.
