ElliesWonder Don't let the cover picture lead you wrong. That is not a cute cartoon, it is an old puppet film. For personal reason, I have strong Pupaphobia, it is the fear of puppets and dolls. Pupaphobia has an uncanny valley theory, is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object's resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object. To me, I couldn't sleep with my stuffed animal when I was a baby because I thought their eyes reflected light at night, looked like they are staring at me. So even I still love stuffed toys as an adult, I still put my favorite in the living room, not my bedroom.I thought this movie is a kid version of Rise of the Guardians, but it turns out an old creepy puppet film, especially at night, can you imagine? Rise Of the Guardians The last piece Dreamworks worked with Paramount, but its box office was quite low. I would say that was an underrated movie because I found it later after years and was fun to watch, and its CGI wasn't bad at all.

Tracy_Terry_Moore Buddy Hackett narrated this crap "once upon a snowflake".... pffft!The greedy people in town are in the dumps because their supply of 'ice-money' is melting and the Russian dictator down the block wants the hottest girl in the village to be his chick... or something like that. Calling Jack Frost to restore a cold weather climate to anywhere on the globe.Totally charmless holiday special with a sour plot which involves coins, taxes, going broke, and the 'flake-flipping snow gypsies'.... huh?Produced by Rankin/Bass, though they've done much better.

CineMage **DEFINITE SPOILERS AHEAD**This tale of Jack Frost's brief foray into human existence and unrequited love is charming but has genuine heart, providing no simplistic answers about poverty or the plight of loving someone who does not love one back, but approaching the delicate issues of life's unfairness with compassion. A wonderful story.Even today, I will remember the pretend game, in which people pretend they have been given exactly the gifts they would want, whenever I feel stressed about fiscal difficulties.This Christmas special doesn't really fit in with the "literary folklore" of the rest of the Rankin/Bass winter holiday tales -- for example, this Jack Frost has nothing in common with Paul Frees's Jack Frost villain in "Frosty's Winter Wonderland" -- and I think that may be one of the reasons it hasn't done quite as well as it ought. Many Rankin/Bass stories tie in to each other so that seeing one of them will remind viewers of other stories as well, and that doesn't work for this story.The one flaw is the groundhog character: no offense to Buddy Hackett, but even his voice acting wasn't able to save the groundhog character from being trite.Worth seeing overall for the way Jack responds to his first experiencing of first material need and then emotional need.

ashleejune I still cannot believe they do not play this movie on TV every year like they do Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. It is just as funny and even more beautiful. I love this movie to pieces and will treasure it forever.