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Who’s your favorite movie Santa?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This season seems to have brought more movie Santas than anyone can count.
Mekhi Phifer dons a red Santa Claus suit in “This Christmas.” And soon you’ll see Morris Chestnut as a mall Santa in “The Perfect Holiday” (debuting Dec. 12). If you’ve seen “Fred Claus,” you know not only does Paul Giamatti play St. Nick, but there’s a pack of Santas who chase after Vince Vaughn.
If “Fred Claus” wasn’t such a lousy movie, Giamatti might be among my favorite movie Santas. He’s kind, thoughtful and, sad to say, an enabler.
I have found that my favorite Santas cover a wide range of personalities:
1. Edmund Gwenn in “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) — Simply the nicest.
2. Billy Bob Thornton in “Bad Santa” (2003) — Simply the naughtiest.
3. James Cosmo in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” (2005) — His Father Christmas looks exactly how I always pictured Santa.
4. Edward Ivory in “The Nightmare Before Christmas” (1993) — OK, he looks and sounds a little befuddled. But wouldn’t you in the same circumstance?
5. Peter Jackson in “Hot Fuzz” (2007) — Without a screen credit it’s hard to tell who’s in the Santa suit. This time it was the Oscar-winning director of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
Who’s your favorite movie Santa? Ed Asner in “Elf”? Tom Hanks in “The Polar Express”?
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November 26, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this
Bad Santa is a BAD MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I like Tim Allen in The Santa Claus 1, 2 & #!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is toooooooo funny!!!!!!!!
And, Morris Chestnut in The Perfect CHRISTMAS, may be the sexiest Santa!!!