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Humility never was one of Santa's more notable attributes (who has time to be humble with responsibilities like his?), but the jolly old fellow is as susceptible to self-doubt as the next guy, as
Santa'a Special Delivery exposes. The video, one of a new breed of holiday titles hung up on wagging a finger at the hurried and often inhospitable world we inhabit, centers around Santa's increasing insignificance; boys and girls no longer can be bothered to write hopeful letters to a ho-ho-ho-ing phony. One little girl, Jasmine, is among a handful of holdout believers, to the chagrin of her computer-whiz brother Leon. After a chance encounter with Santa in which he's heckled by cynical humbugs, she aims to convince him and her self-involved parents, who've "penciled in" a call to the kids on Christmas morning, that the holiday spirit is badly in need of salvaging. That's when serendipity strikes: the personal organizer Santa's elves give him for Christmas malfunctions, mangling his present-delivery list. To fix it, he seeks out the snarly but brilliant Leon, who changes his Grinch-like tune once Father Christmas finds a magical way to make his secret wish--that his parents would come home for Christmas--come true.
Special Delivery's simplicity suits children 2 to 8, but older kids may be lured by its freshness. Santa as mere mortal may not be a spellbinding concept, but at least it's something new.
--Tammy La Gorce
Product Description
Santa Clause is coming to town - or IS he? A computer glitch threatens to thwart Santa's annual gift-giving visit! Santa's elves give him a computer to keep track of exactly who's naughty and nice. But when the precious list is accidentally deleted, Christmas itself is in danger of disappearing! What's worse, children around the world have started to doubt Santa's magical powers. An unexpected visit may convince one super-savvy computer whiz kid that Santa is real - and a special delivery is the key to keeping the magic of Christmas alive!
