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Santa Claus, also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply "Santa", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24. The modern figure was derived from the Dutch figure of Sinterklaas, which, in turn, may have part of its basis in hagiographical tales concerning the historical figure of gift giver Saint Nicholas. A nearly identical story is attributed by Greek and Byzantine folklore to Basil of Caesarea. Basil's feast day on January 1 is considered the time of exchanging gifts in Greece.
Santa Claus is generally depicted as a portly, joyous, white-bearded man wearing a red coat with white collar and cuffs, white-cuffed red trousers, and black leather belt and boots (images of him rarely have a beard with no moustache). This image became popular in the United States and Canada in the 19th century due to the significant influence of Clement Clarke Moore's 1823 poem "A Visit From St. Nicholas" and of caricaturist and political cartoonist Thomas Nast. This image has been maintained and reinforced through song, radio, television, children's books and films. The North American depiction of Santa Claus as it developed in the 19th and 20th century in turn influenced the modern perceptions of Father Christmas, Sinterklaas and Saint Nicholas in European culture[citation needed].
Actors: Pamela Anderson (actress), Michael Bublé (actor), Russell Peters (producer), Scott Thompson (actor), Ted Lange (actor), Jon Lovitz (actor), Russell Peters (actor), Angelo Tsarouchas (actor), Angelo Tsarouchas (actor), John Brunton (producer), Craig Porritt (actor), Sarah James (producer), Marty Adams (actor), Ken Yan (editor), Luciano Casimiri (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Colleen Camp (actress), Alex Beh (producer), Alex Beh (director), Tony Hale (actor), Alex Beh (writer), Alex Beh (actor), Joe Nunez (actor), Brian Petsos (actor), Alma S. Grey (actress), Bill Fishman (producer), Angela Oh (actress), Michael Hobert (actor), Hanie Lynch (actress), Brian King (actor), Graham Metzger (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Kirk Shaw (producer), Karen Austin (miscellaneous crew), Jeffrey Schenck (producer), Peter Sullivan (producer), Scott A. Matthews (producer), Kirk Shaw (producer), Rachel Hayward (actress), Andrew Francis (actor), Andrew Airlie (actor), Breanne Hartley (producer), Doug Abrahams (actor), Lea Thompson (actress), Lindsay MacAdam (producer), Doran Chandler (miscellaneous crew), Erika Canchola (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Drama, Family, Family, Fantasy,Actors: Mitch Collier (actor), Chris McInroy (director), Chris McInroy (writer), Berndt Mader (producer), Regina Saldivar (producer), Tania Romero (miscellaneous crew), Karl Anderson (actor), Rebecca McInroy (producer), Andrew Hoke (composer), Jacob Scott (actor), Carl Anderson (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Roddy Piper (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Adam Deyoe (director), Adam Deyoe (writer), Adam Deyoe (producer), Adam Deyoe (actor), Adam Deyoe (editor), Eric Gosselin (composer), Eric Gosselin (actor), Eric Gosselin (writer), Eric Gosselin (director), Eric Gosselin (producer), David Paige (actor), David Paige (actor), Jim Martin (actor),
Plot: Two rival juice companies, Eco-Elixir and Jock Juice, accidentally unleash an experimental formula of energy drink on an unsuspecting group of concert- goers. This formula turns whoever is unfortunate enough to drink it into flesh-eating crazies!
Keywords: gore, guts, splatter, tromaesque, zombieActors: Michelle Trachtenberg (actress), Mark Cuban (producer), Jerry Wasserman (actor), Michael Adamthwaite (actor), Bob Clark (producer), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (actress), Crystal Lowe (actress), Peter New (actor), Aaron Pearl (actor), Andrea Martin (actress), Juan Riedinger (actor), Karin Konoval (actress), Lacey Chabert (actress), Robert Milicevic (miscellaneous crew), Torrence Hall (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In the 70's, the boy Billy is born with yellow skin due to a liver disease and his dysfunctional mother rejects him. Later he witnesses his mother and her lover killing his beloved father and burying him in the basement of their house, and he is locked in the attic alone along his childhood. When he is a teenager, he is sexually abused by his mother and she has a baby girl called Agnes. During Christmas, the deranged Billy escapes from his imprisonment, kills his mother and stepfather and blinds one eye of Agnes. He is declared insane and his sister is sent to an orphanage. In the present days, Billy escapes from the Clark Sanatorium to spend Christmas with his family. Meanwhile, his former house is the Delta Alpha Kappa sorority house in the campus of the Clement University, and the housemother and the sisters Kelli Presley, Dana, Lauren Hannon, Megan, Heather, Megan Helms, Melissa and Eve Agnew are preparing the house for Christmas party in a stormy night while Clair Crosby is in her room writing a card to bury the hatchet with her sister. When three sisters vanish, the others receive weird phone calls and believe something is wrong, but they find that they are trapped in the location.
Keywords: 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, accidental-death, argument, asphyxiation, asylum, attic, baby-dollActors: Wendy Crewson (actress), Aisha Tyler (actress), Jay Thomas (actor), Tim Allen (actor), Kevin Pollak (actor), Ann-Margret (actress), Martin Short (actor), Tim Allen (actor), Michael Dorn (actor), Peter Boyle (actor), Alan Arkin (actor), Art LaFleur (actor), Judge Reinhold (actor), Michael Lembeck (director), George S. Clinton (composer),
Plot: Now that Santa/Scott Calvin and Mrs. Claus/Carol Calvin have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa!
Keywords: canada, canadian, character-name-in-title, christmas, coveting-someone's-job, ex-husband-ex-wife-relationship, falling-off-a-roof, husband-wife-relationship, in-laws, pregnancyActors: Pat Hingle (actor), Keith Carradine (actor), Chris Anderson (composer), Nick Searcy (actor), Jerry Whittington (miscellaneous crew), Pat Hingle (producer), Diana Scarwid (actress), Peggy Farrell (costume designer), Michael Welch (actor), Pamela Williamson (miscellaneous crew), Kelley Sims (miscellaneous crew), Joanne Pankow (actress), Cornelia 'Nini' Rogan (miscellaneous crew), Michelle Lee Brown (miscellaneous crew), Betsy Brantley (actress),
Plot: The story of two small town boys from different sides of the tracks: 1950's childhood and self-redemption. Young "Whitey" Black (so called because of a tuft of blanched hair on the left side of his head) lives in poverty with his single mother and ailing, four-year old sister, Sandy. Just across town, young Jerry Barlow lives the advantages of a middle class lifestyle with both parents and his younger brother. When mischief casts Whitey and Jerry into a shared paper route, Jerry quickly learns of Whitey's desire to buy his sister an angel doll for Christmas. Even though no such dolls exist in their hometown, Whitey, Jerry and a host of colorful characters set out in search of Sandy's gift. Along the way, reversals of fortune, theft, prejudice and, ultimately, the boy's friendship opens their eyes to the vastness of the small town around them.
Keywords: based-on-novel, children, christmasActors: Mark Acheson (actor), Nicole Oliver (actress), Mark Acheson (actor), Philip Maurice Hayes (actor), Philip Maurice Hayes (actor), Mark Acheson (actor), Mark Hildreth (actor), Jimmy Kimmel (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Scott McNeil (actor), Mark Hildreth (actor), Nicole Oliver (actress),
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Monte Hellman (director), Robert Culp (actor), Monte Hellman (editor), Nan Garcia-Wood (miscellaneous crew), Bill Moseley (actor), Monte Hellman (writer), Monte Hellman (actor), Laura Harring (actress), Charles Dierkop (actor), Richard N. Gladstein (actor), Richard N. Gladstein (producer), Richard Beymer (actor), Leonard Mann (actor), Carlos Palomino (actor), Ed Rothkowitz (editor),
Plot: Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmothers house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.
Keywords: 1980s, bath, blindness, blood, bone-saw, car-accident, carbonated-water, christmas, christmas-horror, clinic