this be an absolutely awful remake of a holiday classic . there be a movie some year ago call scrooged ( with bill murray ) . in that movie that be produce a version of charles dickens a christmas carol . the version that they create be absolutely over the top and insane . i think that this remake of a year without a santa claus be that to a t. this production be so over the top it completely wreck the movie . the casting be atrocious . john goodman a santa wasn not that bad and but harvey fierstein a the heat miser and michael mckean a the snow miser . come on be you kid . fierstein kill the most memorable song from the original movie . what about the miser brother assistant and any reason they be cast a hot female model ( not that i do not appreciate eye candy ) . a for the storyline . why do they create this new story . yeah and it follow the basic idea a the original and but the story be basically completely different . please avoid this movie at all cost if you be a fan of the original . this one be too over the top and too long and and too crappy .