My husband really, really likes this special that premiered last year. I gave him the dvd for his birthday, and that's what he wants to watch, so that's what I am blogging about today.
Here we meet the elite team of elves known as prep and landing. They arrive at the house before Santa to prep the rooftop for the sleigh's safe landing, as well as clear the house of any obstacles, such as unfriendly dogs. They also screen the cookies and milk, which I find quite amusing for some reason.
Our protagonist is Wayne, callsign: Little Drummer Boy. He informs us that he's ready to move on from this position. But, we soon find out from an executive elf who is voiced by Sarah Chalke but looks like Alyson Hannigan that his promotion did not go through. She also mentions that she's Santa's secret Santa this year, which has to be awkward. I wonder who Santa is secret Santa for, because that wouldn't be so secret.
Jaded by the bad news, Wayne slacks off at a house. he raids their fridge and watches Mickey's Christmas Carol on their tv. Then, he gets caught by a child who is stirring.
The Sarah/Alyson elf is overseeing Santa's launch and hoping that nothing goes wrong. But of course, it already has.
The callsign for the reindeer is "eight maids a-milking" which they hate, so they kind of blow it off. So the Sarah/Alyson elf calls "big red" himself and 86's service to the house where the kid is stirring. Or, as they put it, "figgy pudding." When Wayne finds out about this, it simply will not do, so he begs Santa to turn back and not let little Timmy down. Santa is pleased to hear this. Needless to say, they come through for Timmy.
Later, Wayne goes to Santa to apologize. Santa is, of course, not upset with Wayne, but pleased with his spirit. He presents Wayne with a gift of a snow globe that looks into Timmy's house. And he offers Wayne a different promotion, which Wayne turns down, realizing that Prep and Landing is where he belongs. And if you didn't see that coming, well then, you've never seen a Christmas special before. But that's okay, it's still a sweet, happy story that explores an area of Christmas operation which no other story has before. Only real flaw with it is that it's too short.
There's a short on the dvd wherein Betty White voices Mrs. Claus. Mrs. Claus's face is not shown, so now I'm convinced Betty White actually IS Mrs. Claus.
Visuals: 4 out of 5
Spirit: 4 out of 5
Nostalgia: 0 out of 5
Humor: 3 out of 5
Music: 0 out of 5
Overall: 3 out of 5
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