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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>This month marks <b>five years of Audio-Described Movie Night!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Over the years, we\u2019ve shared countless films and connected with wonderful people from all around the world. We\u2019re lucky to have a regular group of friends from the U.S. and Canada, and we\u2019ve also welcomed guests from places like Poland, Australia, and South Africa\u2014just to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>I hope you\u2019ll continue to share this announcement within your networks so even more people can join us. I\u2019ve always said that as long as people keep showing up, I\u2019ll keep providing this space for everyone to enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Here\u2019s to many more movie nights together! </span><span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>\U0001f3ac\u2728</span><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>All events take place at 8:00 PM Eastern on the below Zoom platform.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Saturday, December 6, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Miracle on 34th Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Friday, December 12, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Elf<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Friday, December 19, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Nightmare Before Christmas <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Friday, December 26, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Trivia Night<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Since the previous survey sent out to get viewers choice went so good, thought I would try this again for the month of January. Take a look at the below suggestions for January and choose 3 and send mea message at movies@nfbofsc.org. The top 3 will be shown in January!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>My Cousin Vinny <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hitch hikers Guide To The Galaxy <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob Marley <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>12 years a slave<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>West Side Story <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Wall-e<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tuskegee airmen The (1995)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Super Mario Bros Movie <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Castaway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Bucket list<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk160210672">Call in information: <o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>Phone number: 19292056099<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>Meeting ID: 803 254 3777<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>Password: 124578<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'></span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>Meeting ID: 803 254 3777<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>Passcode: 124578<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>One tap mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk160210672'>+19292056099,,8032543777# </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>Miracle on 34<sup>th</sup> Steet<span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>to an orphan girl from the Netherlands, Susan is amazed. Doris, who has raised Susan to not believe in fairy tales, asks Kris to tell Susan "the truth", but Kris insists that he really is Santa Claus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Worried, Doris decides to fire Kris, but R. H. Macy, the store's owner, promises bonuses to Doris and Shellhammer because of the positive publicity Kris has generated. To alleviate Doris's misgivings, Shellhammer suggests Granville Sawyer, the store psychologist, administer an evaluation for Kris. After doing so, Sawyer insists Kris is dangerous and should be put in a mental institution. It's Sawyer's opinion that Kris will eventually display "latent maniacal tendencies". Meanwhile, Susan shows Kris a magazine photo of her dream house and tells him she wants it for Christmas. Kris promises to do his best.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>In the company cafeteria, young employee Alfred tells Kris that Sawyer convinced him that he is unstable simply because he enjoys dressing as Santa. Kris confronts Sawyer, eventually striking him on the head with an umbrella. Sawyer, outraged, takes Kris to Bellevue Hospital. Tricked into cooperating and believing Doris to be in on the deception, Kris deliberately fails his examination and is recommended for permanent commitment. However, Fred persuades Kris not to give up and represents him in court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>At a hearing before Judge Henry Harper, District Attorney Thomas Mara gets Kris to assert that he is Santa Claus and rests his case, asking Harper to rule that Santa does not exist. In private, Harper's political adviser, Charlie Halloran, warns him that doing so would be disastrous for his upcoming reelection bid. Harper buys time by hearing further evidence. Fred calls Macy as a witness and gets him to admit that he believes Santa exists. Macy then fires Sawyer. Next, Fred calls Mara's own young son, who testifies that his father told him that Santa is real. Mara concedes the point, but goes on to demand that Fred prove that Kris is "the one and only" Santa Claus on the basis of a competent authority by the following day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Meanwhile, Susan writes Kris a letter to cheer him up, which Doris also signs. When a New York Post Office mail sorter sees Susan's letter, addressed to Kris at the New York courthouse, he suggests delivering all of the dead letters addressed to Santa to Kris, freeing up storage space. As court resumes, Fred is informed of the mail delivery; he argues that the Post Office, a branch of the federal government, has acknowledged that Kris is the one and only Santa Claus by delivering the letters. When the judge insists on seeing the letters, postal employees empty many bags of letters on Harper's desk. Harper dismisses the case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Kris invites Fred, Doris and Susan to a Christmas Day celebration at his current residence, the Brooks' Memorial Home for the Aged. Susan loses faith in Kris when he admits he was unable to get her the house she wanted. However, after Kris offers Fred and Doris a route home that avoids traffic, Susan sees her dream house with a "For Sale" sign out front; Susan becomes ecstatic and runs into the house. Fred learns that Doris had encouraged Susan to have faith and suggests they get married and purchase the house. Fred and Doris then spot a cane inside that looks just like Kris's. Fred begins to wonder if Kris really is Santa Claus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Maureen O'Hara as Doris Walker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>John Payne as Fred Gailey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Gene Lockhart as the Hon. Henry X. Harper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Natalie Wood as Susan Walker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Porter Hall as Granville Sawyer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>William Frawley as Charlie Halloran<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Jerome Cowan as District Attorney Thomas Mara<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Philip Tonge as Julian Shellhammer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Uncredited roles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Jack Albertson as "Al", the post office mail sorter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Harry Antrim as R. H. Macy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Lela Bliss as Mrs. Shellhammer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Jeff Corey as reporter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mary Field as Dutch girl's adoptive mother<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>William Forrest as Dr. Rogers at Bellevue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Alvin Greenman as Alfred<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Theresa Harris as Cleo, the Walkers' maid/housekeeper<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Percy Helton as drunken Santa Claus<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Herbert Heyes as Mr. Gimbel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Robert Karnes as 2nd Bellevue intern<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Snub Pollard as mail-bearing court officer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thelma Ritter as Peter's mother, the one directed to another store for a toy fire engine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>James Seay as Dr. Pierce, physician at the Brooks' Memorial Home for the Aged<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>Elf<span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>One Christmas Eve, a baby from an orphanage crawls into Santa Claus's sack and is unwittingly taken back to the North Pole. When the infant is discovered at Santa's workshop, the elves name him Buddy, after his diaper's brand label, and Papa Elf adopts him. Growing up, Buddy believes that he is an elf, but discovers in adulthood that he is actually a human. Papa Elf informs Buddy that his birth parents are Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells, the latter having put him up for adoption before her death. Walter now works as a children's book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City, unaware of Buddy's existence. Santa informs Buddy that Walter is on the naughty list, but he suggests that Buddy could redeem him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Buddy travels to New York and finds Walter at his workplace, but Walter thinks he is a Christmas-gram messenger and has him ejected. Buddy visits a Gimbels department store and becomes infatuated with a deadpan employee named Jovie. Hearing that Santa will visit the store the following day, Buddy redecorates the store overnight. However, when he realizes that the store's Santa is a man in a costume, Buddy causes a brawl and gets arrested.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Walter reluctantly bails out Buddy of jail and takes him for a DNA test, which confirms that Buddy is his son. The doctor suggests that Walter take Buddy home to meet his stepmother Emily and half-brother Michael. Walter and Michael are unnerved by Buddy's behavior, but Emily insists that they take care of him until he "recovers". Michael bonds with Buddy after they beat a gang of bullies in a snowball fight and helps Buddy to ask out Jovie on a date.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Meanwhile, Walter's publishing company is struggling after the failure of its latest book. Walter's boss, Fulton Greenway, expects him to have a new book ready by Christmas Eve. Walter and his associates secure a meeting with ghostwriter Miles Finch, but Buddy disrupts the meeting and inadvertently offends Finch by mistaking him for an elf due to his dwarfism. Finch reacts violently and walks out of the meeting, causing Walter to furiously disown Buddy. Ashamed, Buddy writes a letter of apology on an Etch A Sketch and leaves the Hobbs' apartment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>When Michael informs Walter of Buddy's departure, Walter quits his job to find Buddy. Meanwhile, Buddy notices Santa's sleigh crash in Central Park. Santa explains that the sleigh has lost its engine, which is essential for flight, due to a lack of Christmas spirit. Buddy finds the engine and reunites with Walter and Michael, and Walter apologizes to Buddy for his outburst and accepts him as his son. Michael takes Santa's list and reads it aloud in front of news cameras assembled outside the park, proving that Santa is real. Buddy tries to reattach the sleigh's engine as Central Park Rangers pursue the sleigh. Recalling Buddy's statement about how singing can spread Christmas cheer, Jovie leads the crowd and those watching on television in a rendition of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", generating enough Christmas spirit to power the sleigh without the engine.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>By the next Christmas, Walter and Buddy have started their own publishing company, with their first bestseller being a children's book based on Buddy's exploits. Buddy has also married Jovie and brings their infant daughter, Susie, to visit Papa Elf.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Cast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Will Ferrell (left) and James Caan play Buddy and Walter Hobbs respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Will Ferrell as Buddy Hobbs, an eccentric human who was raised by Santa's Christmas elves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Max Favreau plays a young Buddy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>James Caan as Walter Hobbs, a cynical children's book publishing executive at Greenway Press and Buddy's biological father<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Zooey Deschanel as Jovie, an unenthusiastic Gimbels employee and Buddy's love interest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Mary Steenburgen as Emily Hobbs, Walter's wife, Buddy's stepmother, and Michael's mother who encourages Walter to bond with Buddy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Daniel Tay as Michael Hobbs, Walter and Emily's son and Buddy's younger paternal half-brother<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ed Asner as Santa Claus, a Christmas figure who found an infant Buddy in one of his Christmas bags<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bob Newhart as Papa Elf, an older Christmas elf who is Buddy's adoptive father and the film's narrator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Faizon Love portrays Wanda, the manager of Gimbels and Jovie's boss. Peter Dinklage portrays short-statured children's book author Miles Finch. Amy Sedaris plays Walter's secretary, Deb. Michael Lerner portrays Fulton Greenway, the CEO of Greenway Press, and Walter's controlling and uncaring boss. Andy Richter and Kyle Gass play Walter's colleagues Morris and Eugene, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Artie Lange plays the department store Santa with whom Buddy gets into a fight. Will Ferrell's brother Patrick appears with Patrick McCartney as a pair of Empire State Building security guards. Mark Acheson portrays the mailroom worker who shares his liquor with Buddy. Favreau makes a cameo appearance as Walter's family doctor who does a DNA test on Buddy. Lydia Lawson-Baird portrays Carolyn Reynolds, a little girl who Buddy meets in the waiting room who wants a "Suzy Talks-A-Lot" for Christmas. Claire Lautier plays Charlotte Denon, an NY1 reporter covering the crash in Central Park, and Matt Walsh appears alongside Lautier as an eye witness.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>At the North Pole, David Paul Grove portrays the elf Pom Pom, on whom Buddy faints, Michael Roberds portrays an elf cobbler, and Richard Side plays an elf teacher. Producer Peter Billingsley is uncredited as head Christmas elf Ming Ming.[6]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Additionally, Leon Redbone voices Leon the Snowman, Ray Harryhausen voices a Polar bear cub, and Favreau is uncredited as the voice of Baby Walrus, Mr. Narwhal and the Arctic Puffin.[6] Also uncredited are Maurice LaMarche for providing Buddy's extended belch,[7] and Dallas McKennon, who provides the voice of the jack-in-the-boxes via archive audio of the hyena he voiced from Disney's Lady and the Tramp.[citation needed]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2>The Nightmare Before Christmas <span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Halloween town is a fantasy world populated by various monsters and supernatural beings associated with the eponymous holiday. Jack Skellington, the well-respected Pumpkin King, leads the town in organizing its annual celebrations. This year however, Jack grows tired of the same routine and longs for something new. Upon discovering trees containing doors to other holiday-themed worlds, Jack stumbles through the one leading to Christmas Town and is fascinated by the unfamiliar holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Jack returns home and shares his discovery with his friends and neighbors, but they struggle to grasp the concept of Christmas, although they relate to its ruler, Santa Claus, or "Sandy Claws" as Jack mistakenly dubs him. After several futile attempts at finding a way to rationally explain Christmas, Jack decides to "improve" the holiday instead. He announces that Halloween Town will take over Christmas this year and assigns Christmas-themed jobs, such as singing carols, making presents and building a sleigh pulled by skeletal reindeer, to various residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sally, the feminine creation of local mad scientist Doctor Finkelstein, experiences a vision predicting that their efforts will end disastrously. Jack, whom she secretly loves, dismisses her warnings and instructs her to make a Santa Claus suit for him. He tasks mischievous trick-or-treating trio Lock, Shock and Barrel with abducting Santa; however, he orders them not to involve their superior Oogie Boogie, a bogeyman with a passion for gambling and Jack's long-time rival, in their plot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>When Lock, Shock and Barrel bring Santa to Halloween Town, Jack tells him that he will take care of Christmas this year and orders the trio to keep Santa safe. However, they disobey Jack's orders and bring Santa to Oogie, who plots to play a game with Santa's life at stake. As Jack departs to deliver presents in the real world, Sally, after failing to stop him beforehand, attempts to rescue Santa from Oogie, only to be captured herself.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Jack's Halloween-themed presents terrify the real world's populace, who contact the local authorities and are instructed to lock down their homes for protection. The military is alerted and Jack is shot out of the sky, leading Halloween Town's populace to believe he is dead. It is revealed that he survived and has crashed into a nearby cemetery. Bemoaning the trouble that he has caused, Jack realizes he nonetheless enjoyed the experience and that it gave him new ideas for celebrating next Halloween, reigniting his love for the holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Upon returning home, Jack rescues Santa and Sally, confronts Oogie and defeats him by unraveling a thread holding his cloth form together, causing all of the insects inside Oogie to spill out and reduce him to nothing. Though displeased with Jack for his foolish actions and not listening to Sally earlier, Santa makes amends with him and resumes his yearly duties, replacing Jack's presents with genuine ones and saving Christmas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>All of Halloween Town celebrates Jack's return. Santa brings a snowfall to the town, thereby bringing the Christmas spirit upon it, while Jack and Sally finally declare their love for each other.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Voice cast<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Main article: List of The Nightmare Before Christmas characters<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Chris Sarandon (2017)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Catherine O'Hara (2005)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The voices for Jack Skellington's spoken lines and Sally were respectively provided by Sarandon and O'Hara.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Danny Elfman (singing voice) and Chris Sarandon (speaking voice) as Jack Skellington, a skeleton known as the "Pumpkin King" of Halloween Town. Elfman was initially cast as Jack's singing voice and, after the songs were recorded, Sarandon was cast to match Elfman's voice style.[7][8][9]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Elfman also voices:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Barrel, one of the trick-or-treaters working for Oogie Boogie.[10][11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The Clown with the Tear-Away Face, a demonic entity disguised as a unicycle-riding clown.[10][11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Catherine O'Hara as:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Sally, a rag doll-like creation of Finkelstein and Jack's love interest. She is a toxicologist who uses various types of poison to liberate herself from the captivity of her creator. She is psychic and has premonitions when something bad is about to happen. O'Hara had previously co-starred in Burton's Beetlejuice.[11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Shock, one of the trick-or-treaters working for Oogie Boogie.[11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>William Hickey as Doctor Finkelstein, a mad scientist and the loving and overbearing creator of Sally. He is listed in the credits only as "Evil Scientist" and is only mentioned by name twice in the film.[11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Glenn Shadix as the Mayor of Halloween Town, an enthusiastic leader who conducts town meetings. His double-sided head spins between a "happy" and "sad" face, mirroring his wild mood swings; where some career politicians are described as figuratively two-faced, the mayor is literally so. Shadix and Burton had previously worked on Beetlejuice.[11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Paul Reubens as Lock, one of the trick-or-treaters working for Oogie Boogie. Reubens and Burton had previously worked on Pee-wee's Big Adventure and Batman Returns.[11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ken Page as Oogie Boogie, the film's main antagonist, a villainous bogeyman in Halloween Town, who has a passion for gambling and rivalry with Jack. Unlike the other citizens of Halloween Town who only scare for fun and don't wish to cause harm, Oogie is ruthless and despises Halloween Town for banishing him.[11]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Ed Ivory as Santa Claus, the ruler of Christmas Town. Santa is responsible for the annual celebration of Christmas, in which he delivers presents to children in the real world. He is also referred to by Jack and Halloween Town's residents as "Sandy Claws". Ivory also provides the brief narration at the start of the film.[12]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Joe Ranft as Igor, one of Doctor Finkelstein's creations and his lab assistant.[10]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The cast also features Debi Durst, Greg Proops, Kerry Katz, Randy Crenshaw, Sherwood Ball, Carmen Twillie, Glenn Walters and John Morris handling additional character voices.[10] Patrick Stewart recorded Santa Claus narration for a prologue and epilogue. While not used in the final film, the narration is included on the soundtrack album.[13]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I hope you will join me for audio describe movie night on the 1<sup>st</sup> 2<sup>nd</sup> and 3<sup>rd</sup> Fridays of each month at 8:00 PM Eastern. To obtain the Zoom information to join me, send me a message at <a href="mailto:cookcafe@sc.rr.com"><span style='color:#467886'>cookcafe@sc.rr.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>