Franklin's Magic Christmas
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| Franklin's Magic Christmas | |
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| Directed by | John van Bruggen |
| Written by | Betty Quan |
| Starring | Noah Reid, Elizabeth Brown, Richard Newman, Bryn McAuley, Luca Perlman, Kristen Bone, Mari Trainor, Donald Burda, Joyce Gordon, Eric Peterson, Araby Lockhart, Chris Wiggins |
| Release date(s) | November 6, 2001 |
| Running time | 55 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Franklin and the Green Knight (2000) |
| Followed by | Back to School with Franklin (2003) |
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Franklin's Magic Christmas was the second Franklin movie, released direct-to-video and DVD. It has since aired on Noggin and Nick Jr. in the United States Canada's Family Channel and on Comcast Video on Demand.
In this story, Franklin the turtle and his little sister, Harriet (introduced in the previous film, Franklin and the Green Knight) are planning to pay a visit to their grandparents at Faraway Farm. Franklin immediately becomes annoyed with Harriet when she throws a snowball, causing him to drop a large pile of presents. Bear and Beatrice come, and Franklin accidentally forgets his favourite stuffed toy, Sam, at home. Franklin thinks that Harriet dumped Sam in the snow on purpose, and is still annoyed with Harriet when they get to Faraway Farms and is revealed that he and Harriet would be sleeping in the same room! Later, his grandmother tells a strange story about a reindeer. She admits that she might have imagined it as the father takes a family portrait, in which Franklin gives a sad look. Grandma sends Franklin to bed, and shows him Sirius outside.
The next day, as Franklin feeds the chickens Grandma lets him in on a little surprise-she is fixing up an old sleigh for Grandpa. Franklin decides to help,and Grandma introduces him to the Collies, who collect the polish. That night there is a blackout,and while Franklin is checking the closet for candles, he comes across the bell from Grandma's story! She wasn't imagining after all!
Franklin shows the bell to Grandma the next morning (Christmas Eve), and suggests they use the bell for Granpa's sleigh. Grandma has Harriet help with the sleigh, but spills the beans at lunch (fortunately Grampa wasn't there). Later, as Franklin and Harriet work on the sleigh, Harriet rings the bell, and, just like in Grandma's story, a reindeer appears! Franklin runs to the house to tell Grandma, distracting Grandpa, making him slip on a puddle of ice, giving him a broken leg.
Franklin decides to go and find Dr. Bear in Woodland, when he discovers that Harriet has come along! The horse, Rosie is just as surprised, and runs away! Franklin is furious, but then sees that Harriet brought the bell! they ring it, and this time two reindeer come, one with a bell exactly like the one Franklin has! Franklin realizes that the bell must belong to the other reindeer-that's why he comes when somebody rings it. With the bell back, the original reindeer creates a harness out of nowhere! As they soar above the clouds he sees Sirius, and he and Harriet sing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. He soon arives home with Dr. Bear,who gives Grandpa a cast for his leg. She also gave Franklin his Sam, which Bear got from the very beginning!
That night, Franklin and Harriet see Santa Claus out the window. The film ends with Franklin and Harriet saying "Merry Christmas" to each other.
[edit] Goofs
- When Harriet is jumping up and down on her bed saying"My Bed!"and Franklin starts talking, You can see that for a second Harriet's mouth is still moving but you can't hear anything.
- In the beginning of the movie there is a small cubic orange present that has two green ribbons on it, but one shot has only one ribbon on it.
- In the opening song, when Franklin and Harriet sing "Falalalala, lalalala"and run in the car, Franklin comes out of the door that Harriet went in, and sings "Hail the new, ye lads and lasses!"[Note, this is arguable, as it's possible they switched while in the car.]
- This movie is rated PG an additional rating for some mild action and some humor.
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