Rudolph and his friends the dentist elf and the numismatist extra-ordinaire Yukon Cornelius are tops around the holidays, and forget Ugly Betty there's not a better acceptance story out there. Popularized by the classic christmas song, or maybe vice-versa (its a regular chicken or the egg situation), I can't imagine christmas without hearing Burl Ives warbling Silver and Gold from the soundtrack. Just hearing that song makes me want to find out how to make egg-nog (and I hate that crap).
Who has not seen this movie? It is quite possibly the best made-for-tv movie of all time, yes better than Boy in the Plastic Bubble and waaaay better than any tv movie you are going to find on Lifetime. Joan Van Ark has yet to do a christmas movie that I want to watch again and again. It is a christmas classic without compare. I dare you to find another movie with a nomadic elf that plucks teeth from a gigantic snow-beast. Why can't everyday be like Christmas?