Brilliant and gorgeous to behold, and with a soundtrack so great you can listen to it any time of year for entertainment, this is a classic Christmas film that everybody should see.

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Her later series for the BBC have included One is Fun in 1991, Delia's How to Cook, which ran for three series between 1998 and 2002, and Delia's Classic Christmas, which gained an audience of nearly four million in December 2009, and marked her first Christmas programme for nearly 20 years.

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These are traditional animation productions, and both are classic TV Christmas specials.

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The front window of the house has a replica of the leg-shaped lamp from the classic holiday movie "A Christmas Story".

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It went on to become a classic repeated every year at Christmas and it was nominated for an Academy Award in 1983.

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And with so many Christmas movies seeming repetitive in themes sometimes, this one is smart and unique, offering a worthwhile new animated Christmas tale that will surely become a classic and holiday favorite.

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Many Netflix users had to scratch those plans to gather around the laptop for "It's a Wonderful Life, " "A Christmas Story" or "Santa's Slay" (the 2005 classic starring former wrestler Bill Goldberg as a deranged Santa demon).

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