Dear god a Dreamworks Christmas short.
Alright. On Christmas Eve we find Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman trying to escape from Madagascar in a giant air balloon that they somehow made. There really isn't a lot of explanation on this, but it doesn't matter too much since King Julian and his lemurs promptly shoot them down thinking they are the Red Goblin. Soon enough though, the Red Goblin arrives and shoots coal down at the lemurs while laughing.
Giving the order to open fire, King Julian and his lemurs retaliate and it ends with Santa crash landing on the island. Alex and the others, knowing who he is, apologize for everything but it turns out Santa hit his head too hard and has lost his memory, prompting our protagonists to take over his duties and spread Christmas cheer all over the world.
The animation can range from rather nice backgrounds, to pretty crappy character design. Sometimes they look far too cartoonish for the backgrounds and it makes it a bit jarring. The humor isn't all that great (Santa stripping to his red thermal underwear and dancing to 'I Like To Move It' ) and the characters are fairly annoying. A holiday classic? Quite doubtful. I would advise people save their time and money and just watch the Charlie Brown Christmas special instead.
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