Little Spirit: Christmas in New York (NR, 2008)
common sense media says
Boy's magical travels are holiday fun for the whole family.
parents & educators say
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this heartwarming holiday story is perfectly appropriate for the entire family. There's no worrisome content and plenty of adventure and Christmas spirit to be found in the main character's magical travels and encounters with friendly, caring strangers. At the heart of the story is a strong family headed by devoted parents who always put their son's feelings first.
Violence & scariness:
Neighborhood kids gang up on Leo and pelt him with snowballs during a snowball fight, but he's not hurt.
Sexy stuff:
A married couple exchanges kisses a few times (to the embarrassment of their young son). In one scene, a dog hides under a bra in a department store.
Language:
Not applicable.
Consumerism:
A few scenes show Macy's department store decked out for the holidays.
Drinking, drugs, & smoking:
Not applicable.
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kengrant
parent of 17 and 18 year old
parent of 17 and 18 year old
Why would anyone subject themselves to this?
This, by far, one of the worst holiday specials I have ever seen.
Let's start with the fact that it is little more than an hour-long commercial for Macy's - add to that the fact that we have two minutes worth of a story inflated to fill an hour's worth of air-time. An hour should be more than enough time to actually develop characters and/or a story line - somehow this special seems to be able to go a full hour without being able to tell a story or develop a character.
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peterxyz
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Crass Commercialism At Its Worst!
Christmas in New York is the personification of gross consumption, materialism; and crass commercialism where prioritization is set on christmas depriving intrinsic worth out of a Macy's bag. In, short, the story is devoid of traditional holiday merriment in favor of consumerism; and processes involved in shopping to find the perfect expression of holiday sentiment.
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Winston Bauer
parent of 25 and 27 year old
parent of 25 and 27 year old
Sweet!
Great little story - Very NYC.
Great animation and soundtrack.
Charming telling of the story - how a lost dog is found with much more being found along the way.
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christianmom79
parent of 6 year old
parent of 6 year old
New Christmas Favorite!
My family absolutely fell in love with little Spirit!!! It was adorable, the whole family enjoyed, it was nice to watch a holiday cartoon with my son & neither of us get bored! As far as the 'commercialism' in it, it's pretty true to life actually, it was nothing a kid doesn't see if you take the holiday shopping with you! We don't get into the 'commercialism' of Christmas, so we were able to look past it & see the adorable story of Spirit!! We can't wait for the holidays to come so we can watch it again!
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