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A new arts program in downtown Simcoe will appeal to young people seeking to express themselves creatively.

Television is a fairly new medium in the 1960s. and one of the first animated christmas specials was "mr. magoos christmas carol." >> a merry christmas to everybody. >> as a child, you were waiting for the announcement in the tv guide of when frosty and all of those shows were going to come on. >> "charlie brown christmas" was a tradition. it brought the whole family together. >> when you see "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer," that means, bang, its christmas. >> rudolph. >> rankin/bass used the s...

>> santa! oh, my god! santa? here? i know him. >> he found the edge in a very innocent character and, to me, thats whats so fun about it. >> i know him. >> the movies i grew up with, like "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer," that, to me, seemed like a hook. >> bye-bye. >> lets treat this movie like its a guy who grew up in a 1960s christmas special. >> hermey! >> and it was also an opportunity to explore visual effects with forced perspective -- >> theres room for everyone on the nice list. >> and ...

Red-nosed reindeer" was really ahead of its time. >> frosty the snowman. >> "frosty the snowman." i love it. id watch that right now. get it going. i want to see it. >> before i melt away. >> all the things that happen in the song happen to frosty. and then it has that christmas moment at the end. hes able to come back to life. its like a resurrection of frosty. its just this idea of having faith that someone that you care about is still going to be able to be there for you. >> "nightmare before...

>> hermey! >> and it was also an opportunity to explore visual effects with forced perspective -- >> theres room for everyone on the nice list. >> and stop motion, all very old techniques. >> this might be the golden opportunity to find out who you really are. >> and like rudolph, its a classic kind of fish-out-of-water story. but will ferrell just brings so much to it. >> come with me. >> okay. >> all he wants is to be accepted and believed. >> and at the end of the movie we get to see all thes...

Christmas specials was "mr. magoos christmas carol." >> a merry christmas to everybody. >> as a child, you were waiting for the announcement in the tv guide of when frosty and all of those shows were going to come on. >> "charlie brown christmas" was a tradition. it brought the whole family together. >> when you see "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer," that means, bang, its christmas. >> rudolph. >> rankin/bass used the stop-motion so brilliantly. theres something that draws you into it. but also, ...

Get to know some of the fascinating stories behind the stories, so you can watch your old favorites with fresh eyes.

I love that tim burton is part of his christmas tradition. like what could be better? >> whats this? whats this? theres color everywhere. >> just the idea of discovering christmas. what is the joy of this? >> whats this in here? >> with "nightmare before christmas," stop-motion was something that i felt was part of what the energy of it was. >> whats this? theres something -- >> that form of animation has always been so inspirational to me. >> how could it possibly -- >> if youve ever been aroun...

Watching Christmas movies is a whole tradition unto itself. Every family has their mainstays, whether its an animated classic from yesteryear or a more modern take on holiday cheer.

Frosty. its just this idea of having faith that someone that you care about is still going to be able to be there for you. >> "nightmare before christmas." for my son, that is a traditional christmas film. i love that tim burton is part of his christmas tradition. like what could be better? >> whats this? whats this? theres color everywhere. >> just the idea of discovering christmas. what is the joy of this? >> whats this in here? >> with "nightmare before christmas," stop-motion was something t...