AH, A GROTTO, BUT WHERE'S SANTA?

Advantages: Unique. Friendly. Educational. Views. Value. Location
Disadvantages: Able Bodied Only. Very Crowded in Summer.

..." during our visit - and retreat to the kinder lowland climate of Brig some miles to the south. They need a good rest during the winter months for, come spring, there is much heavy work to do in preparing the site for business, for me this aspect of the operation is a major fascination. SANTA'S PERFECT GROTTO OK, so I am publishing this review at Christmas! However the Rhone Glacier and, more specifically, its ice grotto really COULD be Santa's grotto! Up here there is no chance of being disturbed, during the two months leading up to Christmas all is silent and frozen, nature has re-claimed a site that man has only a tenuous, at best, five month lease over. For over 170 years a grotto has been cut into the ice on this very site. In the last century, when the glacier reached far lower altitude, there were other grottoes cut...

RICHADA 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Rhone Glacier & Ice Grotto, Switzerland

Santa's melted!

Advantages: smells gorgeous, a bit different, fun to use
Disadvantages: melts easily

...I first bought one of Lush's Strawberry Santa Shower Jellies last year. Out of all of the Christmas products, I think it was the one that immediately appealed to me. I love strawberry fragranced products, and I'm glad Lush have brought this out, as I've not been too keen on any of the Body Shop strawberry stuff, and a lot of the cheaper brands smell quite artificial. I know it's a little early to be talking about Christmas products, however I thought I'd write the review now, in case anyone is considering this for a present idea or just a treat for themselves! This was the first ever Lush shower jelly I used, and unfortunately it had leaked in the box, meaning I only had about half left, and the tub had become quite messy, so I wanted it used and out of the way! I did email Lush to tell them what happened and received both an apology...

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Review of Lush Strawberry Santa

Being Santa

Advantages: Entertaining for adults and children
Disadvantages: Silly...but what do you expect?

...Scott Calvin works for a toy firm while struggling with his ex-wife for custody of his son, Charlie. When Charlie comes to spend Christmas with him, Scott is reluctant to join in with the Christmas spirit. Then on Christmas Eve he accidentally kills Santa by knocking him off the roof, and, by wearing Santa's clothes, immediately enters into a contract to replace him. But after an evening of delivering presents with Charlie, Scott puts it all down to a dream...until the next year when he suddenly puts on weight and begins to resemble Santa Claus. Will he accept that he is now Santa Claus and the responsiblities that go along with it? Although this is very far from the type of film I would usually watch - I like horrors and thrillers - there is something about the run up to Christmas that makes me want to watch something frivolous...

sunmeilan 18.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Santa Clause (DVD)

This chubby little Santa smells of oranges!

Advantages: A lovely dark orange bath which smells great.
Disadvantages: Doesn't appear to have had much effect on the condition of my skin.

...I don't often buy many bath ballistics from Lush as I prefer the bubble bars and in the past some of the ballistics have really not been worth the money. I like the bath ballistics which make the water change into a vibrant colour and of course, smell really nice. Some of the ballistics Lush offer don't change the colour of the water and the scent soon wanders away, leaving you to wonder what you missed. I love Lush's christmas stock they get in each year, but I never imagined I'd end up trying this ballistic. Now that Christmas is over Lush are trying to get rid of the left over Christmas products and they had an offer on, spend £20 in Lush and get a goody bag with £20's worth of Lush Christmas stock in it. How could I refuse an offer like that? The Satsumo Santa was one of the items in my goody bag. In the shape of a cuddly fat santa...

GemmaC25 30.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Lush Satsumo Santa

Bad Santa (2003)

Advantages: Plot, cast performance, soundtrack, cinematography
Disadvantages: None

...BAD SANTA (2003) ------------------------------------ Direction: Terry Zwigoff Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox, Brett Kelly. Soundtrack: David Kitay Cinematography: Jamie Anderson Run Time: 88 minutes My Rating: 9/10 ------------------------------------ He's very naughty . . . and not very nice. PLOT: Willie is a Santa, really bad Santa, who is drunken really often. If we look him closer, he is drunken all the time. He works as fake Santa, along with his dwarf friend named Marcus and he works as Santa elf, but really, It looks out really weird and somehow interesting. Every Christmas evening, when all the people are in their homes, and there are nobody in the streets, Marcus and Willie going to disable security alarm and after that, starts real horror: they...

ihate22 19.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bad Santa (DVD)

Santa-stic!

Advantages: Very funny, great cast, a Christmas film for adults!
Disadvantages: Not that Christmassy, rather crude in parts!

...I absolutely adore Christmas films, and my favourite ones are actually aimed at Children; The Santa Clause, Elf and Home Alone. I find the cuteness is perfect at this time of year, and there is nothing better than sitting in the dark on a winter's evening than watching one of those films. But the other evening, Channel 5 were showing a preview of an adult Christmas film, one I hadn't seen before called 'Bad Santa', and I was quite intrigued to see just how Christmassy this was going to be. So my other half and I settled down to watch, not quite expecting the brilliant film that was shown! Willie and Marcus have an unusual business going on. Every year, they get a job as Santa Claus and his elf in big department stores across the country. Then on Christmas Eve, they rob the place of all the money and anything they want, then flee town...

mummy2harry 27.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Bad Santa (DVD)

The Santa Clause

Advantages: Tim Allen
Disadvantages: Annoying children

...are the make-up effects. As Calvin gradually turns into Santa Claus he gains weight, grows a beard, and his hair turns pure white. This transformation is very realistic, and in the interim period between looking like the trim Tim Allen and the heavyweight Santa it is quite disturbing seeing Allen looking so fat - I kept on thinking that he must be really quite ill, having forgotten that the effect has been created by a 'fatsuit' and other make-up. The young elves are annoying however, which is my problem with most Christmas movies - they are filled with children, many of whom can't actually act. However the fun of seeing Tim Allen on the screen outweighs this problem. My favourite moment in the film comes when Scott Calvin first arrives at Santa's Grotto at the North Pole. He picks up a tool belt and tries it on, in a direct...

phurren2006 29.12.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Santa Clause (DVD)

I TOLD you there was a Santa!!

Advantages: It just epitomises Christmas
Disadvantages: None - don't believe those American critics

... SANTA CLAUS THE MOVIE (1985) DVD (2007) REVIEW "A prophecy has come to pass, that there would come to us a Chosen One, and that he, having no child of his own, would love all children everywhere, and that he himself would be an artist and a craftsman." INTRODUCTION I am like a kid when it comes to Christmas, I just love it; I love the family getting together, the Christmas services, the carols, lights, the decorations, the children's faces, the food, the excitement and so much more. I also look forward to the Christmas season as a time when we get to watch a lot of my favourite Christmas films. Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without watching my favourite of all - "Santa Claus - The Movie" - I've shared it with my children and my children's children and it's nothing short of magical...

oldchem 15.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Santa Claus - The Movie (DVD)

The best Santa ever.

Advantages: The most convincing Santa ever(yes i know it March)
Disadvantages: Dodgy bad guy motive "Christmas 2!" Slightly dated.

...As a young girl christmas eve would be spent excitedly waiting night time to come, not just because santa would be coming to leave me lots of lovely presents but because it would mean taking part in one of my favourite traditions- sitting down with my parents and siblings to watch Santa Claus the movie. Out would come all the snacks and a hot chocolate and we'd pile onto the sofa to put in the video(or frequently watch it on tv) now as a grown up i carry on the tradition with my own children and still watch it every christmas eve. Now some people reading this review will be wondering why on earth im reviewing a christmas film in march. Well im a sentimental old fool who could watch it at anytime of the year, its certainly a feel good movie. The Story- The story begins hundreds of years ago, where Claus is an aging woodcutter who...

piggypine 02.03.2007 (03.03.2007) · Read review
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Review of Santa Claus - The Movie (DVD)

bad santa

Advantages: funny film
Disadvantages: none

..." When washed-up crooked and corupt department store santa, Willie T.Stokes (Billie Bob Thornton) isnt making appearnces at shopping malls, hes a safecracker who make a annual big score on christmas eve. But when Willie and his midget partner, Marcus (Tony Cox) come to phoenix for their next heist, they fall under the suspicious eye of Bob (John Ritter)c the store manager, and Gin (Bernier Mac) a savvy mall detedtive. Willie also has to deal with a 8-year-old misfit who believes that the frequently-intoxicated and foul-mouthed Willie is the 'real' santa!." x- The Story -x The film starts in a bar in Milwaukee, where the we find Willie drinking his life away, (Billy Bob Thornton), a foul-mouthed, lonely old alcoholic who is a no good washed-up pervert. Willie works the in the christmas holidays in shopping centres as a Santa...

jessiicaa_7 30.05.2008 · Read review
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