The Little Drummer Boy

So this short movie is one of the additions on the Christmas Classics. It's a stop motion story that intertwines the lyrics of "The Little Drummer Boy" and the scripture verses of the Christmas Story from the Bible. Neither Andrew nor I have ever seen this, and while he found it torturous, I thought it was quite amusing just because of how ridiculous it was.

We run into the owner of a show caravan, Haramed and his lackee Ali. They are scoping out some new talent that they want to join their show. This is a little boy named Aaron. He is a boy who likes to walk around the desert strumming his drum and having his animal friends march and dance along with him. Because Aaron would never go willingly, he is kidnapped. As they travel to Jerusalem we learn a bit more about this little drummer boy.

Aaron was a happy normal boy with loving parents who give him a drum as a present. That night his parents are murdered by bandits, the animals are taken, and his house is burnt to the ground. He then vows to hate every single human being ever.

Once they make it to the big city, they set up a performance. It's clear that Aaron is the most talented and successful performer in the troupe, but he blows up at the crowd and they are forced out of the city. There they see a royal caravan carrying the 3 wisemen. They race to perform for them, but the star of Bethlehem has appeared and the kings rush off to follow it. Unfortunately one of their camels collapses and so they buy Aaron's camel from Haramed. (The camel's name is Joshua btw).

Once Haramed has all his gold he doesn't care about Aaron anymore. So that leaves Aaron and his two remaining comrades Sampson the Donkey and Baba the lamb to go off in search of the camel. They follow the star all the way to the manger of Sweet Little Baby Jesus. While crossing the street in Bethlehem, a Roman Centurion runs over Baba with his chariot. Aaron is devastated, and is told by one of the wisemen to go see the baby. Unsure of what to do, he starts playing for Jesus (something I'm sure a newborn wants to hear just hours after being born, a loud drum). His angry heart fades away and he becomes a nice person again, and surprise! Baba is fully healed. Take note, this was the undocumented first miracle of Jesus.

This movie was just so ridiculous, but enough so that I liked it in a weird way.

Aaron also had some very feminine eyebrows.

Andrew's Closing Thought: It may be a classic, but I want my 25 minutes back

Up Next: Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol