Dreaming of a Blue and White Christmas

By Tom Teicholz

URL: http://www.jewishjournal.com/film/article/dreaming_of_a_blue_and_white_christmas_20031226/

Christmas came early this year -- Nov. 7, when New Line
Cinema released "Elf," the family-friendly comedy that, as of this writing, has
earned more than $156 million (see story, p. 19). Another surprise is the
success of the far-more-cynical adult offering "Bad Santa," which had a
production cost of $18 million and, since its Nov. 26 release, has earned more
than $43 million. These are Christmas films that, you could say, are good for
the Jews.

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