From the December 8th Chicago Tribune article of same title by Dawn C. Chmoelewski and Steven Zeitchik.
This year the role of Grinch for Christmas will be played by Hollywood. The release of Christmas movies are as much a part of the seasonal tradition as Black Friday and carols. This year, there is just "The Nutcracker in 3D" which has limited release and poor reviews.
Instead of new home for the holidays or Santa Claus movies we're getting new installments of old movies and lots of animated and kids' movies. This year, the way to do big budget movies is to take stories that everyone knows and take them in new directions.
Insiders say the beginning of the end came in 2006 when there was an overabundance of Christmas movies released. There were so many that Tim Burton's "Nightmare Before Christmas" had to open before Halloween, which even then wasn't so bad because if there was ever a Halloween-Christmas movie, this was the one.
Of Course, I'm REALLY Getting Put Out by All These Incessant 3D Movies to get Those Eight and Nine Year-Old-Boys to Exclaim "Awesome!!" --RoadDog
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