The Toys That Rescued Christmas (2004)

This is not How the Toys Saved Christmas with Mary Tyler Moore and Tony Randall as lead voice talent. Nor is it Veggie Tales: The Toy That Saved Christmas. In fact, The Toys That Rescued Christmas is not even listed in IMDB, much less Netflix. Blockbuster lists this 24-minute trifle though; its credits run for less than 5 seconds with a dozen or so names -- but the DVD has a making-of program and commentary track! It's a mildly cute CGI-drawn story of a manic sock puppet monkey, a toy train, and a toy car that solve a mystery involving stolen Christmas presents, the attic, and the rooftop. It's very cartoonish and over-the-top as far as voice talent and props -- a snowman uses a matchstick for a live sports-announcer microphone, one spray magically melts all the snow over a broad expanse, etc. The message, weakly presented, is that all presents have value. 2.5 stars.