For a significant number of us, the film that characterizes Christmas is, obviously, The Snowman.
Be that as it may, this year there's another contender for the bubbly TV crown - and it's been made right here in Greater Manchester.
Mimi and the Mountain Dragon, made at Altrincham's Factory Create studio, as a team with Leopard Pictures, is ready to take the stick from the 1982 honor winning great story of a fellowship between a kid and his snowman.
Based at Altrincham Business Park, Factory has been answerable for some of kids' TV throughout the years, including Clangers, Scream Street and Newzoids.
Utilizing a similarly beguiling 2D activity style, in view of unique representations by kids' creator Emily Gravett, this recently made film recounts to the tale of a town in Switzerland that shakes in dread of the strong mountain mythical beast.
One winter a modest young lady called Mimi finds a small child winged serpent sleeping in her family woodshed, and needs to take the hazardous voyage through snowstorm and haziness to restore the infant mythical beast to her fire breathing mother.
The story is an adjustment of Sir Michael Morpurgo's youngsters' book of a similar name and is making its TV debut on the BBC on Boxing Day - and there's a great deal of fervor working about it.
The film will include a presentation from Sir Michael, and will be described through old style music in a unique score composed by Oscar grant winning arranger, Rachel Portman, who won an Academy Award for her work on the 1996 parody Emma.
The music will be performed by the BBC Philharmonic, including vocalists from the Hallé's group of ensembles and will be recorded at Media City UK in Salford.
Clarifying the story behind Mimi, Sir Michael stated: "Numerous years prior, in the Engadine Valley in Switzerland, I saw town youngsters in red caps, breaking whips, ringing cowbells, slamming drums, making an extraordinary discord of commotion, as they strutted up through the town.
"I inquired as to why this was going on. 'They are heading out insidious spirits', I was told. So started my account of Mimi And The Mountain Dragon.
"What's more, presently, phenomenally, superbly, this little story is being made into an energized film.
"I can hardly wait to see it."