The Christmas That Almost Wasn't But Then Was

The Christmas That Almost Wasn't But Then Was (also known as: Grinchy Little Character Who Tries To Steal Christmas) is a 1938 low-budget, holiday movie that appears in ''Skinner's Sense of Snow. ''This holiday movie was chosen by Principal Skinner to show the school children that came to school despite the blizzard.

Summary
The movie starts with Santa's workshop when suddenly the workers gets interrupted by Hop-Goblins attacking their workshop. Later on the film it is seen with one of the Hop-Goblin singing together with a female shepherd who would sing along together with him indicating they might have some love interests. Unfortunately the movie stops there where it gets destroyed.

Reception
It is possible that this movie might have been originally panned due to the low-budget appearance, having a story that almost had nothing to do with Christmas despite it's title plus you can clearly see a stage man appearing in the singing part. It might have never got much attention either except for Skinner which is one of his favorite movies. Most of the children of Springfield Elementary got bored from it, especially Nelson, Milhouse and Lisa pointed out the obvious flaws.

Availability
While the movie itself is fictionalized, it exist only to the world of the Simpsons. It can be bought on DVD even though it was played on the schools old-fashioned projector.