Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
Produced as a one-off holiday special for BBC One (and Netflix) with characters from the Aardman series, this is a 30-minute delight, now available on disc from Shout Factory and destined to be a perennial favorite. As with the spin-off films and the best episodes of the show, it has the visual ingenuity and comic spirit of great silent slapstick; there is no spoken dialogue, so those of all ages and languages can enjoy. The tangible textures of the claymation figures are lovely, and several of the individual gags (including a bit with a bunch of sheep disguised as a snowman) are all-timers. 583