Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

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Beauty and The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is a movie made by The Walt Disney Company in 1997. It is a midquel that takes place within the timeline of the original Beauty and the Beast. In this movie The Beast forbids Christmas (because every year he would always get a storybook, which he thought were for children) until Belle, Cogsworth, Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Chip convince him that Christmas is a good holiday. The film also shows the time that the enchantress put the spell on the castle in the first film.

Plot

The film begins inside the castle, as the community from the village (sans Gaston and possibly LeFou) is allowed in for a great festival. Among the celebrations, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts and the rest are human after the spell was broken in the previous movie. Cogsworth and Lumiere are arguing over 'who saved christmas' last year. Mrs. Potts agrees to tell the story...

One year earlier, the spell is still upon the castle. The objects begin looking for Belle who are still in high hopes that she will break the spell. Belle reminds Chip that today is December 24-Christmas Eve, but the others are completely unaware and she heads to go ice-skating. Beast is already down there, and with some help, learns to skate with his feet!

Meanwhile, in an unknown part of the castle (through a secret door in the West Wing), a enormous pipe organ is playing very creepy music while a small picollo applauds. It is Forte, the ex-court composer for the musicians during his human years. Sending Fife, his small picollo servent to break up the merriment between Belle and the Beast, not wanting them to break the spell. He believes 'humanity is overrated' and that he obtains more use and power in his enchanted form. Fife manages to break up the two, as the couple are making snow angels. However, when Beast sees his 'angel' he sees it as nothing as a "shadow of a monster" and leaves in fury and depression.

Believing that Christmas will brighten the Beast's mood, she creates a wonderful new book for him, and with a little persuasion at Cogsworth, Christmas is officially being prepared. The group goes to the highest tower in the castle, which serves as a storage room for old decorations. In one of them lies Angelique, who once served as the Royal Decorator. However, she is not pleased to hear about Christmas, arguing that she will not raise her hopes again in a belief that they could all get together in celebration, only to have them destroyed by the Beast's foul temper and hatred for the holiday. Belle sings to them on how 'hope is the greatest gift', citing that their is always hope even to break the spell, and their will 'always be a time when the world is filled with peace and love'. Eventually, she agrees.

However, Fife has been overhearing all this and rushes off to the tell Forte. When Beast finds out, he is not at all pleased. Forte plays along, saying that 'the girl dosen't care how you feel about christmas', getting the two even more apart. Beast reflects on his past, Christmas was the day he was most selfish and it was on that day that the Enchantress put the spell on him and the castle. Belle enters the boiler room to get a Yule Log, explaining that it is a great tradition 'one log is chosen, then everyone in the house touches it, and makes a christmas wish'. Beast will not listen, yelling that she has no idea what it is too be a true prisoner, but she knows all too well. Belle won't give up, and concludes that they will have Christmas with or without Beast, but not before sending him her gift, the storybook.

Belle and Chip go along with an Axe from the boiler room to go look for a Christmas Tree. Beast finds the gift, but Lumiere won't allow him as it is not yet Christmas. He explains that everyone understands how Beast feels about the holiday, but giving a gift too another is a way of saying "I care about you". Beast gets in the mood, and asks Forte to compose a song as a present, who agrees unhappily. When he leaves, Forte puts his plans in motion, and plays beautiful music, attracting Belle to his room. Forte quickly manipulates the situation, telling her that the Tree has always been Beasts favorite part of Christmas, and that the perfect tree lies in the Black Forest, the woods outside the castle.Getting the tree would break Belles promise never to leave the castle, but she wants to make him happy, so she agrees to go. Beast is still waiting for Belle to show up, but Forte claims "she's abandoned you!" and feeds his anger. Forte orders Fife 'to make sure they don't come back', and mostly because of the ice, a dangerous chainreaction starts that leads to Beast having to rescue Belle from drowning.

Belle is locked in the dungeon to rot their for eternity, but Anqelique tells her that she was wrong and in vain for believing that Christmas could never come. They all agree, they don't need decorations or gifts to celebrate christmas, they have eachother and thats the best gift they could ever ask for. Beast prepares to destroy the Rose and end his suffering, but he remmebers the gift Belle gave him and he opens it, beginning to read the story:

Once upon a time there was an enchanted castle. It's master seemed as cold as winter. Deep inside his heart-- His cries echoed through the stone wall of the castle-- though surrounded by servants, he was all alone. And in that simple act of kindness, he knew that someone cared. Christmas that year was spent exchanging humble gifts but the greatest gift that anyone received was the gift of hope.

'Hope..." the Beast murmurs. All his life, he has lost of sense of it, but now he realizes more then ever, that there is hope. There is hope to break the spell, There is hope to have someone to like him for who he is, Beast or no. Asking for forgiveness, They now plan to bring the best christmas ever.

But Forte won't fade into the background no longer needed! Playing a huge tune, He plans to bring the whole castle down, as they can't fall in love if there dead, much to the disagreement of Fife as it is extreme. Beast manages to get onto the room, and destroys his keyboard, cauing him to come crashing down.

The others continue to have a happy holiday, which brings us back to the actual party, but of course, if anyone actully saved christmas, it was Belle. The others celebrate as Prince gives Belle a gift, a single rose.


This film grossed US$182 million, making it the third highest grossing direct-to-video animated feature film of all time.

Voice actors and their characters

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