Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas facts for kids

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas is an animated movie from 1997. It was made by The Walt Disney Company. This film is a sequel to the famous Beauty and the Beast movie. It tells a story that happens during the first movie. The story takes place after the Beast saves Belle from wolves. It is also before he gives her the castle library.

In this movie, the Beast does not like Christmas. This is because he was turned into a Beast on Christmas Day. But Belle and the enchanted castle objects want to celebrate. They try to convince the Beast that Christmas is a wonderful holiday. The movie also shows more about how the enchantress put the spell on the castle.

Who Are the Characters?

This movie features many voices you might recognize. Here are some of the main characters and the actors who voiced them:

• Robby Benson as The Beast
• Paige O'Hara as Belle
• Jerry Orbach as Lumiere (the candelabra)
• David Ogden Stiers as Cogsworth (the clock)
• Haley Joel Osment as Chip (speaking voice)
• Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Chip (singing voice)
• Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts (the teapot)
• Tim Curry as Forte (a new character, the pipe organ)
• Bernadette Peters as Angelique (a new character, the Christmas angel)
• Paul Reubens as Fife (a new character, Forte's piccolo sidekick)
• Kath Soucie as The Enchantress

Movie Achievements

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas was nominated for several awards. It won two of them!

• It was nominated for the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films award for Best Home Video Release.
• The director, Andrew Knight, was nominated for an Annie Award for directing.
• The song "As Long As There's Christmas" was nominated for an Annie Award for its music.
• Tim Curry and Jerry Orbach were both nominated for Annie Awards for their voice acting.
• The movie won a WAC Award for Best Direct-to-Video Production.
• Andrew Knight also won a WAC Award for Best Director of Home Video.

Movie Music

The music and songs for the movie were created by Rachel Portman. The words for the songs were written by Don Black. The songs were recorded with an orchestra and the voice actors all together. This is a special way to record music. It helps make the songs sound very lively.

Some of the songs in the movie include:

• "Stories" sung by Paige O'Hara (Belle)
• "As Long As There's Christmas" sung by Belle and the castle objects
• "Don't Fall In Love" sung by Tim Curry (Forte)
• "A Cut Above the Rest" sung by Cogsworth, Lumiere, and Belle

See also

In Spanish: La bella y la bestia 2 para niños