I have always supposed that remakes are desparate disasters. The TVM of Miracle on 34th Street, with Richard Attenborough is embarrassing. But the two remakes of Christmas Carol (Sims and Scott) are improvements on the original. How about "Going My Way", for which Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald won Oscars. It featured Toora Loora Loora and Swinging on a Star. And dont forget Holiday Inn. It's the film that introduced White Christmas. Music is so important to the holiday and White Christmas is the most loved Christmas song outside of the religeous carols.