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I find it no more bizarre than A Charlie Brown Christmas.
That said, it's a lot of fun.
Source: Lived in Sweden for a few years, watched Kalle Anka with Swedish friends every year.
for some unexpicable reasons, in italy we get 80's movies (Trading Places (1983) is the top) and asterix cartoons. I used to wait eagerly for those, to be frank.
[1] http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/11/20/icon/1416504630_403302.h...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One
There was a very impressive "Nightmare Before Christmas" display synced to music. (The song "What's This?") Some smart alec walking by commented "someone sure loves their arduino."
If anything should become a new Christmas tradition, I think it should be this David Sedaris essay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYdpte1W0vk
It's also a nice commentary on how traditions change and can become bizarre.
EDIT: I sometimes ask people, "You know that way you feel when you do the Donald Duck voice? Do you think ducks feel like that all the time?" I'm pretty convinced that most people who can do that voice can't do it without a smile in their eyes. When I looked up the definition of "ducky," I found that one of the meanings was, "charming; delightful."
In the UK 'The Snowman' has become a bit of an institution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snowman#Animated_film
The most bizarre thing is cutting down trees
for some unexpicable reasons, in italy we get 80's movies (Trading Places (1983) is the top) and asterix cartoons. I used to wait eagerly for those, to be frank.
I recently read [1, in Spanish] that you guys were into a different 1983 movie: Vacanze di Natale. Is it indeed popular as well? [1] http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/11/20/icon/1416504630_403302.h...
Trading Places otoh is broadcasted every single year, so given how it's hard to grow up without a television at home I definitely agree how that's a staple for italian broadcast programming that's part of popculture
My favorite part of the show is at Santa, where they paint a chess board using chess-board-patterned paint.
In the UK 'The Snowman' has become a bit of an institution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snowman#Animated_film