Fandango.com has sent us some statistics on Narnia ticket sales. They are selling an average of 4 Narnia tickets per transaction, an indication that families or groups may be going to the movies en masse this weekend. 79% of moviegoers picked Narnia as the most anticipated family film of the holiday season, according to a Fandango poll. Narnia currently accounts for 75% of Fandango’s weekly ticket sales. Order Narnia tickets from Fandango here.

Lauren F. Winner writes for Christianity Today about the new Narnia children’s book A Giant Surprise written by Hiawyn Oram. The review bills the storyas flat and 2-dimensional but more than that, it’s a Narnia without C.S. Lewis where the characters don’t ring true to the world of Narnia. Read the review here.

Want to brush up on your Narnia trivia? David Buckna has published a lightweight quiz that you can use for your Narnia party or to stump your non-Narnia friends. It may just come in handy this week. View the quiz here.

Want to guess how LWW will do when it hits theaters this Friday? World of KJ is offering a Box-office prediction contest and if you guess right, you can win yourself a pair of snazzy WETA Bookends. World of KJ will also be providing our Box Office numbers this weekend. Check out their Narnia coverage here.

Jonathan Brown of The Independent Online has written a great article on the history of the delight called Turkish Delight. With the pending release of the film, sales of this sticky treat have been soaring. Read The Lion, the Witch & the Turkish Delight by clicking here.

Breakaway Magazine’s December 2005 issue has several articles on “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”. “Long Live the True King” is a comparison of the arrival of Father Christmas and the birth of Jesus, and “Learning from the Lion” is an interview with Charlie Lowell of the band “Jars of Clay”. NarniaWebber alora-lindea points out that the cover article deals with the movie, but isn’t available online. Thanks to everyone who pointed this out!

During the filming, OneNews was granted exclusive access to the set of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. They now have a 12-minute video available via Windows Media Player. The clip shows lots of new behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Andrew Adamson, Mark Johnson, Georgie Henley, and William Moseley. WARNING: Unless you have already seen all the trailers and clips available, this video has some spoilers. You can view the clip at this page. Or, here is a direct link to the pop-up with the video. Thanks to NarniaWebber ‘nathanp’ for the heads up! (Discuss)

At least two Disney movie trailers will be attached to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe this Friday: “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and “Cars.”

CarrHunger writes us: Up here in Canada it seems that the Canadian owned and operated and longest existing department store, The Canadian Hudson Bay Company, seems to have caught onto the Narnia fever. Two of their Christmas windows feature Narnia as well as posters up and down the escalators, inside the elevators and all over the store. I snapped some pictures of the window displays and thought I would share them with you. There are 8 photos so I will send them with this report and 7 blank reports so you can get them all. The first window has Lucy looking into the Wardrobe with Tumnus (and Narnia) inside. Tumnus is animated and is waving at Lucy. The whole window is complete with the whole attic ceiling look and such but with all the glass reflection (reflecting the street) I couldn’t get that shot. The second is of the White Witch ‘casting’ Tumnus to stone. Tumnus moves back and forth and the Witch waves her wand back and forth while two stone characters look on. Once more a complete shot of the window was not possible due to reflection. Thanks CarrHunger – see photos in our Image Gallery.

Disney’s Movie Surfers online has released a new clip. The show’s hosts are shown on set as a real live CGI centaur and interacting with a digital Aslan. Click here to see the Movie Surfers clip in Quicktime or Windows Media format. Good eyes narnialover101 who spotted this at the Disney web site. (Discuss!)