Why oh Why?

I may have asked this question before when the 2 remakes of the Posieden Adventure came out- one with Kurt Russel and one with Steve Guttenburg. Why remake perfect fine movies/TV shows? I asked myself that question again last night watching the live-action "Year Without a Santa Claus". Harvey Firstein, Delta Burke, John Goodman, Chris Kattan, Carson from Queer Eye? Yes, that was the cast and what was a cute 1 hour tv specail was stretched into a modern day, 2 hour tv movie. At least I had no problems looking away to knit on my Bamboo scarf.