This is one of my most favorite Christmas cartoons of all time! It brings back a lot of memories of Christmas, whenever I see this cartoon. Therefore, it makes a fitting conclusion to Christmas videos I found and felt like sharing.
Brisk was old Santa as he set out to deliver his gifts to all the good little children who believed in him. The trip was rather difficult this year; he battled his way through wet stormy skies and thick snowy blizzards, flying in caution for fear of lightening strikes and frostbite. “Santa,” cried one of his accompanying elves, “let’s abandon the mission and try again next year!”
Santa turned to shout “NO! What will the children think once they awake to find no gifts wrapped under their tree?” Suddenly, a forceful gust of wind came from the west and detached the reigns of his eight tiny reindeer. Santa called out to them, “Dasher! Dancer! Prancer! Vixen! Comet! Cupid! Donner! Blitzen,” but the wind was so strong that none voluntarily came back. Down the sleigh fell from the dark windy sky as the elves worked nonstop to keep staying up high. Their attention was focused on staying airborne that they did not see Santa bump his forehead. Grasping for something to hold on tight, Santa made a mistake and fell out into the night. Landing with a bump onto Perchwood Lane, Santa opened his eyes to discover a new scene. There, before him, stood the neighborhood cathedral, full of its members all gathered together.
Santa, bewildered, grabbed his sore head, and said, “I do not know why I am dressed completely in red.” Santa did not know what to do, so he opened the church door and listened to the carols sung, and to the priest’s solemn benediction too. As dear Santa sat, he wondered, “This Christ, how exceptional is he? Why, His gift of life is greater than any gift the eye can see!” As he left the church, still rubbing his head, he staggered into the street with dread. All of a sudden, there crashed his shiny sleigh, including his elves, followed by his reindeer.
“Santa,” the elves bellowed, “we’re going to be late!”
“Santa?” he said, all confused and forlorn. In that moment, snowflakes began to fall from the sky. One happened to land on old Santa’s nose, and as soon as it hit him he said, “Ho, ho, ho.” The memories returned, he remembered everything! Most of all, he remembered his new epiphany. He returned to the sleigh as the elves whistled for the reindeer, and he glimpsed once more at the tall, ancient cathedral and said, “Elves, let’s go home. There is no need to continue with the gifts tonight. Above all the gifts I have given, not even the gifts I still have in my bag, can ever amount to the gift that was given by a man who resides up in Heaven.”
Words cannot express how much I love this version of Charles Dickens' "Christmas Carol" story. I have it recorded on VHS and it has somewhat became an annual tradition to watch this short film around Christmas. It truly is a classic, and more cartoon Christmas specials should be to the same degree of dedication as this one.
Mickey's Christmas Carol Source: Youtube's Obadiah332channel.
I adore this 1948 cartoon story of the red-nosed reindeer we commonly know as Rudolph. The cartoon stays true to the original storyline of the 1939 story that was written by Robert L. May.
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer (1948) Source: Youtube's LuckyStrike502 channel.
By R.Andrew November 1, 2009 (Image Source: Microsoft Word 2003)
It occurred to me, as I was eating some leftover candy, that in between fall and winter there is a glorious feast under the masquerade of four main holidays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year. Imagine October’s Halloween as the appetizer, the warm-up to the feast. We fill ourselves with candy and other treats, but we linger at the table for a better course. November’s Thanksgiving is the salad portion of the meal. It is good, slightly filling, but we want something even yummier in our bellies. That is why December’s Christmas is our main course, the meatiest meal of all! We burst ourselves to the seam eating until our bodies say “Enough.” Yet, who can deny the final course? January’s New Year is the dessert that complements the entire feast, and fills us up until we hunger again (metaphorically speaking). So while this huge feast masquerades as innocent holidays of fun, let us not forget that from fall through winter we are eating a four-course meal, one that quietly increases our waistline.
These are two pumpkins my sister and I carved into jack-o-lanterns for Halloween 2009. Her's was more professional (which is a shame since I'm way older than her), but mine's more decorative. Here they are in various poses (yes, our pumpkins can pose). Happy Halloween!
I love this version, which was actually part of the movie "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" by Disney. Though the videos are titled the way they are, I don't actually think Disney banned this movie, since I saw it on TV last year.
I'm in the mood for some clean, spooky Halloween fun, so I'll be posting videos that I found that center around the innocence of the holiday. This one is an episode of Angela Anaconda titled "Boo Who."
