Forgotten Christmas Specials Thread

>>78330347
What's this one called? I haven't seen it in forever. We used to have a vhs tape of it that we'd watch when I was young.

>>78330347
The Christmas Toy. Yet another spawn of the Jim Henson machine.

Avoid the retail and televised versions like the plague; they remove the original opening and closing sequences w/ Kermit dressed as Santa.

>>78330426

Claymation Christmas. The Waffles segment in particular.

Red Boots for Christmas

CR hasn't even touched it.

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Mole's Christmas

>>78330426
>We used to have a vhs tape of it that we'd watch when I was young.

This is unsettling.

We had this on VHS as well.

As did three other people I've talked to in the past week.

Granted, I suppose people are more likely to bring up Christmas shows as a conversation topic this time of year, but it's still kinda unnerving...

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>Claymation Christmas special
>mfw I realize there is a world out there of others who remember this masterpiece.

Mein Gott.

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(Magnum) Opus, A Wish for Wing that Work

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That time Santa was raised by Pagans and had to fight creatures of the netherrealm in order to bring about the rise of Christmas.

The Carol of the Bells was the best segment!

>>78331694
I forgot about this one. What was it called? Was it just me, or did it seem super creepy?

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>>78331850
It was called The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus. And yeah, it definitely had some creepy-ass bad guys.

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Who can forget some other Rankin Bass gold, "T'was the Night Before Christmas"?

The Tick Loves Santa
Sam and Max - Christmas, Bloody Christmas
Men in Black - The Black Christmas
We Wish You A Turtles Christmas
Donkey Kong - The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights
Rambo - When SAVAGE Stole Santa
GI Joe - Cobra Claus is Coming to Town
Space Ghost C2C Christmas
Pokemon - Holiday Hi-Jynx/Pikachus Winter Vacation/Stantler's Little Helpers
Totally Spies - Ho ho ho no!
Powerpuff Girls - Twas the Fight Before Christmas
Clone High - Snowflake Day

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Left Or Right 4chan

>>78331915
was there ever a 2d animated one about fictional accounts of Santa's life before he became Santa? I remember watching it when I was little on Toon Disney or something similar.

They also had Santa as a redhead when he was young, but I remember more foresty fae shit going on. I wonder why that is such a common idea for Santa to have been a redhead.

>>78332068
I remember there being a hand drawn version as well, and after a little research I discovered the was a book by L. Frank Baum called "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus". So if both were based off the same source material, that probably explains the similarities. As for the red hair, I've seen that in a lot of the old cartoons. I guess that's just a common portrayal for the jolly old fat man as a boy.

>>78332068

Yeah, there's a 2D animated adaptation of the Rankin Bass film. Same story.

>>78330480
MOTHER. DICK.
I've been trying to remember the name of this special for fucking ever and kept getting the creators name wrong. Thank you anon.

As repayment, I'll drop a tip that there is a torrent on piratebay that has all three specials by this one studio in one pack.

>>78331694
>>78331915

People just remember Baum for Oz and only a handful of them at that; it's really a shame how neglected his other works are.

>>78332462

Glad to be of help; it's one of my favorite Christmas specials and helping somebody else out because of it is a real pleasure.

It's one of those things that deserves to be enjoyed.

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>>78330347
Anyone want to continue to add to this?

>>78330347
Thank you for reminding me of this anon. I'm not christian, but I do like the heartfelt specials.

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>>78330347
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dwrqo_claymation-christmas-celebration-1987_shortfilms

>>78332927
>Grampy: Christmas Comes but Once a Year.

I have been searching for this for years, but didn't remember the name. All I remember is my spirit being crushed when all the kids' toys broke. I don't know if my heart can take watching this again.

>>78330347
pretty GOAT special
I was really disappointed how shit the other holiday specials were

>>78330347
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Claymation_Christmas_Celebration

>>78332068
It's not the reason, but a good secondary explanation would be that red hair is a product of Caucasians around modern day Germany encountering and breeding with the last known group of Neanderthals on Earth as mankind migrated through Europe.

So in a way, the red hair hearkens back to a mystic (or whatever) ancestry.

It makes Santa something a touch more primeval.

>>78333341
Grampy was a Betty Boop character.
Remember that Betty Boop was considered damn near pornographic when she first came out.
So Grampy's Christmas is a bit odd to be entirely without lewdness.

It'd be like taking Towlie from South Park and putting him in a genuinely heartwarming all-ages cartoon movie.

>>78332927
The Little Match Girl that was aborted from Fantasia 2000, set to Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 in D Major. 2006.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Matchgirl_%282006_film%29

Disney's Silly Symphony Santa's Workshop. 1932.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_HUhHKWC0

Disney's Silly Symphonies The Night Before Christmas. 1932.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4hP5iNFdg4

All of these Silly Symphonies shorts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhcPfuStWEs

Looney Tunes Christmas Carol.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmtes1_looney-tunes-looney-christmas-tales_shortfilms

>>78333341
Dont worry bro, some crazy person breaks into their place and builds them new toys

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>>78330347
No one remembers kiss saves Santa

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>>78333341
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdLWR3r6GJo

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6fWUx3wmsQ

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How 'bout this one? I remember watching it on CBC in 1980.

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I like A Very Catdog Christmas, especially since it touches on how materialistic Christmas has become.
http://www.watchcartoononline.com/catdog-season-3-episode-2-a-very-catdog-christmas

>>78331387
nigga I still have it recorded off tv on vhs

>>78334796

Oh sheet Nigga. I HAD THAT VHS.

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>>78331694
>>78331915
TODAY AND FOREVER

FOR AGES AND AGES TO COME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlcQ3hO-EPY

Timmy Special Delivery
Buttons and Rusty christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVKcXU1SdMU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKO7lm2-k4M