Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2000)

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (2000)

Short Film: Grandma (voice: Susan Blu), gets run over by Santa’s sleigh and then disappears.  With her out of the way, Cousin Mel (voice: Michele Lee) attempts to sell the family store and destroy Christmas.  It is up to grandson Jake (voice: Alex Doduk) to find Grandma. The song Grandma Got Run Over By A

Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)

Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983)

Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (Scrooge McDuck, voice: Alan Young), ignores Christmas and his fellow “man,” has nothing to do with his nephew, Fred (Donald Duck, voice: Clarence Nash), and makes life difficult for his employee, Bob Cratchit (Mickey Mouse, voice: Wayne Allwine).  The ghost of his partner (Goofy, voice: Hal Smith) appears to him at night

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)

Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962)

Near-sighted Mister Magoo (Jim Backus) arrives late at the theater, but they’ve held the show for him since he is the star.  It’s a musical production of A Christmas Carol, and Magoo is Scrooge.  Once Dickens’s story begins, it’s the old tale we know so well, told relatively straight.  53 min. Mister Magoo’s shtick, of

The Night Before Christmas (1941)

The Night Before Christmas (1941)

On Christmas eve, Jerry the mouse begins playing with the Christmas presents and goads Tom the cat into chasing him. 9 min. The third Tom and Jerry cartoon produced, The Night Before Christmas looks like all the other early Tom and Jerry shorts, and has pretty much the same structure as all of the later ones. The

Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)

Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952)

When Mickey Mouse (voice: James MacDonald) cuts down a Christmas tree, he fails to notice that the chipmunks Chip (voice: James MacDonald) and Dale (voice: Dessie Flynn) were living there.  When the tree is set up in the house, the chipmunks have lots of new things to play with, but Mickey’s dog, Pluto, is none-to-happy

South Park: Merry Christmas Charlie Manson! (1998)

South Park: Merry Christmas Charlie Manson! (1998)

Stan Marsh (voice: Trey Parker), Kyle Broflovski  (voice: Matt Stone), Kenny McCormick  (voice: Matt Stone), and Eric Cartman (voice: Trey Parker) take a trip to Nebraska to visit Eric’s relatives at Christmastime.  Eric’s jailed uncle chooses this time to escape along with Charles Manson.  When none of the other adults will take the boys to

South Park: Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (1997)

South Park: Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo (1997)

Mr. Garrison’s overly religious Christmas play draws the ire of Kyle’s mom.  She protests that it is insensitive to Jews.  Soon, everyone in South Park is arguing and all symbols of Christmas, religious and secular, are removed.  When the mayor asks for a new holiday symbol, Kyle (voice: Matt Stone) suggests Mr. Hankey the Christmas

South Park: Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics (1999)

South Park: Mr. Hankey’s Christmas Classics (1999)

A plotless, all singing episode of South Park, where the boys, their parents, school teachers, and even Satan, sing about the joy of the Christmas season.  22 min. Yet another South Park Christmas episode, and creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have hit a dry spell.  There’s a few clever ideas mixed in with some

South Park: A Very Crappy Christmas (2000)

South Park: A Very Crappy Christmas (2000)

With the whole of South Park lacking in Christmas spirit, Stan Marsh (voice: Trey Parker), Kyle Broflovski  (voice: Matt Stone), Kenny McCormick  (voice: Matt Stone), and Eric Cartman (voice: Trey Parker) go down in the sewers to find Mr. Hankey.  He has gotten married to a drunk and had three children, so hasn’t had time

South Park: Woodland Critter Christmas (2004)

South Park: Woodland Critter Christmas (2004)

Series Christmas Episode: Stan Marsh (Trey Parker-voice), out walking in the forest, comes upon the woodland critters preparing for Christmas.  They ask his help in putting a star on the top of their tree.  Later, the critters turn up at Stan’s house asking for more help.  It seems that lady porcupine, a virgin, is pregnant

The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Frosty) (1992)

The Spirit of Christmas (Jesus vs. Frosty) (1992)

Four young boys (voices: Trey Parker & Matt Stone ) build a snowman, but three of them ignore the fourth when he warns them not to put a magic hat on it.  The snowman comes to life as a monster, growing tentacles that it uses to kill Kenny, the fattest boy.  The remaining three run

The Spirit of Christmas (1995)

The Spirit of Christmas (1995)

Four boys, Kyle (voice: Matt Stone), Stan (voice: Trey Parker), Cartman (voice: Trey Parker), and Kenny, are caroling and arguing, when Jesus shows up.  He’s upset with Santa Claus taking the focus off of his birth.  Jesus and Santa start fighting, destroying everything around them, so the boys call upon a really important person, skater