1972 A Christmas Tree VHS

Part of the Rankin/Bass collection. I could only find this on VHS tape.

[@megareavermickeybot7985]

Ah my Childhood I got this on an old VH tape somewhere. man I miss this, You don't get stuff like this no more.

[@SpeigeleisenII]

This whole series needs to be on DVD.

[@privateprivate1865]

Ty for sharing this .from the bottom of my heart..these shows keep me alive 💖🙏

[@courtneycarter4493]

I was 8 when this came out I do not remember ever seeing it and I love Rankin bass shows 🎄👏

[@ednaballard5702]

Remember this as a very young child. Favorite. Like 3 yrs old

[@karsonroop2482]

I have a joke 4 ya

[@karsonroop2482]

I'll give it to ya

[@kevinpayton2664]

I've never heard of this. Nice cartoon to watch

[@WillCWilson]

2:09 They used this same "Deck the Halls" audio track in "Cricket on the Hearth" [1967]

[@aprilzanganeh7171]

This was a cute Christmas shorts love it.

[@jonathancreveling5658]

This is the year our house was built!

[@dreamguardian8320]

I haven't seen an exciting show like this since I saw the Rankin/Bass shows of Santa Claus is coming to town, and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.

[@kaitlinlayla]

Thank god it's not the 1993 special that's called 'The Christmas Tree'. ^^

[@josephfrye7342]

Well there is a 1991 and this 1972 btw

[@silverlaptop2022]

Weird! Happy birthday Jesus😊

[@RancidGravy]

Oh, Rudolph

[@jamessparkman6604]

Billy may Richards, no doubt

[@misspinkpunkykat]

Who voices Percival? He sounds like Tenderheart Bear from the earlier Care Bear eppisodes

[@chrisierichards8271]

❄️💙

[@Monado6]

Never seen this before

[@ljmcdonald2703]

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 🎄 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅 🎅🎅

[@childofthemosthigh9766]

Cannot beat Rankin & Bass

[@alexlemonds2838]

I vaguely recall watching this once on TV when I was, I think, 5 or 6.

[@LooneyTunerIan]

A mixture of Christmas and a fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.

[@Olenka7]

Thank you SO much for posting these!!! Childhood memories!

[@mikefagan4321]

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer was voice recorded in Canada and stop motion animated in Japan. Business decisions.

[@metal4472]

What I do is normally use my Digital 8 camcorder. I hook the camcorder to my PC using firewire cable. I then hook up my VCR to my digital 8 camcorder. The camcorder acts as a go between from the VCR to PC. I capture the footage using Pinnacle Studio and edit as I want. I also have a Hauppauge HD-PVR that I can use instead of the camcorder.

[@meghand6864]

This was one of my favorite Christmas movies thank you for putting it up 😃

[@daveoldaker5589]

+Meghan Dowd .... I never saw this when I was growing up .... Learned about it a few years back .... I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@davidlevy5274]

Mr. Levy. ❤.

[@metal4472]

A lot of old movies that were released on VHS are being re-released on DVD. As far as I know this is not one of them yet.

[@stolte95]

A lot of Rankin/Bass Cartoons were made in Japan by Toei Animation. So I guess you could say it is half anime. ;-)

[@VideoDaveO]

This special was Animated By Mushi Studios.

[@philipmcghee8076]

VideoDaveO All Rankin/Bass 2D Hand-drawn specials were animated by Mushi Studios, known for Osamu Tezuka shows, Astro Boy, Kimba, and Princess Knight.

[@dreamguardian8320]

I never knew that. Surprising!

[@davidlevy5274]

Debbie. 🎉.

[@glitterdust40]

Thank You so much for taking the time to share this with us! Never saw this - and I am a Rankin and Bass Fan!! I really enjoyed this ~ xo

[@cindymeadows2518]

glitterdust40a

[@cindymeadows2518]

4ㅁ5,ha3ezpi5e

[@davidlevy5274]

Goofy. 🎉.

[@MrNostalgic85]

If u dont mind me askin what do u use to transfer vhs to pc? like what device???

[@metal4472]

It has worked fine for me. Just make sure your PC has, at least, the minimum requirements for the unit.

[@MrNostalgic85]

Thanks for the info one more question does the Hauppauge HD-PVR work ok! thinking about getting one!???

[@ghost085]

I wonder what would happen if one of the kids drank the Christmas essence. Would he turn into Santa Claus?

[@francoissalame5193]

Merci beaucoup (:

[@philipmcghee8076]

Acutally stolte95, the animation in the hand drawn of every Rankin/Bass cartoons are animated by Mushi Studios, known production for Astro Boy (1963-1966), Kimba the White Lion (1965-1966), and Princess Knight (1967-1968).

[@jerkchickenblog]

the Hobbit was done by topcraft

[@davidlevy5274]

Jim Cummings evil clown. 😮.

[@5aelm0]

Do you have Puss in Boots? I've been looking everywhere for it!

[@ul7185]

Merry Christmas, Rankin/Bass's Festival of Family Classics!

[@vestonbruno2795]

I know that Carl Banas, who's listen in the credits, was in The Frog Prince as Sweetums, but as for the other voice actors in this film, I don't recognize any of them. They must be Canadian. I guess Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass were in Canada at the time. Either that, or their recording studio was near Canada and not there usual USA site.

[@joecab1]

Yes a bunch of the voice actors based in Toronto worked for Rankin-Bass, and also the old 1960s Spider-Man cartoon: Paul Soles (Peter Parker/Spidey, Hermey), Billie Mae Richards (the boy in this cartoon as well as Rudolph), Carl Banas (Head Elf), Alfie Scopp (Percival, Charlie-in-the-Box), and Paul Kligman (J Jonah Jameson/Comet)

[@vestonbruno2795]

@@joecab1 After watching this again, I immediately recognized Rudolph's voice in Peter, since it was Billie Mae Richards. Len Birman was Peter Piper, and Paul Soles was the ruthless King of the Gaddywine.

[@ElijahVacuums]

​@@vestonbruno2795Incorrect. Carl Banas was Peter Piper.

[@StickSideChannel]

How Many Cartoons

[@joexcoolzone1923]

I was looking every where for this cartoon for ages! Finally!!

[@vestonbruno8556]

Manto looks like a mix between Mojo Jojo and the Count von Count

[@Daniel456isBack]

Really, Veston? not this face again.

[@vestonbruno8556]

I think so. And what makes you think NOT?

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

This show could never be made today, since a lot of people would consider it racist because of the Mantu character, who looks like a stereotyped evil "Yellow Peril" Oriental, reminiscent of Dr. Fu Manchu or Ming The Merciless from the Flash Gordon stories. The two children in this tale look like the kids from the "Frosty The Snowman" special, which is also a Rankin and Bass production.

[@davidlevy5274]

Freddie. Levy. 😢.

[@jamessparkman6604]

@@davidlevy5274 I know why you’re hearing Rudolph it’s Billy may Richards

[@BrenTenkage]

I've always liked Rankin/Bass's art style, just screams classic to me

[@av4303]

this movie has only been made into a vhs that's how old it is. I should know I use to have it.

[@writerpatrick]

Only some of the episodes were released on DVD but the full series hasn't. Many of the 13 episodes are only available on old VHS.

[@Musicradio77Network]

And I forgot to mentioned, Classic Media is now DreamWorks Classics, if they're going to release the whole series on DVD, why not give all the pre-1974 Rankin/Bass stuff to either WB (where they still acquired the post-74 R/B holiday specials and shows including "Thundercats"), Mill Creek, that would be better or some company to have the rights to it.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Never seen this one in a very long time, but I wish if Classic Media should release "Festival of Family Classics" the complete series on DVD, another one of the Rankin/Bass TV series produced outside of the holiday specials. Classic Media already released "The Jackson 5ive" animated series on DVD and Blu-Ray a few months back, but let's hope Classic Media should release the complete series on DVD and Blu-Ray in the future.

[@hollispradley5967]

the life and adventures of santa claus

[@daveoldaker1732]

Yes that was a good one!

[@amylucas8709]

AMC played all of them this year including The life & adventures of Santa Claus / The little drummer boy book 2 in their entirety! Yay!

[@keshiaanders6452]

I've read 'A Christmas Tree,' and it was absolutely nothing like this cartoon (which is disappointing). Also, isn't it odd that the snow breathing dragon's name is Orlando, just like the city in Florida, aka one of the most hottest states in America all year long?

[@ShereeRedPandaBrown]

just like memory

[@laurenmesquite9507]

How embarrassing-- Rankin/Bass couldn't make one of their stand-alone Christmas specials out of this.

[@jerrybrown5738]

warner brothers suck ass