Familiar Faces: 12 More Forgotten Christmas Specials

[@NightfallShadow]

santa and the 3 bears.....memory unlocked! So many of these like the wish that changed christmas. I have seen SO many of these. I remember that owl too! So many early memories.

[@MWolfL]

Something I read off the Tropes page for Olive the Other Reindeer: the Christmas cards were all addressed to Bart Simpson. XD

[@thegayghost872]

"I'm running away!" "Good."

[@OhioFanatic97]

Tattertown kind of reminds me of the Wasteland in Epic Mickey

[@elizam729]

Danny Cooksey was also the voice of Big Top on Little Clowns of Happytown and played Sam McKinney on the last three seasons of Diff'rent Strokes.

[@EastsideShowSCP]

I always like watching these to help get me in the Christmas Spirit

[@mikem2771]

What up eastside

[@robbiewalker2831]

Love that Nilus the Sandman gets the #1 spot on this list, because the actor who played the titular Sandman is none other than Long John Baldry, the same actor who voiced Dr. Robotnik from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. I bet this, and his appearances in Captain N, is what made DiC decide “yes, this man is our Dr. Eggman!”

[@Digitalfairy]

The little troll prince and the boy who dreamed of christmas are two classics in my book alongside jetlag animation's version of the Nutcracker.

[@Veiwer77]

Oh wow, I have vague memories of The Troll Prince. Didn't remember it having a heavy handed christian message. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@coziichiropteran2628]

Christmas in Tattertown!! Omg! I remember that!! Oh the nostalgia!

[@Shenruss]

I' make no apologies; I'm an 80s kid and The Little Troll Prince starring Vincent Price and Sam from 'Different Strokes' kicks ALL TYPES of Butt

[@dadoctah]

Amazing list that made me aware of many I had never known about: Odenkirk? Bakshi? Plympton?!!! Gives me hope that in some dark forgotten archive there's a Christmas cartoon by Don Hertzfeld. Or an encounter between Santa and Zlato Grgic's "Maxi Cat".

[@Daviticus042]

*Oedekerk

[@tscream80]

The Linkara cameo was hilarious. And is it just me, or did the gnome from "The Little Troll Prince" look like David the Gnome from "The World of David the Gnome?"

[@Daviticus042]

I remember Christmas Every Day. Man, that special got dark in spots.

[@Daviticus042]

BTW *Bakshi, *Pantoliano

[@Werewolf_Korra]

wow, that little girl's reformation makes Diamond Tiara's look subtle and nuanced... and I'm saying that as someone who loves that episode... mostly because I was once in Diamond Tiara's shoes.

[@LordVanOskuro]

Which one?

[@Werewolf_Korra]

@@LordVanOskuro I think it was probably the Night B4 Christmas. You're asking me about a comment I made in 2015, before I was on anti depressants and got my shit together

[@ShaDHP23]

Will these ever cease to amaze me?

[@Beth2638]

For true Christian believers, every day is Christmas- so Merry Christmas, y'all! Vincent Price and Jonathan Winters signed on to do the Little Troll Prince because of their Christian faith and their desire to "keep Christ in Christmas." That's so amazing and brave of them to stand up for their beliefs in a world like the one in which we find ourselves today.

[@graciegj63]

Yea we need more people like that today.

[@sewthernbelle]

Gracie J huh...never knew one of the kings of horror movies was a Christian...nice to know...

[@graciegj63]

missrebellious I'm just as surprised about it as you.

[@RogueT-Rex8468]

Elizabeth honestly. What you'd said helped me out in a rough moment. It's something I needed. Thank you.

[@avremirine8986]

I didn't know Vincent Price was a Christian.

[@christineclarevilgos-mitch1955]

I loved the wish that changed Christmas. I have been looking for this title for years. I am so happy I know what this movie is called now. I could never find it because for some reason I thought it was called the Christmas doll. thanks for helping me find it.😺

[@littlesongbird1]

I love it too! My fourth grade teacher showed it to us. It is an awesome movie.

[@Nothin2seehere-e4z]

I love Oliver the Other Reindeer.

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

So "Christmas Every Day" predates "Elmo Saves Christmas" huh? Very interesting.

[@jenniferschillig3768]

There was a 2000 animated version (the one with Kate Winslet voicing Belle--it was actually pretty good) where it's hinted that Ebenezer and Belle might just reconcile. And I really like The Flintstones Christmas Carol--I can do without the framing story, but the actual Christmas Carol adaptation does a good job of adapting Dickens' dialogue just enough that it's comprehensible to younger viewers without losing its actual meaning. Not unlike the first adaptation I ever read--one of the "Great Illustrated Classics" adaptations for children that was given away during a McDonald's cross-promotion. (They were sponsoring PBS' "Once Upon A Classic" at the time.)

[@darkoraclejohn9530]

A Christmas Wish is my favorite of this collection.

[@TulsaKanette]

The Wish that Changed Christmas is on my youtube playlist i try to watch it every year. I also Like 12 Tiny Christmas tales

[@shopkinslpskidsplay8677]

great compilation! very entertaining commentary, too!

[@glowworm2]

I was wondering if you would finally mention "The Little Troll Prince" in one of your forgotten Christmas specials. I never really watched too many Christmas specials as a child, but this one I clearly recall seeing once on tv--most likely on TNT since Cartoon Network wasn't around until I was in 2nd grade. The amusing part about this is that I actually didn't remember the Christianity tones in this one--and I happen to be Jewish. I actually asked about this one years later on a cartoon forum because even though I only saw it once, it left quite an imprint on my mind.

[@Dimensioneer88]

There was Scrooged that got the Scrooge character and the girlfriend back together.

[@Sonichero151]

And it's a national Treasure

[@ShangTigress]

I love Scrooged!

[@Inlelendri]

One thing I *never* got was the whole 'you're greedy for writing a long wish list' thing so many specials spout. How is that greedy on its own? It's a *wish* list, not a demand. The only way you're greedy is if you expect/demand that you get everything/most of what's on it. I'm grown now and I still write a long list but I never, ever expected to get everything. To this day, it helps friends who don't have much money find me something they know I'd like on a budget they can afford (as do I with theirs). How is that bad?

[@Keonny77]

Lmao... They didn't turn in to trees, that's form David the Gnome. LOL

[@mattjindrak]

I remember one year, must have been 88, 89 or 90, Nickelodeon had a Thanksgiving special or short on where ants were fighting some other insect over the food of a Thanksgiving dinner. I remember being enraptured by it but I've never seen it again. I wonder what it was.

[@AgumonofAlchemy]

I think that #1 isn't shown anymore probably due to copyright infringement.. if you look closely at the style and the movement of the toymaster, it's obviously traced over Djinni from Aladdin.

[@PatricksCrazyPlace]

I remember watching The Little Troll Prince as a kid and I honest to God thought the gnomes the prince met up with were David the Gnome and his wife. I honestly thought it was a crossover.

[@wolfclaw719]

1:44 is that... theres a star trek reference on the left in the diner scene, I never noticed that before.

[@18haylo]

A Cool Like That Christmas is a Boyz ii Men Christmas special.

[@jamesbevan9939]

Was Jonathan Winters just the go-to actor for Christmas specials?

[@DrakeVagabond]

4:40 Tell it to me Keit 17:00 He said nothing the one Black guy in Bedrock 23:45 life is tough in the hood

[@davezdragon]

Oh wait. You forgot to include "David the Gnome" in the credits. 21:17 "Especially after the other gnomes turned into trees."

[@meldawn21]

what about Jim Henson's "The Christmas Toy"?

[@onenonlyprincess2]

Love Olive the other Reindeer. Maybe because of Dan Castellaneta voicing the pissed off mailman

[@SirBlackReeds]

I'm surprised none of the non-Christmas Carol Muppets Christmas specials were on the list, especially It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie. It has Yoda. And what about Thugaboo: A Miracle on D-Roc's Street?

[@DukeofArtz]

it's been a long long long time since I've seen these animated movies from the 80s and 90s.

[@MaliceInCandyland]

Some adaptions of A Christmas Carol ship Scrooge with his maid at the end.

[@onenonlyprincess2]

Everytime I hear Christmas music I think..... Oh god my birthday's coming.

[@Falcovsleon21]

8:19 I don't think it's necessary. Just watching the clips made me feel like I was high. And then I went and actually looked for the special and watched it, and I feel the need to watch it again. No, I don't have a problem. I can quit any time I want. 28:30 I never thought I'd ever hear Steven Blum talk w/ an Irish accent. 30:22 I think I may have mentioned this on TGWTG when you first put this up but I'm pretty sure this was part of or lead to a series called Nilus the Sandman.

[@ter8413]

olive was on a kids channel every yr for a while... oh ilove the bears one ... one that should be mentioned is the bear that zzthru xmas...neversawtattertown but it looks like a prewacko yacko n dot...

[@Missourifangirl7789]

The Wish That Changed Christmas in my opinion was way more better than The Christmas Tree. The Wish That Changed Christmas isn't without it's flaws but I can tell that a lot of effort and time was put into it.

[@TheSirenNymph]

I got the title's joke when I was five (at least I think it was 5, I played that movie over and over again)

[@jacksullivan4741]

To be fair even Ralph bashi hates cool world

[@dannymdowling]

What about the 1998 version of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?

[@Ephesians5-14]

The Christmas Troll was my favorite. Can't find it anywhere!

[@DarkSlayer977]

The last one I remember the most but always forgot the tittle.

[@coolnegative]

That Adventures of Candy Cane. talk about obscure. try finding that one.

[@EqualOpportunityDestoroya]

Cooksey also played Sam on Different Strokes.

[@GroundersSourceOfficial]

I just rewatched The Little Troll Prince this year, after 30+ years. If anyone is confused by the Catholic and Lutheran faiths, this actually shows the outline of them. They believe in redemption if you want to take the route and change. However, as it for being anti-semitic, I don't believe that it is because of Jews respect those who are Catholic and others. The tolls have no respect for anyone, except the King later on where he is showing remorse and the guilt of sending his son away. Also, Jewish people believe in God and they accept the belief that Jesus existed, but didn't believe that He was the son of God or the Messiah. The trolls symbolize fear; the fear of conversion and the fear of acceptance. This is common amongst those who are afraid of change and that God will reject them if they do something wrong. To conclude, we are all sinners, but we have the chance to repent and learn from them.

[@Babbleplay]

You know, these are wonderful and all, but, I have this sneaking, cynical suspicion that an angry mobster, while probably unlikely to kill the guy in church, would have little problem rubbing out someone who stole from him, WHATEVER he did with the money at a later opportunity.

[@Sandlot1992]

I wish Noel was on this list!

[@trunksrocks1]

+Richard Canipe and I wish I wish I was a Fish, but you don't see me complaining.

[@JarrettBEdwards]

Macy's did not start Rudolph, the Red Nosed Raindeer, that was Montgomery Ward's.

[@Alphafamilybutcute]

18:28 I’ll remember this film

[@dragonlordthekingofdragons6373]

Hmm maybe I can understand why they didn't make Tattertown a series

[@Sonichero151]

There is one other christmas carol that tried to get Scrooge and belle backk together...it also involved a Satanic Plague brought on by Scrooge's Avarice and greed that turned everyone infiected into Zombies, the ultimate endpoint of Greed who consume everything and all...... Yes there is a christmas Carol involving ZOmbies.... In Comic Form so Go See Linkara about it...

[@carlagamble5936]

Danny Caracciolo Glen Campbell christmas

[@mikem2771]

Rudolph was written by a Montgomery Wards employee. Not Macys

[@jacktolzmann5051]

Does anyone know about this obscure bizarre Christmas film? I saw a little bit of it when I was a kid, it was a modern day adaption of A Christmas Carol. BUT, it takes a sudden left turn when one of the ghosts, sick of doing the job hijacks the time travel whatever to go back in time and fix his own life forcing the Scrooge and other Ghost to stop him. I swear this was a real thing but I can't find anything about it. Does anybody know what it was called?

[@64Mario64]

I know it's been a year and it isn't what you wanted, but it's Christmas so let me give you something. Linkara did a review of Ghostbusters: Past, Present, and Future last year, which has a similar plot to that movie you're thinking of (no time travel). Here it is if you wanna check it out kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ7Le6V5Z5JsidE

[@blackphoenix77]

I remember seeing commercials for A Cool Like That Christmas back in the '90's, but I didn't watch it because it looked way too stereotypical.

[@Sonichero151]

oh Look.... One of Charlie's Angels is fighting the robot Devil (WHO IS STILL FUCKING SINGING!!!!!!) To Save Christmas with The Weasel from Mob of the Dead (If you guess which entry this is, Congrats you are a Gigantic Nerd)

[@ilovethisshowisaveryeducat1392]

merry Christmas everybody and to all goodnight

[@ShadowRealmZ373]

does anyone know what a Christmas cartoon with a blind orphan girl and a fox is called,I watch it years back and really liked it but don't know name please help

[@Real_Bossclips]

+OmegaOmniSlayerZ Christmas is here again. I'm guessing you saw the first forgotten specials list, which was recently reuploaded

[@ShadowRealmZ373]

Bossclips oh thanks and yeah I found it

[@chrisbarone515]

Sounds like Mickey Mouse. 10:06

[@Dimensioneer88]

0:19 12 3:42 11 6:21 10 8:09 9 11:15 8 13:16 7 16:11 6 18:33 5 21:48 4 25:06 3 27:36 2 30:18 1

[@FluffieXStarshine]

omg little troll prince... I was hoping to forget that existed...

[@arielfangirlmendez]

What about I'm dreaming of a white ranger?

[@vincentm.7462]

Little troll prince ripped off David the Gnome! Unless this came first and inspired a gnome cartoon

[@SirBlackReeds]

Is it just me, or is Richard Stantz the only human without a nose?

[@slashbash1347]

Okay, why do you pronounce Bakshi as "Bash-key?"

[@mdalsted]

Button from that Tatter Town Christmas special kinda reminds me of Peacock from Skullgirls. XD Anyone else?

[@TheLinkHelios]

23:47

[@ihavetogonowmyplanetneedsm1955]

Cartoon network is still original holiday specials but they all suck example there was one about the abominable snowman's children

[@marcelinoschoen2113]

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