You start to hear the sounds of the morning, the wind rustling the leaves, the chirping of the birds and that’s when you realize what day it is–Saturday! Cartoons! All week long you’ve been starved of cartoons, and now it is your time to feast! You throw off the covers, shove your feet in your slippers and sprint downstairs!
Grab that big bowl of C-3POs, adjust the antennae and plop down on the floor for your weekly dose of animated fun!
This week: A Claymation Christmas Celebration
This primetime special aired December 21st 1987. My entire family (being big California Rasins fans) were glued to the set that night. I still remember going into school the next day and talking about it.
Here’s my favorite 2 sequences of the special:
I gotta say that the bell sequence totally holds up. Did you ever see this when it aired? What was your favorite part? Have you even heard of this before?
My Grandmother recorded this on VHS for us when we were kids. We’d watch it every year. Still can’t remember what the heck “wassailing” is.
For me, the “Joy to the World” sequence was my fave of the whole special (I think Joan Gratz worked on that). The same night this aired also gave us another Garfield special of related to said theme.
Ugh, really? That was my least favorite 🙂