http://www.acartoonchristmas.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:24:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en THE TOP 25 CARTOON CHRISTMAS TREES From our favorite Animated Christmas Specials! As a Christmas gift to both myself and A Cartoon Christmas's dozen or so readers, we're going to avoid the usual grammatically-challenged diatribe and skip right to the good stuff: Christmas trees! Who among us doesn't experience a warming jolt ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/25/dec-25-the-top-25-cartoon-christmas-trees/ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! Original Air Date: December 18, 1966 SYNOPSIS: A twisted green wretch seeks to ruin Christmas for a race of singing rodent-creatures. BACKSTORY: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is based on a 64-page book written and illustrated in 1957 by Theodor Geisel, better known to the world as Dr. ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/24/dec-24-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas/ A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS Original Air Date: December 16, 1987 SYNOPSIS: Nearly every Muppet ever created comes together under one roof for a very cliched Christmas. BACKSTORY: In case you didn’t already know, the word “Muppet” is a hybrid of the words “marionette” and “puppet,” and should instantly conjure images a man named Jim Henson, ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/23/dec-23-a-muppet-family-christmas/ MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL Original Air Date: December 10, 1984 (Theatrical Premiere: December 13, 1983) SYNOPSIS: Scrooge McDuck takes on the role he was born to play in Disney’s damn-near definitive version of Charles Dickens’ Holiday classic. BACKSTORY: As mentioned back in the Pluto’s Christmas Tree article, Mickey’s theatrical appearances sputtered to a halt in the ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/22/dec-22-mickeys-christmas-carol/ WILL VINTON'S CLAYMATION CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION Original Air Date: December 21, 1987 SYNOPSIS: The California Raisins and their Claymation brethren present the smartest, funniest, most creative and clayiest Christmas TRL you could ever ask for. BACKSTORY: Will Vinton didn’t invent claymation, but he does own the trademark.  No, really.  And he also lays claim ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/21/dec-21-will-vintons-claymation-christmas-celebration/ A FAT ALBERT CHRISTMAS Original Air Date: December 18, 1977 SYNOPSIS: Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids must deliver a tyrant, as well as a baby, to redemption! BACKSTORY: Fat Albert’s first appearance dates all the way back to 1967, when Bill Cosby performed the character, as well as many others caricatures from his ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/20/dec-20-a-fat-albert-christmas/ HE-MAN AND SHE-RA: A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL Original Air Date: December 1985 SYNOPSIS: He-Man and She-Ra team up when Christmas comes to Eternia. BACKSTORY: He-Man started life in the pages of DC Comics' Masters of the Universe as a barbarian of a surviving tribe. The Filmation cartoon of 1983 altered his origins to that of ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/19/dec-19-he-man-christmas/ REN & STIMPY: SON OF STIMPY Original Air Date: January 13, 1993 SYNOPSIS: Stimpy becomes distraught after the birth of his first assbaby. BACKSTORY: Ren & Stimpy premiered in the summer of 1991, alongside Doug and Rugrats, kicking off Nickelodeon’s "Nicktoons" brand. Nick took a pretty big chance on an ambitious pilot from John Kricfalusi, ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/18/dec-18-ren-stimpy-son-of-stimpy/ PLUTO’S CHRISTMAS TREE Original Air Date: November 21, 1952 SYNOPSIS: Chip and Dale run amok in Mickey’s house, giving Pluto a helluva hard time. Mickey Mouse has been around since 1928, and Pluto since 1930. A great many of Mickey theatrical shorts featured the hapless mutt, and Pluto managed to parlay the success ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/17/dec-17-plutos-christmas-tree/ BUGS BUNNY’S LOONEY CHRISTMAS TALES Original Air Date: November 27, 1979 SYNOPSIS: Bugs and the partially assembled Looney Tunes gang go through the Holiday motions! BACKSTORY: Although many people are given credit for the creation of Bugs Bunny, only one man brought him an Oscar. While Tex Avery popularized the version of Bugs we now ... http://www.acartoonchristmas.com/2009/12/16/dec-16-bugs-bunnys-looney-christmas-tales/