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Episode of Walt Disney anthology television series"A Disney Christmas Gift" | |
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Walt Disney episode | |
Featured music | Sammy Cahn Sammy Fain "On Christmas Morning" Linda Laurie (lyrics) John Debney (music) |
Original air date | December 4, 1982 (1982-12-04) |
Running time | 60 minutes |
List of episodes |
A Disney Christmas Gift is an animated Christmas television special produced by Walt Disney Productions which was originally broadcast on CBS on December 4, 1982 as part of Walt Disney anthology series.
Synopsis
The special is a Christmas-themed compilation of classic short cartoons featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck combined with excerpts from Disney feature films such as Melody Time, Bambi, Peter Pan, The Sword in the Stone and Cinderella, as well as the 1933 classic Silly Symphony short The Night Before Christmas. The opening and closing numbers, featuring the song "On Christmas Morning" and its reprise, showcased Christmas at Disneyland. The lyrics were written by Linda Laurie with music by John Debney.
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the original full-length and shortened versions of A Disney Christmas Gift were rebroadcast on CBS and The Disney Channel. It was released on VHS, Betamax, CED and LaserDisc in 1984 and again in the 1990s but has not been released on DVD.
Featured segments
- "Once Upon a Wintertime" – Melody Time (1948)
- "Mickey Mouse, Pluto and Chip 'n' Dale" – Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)
- "Bambi and Thumper" – Bambi (1942)
- "Peter Pan and the Darling children" – Peter Pan (1953)
- "Donald Duck" – The Clock Watcher (1945)
- "Merlin, Arthur and Archimedes" – The Sword in the Stone (1963)
- "Cinderella and Fairy Godmother" – Cinderella (1950)
- "Santa Claus" – The Night Before Christmas (1933)
See also
References
- "A Disney Christmas Gift - Overview - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
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