A Disney Christmas Gift

{{Infobox television episode | series = [[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney]] | music = * [[Sammy Cahn]] * [[Sammy Fain]] * "On Christmas Morning" * [[Linda Laurie]] (lyrics) * [[John Debney]] (music) | airdate = {{Start date|1982|12|04}} | length = 60 minutes }} "'''A Disney Christmas Gift'''" is an [[animation|animated]] [[Christmas by medium|Christmas]] [[television special]] produced by [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]].<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 |date=1989 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2198-2 |accessdate=27 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/112/mode/2up |pages=113–114}}</ref> It was originally broadcast on [[CBS]] on December 4, 1982, as part of the ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney]]'' anthology series.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cotter |first1=Bill |title=The Wonderful World of Disney Television |date=1997 |publisher=Hyperion Books |isbn=0-7868-6359-5 |pages=101, 522}}</ref>

The special is a Christmas-themed compilation of classic short cartoons featuring [[Mickey Mouse]] and [[Donald Duck]] combined with excerpts from Disney feature films, including ''[[Melody Time]]'', ''[[Bambi]]'', ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'', ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]'' and ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]''. Three holiday-themed theatrical shorts are also included: the 1933 ''[[Silly Symphony]]'' short ''[[The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)|The Night Before Christmas]]'', 1945's Donald Duck short ''[[The Clock Watcher]]'' and 1952's [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] short ''[[Pluto's Christmas Tree]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=87}}</ref>

==Production== 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]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/13963/A-Disney-Christmas-Gift/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122170124/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/13963/A-Disney-Christmas-Gift/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 22, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[Baseline (database)|Baseline]] & [[All Movie Guide]]|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2015|title=A Disney Christmas Gift - Overview - NYTimes.com|accessdate=November 21, 2015}}</ref>

===Home media=== Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the original full-length and shortened versions of ''A Disney Christmas Gift'' were rebroadcast on CBS and [[Disney Channel|The Disney Channel]]. It was released on [[VHS]], [[Betamax]], [[Capacitance Electronic Disc|CED]] and [[LaserDisc]] in 1984 and again in the 1990s but has not yet been released on [[DVD]].

==Featured segments== * "[[Melody Time#Once Upon a Wintertime|Once Upon a Wintertime]]" – ''[[Melody Time]]'' (1948) * "[[Mickey Mouse]], [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] and [[Chip 'n' Dale]]" – ''[[Pluto's Christmas Tree]]'' (1952) * "[[Bambi (character)|Bambi]] and [[Thumper (Bambi)|Thumper]]" – ''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) * "[[Peter Pan (franchise)|Peter Pan]] and the Darling children" – ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (1953) * "[[Donald Duck]]" – ''[[The Clock Watcher]]'' (1945) * "[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)#Voice cast|Merlin, Arthur]] and [[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)#Voice cast|Archimedes]]" – ''[[The Sword in the Stone (1963 film)|The Sword in the Stone]]'' (1963) * "[[Cinderella (Disney character)|Cinderella]] and [[List of Disney's Cinderella characters#The Fairy Godmother|Fairy Godmother]]" – ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' (1950) * "[[Santa Claus]]" – ''[[The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)|The Night Before Christmas]]'' (1933)

==Featured segments 1987 TV Special== * "[[Donald Duck]]" – ''[[The Clock Watcher]]''(1945) (Intervals) * "[[Mickey Mouse]], [[Minnie Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]], [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] and [[Goofy]]" – ''[[On Ice (film)|On Ice]]'' (1935) * "[[Mickey Mouse]], [[Pluto (Disney)|Pluto]] and [[Chip 'n' Dale]]" – ''[[Pluto's Christmas Tree]]'' (1952) * "[[Bambi (character)|Bambi]] and [[Thumper (Bambi)|Thumper]]" – ''[[Bambi]]'' (1942) * "[[Peter Pan (franchise)|Peter Pan]] and the Darling children" – ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'' (1953) * "[[Donald Duck]], [[José Carioca]] and [[Panchito Pistoles]], " – ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' (1944) * "[[Donald Duck]] and [[Chip 'n' Dale]]" – ''[[Toy Tinkers]]'' (1949) * "[[Cinderella (Disney character)|Cinderella]] and [[List of Disney's Cinderella characters#The Fairy Godmother|Fairy Godmother]]" – ''[[Cinderella (1950 film)|Cinderella]]'' (1950) * "[[Santa Claus]]" – ''[[The Night Before Christmas (1933 film)|The Night Before Christmas]]'' (1933)

==Accolades== Two years later, it was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program at the [[36th Primetime Emmy Awards]].<ref>[https://www.televisionacademy.com/shows/disney-christmas-gift Television Academy]</ref>

==See also== * ''[[From All of Us to All of You]]''

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2129864/ IMDb]

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