![]() The first four and the final six are newly created shorts.ġ) "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"-Donald and his nephews.Ģ) "Winnie the Pooh's Jingle Bells"-Pooh and friends.Ĥ) "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth"-Goofy and son.ĥ) "Deck the Halls"-Mickey, Pluto, Chipmunks.Ħ) "Jingle Bells"-Donald briefly, then unknown.ħ) "Joy to the World"-Snowflake fairies, great animation!ĩ) "Let It Snow"-Awkward compilation of characters.ġ0) "Sleigh Ride"-Mickey and Scrooge, awkwardly edited.ġ1) "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"-Toy soldiers.ġ2) "Winter Wonderland"-Old-style Donald!ġ3) "Here Comes Santa Claus"-Live footage of a Disneyland parade.ġ4) "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"-An old Rudolph cartoon.ġ5) "Silent Night"-Old animation that will bore you and your kids.ġ6) "Seasons of Giving"-Pooh and friends.ġ7) "As Long as There's Christmas"-Belle from Beauty and the Beast.ġ8) "Jingle Bell Rock"-Mickey and Minnie.ġ9) "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"-Pooh and friends.Ģ0) "White Christmas"-A bunch of characters from many movies. Here's the song list, and the Disney characters represented. Also, a big drawback is that you can't remove the huge karaoke-style subtitles that are plastered across the screen for each song-and many of these obnoxious subtitles appear too late, so that you can't prepare for the next lyric. Even in shorts where the characters are supposed to be singing a given song, their mouths aren't shown or the lyrics don't seem to quite match the lip movements. What bugged me about a few of these short subjects is that some of the footage seems clumsily recycled and edited. So, the disc offers many different styles and periods of Disney animation. So is the inclusion of not only 10 newly animated short films (some really short at just a minute or two) but also some classic footage-from seemingly the very beginning of Disney animation. You've probably heard all of these songs on the radio at Christmas time: They're original recordings from such artists as Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, and so on. The 21 songs are interwoven with the help of some warm, Christmasy narration by Roscoe Lee Brown, who talks all squishily about the holidays and warm fires and stuff, providing cute little introductions to each tune. In other words, this ain't up to the standards of their theatrical fare, but there are some diverting moments. If you love Disney and Christmas, you'll find that the two go together reasonably well on this disc-but if you're an animation purist and really put your critical eye to this presentation, you'll see that Disney has cut more than a few corners and applied the same deft touch that they use on their direct-to-video sequels. Disney's Very Merry Christmas Sing Along Songs is a collection of 21 traditional Christmas songs accompanied by new and classic Disney animation. ![]() ![]() If you like this Disney Christmas sing-along video, you should check out the Twelve Days of Christmas sing-along video which I also recommend.Here's a Disney Christmas stocking filled with a few gems, a bunch of okay little items, and a couple lumps of coal. Most of the rest of the songs were from holiday albums by Walt Disney Records. For example, in "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" Performed by Bing Crosby and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" performed by Gene Autry, you see footage from old Max Fleischer cartoons. The footage in some of the songs were not all from Disney related stuff. I try to watch it every year at least once. ![]() I remember getting the 1988 VHS original from a late uncle of mine from San Diego when I was a kid. I don't know about the DVD version, and I don't think I want to look for it and watch. That more recent version had the same 13 Christmas songs along with some additional songs. I am more partial to the original 1988 VHS version, but I also remember the 2002 reissue I once checked out from my local library. Introduced by Jiminy Cricket singing "Very Merry Christmas," this Disney Sing-Along Songs video is perfect to play for the holiday season.
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