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− | | "[[From All of Us to All of You (song)|From All of Us to All of You]]" || ''Walt Disney |
+ | | "[[From All of Us to All of You (song)|From All of Us to All of You]]" || ''[[Walt Disney Presents]]'': "[[From All of Us to All of You]]" (colorized version) |
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| "[[Deck the Halls]]" || ''[[Pluto's Christmas Tree]]'' |
| "[[Deck the Halls]]" || ''[[Pluto's Christmas Tree]]'' |
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| "[[Joy to the World]]" || ''[[Nutcracker Suite|The Nutcracker Suite]]'' (from ''[[Fantasia]]'') |
| "[[Joy to the World]]" || ''[[Nutcracker Suite|The Nutcracker Suite]]'' (from ''[[Fantasia]]'') |
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− | | "[[Up on the Housetop|Up on a Housetop]]" || |
+ | | "[[Up on the Housetop|Up on a Housetop]]" || |
+ | ''[[The Night Before Christmas]]''<br />''[[Santa's Workshop]]'' |
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− | | "[[Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow|Let it Snow]]" || ''The Night Before Christmas''<br />''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' (from ''[[Make Mine Music]]'')<br />''[[Corn Chips]]''<br />''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' (from ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'')<br />''[[Bongo]]'' (from ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'')<br />''[[Mickey's Orphans]]'' (colorized version)<br />''Once Upon a Wintertime'' (from ''Melody Time'')<br />''[[The Cold-Blooded Penguin]]'' (from ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'')<br />''[[Peculiar Penguins]]''<br />''[[Squatter's Rights]]''<br />''[[Dumbell of the Yukon]]''<br />''Pluto's Christmas Tree''<br />''[[Chip an' Dale]]''<br />''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' |
+ | | "[[Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow|Let it Snow]]" || ''The Night Before Christmas''<br />''[[Peter and the Wolf]]'' (from ''[[Make Mine Music]]'')<br />''[[Corn Chips]]''<br />''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' (from ''[[The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad]]'')<br />''[[Bongo the Bear|Bongo]]'' (from ''[[Fun and Fancy Free]]'')<br />''[[Mickey's Orphans]]'' (colorized version)<br />''Once Upon a Wintertime'' (from ''Melody Time'')<br />''[[The Cold-Blooded Penguin]]'' (from ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'')<br />''[[Peculiar Penguins]]''<br />''[[Squatter's Rights]]''<br />''[[Dumbell of the Yukon]]''<br />''Pluto's Christmas Tree''<br />''[[Chip an' Dale]]''<br />''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' |
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| "[[Sleigh Ride]]" || ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' |
| "[[Sleigh Ride]]" || ''[[Mickey's Christmas Carol]]'' |
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− | | "[[Parade of the Wooden Soldiers]]" || ''The Night Before Christmas'' |
+ | | "[[Parade of the Wooden Soldiers]]" || ''[[The China Shop]]''<br />''[[Broken Toys]]''<br />''Santa's Workshop''<br />''The Night Before Christmas'' |
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| "[[Winter Wonderland (song)|Winter Wonderland]]" || ''[[On Ice]]''<br />''[[The Autograph Hound]]''<br />''[[The Hockey Champ]]''<br />''[[Donald's Snow Fight]]''<br />''[[Bambi]]''<br />''The Cold-Blooded Penguin'' (from ''The Three Caballeros'')<br />''Peter and the Wolf'' (from ''Make Mine Music'') |
| "[[Winter Wonderland (song)|Winter Wonderland]]" || ''[[On Ice]]''<br />''[[The Autograph Hound]]''<br />''[[The Hockey Champ]]''<br />''[[Donald's Snow Fight]]''<br />''[[Bambi]]''<br />''The Cold-Blooded Penguin'' (from ''The Three Caballeros'')<br />''Peter and the Wolf'' (from ''Make Mine Music'') |
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− | | "[[Here Comes Santa Claus]]" || |
+ | | "[[Here Comes Santa Claus]]" || [[Disneyland]] parade footage |
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| "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(1948_film) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]'' |
| "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" || ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_(1948_film) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]'' |
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| "[[Silent Night]]" || ''[[Ave Maria]]'' (from ''Fantasia'') |
| "[[Silent Night]]" || ''[[Ave Maria]]'' (from ''Fantasia'') |
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− | | "[[We Wish You a Merry Christmas]]" || |
+ | | "[[We Wish You a Merry Christmas]]" || |
+ | Plays over the closing credits during Lady and the Tramp background and the fireworks ending from "[[A Present for Donald]]" on the 1988, 1990 and 1994 releases. |
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| "[[As Long As There's Christmas]]" || ''[[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]'' |
| "[[As Long As There's Christmas]]" || ''[[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]'' |
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− | | "[[Jingle Bell Rock]]" || ''Mickey Mouse Works'': "[[Mickey's Christmas Chaos]]"<br />''Mickey Mouse Works'': "The Nutcracker"<br />''[[Beauty and the Beast: |
+ | | "[[Jingle Bell Rock]]" || ''Mickey Mouse Works'': "[[Mickey's Christmas Chaos]]"<br />''Mickey Mouse Works:'' "[[Donald on Ice]]"<br />''Mickey Mouse Works'': "The Nutcracker"<br />''[[Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World]]''<br />''[[Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse]]''<br />''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas''<br />''[[House of Mouse]]'': "[[Snow Day]]" |
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| "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" || ''[[Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving]]''<br />''Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year'' |
| "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" || ''[[Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving]]''<br />''Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year'' |
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51M79+Rvh8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg|1st Japanese VHS release |
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51EK2AYS3QL.jpg|2nd Japanese VHS release |
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+ | Faoutaoy01.jpg|"From All of Us To All of You" |
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+ | Tumblr mesh2llAlQ1r3jmn6o1 1280.png|"Deck the Halls" |
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+ | 45306.jpg|"Jingle Bells" |
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+ | 1933-noel-2.jpg|"Up on a Housetop" |
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+ | Tumblr lvozd1L6g61r3jmn6o1 1280.png|"Let it Snow" |
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+ | Mickeys christmas carol 11large.jpg|"Sleigh Ride" |
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+ | Night Before Christmas 2.jpg|"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" |
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+ | 22905.jpg|"Winter Wonderland" |
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+ | Sunrise.jpg|"Silent Night" |
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+ | 1954-present-for-donald-04.jpg|"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*In the original issues, a still image of the Christmas tree from the animated film ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' is used for the closing credits. The firework shot from "[[A Present for Donald]]" is used at the end, as well. |
*In the original issues, a still image of the Christmas tree from the animated film ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'' is used for the closing credits. The firework shot from "[[A Present for Donald]]" is used at the end, as well. |
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− | *"[[From All of Us to All of You (song)|From All of Us to All of You]]" is played at the end of the advanced level of the Words of the Season vocabulary game on the 2002 DVD release. |
+ | *"[[From All of Us to All of You (song)|From All of Us to All of You]]" is played at the end of the advanced level of the Words of the Season vocabulary game on the [[2002]] DVD release. |
*The song "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" used footage from [[wikipedia:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film)|the 1948 Max Fleischer cartoon of the same name]], as Disney has never made their own ''Rudolph'' cartoon. This is due to the cartoon being in the public domain, allowing Disney to use it without any legal trouble. |
*The song "[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]" used footage from [[wikipedia:Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948 film)|the 1948 Max Fleischer cartoon of the same name]], as Disney has never made their own ''Rudolph'' cartoon. This is due to the cartoon being in the public domain, allowing Disney to use it without any legal trouble. |
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− | *The lyrics to the song "[[Jingle Bells]]" used footage from the 1949 Famous Studios Screen Song cartoon "[https://paramountcartoons.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_Foolin%27 Snow Foolin']", which was also in the public domain. Much like the modern Sing Along Songs cartoons, the Screen Songs series used sing-along sequences and a bouncing ball to encourage crowd sing-alongs in the movie theatres. |
+ | *The lyrics to the song "[[Jingle Bells]]" used footage from the [[1949]] Famous Studios Screen Song cartoon "[https://paramountcartoons.fandom.com/wiki/Snow_Foolin%27 Snow Foolin']", which was also in the public domain. Much like the modern Sing Along Songs cartoons, the Screen Songs series used sing-along sequences and a bouncing ball to encourage crowd sing-alongs in the movie theatres. |
+ | *Here are some differences in the 2002 release: |
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− | *In the 2002 release, "[[Winter Wonderland (song)|Winter Wonderland]]" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the same design for the bouncing ball as the 1988 version but looks different. In addition, the timing of the words is also different. |
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− | *In the 2002 release, |
+ | **In the 2002 release, "[[Winter Wonderland (song)|Winter Wonderland]]" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the same design for the bouncing ball as the [[1988]] version but looks different. In addition, the timing of the words is also different. |
− | *In the 2002 release, the |
+ | **In the 2002 release, the bouncing ball for "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the Mickey with the Rudolph design for all of the duration of the song but in the 1988 version, the regular Mickey bouncing ball appears but when it goes to the line, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the Mickey bouncing ball with the Rudolph design appears and stays there for the rest of the song. |
+ | **In the 2002 release, the wraparound segments between each song have been replaced; the 2002 release uses new wraparound segments consisting of live-action Christmas sets with narration by Roscoe Lee Browne over it. In addition in the 2002 release, the older faded prints of classic Disney cartoons and movies from the [[1930]]s-[[1950]]s used in the 1988, [[1990]] and [[1994]] releases have been replaced by newer transfers from the [[1990]]s, which looked far superior. |
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*The "[[Sleigh Ride]]" sing-along omits the first two lines. |
*The "[[Sleigh Ride]]" sing-along omits the first two lines. |
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*The "Seasons of Giving" sing-along uses the third version (introduction to the Christmas segment). |
*The "Seasons of Giving" sing-along uses the third version (introduction to the Christmas segment). |
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*The 2002 release is dedicated to [[wikipedia:Eleanor Richman-Adams|Eleanor Richman-Adams]]. |
*The 2002 release is dedicated to [[wikipedia:Eleanor Richman-Adams|Eleanor Richman-Adams]]. |
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− | *The ending from the ''[[House of Mouse]]'' episode "[[Clarabelle's Christmas List]]" with Mickey is featured in the 2002 release. |
+ | *The ending from the ''[[House of Mouse]]'' episode "[[Clarabelle's Christmas List]]" with Santa Mickey signing off is featured in the 2002 release. |
− | *There is a different arrangement for the 2002 version of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers". |
+ | *There is a different arrangement for the 2002 version of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" than the original arrangement for the 1988 version. |
*The songs "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" and "[[Jingle Bell Rock]]" use their original [[wikipedia:Brenda Lee|Brenda Lee]] and [[wikipedia:Bobby Helms|Bobby Helms]] recordings. |
*The songs "[[Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree]]" and "[[Jingle Bell Rock]]" use their original [[wikipedia:Brenda Lee|Brenda Lee]] and [[wikipedia:Bobby Helms|Bobby Helms]] recordings. |
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+ | *The original 1988 release ended with a list of other Sing-Along videos, announced by [[Jiminy Cricket]], but the 1990 release ended with a list of other Christmas related videos, announced by [[Brian Cummings]]. While the 1994 release ended with the 1994 version of the Disney Sing Along Songs promo. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 06:42, 3 August 2020
Very Merry Christmas Songs is a Christmas-themed Sing-Along video produced by Walt Disney Home Video, originally released on October 4, 1988. It was the fifth release in the Disney Sing Along Songs series of videos and was reissued in 1990 (as Volume 8) and 1994.
A new version of the video with some new songs added was released on November 5, 2002, with narration by the late Roscoe Lee Browne who voiced Francis from Disney's Oliver & Company.
Songs
The original 1988, 1990 and 1994 VHS releases contained the following songs:
The 2002 reissue removed "From All of Us to All of You" from the actual program and added in the following songs:
Releases
Trivia
- In the original issues, a still image of the Christmas tree from the animated film Lady and the Tramp is used for the closing credits. The firework shot from "A Present for Donald" is used at the end, as well.
- "From All of Us to All of You" is played at the end of the advanced level of the Words of the Season vocabulary game on the 2002 DVD release.
- The song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" used footage from the 1948 Max Fleischer cartoon of the same name, as Disney has never made their own Rudolph cartoon. This is due to the cartoon being in the public domain, allowing Disney to use it without any legal trouble.
- The lyrics to the song "Jingle Bells" used footage from the 1949 Famous Studios Screen Song cartoon "Snow Foolin'", which was also in the public domain. Much like the modern Sing Along Songs cartoons, the Screen Songs series used sing-along sequences and a bouncing ball to encourage crowd sing-alongs in the movie theatres.
- Here are some differences in the 2002 release:
- In the 2002 release, "Winter Wonderland" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the same design for the bouncing ball as the 1988 version but looks different. In addition, the timing of the words is also different.
- In the 2002 release, the bouncing ball for "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the Mickey with the Rudolph design for all of the duration of the song but in the 1988 version, the regular Mickey bouncing ball appears but when it goes to the line, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the Mickey bouncing ball with the Rudolph design appears and stays there for the rest of the song.
- In the 2002 release, the wraparound segments between each song have been replaced; the 2002 release uses new wraparound segments consisting of live-action Christmas sets with narration by Roscoe Lee Browne over it. In addition in the 2002 release, the older faded prints of classic Disney cartoons and movies from the 1930s-1950s used in the 1988, 1990 and 1994 releases have been replaced by newer transfers from the 1990s, which looked far superior.
- The "Sleigh Ride" sing-along omits the first two lines.
- The "Seasons of Giving" sing-along uses the third version (introduction to the Christmas segment).
- The 2002 release is dedicated to Eleanor Richman-Adams.
- The ending from the House of Mouse episode "Clarabelle's Christmas List" with Santa Mickey signing off is featured in the 2002 release.
- There is a different arrangement for the 2002 version of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" than the original arrangement for the 1988 version.
- The songs "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock" use their original Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms recordings.
- The original 1988 release ended with a list of other Sing-Along videos, announced by Jiminy Cricket, but the 1990 release ended with a list of other Christmas related videos, announced by Brian Cummings. While the 1994 release ended with the 1994 version of the Disney Sing Along Songs promo.
See also
- Disney Sing Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas