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|writer = Charlie Cohen<br>Scott Gorden<br>Richard Cray<br>Tom Nance<br>Temple Mathews<br>Carter Crocker<br>Alex Mann<br>Thomas Hart<br>Eddie Guzelian
  
|writer = Charlie Cohen<br>Scott Gorden<br>Richard Cray<br>Tom Nance<br>Temple Mathews<br>Carter Crocker<br>Alex Mann<br>Thomas Hart<br>Eddie Guzelian
 
|music = Dominick Certo
  
|music = Dominick Certo
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|studio = [[Walt Disney Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] <small>(Presenter)</small><br>[[Walt Disney Television Animation]]<br>Animation Studio Basara Co., Ltd.<br>[[Walt Disney Animation Japan|Walt Disney Animation (Japan), Inc.]]<br>[[Walt Disney Animation Canada|Walt Disney Animation Canada Inc.]]<br>[[Toon City|Toon City, Inc.]]
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|studio = [[Walt Disney Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Video]] <small>(Presenter)</small><br>[[Disneytoon Studios|Walt Disney Video Premiere]]<br>[[Walt Disney Television Animation]]<br>Animation Studio Basara Co., Ltd.<br>[[Walt Disney Animation Japan|Walt Disney Animation (Japan), Inc.]]<br>[[Walt Disney Animation Canada|Walt Disney Animation Canada Inc.]]<br>[[Toon City|Toon City, Inc.]]
 
|distributor = Walt Disney Home Video
  
|distributor = Walt Disney Home Video
 
|release = [[November 9]], [[1999]]
  
|release = [[November 9]], [[1999]]
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|language = English
  
|language = English
 
|followed = ''[[Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas]]''
  
|followed = ''[[Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas]]''
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}}'''''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas''''' is the [[1999]] direct-to-video Christmas compilation movie featuring three segments - [[Donald Duck]] and [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie|his nephews]] in "Stuck on Christmas," [[Goofy]] in "A Very Goofy Christmas," and [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]] and [[Minnie Mouse]] in "Gift of the Magi." The stories were introduced by actor [[Kelsey Grammer]].
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}}'''''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas''''' is a [[1999]] direct-to-video Christmas compilation movie featuring three segments, including [[Donald Duck]] and [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie|his nephews]] in "Stuck on Christmas", [[Goofy]] and [[Max Goof]] in "A Very Goofy Christmas", and [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]] and [[Minnie Mouse]] in "Gift of the Magi". The stories were introduced by actor [[Kelsey Grammer]].
   
 
==Plot==
  
==Plot==
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===Donald Duck and the Nephews in "Stuck on Christmas"===
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==='''Donald Duck and the Nephews in "Stuck on Christmas"'''===
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The first story is based on "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells. It is Christmas morning, and [[Donald Duck|Donald]]'s three nephews [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] are excited because they get lots of presents, but Donald is angered after he sees them opening them before the rest of the family arrives. Even so, Donald shrugs it off and surprises his nephews with three sleds from him, but unfortunately miss the Christmas card Donald left on the sleds. When [[Daisy Duck|Daisy]], [[Scrooge McDuck|Scrooge]], and their [[Aunt Gertie]] come over for Christmas, the boys rush pass them to go out and enjoy their new sleds. When Daisy calls the boys in for dinner, they rudely eat their food by shoving it into their mouths and burping a lot. When Scrooge asks everyone to sing carols, the boys do not participate because they want to play with their toys. When it is time for bed, the boys are sad because Christmas is over, so they make a wish on a star in the sky that it could be Christmas every day.
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The first story is based on "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells. It is Christmas morning, and [[Donald Duck|Donald]]'s three nephews [[Huey, Dewey, and Louie]] are excited because they get lots of presents, but Donald is angered after he sees them opening them before the rest of the family arrives. Even so, Donald shrugs it off and surprises his nephews with three sleds from him, but unfortunately miss the Christmas card Donald left on the sleds. When [[Daisy Duck|Daisy]], [[Scrooge McDuck|Scrooge]], and their [[Aunt Gertie]] come over for Christmas, the boys rush past them to go out and enjoy their new sleds. When Daisy calls the boys in for dinner, they rudely eat their food by shoving it into their mouths and burping a lot. When Scrooge asks everyone to sing carols, the boys do not participate because they want to play with their toys. When it is time for bed, the boys are sad because Christmas is over, so they make a wish on a star in the sky that it could be Christmas every day.
   
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When the boys wake up the next morning, they find that their wish came true and it is now Christmas every day. The boys initially enjoy this, but as days turned to weeks they soon grow bored and out of spirit, to the point where they almost go insane with experiencing the same events every day. They then decide to change the day with pranks to 'Lighten things up', including swapping a live turkey with the cooked one. Unfortunately, this day turns out to be the worst day possible for Christmas. After learning how hard their family has tried to make Christmas better from the aftermath of the destruction of the decorations, and the letter Donald and Daisy wrote for them, the boys feel guilty for their pranks. They decide to make amends and make the next day the best Christmas Day ever.
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When the boys wake up the next morning, they find that their wish came true and it is now Christmas every day. The boys initially enjoy this, but as days turned to weeks they soon grow bored and out of spirit, to the point where they almost go insane with experiencing the same events every day. They then decide to change the day with pranks to 'lighten things up', including swapping a live turkey with the cooked one. Unfortunately, this day turns out to be the worst day possible for Christmas. After learning how hard their family has tried to make Christmas better from the aftermath of the destruction of the decorations, and the letter Donald and Daisy wrote for them, the boys feel guilty for their pranks. They decide to make amends and make the next day the best Christmas Day ever.
   
 
They switch the turkey with ham, and give Aunt Gertie exclusive kisses, but Donald was suspicious of all their sudden good deeds. When he confronts his nephews about it, he finds out they had built a boat (made from their sleds) just for him. Donald was grateful for the boys having done that for him, and soon after the family share a group hug while singing a Christmas carol in front of the tree. The next day, the boys wake up happy to find out that Christmas finally ends. They then use the boat they made to go sledding with Donald, but they accidentally push Donald too much, which causes the boat to fall apart and have Donald fly straight into a snowman. In the end, the narrator explains that Christmas can't always be here but that its feeling it gives us can always be here.
  
They switch the turkey with ham, and give Aunt Gertie exclusive kisses, but Donald was suspicious of all their sudden good deeds. When he confronts his nephews about it, he finds out they had built a boat (made from their sleds) just for him. Donald was grateful for the boys having done that for him, and soon after the family share a group hug while singing a Christmas carol in front of the tree. The next day, the boys wake up happy to find out that Christmas finally ends. They then use the boat they made to go sledding with Donald, but they accidentally push Donald too much, which causes the boat to fall apart and have Donald fly straight into a snowman. In the end, the narrator explains that Christmas can't always be here but that its feeling it gives us can always be here.
   
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===Goofy in "A Very Goofy Christmas"===
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==='''Goofy in "A Very Goofy Christmas"'''===
 
[[Goofy]] and [[Max Goof|Max]] are writing their letter to [[Santa Claus]]. They finish it and rush off after the mailman, chasing down his truck on Max's bike and taking a shortcut through the mall. After Goofy accidentally loses the letter in the mall, he stays behind to retrieve it while Max goes after the mailman. Once Goofy gets the letter back, he manages to catch back up to Max and the mailman just in the nick of time.
  
[[Goofy]] and [[Max Goof|Max]] are writing their letter to [[Santa Claus]]. They finish it and rush off after the mailman, chasing down his truck on Max's bike and taking a shortcut through the mall. After Goofy accidentally loses the letter in the mall, he stays behind to retrieve it while Max goes after the mailman. Once Goofy gets the letter back, he manages to catch back up to Max and the mailman just in the nick of time.
   
 
Back at home, Max reveals to his dad that he wants a snowboard for Christmas and hopes Santa will bring it, but their neighbor [[Pete]] insists that Santa does not exist. Goofy tells Max that Santa ''does'' exist and that he should never stop believing in him.
  
Back at home, Max reveals to his dad that he wants a snowboard for Christmas and hopes Santa will bring it, but their neighbor [[Pete]] insists that Santa does not exist. Goofy tells Max that Santa ''does'' exist and that he should never stop believing in him.
   
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That evening, Goofy and Max go next door to the Andersons, a less fortunate family, to give them a Christmas dinner. Goofy then dresses up as Santa Claus to impress the kids, but one of the family's kids pulls off his hat and exposes him. This upsets Max, making him think that his dad was lying to him about Santa, and he runs home upset.
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That evening, Goofy and Max go next door to the Andersons, a less fortunate family, to give them a Christmas dinner. Goofy then dresses up as Santa Claus to impress the kids, but one of the family's kids pulls off his hat and exposes him. This upsets Max, making him think that his dad was lying to him about Santa, and he runs home in tears.
   
 
Goofy tries to prove to Max that Santa Claus really does exist by staying up late and watching for Santa. After quite a few hours of waiting, Goofy sees someone coming out of the chimney on Pete's roof, but it turns out to be a [[Beagle Boys|burglar]] robbing Pete's house. Goofy then falls off the roof and goes into a deep depression, now believing that everything Max said was true. Max eventually cheers his dad up by dressing as Santa Claus himself. After Goofy finds out it's actually Max, they look up into the sky and see the real Santa Claus, who gives Max the snowboard he wanted and then blows the snow from Goofy's house onto Pete's house to teach Pete a lesson. Max then tells his dad that he is going to go share his present with little Jimmy, the poor kid next door. The narrator explains that Christmas is found in the way that we live by not what we receive but by what we give.
  
Goofy tries to prove to Max that Santa Claus really does exist by staying up late and watching for Santa. After quite a few hours of waiting, Goofy sees someone coming out of the chimney on Pete's roof, but it turns out to be a [[Beagle Boys|burglar]] robbing Pete's house. Goofy then falls off the roof and goes into a deep depression, now believing that everything Max said was true. Max eventually cheers his dad up by dressing as Santa Claus himself. After Goofy finds out it's actually Max, they look up into the sky and see the real Santa Claus, who gives Max the snowboard he wanted and then blows the snow from Goofy's house onto Pete's house to teach Pete a lesson. Max then tells his dad that he is going to go share his present with little Jimmy, the poor kid next door. The narrator explains that Christmas is found in the way that we live by not what we receive but by what we give.
   
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===Mickey and Minnie's "Gift of the Magi"===
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==='''Mickey and Minnie's "Gift of the Magi"'''===
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It is Christmas Eve, and [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]] wants to get [[Minnie Mouse|Minnie]] a chain for her watch, while Minnie wants to get Mickey a case for his harmonica, but neither of them have any money. Mickey is working at Crazy Pete's Tree Lot and makes a lot of money for his kindness and helping people. But when he suggests a poor family buy a small Christmas tree that he found out back instead of one of Pete's ten-foot Christmas trees, Pete takes away the money he has earned and kicks him out. Pete then accidentally puts his still-lit cigar into his pocket, which eventually results in him setting his trees on fire. Meanwhile, Minnie is working in the gift-wrapping department at Mortimer's department store, hoping that her Christmas bonus from her boss, [[Mortimer Mouse]], will be enough to pay for Mickey's present. Unfortunately, her Christmas bonus is nothing but a fruitcake.
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It is Christmas Eve, and [[Mickey Mouse|Mickey]] wants to get [[Minnie Mouse|Minnie]] a chain for her watch, while Minnie wants to get Mickey a case for his harmonica, but neither of them have any money. Mickey is working at Crazy Pete's Tree Lot and makes a lot of money for his kindness and helping people. But when he suggests a poor family buy a small Christmas tree that he found out back instead of one of Pete's ten-foot Christmas trees, Pete takes away the money he has earned and kicks him out. Then, Pete accidentally puts his still-lit cigar into his pocket with Mickey's money without noticing, which eventually sets himself and his trees on fire. Also, destroy his chance to sell his expensive 10-footers, as well. Meanwhile, Minnie is working in the gift-wrapping department at Mortimer's department store, hoping that her Christmas bonus from her boss, [[Mortimer Mouse]], will be enough to pay for Mickey's present. Unfortunately, her Christmas bonus is nothing but a fruitcake.
   
 
Mickey plays his harmonica for a Charity Toy Drive and is told that his harmonica plays so great that it must be worth lots of money. Mickey gets the idea to trade his harmonica for the chain, so he and Pluto rush off to the store. Later, at Minnie's house, Mickey gives Pluto a bone for Christmas and Minnie gives her cat, Figaro, a ball of yarn. Mickey and Minnie then give their presents to each other. Minnie's present to Mickey is a case for his harmonica, and Mickey's present to Minnie is a chain for her watch. Both of them reveal that they gave up what meant the most to them to buy each other a present for Christmas. The narrator explains that giving a present from the heart is cherished forever and that a present is best when love is given too.
  
Mickey plays his harmonica for a Charity Toy Drive and is told that his harmonica plays so great that it must be worth lots of money. Mickey gets the idea to trade his harmonica for the chain, so he and Pluto rush off to the store. Later, at Minnie's house, Mickey gives Pluto a bone for Christmas and Minnie gives her cat, Figaro, a ball of yarn. Mickey and Minnie then give their presents to each other. Minnie's present to Mickey is a case for his harmonica, and Mickey's present to Minnie is a chain for her watch. Both of them reveal that they gave up what meant the most to them to buy each other a present for Christmas. The narrator explains that giving a present from the heart is cherished forever and that a present is best when love is given too.
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| [[Corey Burton]] || [[Chip and Dale|Dale]]
 
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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==='''General'''===
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* '''Cameo:''' One of Goofy's Christmas tree ornaments resembles [[Angelique]] from ''[[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]''.
  
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* '''Recycled Animation:''' In ''The Gift of the Magi'' segment, Mickey performs one of his dance moves from ''[[Mickey's Birthday Party]]''.
  
 
* The cover art for the home video releases was done by [[Rick Law]].
  
* The cover art for the home video releases was done by [[Rick Law]].
 
* Scenes from this movie were used for the 2002 version of ''[[Very Merry Christmas Songs]]''.
  
* Scenes from this movie were used for the 2002 version of ''[[Very Merry Christmas Songs]]''.
 
* Huey tearing off the calendar page was re-used for the Toon Disney Weekday Bonus Stacks promo.
  
* Huey tearing off the calendar page was re-used for the Toon Disney Weekday Bonus Stacks promo.
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* Ducks eating turkey could be cannibalism.
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*This marks [[Tress MacNeille]]'s first special as Daisy.
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*This is the only post-''Goof Troop'' project where someone else besides [[Jason Marsden]] voices Max, due to him being a much younger child in this movie.
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==='''Other'''===
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* '''Cameo:''' One of Goofy's Christmas tree ornaments resembles [[Angelique]] from ''[[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas]]''.
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* '''Recycled Animation:''' In ''The Gift of the Magi'' segment, Mickey performs one of his dance moves from ''[[Mickey's Birthday Party]]''.
 
* '''Continuity:''' Chronologically, as Max is presented as a young child in this special (younger even than his appearance in ''[[Goof Troop]]''), along with Huey, Dewey, and Louie likewise presented as kids and still living with their Uncle Donald, this Christmas special would seem to take place at some point prior to the events of both ''[[DuckTales]]'' and ''Goof Troop''.
  
* '''Continuity:''' Chronologically, as Max is presented as a young child in this special (younger even than his appearance in ''[[Goof Troop]]''), along with Huey, Dewey, and Louie likewise presented as kids and still living with their Uncle Donald, this Christmas special would seem to take place at some point prior to the events of both ''[[DuckTales]]'' and ''Goof Troop''.
 
**However, there is a potential continuity error between this special and ''Goof Troop''. In this special, Goofy and Max already live in a house next door to Pete, who acts like Goofy and Max have been his next door neighbors for quite some time, as Pete behaves in a rather chummy manner with both Goofy and Max in one scene. This is at odds with the [[Forever Goof|pilot episode]] of ''Goof Troop'' having Goofy and Max start off by living in a trailer and only just then moving into the house next door to Pete for the first time, even moving to [[Spoonerville]] from another city entirely. Plus, everyone in that episode acts like Goofy and Pete hadn't seen each other in years (since high school), and like Max and Pete had never met each other beforehand.
  
**However, there is a potential continuity error between this special and ''Goof Troop''. In this special, Goofy and Max already live in a house next door to Pete, who acts like Goofy and Max have been his next door neighbors for quite some time, as Pete behaves in a rather chummy manner with both Goofy and Max in one scene. This is at odds with the [[Forever Goof|pilot episode]] of ''Goof Troop'' having Goofy and Max start off by living in a trailer and only just then moving into the house next door to Pete for the first time, even moving to [[Spoonerville]] from another city entirely. Plus, everyone in that episode acts like Goofy and Pete hadn't seen each other in years (since high school), and like Max and Pete had never met each other beforehand.
 
**On the other hand, ''Goof Troop'' itself also tended to forget that Goofy and Max first moved to Spoonerville at the beginning of the series, with [[Tub Be or Not Tub Be|several]] [[The Good, the Bad and the Goofy|episodes]] [[Tee for Two|of the]] [[Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas|series]] treating Goofy and Max as having always lived in Spoonerville next door to Pete for many years. So, this is just a case of ''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas'' simply reiterating a preexisting continuity error.
  
**On the other hand, ''Goof Troop'' itself also tended to forget that Goofy and Max first moved to Spoonerville at the beginning of the series, with [[Tub Be or Not Tub Be|several]] [[The Good, the Bad and the Goofy|episodes]] [[Tee for Two|of the]] [[Have Yourself a Goofy Little Christmas|series]] treating Goofy and Max as having always lived in Spoonerville next door to Pete for many years. So, this is just a case of ''Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas'' simply reiterating a preexisting continuity error.
 
**Officially, no fix for this has ever been given, but one possible, theoretical solution would be to consider the Pete from this special as a different Pete from the one seen in ''Goof Troop'', ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'', and ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'', since the Pete who lives next to the Goofs in this special doesn't seem to harbor the same deep-seeded irate intolerance of Goofy that the Pete from ''Goof Troop'' has for most of that series's run. And since the city in this special is never actually named, it very well might not be Spoonerville (as it seems to be the same city that Mickey, Pluto, and Minnie all live in, and none of them live in Spoonerville either), and could very well be the other city that Goofy and Max first live in before they move to Spoonerville (the two would have simply had to have first moved out of the house from this special and into their trailer at some point between this special and ''Goof Troop'' for everything to line up).
  
**Officially, no fix for this has ever been given, but one possible, theoretical solution would be to consider the Pete from this special as a different Pete from the one seen in ''Goof Troop'', ''[[A Goofy Movie]]'', and ''[[An Extremely Goofy Movie]]'', since the Pete who lives next to the Goofs in this special doesn't seem to harbor the same deep-seeded irate intolerance of Goofy that the Pete from ''Goof Troop'' has for most of that series's run. And since the city in this special is never actually named, it very well might not be Spoonerville (as it seems to be the same city that Mickey, Pluto, and Minnie all live in, and none of them live in Spoonerville either), and could very well be the other city that Goofy and Max first live in before they move to Spoonerville (the two would have simply had to have first moved out of the house from this special and into their trailer at some point between this special and ''Goof Troop'' for everything to line up).
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**This also raises the possibility that Goofy and Max might have moved to Spoonerville from none other than [[Mouseton]], the traditional hometown of Mickey, Pluto, and Minnie (as well as Goofy himself in certain media external to the ''Goof Troop'' universe).
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**This also raises the possibility that Goofy and Max might have moved to Spoonerville from none other than [[Mouseton]], the traditional hometown of Mickey, Pluto, and Minnie (as well as Goofy himself in certain media external to the ''Goof Troop'' (universe).
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*'''Error''': When Max wakes up to see "Don't forget Max" it is 4:39. But when he wakes up to hear Goofy yelling, it is only 3:00, There is a possible explanation this scene was animated first, but ended up later in the film.
   
 
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Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas is a 1999 direct-to-video Christmas compilation movie featuring three segments, including Donald Duck and his nephews in "Stuck on Christmas", Goofy and Max Goof in "A Very Goofy Christmas", and Mickey and Minnie Mouse in "Gift of the Magi". The stories were introduced by actor Kelsey Grammer.

Plot

Donald Duck and the Nephews in "Stuck on Christmas"

The first story is based on "Christmas Every Day" by William Dean Howells. It is Christmas morning, and Donald's three nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie are excited because they get lots of presents, but Donald is angered after he sees them opening them before the rest of the family arrives. Even so, Donald shrugs it off and surprises his nephews with three sleds from him, but unfortunately miss the Christmas card Donald left on the sleds. When Daisy, Scrooge, and their Aunt Gertie come over for Christmas, the boys rush past them to go out and enjoy their new sleds. When Daisy calls the boys in for dinner, they rudely eat their food by shoving it into their mouths and burping a lot. When Scrooge asks everyone to sing carols, the boys do not participate because they want to play with their toys. When it is time for bed, the boys are sad because Christmas is over, so they make a wish on a star in the sky that it could be Christmas every day.

When the boys wake up the next morning, they find that their wish came true and it is now Christmas every day. The boys initially enjoy this, but as days turned to weeks they soon grow bored and out of spirit, to the point where they almost go insane with experiencing the same events every day. They then decide to change the day with pranks to 'lighten things up', including swapping a live turkey with the cooked one. Unfortunately, this day turns out to be the worst day possible for Christmas. After learning how hard their family has tried to make Christmas better from the aftermath of the destruction of the decorations, and the letter Donald and Daisy wrote for them, the boys feel guilty for their pranks. They decide to make amends and make the next day the best Christmas Day ever.

They switch the turkey with ham, and give Aunt Gertie exclusive kisses, but Donald was suspicious of all their sudden good deeds. When he confronts his nephews about it, he finds out they had built a boat (made from their sleds) just for him. Donald was grateful for the boys having done that for him, and soon after the family share a group hug while singing a Christmas carol in front of the tree. The next day, the boys wake up happy to find out that Christmas finally ends. They then use the boat they made to go sledding with Donald, but they accidentally push Donald too much, which causes the boat to fall apart and have Donald fly straight into a snowman. In the end, the narrator explains that Christmas can't always be here but that its feeling it gives us can always be here.

Goofy in "A Very Goofy Christmas"

Goofy and Max are writing their letter to Santa Claus. They finish it and rush off after the mailman, chasing down his truck on Max's bike and taking a shortcut through the mall. After Goofy accidentally loses the letter in the mall, he stays behind to retrieve it while Max goes after the mailman. Once Goofy gets the letter back, he manages to catch back up to Max and the mailman just in the nick of time.

Back at home, Max reveals to his dad that he wants a snowboard for Christmas and hopes Santa will bring it, but their neighbor Pete insists that Santa does not exist. Goofy tells Max that Santa does exist and that he should never stop believing in him.

That evening, Goofy and Max go next door to the Andersons, a less fortunate family, to give them a Christmas dinner. Goofy then dresses up as Santa Claus to impress the kids, but one of the family's kids pulls off his hat and exposes him. This upsets Max, making him think that his dad was lying to him about Santa, and he runs home in tears.

Goofy tries to prove to Max that Santa Claus really does exist by staying up late and watching for Santa. After quite a few hours of waiting, Goofy sees someone coming out of the chimney on Pete's roof, but it turns out to be a burglar robbing Pete's house. Goofy then falls off the roof and goes into a deep depression, now believing that everything Max said was true. Max eventually cheers his dad up by dressing as Santa Claus himself. After Goofy finds out it's actually Max, they look up into the sky and see the real Santa Claus, who gives Max the snowboard he wanted and then blows the snow from Goofy's house onto Pete's house to teach Pete a lesson. Max then tells his dad that he is going to go share his present with little Jimmy, the poor kid next door. The narrator explains that Christmas is found in the way that we live by not what we receive but by what we give.

Mickey and Minnie's "Gift of the Magi"

It is Christmas Eve, and Mickey wants to get Minnie a chain for her watch, while Minnie wants to get Mickey a case for his harmonica, but neither of them have any money. Mickey is working at Crazy Pete's Tree Lot and makes a lot of money for his kindness and helping people. But when he suggests a poor family buy a small Christmas tree that he found out back instead of one of Pete's ten-foot Christmas trees, Pete takes away the money he has earned and kicks him out. Then, Pete accidentally puts his still-lit cigar into his pocket with Mickey's money without noticing, which eventually sets himself and his trees on fire. Also, destroy his chance to sell his expensive 10-footers, as well. Meanwhile, Minnie is working in the gift-wrapping department at Mortimer's department store, hoping that her Christmas bonus from her boss, Mortimer Mouse, will be enough to pay for Mickey's present. Unfortunately, her Christmas bonus is nothing but a fruitcake.

Mickey plays his harmonica for a Charity Toy Drive and is told that his harmonica plays so great that it must be worth lots of money. Mickey gets the idea to trade his harmonica for the chain, so he and Pluto rush off to the store. Later, at Minnie's house, Mickey gives Pluto a bone for Christmas and Minnie gives her cat, Figaro, a ball of yarn. Mickey and Minnie then give their presents to each other. Minnie's present to Mickey is a case for his harmonica, and Mickey's present to Minnie is a chain for her watch. Both of them reveal that they gave up what meant the most to them to buy each other a present for Christmas. The narrator explains that giving a present from the heart is cherished forever and that a present is best when love is given too.

As the movie comes to a close, we see Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Max, Donald, Daisy, Huey, Dewey and Louie joining each other in the streets outside, singing a medley consisting of "Jingle Bells", "Deck the Halls", and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas", and wishing the audience a happy holidays.

Cast

Voice actor Character(s)
Wayne Allwine Mickey Mouse
Russi Taylor Minnie Mouse
Huey Duck
Dewey Duck
Louie Duck
Tony Anselmo Donald Duck
Tress MacNeille Daisy Duck (Stuck on Christmas)
Chip
Aunt Gertie
Diane Michelle Daisy Duck (The Gift of the Magi)
Bill Farmer Goofy
Pluto
Shaun Fleming Max Goof
Alan Young Scrooge McDuck
Jim Cummings Pete
Postman
Corey Burton Dale
Frank Welker Turkey
Figaro
Jeff Bennett Mortimer Mouse
Father
Taylor Dempsey Kid #1
Little Jimmy
Kylie Dempsey Kid #2
Little girl
Andrew McDonough Poor boy
Pat Musick Angry woman
Distressed woman
Eccentric lady
Mrs. Anderson
Shopper
Mae Whitman Girl
April Winchell Firefighter
Mother
Kelsey Grammer Narrator

Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar, Owl, and a Beagle Boy make silent cameos.

Trivia

General

  • The cover art for the home video releases was done by Rick Law.
  • Scenes from this movie were used for the 2002 version of Very Merry Christmas Songs.
  • Huey tearing off the calendar page was re-used for the Toon Disney Weekday Bonus Stacks promo.
  • Ducks eating turkey could be cannibalism.
  • This marks Tress MacNeille's first special as Daisy.
  • This is the only post-Goof Troop project where someone else besides Jason Marsden voices Max, due to him being a much younger child in this movie.

Other

  • Cameo: One of Goofy's Christmas tree ornaments resembles Angelique from Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
  • Recycled Animation: In The Gift of the Magi segment, Mickey performs one of his dance moves from Mickey's Birthday Party.
  • Continuity: Chronologically, as Max is presented as a young child in this special (younger even than his appearance in Goof Troop), along with Huey, Dewey, and Louie likewise presented as kids and still living with their Uncle Donald, this Christmas special would seem to take place at some point prior to the events of both DuckTales and Goof Troop.
    • However, there is a potential continuity error between this special and Goof Troop. In this special, Goofy and Max already live in a house next door to Pete, who acts like Goofy and Max have been his next door neighbors for quite some time, as Pete behaves in a rather chummy manner with both Goofy and Max in one scene. This is at odds with the pilot episode of Goof Troop having Goofy and Max start off by living in a trailer and only just then moving into the house next door to Pete for the first time, even moving to Spoonerville from another city entirely. Plus, everyone in that episode acts like Goofy and Pete hadn't seen each other in years (since high school), and like Max and Pete had never met each other beforehand.
    • On the other hand, Goof Troop itself also tended to forget that Goofy and Max first moved to Spoonerville at the beginning of the series, with several episodes of the series treating Goofy and Max as having always lived in Spoonerville next door to Pete for many years. So, this is just a case of Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas simply reiterating a preexisting continuity error.
    • Officially, no fix for this has ever been given, but one possible, theoretical solution would be to consider the Pete from this special as a different Pete from the one seen in Goof Troop, A Goofy Movie, and An Extremely Goofy Movie, since the Pete who lives next to the Goofs in this special doesn't seem to harbor the same deep-seeded irate intolerance of Goofy that the Pete from Goof Troop has for most of that series's run. And since the city in this special is never actually named, it very well might not be Spoonerville (as it seems to be the same city that Mickey, Pluto, and Minnie all live in, and none of them live in Spoonerville either), and could very well be the other city that Goofy and Max first live in before they move to Spoonerville (the two would have simply had to have first moved out of the house from this special and into their trailer at some point between this special and Goof Troop for everything to line up).
    • This also raises the possibility that Goofy and Max might have moved to Spoonerville from none other than Mouseton, the traditional hometown of Mickey, Pluto, and Minnie (as well as Goofy himself in certain media external to the Goof Troop (universe).
  • Error: When Max wakes up to see "Don't forget Max" it is 4:39. But when he wakes up to hear Goofy yelling, it is only 3:00, There is a possible explanation this scene was animated first, but ended up later in the film.

Gallery

See also

External links

Wikipedia
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Media
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
Characters
Main: Mickey Mouse • Minnie Mouse • Pluto • Donald Duck • Daisy Duck • Huey, Dewey and Louie • Goofy • Max Goof

Others: Pete • Chip and Dale • Scrooge McDuck • Aunt Gertie • Figaro • Mortimer Mouse • Mona • Santa Claus • Horace Horsecollar • Clarabelle Cow • Owl • Burglar

Songs
Jingle Bells • Deck the Halls • We Wish You a Merry Christmas • Make Me Look Good • Share This Day


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Media
Short Films: Mickey Mouse series • Donald Duck series • Goofy series • Pluto series • Chip and Dale series

Feature Length Films: Fantasia • Saludos Amigos • The Three Caballeros • Fun and Fancy Free • Melody Time • DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp • Disney's The Twelve Days of Christmas • A Goofy Movie • Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas • Fantasia 2000 • An Extremely Goofy Movie • Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse • Mickey's House of Villains • Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Television: Mickey Mouse Club • The Wonderful World of Disney • DuckTales • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers • Darkwing Duck • Goof Troop • Quack Pack • Mickey's Fun Songs • Mickey Mouse Works • House of Mouse • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse • Minnie's Bow-Toons • Mickey Mouse • DuckTales • Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures • Legend of the Three Caballeros • Mickey Go Local • The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse • Mickey Mouse Funhouse • Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life • Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 2.0

Disney Parks
Mickey's Toontown • Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway • PLAY!

Entertainment: Disney Adventure Friends Cavalcade • Stitch's Interplanetary Beach Party Blast • It’s Very Minnie! • Minnie's Tiara of Dreams • Minnie, We Love You! • Club Mouse Beat • Mickey and Friends: An Extra Big Adventure • Minnie @ Funderland
Spring: Disney's Easter Wonderland • Hippity Hoppity Springtime • Usatama on the Run!
Summer: Summer Blast • Disney's Summer Oasis Splash • Mickey's WaterWorks
Halloween: Re-Villains! Halloween Parade • Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade • Frightfully Fun Parade
Christmas A Christmas Fantasy Parade • Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade • Disney's Santa Village Parade
Parades: Main Street Electrical Parade • Donald Duck's 50th Birthday Parade • SpectroMagic • Mickey Mania Parade • Jubilation! • Nightfall Glow • Paint the Night • Happiness is Here Parade • Dreaming Up! • Mickey's Storybook Express • Disney Harmony in Color! Parade
Fireworks: Celebrate! Tokyo Disneyland • Disney Enchantment • Ignite the Dream: A Nighttime Spectacular of Magic and Light • World of Color: Celebrate • We Love Mickey! • Wondrous Journeys

Characters
The Sensational Six: Mickey Mouse • Minnie Mouse • Donald Duck • Daisy Duck • Goofy • Pluto

Secondary characters: Chip and Dale • Pete • Clarabelle Cow • Horace Horsecollar • Huey, Dewey, and Louie • Scrooge McDuck • Ludwig Von Drake
Characters from Walt Disney Animation Studios: Julius the Cat • Oswald the Lucky Rabbit • Ortensia • J. P. Whiskers • Homer the Cat • Fanny Cottontail • Bunny Children • Parrot • Clara Cluck • The Mad Doctor • Mortimer Mouse • The Three Little Pigs • Big Bad Wolf • Little Red Riding Hood • Yen Sid • Magic Brooms • José Carioca • Panchito Pistoles • Humphrey the Bear • Max Goof • J. Audubon Woodlore • Figaro • Bootle Beetle • Butch the Bulldog • Fifi the Peke • Dinah the Dachshund • Aracuan Bird • Salty the Seal • Louie the Mountain Lion • Raja • Bear • Spike the Bee • Lonesome Ghosts • Willie the Giant • Weasels • Peter Pig • Mammy Two Shoes • Witch Hazel • Donna Duck • P.J. • Pluto's Kid Brother • Pluto's Quin-puplets • Pluto Junior • Clarice • Kat Nipp • Dolores the Elephant • Bobo the Elephant • Gopher • Bent-Tail the Coyote • Bent-Tail Junior • Milton the Cat • Pluto's Angel • Pluto's Devil
Characters from comic stories: Phantom Blot • Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse • Chief O'Hara • Millie and Melody Mouse • Gyro Gearloose • Gus Goose • Beagle Boys • Daisy's parents • Grandma Duck • Gladstone Gander • Magica De Spell • Flintheart Glomgold • Gilbert Goof • John D. Rockerduck • Hortense McDuck • Quackmore Duck • Sylvester Shyster • Trudy Van Tubb • Felicity Fieldmouse • April, May, and June • Della Duck • Moby Duck • Hortense
Characters from Disney Television Animation: Launchpad McQuack • Webby Vanderquack • Ma Beagle • Bentina Beakley • Duckworth • GizmoDuck • Bubba the Cave Duck • Gadget Hackwrench • Monterey Jack • Zipper • Fat Cat • Darkwing Duck • Gosalyn Mallard • Peg Pete • Pistol Pete • Roxanne • Bobby Zimmeruski • Sylvia Marpole • Bradley Uppercrust III • Tank • Baby Shelby • The Troubadour • Toodles • Cuckoo-Loca • Martian Mickey • Pluto from Pluto • Martian Minnie • Billy Beagle • Xandra • Baron Von Sheldgoose
Characters from Disney Experiences: Duffy the Disney Bear • ShellieMay the Disney Bear • Gelatoni • StellaLou • CookieAnn • 'Olu Mel • TippyBlue • LinaBell • Mr. Easter Bunny • Mrs. Easter Bunny • Chuuby

Key artists
Producers and directors: Walt Disney • Burt Gillett • Wilfred Jackson • David Hand • Dick Huemer • Jack Hannah • Jack King • Jack Kinney • Clyde Geronimi • Charles A. Nichols • Bill Justice • Tad Stones • Roy E. Disney • Bobs Gannaway • Paul Rudish

Designers and animators: Ub Iwerks • Norman Ferguson • Les Clark • Art Babbitt • Dick Lundy • Frank Thomas • Ollie Johnston • Fred Moore • Fred Spencer • Floyd Gottfredson • Hamilton Luske • Ted Osborne • Al Taliaferro • Carl Barks • Ward Kimball • Wolfgang Reitherman • Don Rosa • Andreas Deja • Mark Henn • Michael Peraza Jr. • Robert Griggs • Eric Goldberg
Composers: Carl Stalling • Frank Churchill • Oliver Wallace • Paul Smith • Albert Hay Malotte • Jimmie Dodd • Stephen James Taylor • Mark Watters • Christopher Willis
Voice actors: Walt Disney • Marcellite Garner • Pinto Colvig • Billy Bletcher • Clarence Nash • Jimmy MacDonald • Bill Thompson • Paul Frees • Wayne Allwine • Tony Anselmo • Russi Taylor • Alan Young • Will Ryan • Bill Farmer • Corey Burton • Tress MacNeille • Jim Cummings • Bret Iwan • Kaitlyn Robrock • Chris Diamantopoulos • Debra Wilson

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