The best of minorities in cartoons: How the characters saved Christmas
Merry Christmas, everyone! I thought I’d look at how various characters I’ve written about have “saved Christmas.” It seems to be mandatory for cartoon characters to save
Christmas specials
A collection of 19 posts
Top 10 favorite animated Christmas specials
In the spirit of “top 10” lists and the holiday season, here’s a list of my 10 favorite Christmas specials, listed in no particular order. Everything below is available
Christmas in July in cartoons
Christmas in July is not only a marketing phenomenon—a way for stores in North America to kill time until “back to school” shopping season fully kicks in in early
Christmas specials that pass (or fail) the Bechdel test
The “Bechdel Test,” named after an early comic strip by Alison Bechdel of “Dykes to Watch Out For” fame, proposes a set of three criteria for films with strong
Christmas specials: "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer"
Finally wrapping up the minor Christmas specials list (for now) is “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.” It’s based on the ultra-cheesy Christmas song of the same name.
Christmas specials: "The Powerpuff Girls: Twas the Fight Before Christmas"
Three days until Christmas brings us this latest Christmas special entry, the Powerpuff Girls’ Christmas special, entitled “Twas the Fight Before Christmas.” The popular Cartoon Network series about three five-year-old
Christmas specials: "Dexter vs. Santa's Claws"
Today’s Christmas special isn’t an actual special. It’s a segment (but a hilarious one) from the popular 90s Cartoon Network cartoon “Dexter’s Laboratory.”
Christmas specials: "Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales"
Next on the string of minor Christmas specials is “Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales,” a 1979 Christmas special. This one consisted of three shorts: two featuring Bugs, the third
Christmas specials: "Christmas Comes to Pac-Land"
Moving on with the Christmas special series, we come to another oldie, 1983’s “Christmas Comes to Pac-Land,” which was a Pac-Man Christmas special. I’ve written elsewhere about
Christmas specials: "Stick-figure Frosty" and other black-and-white shorts on WGN-TV
Continuing the minor Christmas specials hit parade, here’s the next entry: several black-and-white shorts that aired for years on Chicago’s WGN during the holidays. Said shorts were “Hardrock, Coco,
