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Garfield: Holiday Celebrations (Garfield's Halloween Adventure / Garfield's Thanksgiving / A Garfield Christmas)

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These three Garfield specials have been part of my childhood and now can be enjoyed even as an adult. A lot of the other reviews already gush over my favorite parts, so I won't bore you with posting any the same. I will however point out that the Halloween special has been edited and is not the full version shown on television.

Once Garfield and Odie return home after their scary adventure they are about to walk up the sidewalk to their house when they notice that the ghost pirates have followed them home. Scared, they both race up a tree with their candy as the ghosts circle the base of the tree waiting for them to come down. While up on a branch Garfield asks Odie why they are still after them but then notices that there is a gold coin in one of the Halloween sacks. Garfield then takes it and drops it down to the ghosts. They smile upon seeing the coin and vanish, after which Garfield and Odie are safely able to go into the house.

I have a feeling that this scene may have been taken out of the DVD release so as to not scare little kids into thinking that ghosts can follow them home. Still, I kind of feel bad the scene was taken out as it was a very memorable scene. But if you can live with the edited version, I strongly suggest you buy this set as they are just great.

Everyone's favorite fat cat delivers a disc full of Halloween hi-jinks and yuletide cheer in this wonderful collection of 3 classic holiday specials!

From 1985 comes "Garfield's Halloween Adventure!" Rudely awakened on the morning of October 31st by the Binky the Clown Show, Garfield is thrilled to find it is Halloween! He immediately goes into preparation, after another nap and breakfast that is. With faithful pup Odie alongside to increase Garfield's candy collecting by 2, the anxious cat selects pirate costumes for the pair and off they go! Little do they know that their night of successful candy collecting will eventually wind them up in a creepy old house lived in by a creepy old man and haunted by some REAL pirate ghosts!

Next up, 1989 brings us "Garfield's Thanksgiving." This delightful story of Jon's first date with veterinarian Liz takes a tragic turn when we discover that Jon has no clue when it comes to making a Thanksgiving dinner (should have just made lasagna). It's all the worse for Garfield, who has been put on a diet by Liz, ruining his favorite day of the year! Luckily, a change of heart and quick call to Jon's grandma saves the day for everyone!

Finally, from 1987 we have "A Garfield Christmas Special." Garfield dreams of having the perfect Christmas at home with gaudy decorations and lasagna and presents galore! His dreams are shattered when Jon informs him that they'll be spending Christmas with his family on the farm this year. Soon, everyone is together at Jon's childhood home. Jon, Garfield, Odie, Ma and Pa Arbuckle, Grandma, and Jon's brother Doc-Boy take us through all their Christmas traditions, from a big Christmas Eve meal to decorating the tree, to singing around the piano and reading their favorite Christmas story. Jon and Doc-Boy feel and act like kids again, awake all night in anticipation of opening their Christmas gifts the next morning! Garfield, meanwhile, forms a bond with Jon's feisty grandma and gives her the greatest gift she could receive on Christmas. It's a heartwarming and tear-jerking holiday special you won't forget!

These three Garfield holiday specials are true classics, and, honestly, I'm surprised they're not quite as old as I thought. I certainly remember watching them as a kid, and it is great to finally have them all to watch whenever I want! There just aren't enough Halloween and Thanksgiving specials out there, and these two are fantastic! And, as for Christmas, few animated Christmas specials are this real and emotional! Full of great songs, characters, stories, and animation, this disc is a must have for the Garfield and holiday lover's DVD library! Pick up this amazing DVD today and you'll be glad you did!

Ever since I blew the opportunity to have purchased the Garfield Halloween special on VHS back in the early 90's, I have been kicking myself. This special has since become hard to find and often times very expensive when you did finally track it down (on VHS no less).

I can't believe the wait is almost over, and not only for just the Halloween special, but for the *classic* Christmas special, and Thanksgiving special as well. These were some of the staple "special" programs from my childhood, which I imagine even children of today would enjoy. The kids still go for the Charlie Brown specials, so why not this too? I know me, being a kid at heart, looks forward to finally obtaining these specials.

I have very fond memories of the Halloween special, the most vivid of which involves the old man at the end. That guy, along with the Pirate Ghosts, always managed to scare me as a child.

Finally, the empty space next to "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" will be filled, and I feel like my DVD collection is closer to completion.

But I'm really happy it is. It's always really cool when something comes out of DVD that you have not seen in years and that has passed into near obscurity.

The DVD gives us three old Garfield Holiday specials which have not been televised for many years.

A Garfield Halloween first was shown in 1985. This Garfield short I love! It is a terrific Halloween show and the first time I saw it many years ago I was very surprised about what happened in the old house and it is actually scary!

Lorenzo Music was very good as the fat cat Garfield and he is just hilarious in this one! Thom Huge was good as John and Binky the Clown! If you love the season of Halloween and autumn time then this is the perfect animated feature to watch.

Garfield Thanksgiving was first shown in 1989. The jokes are classic, even if some of them are more for adults than children. I laughed uncontrollably during the Orson Welles joke when Garfield was on the talking scale.

A Garfield Christmas was first shown in 1987. The plot is simple Garfield, Odie and Jon spend a family Christmas in the farm home that Jon grew up in. The songs are great, it's funny, sweet and ultimately moving. It manages to avoid the sentimentality that usually crops up in Christmas specials just by having Garfield constantly undercutting the feel-good nature with cynicism. Show this to the children in your life. It really is magical in a way that all the Disney animations could never be - because it has heart.

With all these holiday coming very soon, this is the perfect set to get.

I have been a fan of these specials since they first came out. My tapes have long since worn out, and I haven't seen them in years, so I am really excited to find that they are available on DVD. The Garfield Halloween special is a classic, with the spooky old man, then the ghostly pirates. I still love the classic line where Garfield threatens to give the lady's "livin' room drapes a taste 'o me broadsword", unless she gives him a larger amount of candy. The Christmas special is my favorite Christmas cartoon, with so many great moments. Jon's family decorating the Christmas tree (OOOOOOOOOHHHH!!!), and then Jon and Doc Boy waking up Dad because "anytime after midnight is technically Christmas). Can't wait to own this DVD!!

I'm very excited to see these Garfield specials come to DVD! As a kid, Garfield's Halloween always scared me silly (it still does, at that--ghost pirates, brrrrr!). The Thanksgiving special, in which Jon invites veterinarian Liz over for Thanksgiving dinner, is the weakest of the three specials in the package, but is still a welcome addition. But the best of all by far is A Garfield Christmas-- which I haven't seen for years but remember vividly (I still have the companion book for it). I've spent years searching for A Garfield Christmas on video and then DVD, but to no avail until now, because it is, as I consider it, one of the best conventionally-animated holiday specials around (perhaps surpassed only by the original Charlie Brown Christmas and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown). If you were only getting the Christmas special, this offer would be a great bargain and more than well-worth it; with the Halloween and Thanksgiving specials thrown in, it's nothing short of a spectacular deal! I'm eagerly awaiting October 26!

I can't begin to tell you how long i have hoped these specials would make it on dvd. I LOVE garfields Halloween, very humorous and the old man in the haunted house always creeped me out!!! ranked up there with the great pumpkin in my book. Garfields Thanksgiving never got much air time and was a hard one to find on casette, one of the weaker ones but still a good one to have. Garfields Christmas was without a doubt one of the top christmas cartoons. Always felt it was up there with Charlie Brown and Rudolph. Jon , Garfield and odie head to the farm and have a family christmas with Jons folks. Garfield is a bit of a scrooge but learns the meaning of Christmas in a heartwarming and humorous cartoon. If you have kids or just are like me ( a kid at heart) you will love this collection for years to come.

this collection of garfield minis is definitely one of a kind. my brothers and sisters have been looking all over for this and hadn't been able to find it anywhere until amazon. yay! the dvd is excellent and the cartoon is as if you were watching it for the very first time on television. it is a must buy! you can't pass up the thanksgiving, halloween, or christmas garfields for anything!

I've been hoping these specials would come to DVD. When my son was young, we use to watch the Garfield shows on t.v. At the time they also showed the three holiday specials. My family loved them all. The Holloween special is the one where Garfild and Odie get to dress up and go out trick or treating, and as Garfild would say "candy, candy, candy!" They also vist a haunted house. The Thanksgiving special I can shed some light on. Jon takes Garfield to the vet, she puts him on a diet, and Jon gets up enough nerve to ask the vet to his place for Thanksgiving. A comical adventure begins when he finds there's more to making dinner, then he thought. I don't want to give to much away, but Garfield saves the day by calling someone to help out with the dinner. The Christmas one is where Garfild and Odie go with Jon to his parents for Christmas, and where Garfield finds the real meaning of Christmas. For anyone who loves Garfield, these are a must.

I am so happy that they released all the Garfield Holiday specials onto one DVD. Watching these episodes brings back memories of my childhood when I would watch these on tv during the 80's which was one of the best decades for television. What stands out the most is the Christmas episode where John, Odie and Garfield go to the family farm to visit their relatives for Christmas. Grandma (voiced by Pat Carroll who also voiced Ursula in The Little Mermaid) is the one who really stands out with her witty and sarcastic humor. She also makes a small appearance in the Thankgiving episode which I had never seen before the DVD. I only remember the Halloween and Christmas episodes airing on tv. This is one DVD that should be pulled out of your library to enjoy at the end of the year! They don't make specials this good anymore.