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Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection) [VHS]

5 star:		(49)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

My children love this movie - they occasionally ask for it even after the holidays are passed. I can't blame them - it's filled with three great stories. Donald Duck's selfish nephews wish it could be Christmas every day so they can get more presents. When their wish is granted, they discover it isn't always good to get what you ask for. In story two, Goofy and Max, his hip, teenage son, learn a lesson in love and believing when they discover the REAL Santa lives in each of us. And in the third story, Mickey and Minnie bring to life a cartoon version of the wonderfull story "The Gift of the Magi." Superb narration, entertaining animation, and a timeless message of love that reaches beyond Christmas.

This DVD is filled with the Spirit Of CHristmas. It is narrated and strung togtehr by the naration of Kelsey Grammer.
Thre separate stories wrapped inside Disney's beloved characters.

Story One is the story of Donald, Daisey, Uncle Scrooge and the nephews learning what Christmas is really all about. It's Heuy, Duey and Luey who learn that Christmas is spacial ONE day of the year. Becasue sometime when you wish for things you can get them and having is not as always a pleasing a thing as wanting it. Imaging X-Mas 265 days a year!

Story Two is about Father and son. Goofy and his son learn the value of each other while Goofy spends most of the time trying to convince his son Santa Clause does exists. At first its hard but later Goofy's son learns that his day is giving loving and cheerishes him more than anything. Santa Does exists.

Story Three involves Mickey and Minnie in the basic of basic of the Christmas Spirit. Each one wants to buy the other something they need. But the problem is they can't afford it so give up something for the other. The end result is Love survives all.

A wonderful video with great animation, action and humor. It will tug at your heartstrings - just a little. Fun for the whole Family (12-2-03)

I really enjoyed this Disney video and my 3 year old also loves it. It contains 3 stories, first Donald Duck and Family, then Goofy and last Mickey and Minnie. The stories discuss how Christmas is more than just receiving presents and how important it is that it is a time of togetherness and helping each other. I was very puzzled with the disjoint "music video" at the end of the movie featuring "She Daisy". It was a rather ghoulish rendition of an otherwise happy-sounding Christmas carol. It didn't make sense to me and the target audience for the music video would be one different than the targeted viewer (more for younger adults than children.) Buy the video and erase the last 5 minutes so you don't have to endure the end.

We received our copy of the DVD in the mail today from Amazon.com and all I can say is WOW! This is a great transfer from Disney, and my 2 year old daughter loved it, as the closing credits started to roll she said "let's watch it again daddy".

It's a great DVD with 3 stories wrapped in a nice bundle presentation with all the Disney Favorites, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Pluto. This offering gives you a nice break and a great way to spend time with the family and gives you that nice warm Holiday feeling when it's over.

It will definitely being getting many viewings in our home over this Christmas season and those yet to come.

My seven yeard old daughter and I watched this last night. I was impressed with the quality of the dvd transfer and the audio was very good. I couldn't help feeling how dated Donald and Goofy are. The classic nice guy/doofus: Goofy, was hard to watch. And the very noisy Donald is a pain. Mickey and Minnie were delightful as down and out lovers trying to make each others Christmas wonderful. The three stories have positive messages for humanity vs the commercialism of today. Highly recommended with a squeeze of lemon.

This here is a collection of 3 Christmas themed stories narrated by Kelsey Grammer, the first story tells a " Groundhog Day"-esque tale about Huey, Duey and Luey wishing it was christmas everyday but their wish comes true, unforuntely it's really the same day repeating all the day but they must change it in order to get rid of the wish. The second story tells about Goofy with his son max who tries to prove the existence of Santa Claus then the final tale tells about Mickey whom must give up their two personal possesions for the sake of how they love each other.
A highly entertaining animated anthology nicely done each with a moral in the end, watch for the climax as the all stars of this movie come together for a christmas song. Cameos by Scrooge Mcduck from "Ducktales" and "Mortimer" the Rat.

After reading some of the reviews to this, I had to write my own, and you can judge my credibility by reading all my other reviews and lists. I'm a long time Disney fan of the old and new stuff, especially but not exclusively the animation. I know the characters and histories pretty darn well. This video is great! It's great as a Christmas video, and it's great as a Disney film! The art work is excellent! It's not lame Saturday morning art! It's a bit better than that! Although, keep in mind that the animation on Saturday mornings has improved drastically compared to the 80's. What we used to see on the big screen is basically what we're seeing on Saturday mornings now, but people nowadays who have been spoiled by seeing computer effects and such stuff in the latest Disney animated films probably can't appreciate the more classic style of art we see in films like this. You want to see a poorly done Disney staight to video feature, see Return of Jafar. This film is quite well done! ANd I for one am always glad to have a break from integrated computer animation! So let's clear all those complaints about the artwork up right now! Anyone who says it's badly done technically hasn't watched as much animation as he or she believes or claims! Anyway, as for the film itself, it showcases three stories about Christmas. It's a great format in my opinion because I love getting more than one story, even if they are shorter that way! The first is about Huey, Louie, and Dewey who make a wish that it could be Christmas every day. Now this story is NOT based on the Bill Murray film Groundhog Day, but rather a popular children's book entitled, Christmas Every Day. That says a little something right there about THAT reviewer in my opinion. All you have to do is pay attention to see that in the credits. This is a real treat because among the relatives who come to visit Donald on CHristmas day is none other than Uncle Scrooge McDuck! Remember him from the comics, or more recently from Duck Tales?!!! It's always so nice to see him animated! He's definitely one of my all time favorite characters, though he's not a major player in this, he gets some nice screen time! (for more of him try to catch Scrooge McDuck and Money, Sport Goofy: Soccermania, and of course, Mickey's Christmas Carol and Duck Tales...did I miss anything?) Now, the second story is about Goofy and his new son Max. I say NEW because I seem to recall him having another son years and years ago. Remember that redheaded kid, Jr.? Anyways, In this story Max is starting to lose his belief in Santa Claus, and Goofy does everything he can to prove to Max that Santa is real. Story wise it sorta plays like an episode of Goof Troop, but hey, Goof Troop was a great show! Now, last is Mickey and Minnie's story. This is the classic story the Gift of the Magi, where a poor Mickey and Minnie are struggling to get each other a suitable gift for Christmas. This is a very sweet story and well done with a cameo from Mortimer Mouse! All in all this is one Christmas DVD that is well worth the money. My only complaint about my gold collection DVD is when the credits begin to roll it becomes out of sync and skips. I also noticed that problem with my The Tigger Movie DVD, and it's not the player, because I've checked it out on others. Well, luckily both DVD's have the accompanying music videos so when I want to hear the songs I can always go there. Great buy folks, don't let WEIRD bad reviews fool you!

My husband was so anxious to get this movie for our 3 month old daughter...so we did. We watched it and we all absolutely loved it. It kept my daughter's attention for just about the whole movie because it has lots of Christmas music and lots of colors in it! Me and my husband couldn't take our eyes off of it either because it had real stories behind every story it showed. We also found ourselves singing right along with every song on there. This is definitely worth getting...for any age to watch!

I really enjoyed this movie as well as my "almost 4 year old" child. Three stories, all with a relavant moral. On deals with friends being more important than what one gives. Another with today's "gimme a present" culture and how caring is found to be more important, the other with a similar "caring about family is more important than presents" and how wishing Christmas happened every day of the year isn't necessarily a good thing. The rock band item at the end of the movie was disjoint and shouldn't have been there (a dismal rendition of "Deck the Halls" done to the tone of a funeral march.) Put a erase protect defeat label on this part, erase it is my advise so you don't have to hear it if you don't shut off the movie in time. It destroys the innocent content of the movies.

Disney's biggest stars return in three stories of love,caring,happiness,and the spirit of Christmas. In story one,Donald Duck's nephews Huey,Dewey,and Louie wish it was Christmas every day of the year,but they soon find out that it isn't so "fun" as it should be. In story two,Goofy and his son Max can't wait to see Santa Clause,but the mean neighbor Pete,tells Max that there isn't any Santa.Now Goofy must cheer up his son to save the spirit of Christmas. In story three,Mickey must find Minnie the perfect gift for her,and Minnie must find Mickey the perfect gift.At the end they find out its the care and love that shows. Featuring great animation and magical Christmas songs sung by the cast.That's all the excitment of "Upon A Christmas".A great film to gather around with the whole family and watch it.