Product Details

• Actors: Lesley Benodin, Kristin Blegen, Ken Cavanagh, Mike Nawrocki, Lisa Vischer
• Directors: Phil Vischer, Chris Olsen (II)
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony
• VHS Release Date: October 29, 2002
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007CVYW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,629 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The video is sadly the first misstep from the Christian-lite VeggieTale folks. The tale, about the true meaning of Christmas, seems like a rip-off of the Grinch and the splendid Charlie Brown Christmas. The VeggieTale stalwarts--Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber--don't even show until the tale is half over (not even the catchy theme is used here). In an echo of their own chocolate bunny show (Rack, Shack, and Benny), another Mr. Nezzer wants to sell over the airwaves his Buzz-Saw Louis doll that delivers this Christmas message: "Christmas Is When You Get Stuff." One Buzz doll that believes that is wrong sets off to find the true meaning of Christmas and finds some friends to spread the word. Pretty flat all around (though the cute penguins are a plus) and, like the worst of Hollywood, gives us an action sequence instead of the goods. Even, heaven forbid, the Silly Songs with Larry segment ("Oh, Santa") is stale. --Doug Thomas

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 2-year-old watches it daily!, September 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: VeggieTales - The Toy That Saved Christmas

We own almost all the Veggie Tales videos, but this one is my son's favorite. Each day he asks for "Christmas" and sometimes watches it two times a day. He likes it because there is a lot more background music than the other Veggies. He is full of smiles and giggles throughout the entire video.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How a toy shows Dinkletown the true meaning of Christmas, February 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: VeggieTales - The Toy That Saved Christmas

This was our first VeggieTale video and when I heard it was a Christian video I thought it would be too preachy for kids. However I loved it and my three kids watch it all year long. It is a tale of how Buzzsaw Louie (with a working buzzsaw in his left hand) teaches the people of Dinkle town that the true meaning of Christmas is not more toys. Mr Nezzer is great as a greedy toy maker Silly Songs with Larry is the best one I've seen yet. This video inspired us to get more Veggie Tales

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointing compared to other VT videos, August 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: VeggieTales - The Toy That Saved Christmas

Compared to other Veggie Tale videos, this one was disappointing. The true meaning of Christmas was not strong enough nor pure enough at all. Christmas is so commercialized by everyone; why does this have to add to it? And the usual VT trademarks such as the theme song and reviewing the lesson are missing, and they leave big holes in the overall quality. There are so many possibilities with a Christmas video...but I saw a lack of creativity here. HOWEVER, this is a good start to telling little ones about Christmas and what it really means. My daughter LOVES it, and watches it over and over, even now in JULY! We have watched and own a number of VT videos. And as a family, we love them all. Overall, Veggie Tales has done a fantastic job in bringing God's Word to the every day lives of little ones!