Product Details

• Actors: John Fielder, Peter Cullen, Jim Cummings, Brady Bluhm
• Directors: Harry Arunds
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Special Edition
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 29, 2009
• Run Time: 63 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0029R7MSU
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,504 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Ring in the season with this special 10th anniversary edition of WINNIE THE POOH: SEASONS OF GIVING -- the cherished, full-length adventure that celebrates friendship, family and the true meaning of the holidays. Join Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Rabbit on a brave quest to find a favorite season they somehow seem to have missed -- Winter! Next, accompany them on a wild search for the perfect ingredients to create a festive Thanksgiving feast, and share in the warm glow of a Christmas that brings a surprise visit from a very special friend. Featuring beloved characters, five irrestible songs, and two new-to-DVD Pooh adventures, this fun, heartwarming Disney classic will keep the magic of the holiday season alive and sparkling the whole year long!

Bonus Features Include Pooh Adventures - First Time On DVD, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Magic Earmuffs, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Wishing Bear, Decorate Your Own Christmas Tree, Coloring Fun With Piglet

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Still has the varying animation quality but overall, an enjoyable family, holiday DVD that comes with a mini-stocking!, October 1, 2009

By	Dennis A. Amith (kndy) (California) - See all my reviews (TOP 100 REVIEWER)

Since 1926, "Winnie-the-Pooh" has been a staple in American pop culture as a family friendly character and stories that many children for generations have grown up with. And adults who have continued to share that with their own children.

With the holiday season coming up soon, the 10th Anniversary Edition of the third direct-to-video Winnie the Pooh animated feature "Seasons of Giving" from 1999 is re-released on DVD (note: the original DVD was released back in 2003) and comes with a mini Christmas stocking.

This feature revolves around Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit and friends celebrating Thanksgiving, Christmas and the winter season!

"Seasons of Giving" is broken down into several arcs. The first arc is "Groundpiglet Day" (from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh") as Rabbit and the group think the day is February 2nd, Groundhog Day (when actually, the calendar hasn't been changed) and thus they feel as they missed out on Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, in order to find out if there will be a cold front, they look at Piglet to be a groundhog and determine if Spring is coming soon.

The second arc features Winnie the Pooh inviting Christopher Robbin to join the group at Hundred Acre Wood and hoping for a fantastic Thanksgiving. This segment is from an actual special.

The third arc features the group celebrating Christmas and Rabbit receiving a Christmas card from Kessie, a blue bird that rabbit rescued years ago. With Roo wondering who is Kessie is, Rabbit tells his story of how he met Tessie (replaying the cartoon "Find her, Keep Her" from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh").

VIDEO & AUDIO:

Video is featured in Widescreen (1:33:1) and for the most part, animation differs at times as some animation is from the TV series, another from a special. For the most part, the animation is from 1999 and the transfer shows its age a little and there are some dust and scratches on "groundpiglet day" while "A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving" features a more cleaner animation. And for the Christmas episode, the animation seems much more cleaner and vibrant but when Rabbit reminiscences of Tessie, then it goes back to older animation. You can tell which is the older animation as Rabbit is greyish, while in the newer animation he is yellow.

As for audio, audio is presented in Dolby Digital Surround Sound and is featured in English, French and Spanish language tracks. Audio is dialogue and music driven and for the most part is clear and understandable. For home theater owners, I felt that the best setting was to have audio set at stereo on all channels.

Subtitles are in English SDH, French and Spanish.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

"Winnie the Pooh - Seasons of Giving: 10th Anniversary Edition" comes with a small Christmas stocking included in the slipcase. As for special features, the following is included:

JUDGMENT CALL:

* The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - Magic Earmuffs - (11:09) Piglet doesn't take part in the winter games because he feels he can't skate. But when Christopher Robbin gives him his ear muffs, Piglet thinks he can now ice skate.
* The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh - The Wishing Bear - (22:42) Christopher Robbin teaches Winnie the Pooh how to wish upon a star. When he does...he believes his wish to get honey comes true. Now, he wants to teach the others how to wish but unfortunately, it seems Pooh has forgotten what Christopher had taught him.
* Decorate Your Own Christmas Tree - Using your remote, you can decorate different Christmas trees
* Coloring with Piglet - Using your remote, you can play a game of memorization and try to color up to three pictures with the correct color.

Just in time for the holidays, "Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving" is released on DVD. I have pretty much grown up with "Winnie the Pooh" and the Christmas shows have always been a yearly ritual of watching and to say the least, my VHS tape is no longer watchable and with a six-year-old, I have been waiting for a DVD release of this title.

If there was one thing that may be difficult for some people is the different styles of animation between the segments from the animated television series "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and the special. As you go from not so good picture quality, to very good picture quality, to even better picture quality and back to not so good picture quality. In other words, newer animation versus older animation, you get a mix of both.

So, for those who are looking for the quality of an animation such as "Pooh's Heffalump Halloween" (released in 2005, re-released this month) which has cleaner animation, your not going to get that consistency as the TV episodes from 1999 are mixed with the special.

With that being said, despite the animation inconsistency, the only one who will probably be bothered are mostly the adults. Frankly, children are probably not going to balk at it and for the most part, this is a family feature that will entertain the kids during the holiday season.

Overall, my six-year-old son enjoyed watching this feature and I can imagine that it's lighthearted, fun and heartwarming stories will also entertain other children as well. Also, you get two more cartoons as from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" included on this DVD, two interactive games plus a mini-Christmas stocking. So, overall...this is a solid release.

For its low price and for its holiday entertainment factor, "Winnie the Pooh - Seasons of Giving: 10th Anniversary Edition" is definitely recommended!