Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas

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Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas is an animated Christmas movie made directly for video by The Walt Disney Company in 1999. It comprised three separate segments, with narration by Kelsey Grammer.

Segments

Stuck On Christmas

Huey, Dewey and Louie wake up on Christmas morning and open up their presents even though they are supposed to wait for Daisy, Uncle Scrooge, and Aunt Gertie. After they took their new sleds from Uncle Donald (not reading the card) and go sledding, have Christmas dinner and sing carols, it was time for the boys to go to bed. The boys then wish that it would be Christmas every day. Their wish is granted and at first the three are joyful. After a few days later, they begin to get sick of Christmas so they then decide to change the day including swapping a live turkey with the cooked one. The Christmas turned out to be a bad Christmas. After learning how hard their family had tried to make Christmas better for them, the boys become guilty for their pranks. They then decide to make amends and make the next day the best Christmas Day ever, thus ending the time loop.

Have Yourself a Goofy Christmas

Goofy and Max are mailing out a letter to Santa. However as soon as they get home, Pete tells Max that Santa doesn't exist. Things get worse when Goofy poses as a Santa for some kids and Max finds out that he tricked him. Goofy is determined to prove to Max that Santa does exist and even stays up all Christmas Eve to keep an eye out for him. But after falling off the roof, Goofy has given up hope of Santa coming. Max does everything that Goofy did to make Goofy happy including posing as Santa. In the end, Santa actually comes and gives Max what he asked for earlier (as well as blows some snow on Pete's house when he tries to suck up to him). This episode in Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas chronologically precedes the cartoon series, Goof Troop.

Gift of the Magi

Based on the story by O. Henry, Mickey wants to get Minnie a gold chain for her one heirloom, her watch so he works at Crazy Pete's Tree Lot. Minnie wants to give Mickey something special so she works hard to get her special bonus. However, Pete takes all of Mickey's money when he gets in the way of Pete selling an expensive 10-footer to a poor family and Minnie's bonus is nothing but fruit cake. After playing for a toy drive, Mickey has the idea that he can trade his harmonica for the chain. Back at Minnie's house, Mickey gives her the chain for her watch and Minnie gives him a case for his harmonica. Of course, the irony is that Minnie no longer has her watch—just as Mickey no longer has his harmonica—so the gifts are essentially useless. As in the classic "GIFT OF THE MAGI" upon which this adaptation—penned by Richard Cray—is based, the thought behind each gift is what counts.

Appearing characters

• Mickey Mouse
• Minnie Mouse
• Mortimer Mouse
• Pluto
• Figaro the Kitten
• Goofy
• Max Goof
• Donald Duck
• Daisy Duck
• Huey, Dewey and Louie
• Scrooge McDuck
• Chip N Dale
• Owl (cameo)
• Clarabelle Cow (cameo)
• Horace Horsecollar (cameo)
• A Beagle Boy (cameo)
• Pete
• Aunt Gertie

Trivia

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• Daisy Duck has two voices in this film, depending on the segment: Tress MacNeille for Stuck on Christmas, and Diane Michelle for The Gift of Magi.
• In "The Gift of Magi". Mickey's dance moves are very similar to his dance routine in the 1942 theatrical short, "Mickey's Birthday Party".

See also

• Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
• The Gift of the Magi

External links

• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas at the Internet Movie Database