Trying to cheer myself up with Christmas animation:
For Better or For Worse: "The Bestest Present" -- takes place when the children were young; Lizzie loses her stuffed bunny in a department store and is unconsolable. Have always loved the first day of snow song.
For Better or For Worse: "The Christmas Angel" -- another Liz story; she's feeling left out: Mike doesn't want her around and taking care of April only gets her into trouble, especially after she breaks Ellie's favorite glass angel. This one has a little supernatural element typical of a lot of Christmas stories, but is still pretty heartwarming without being gloopy.
It's a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas Special -- Okay, so we get junk series on DVD--where is Tiny Toons??? This one is chockablock full of pop culture references; the song "Cher" (or "Share") alone is hilarious. Buster Bunny learns what Tiny Toons would be like without him with the help of a guardian angel rabbit named Harvey (who sounds like Jimmy Stewart, natch; God sounds like George Burns).
The Great Santa Claus Caper -- Here's the gloopy one, literally; the Big Bad Wolf takes over the North Pole and covers everything in Gloopstick, an unbreakable plastic, so the toys won't break. Raggedy Ann and Andy and Santa's reindeer Comet try to thwart him. Suffers from terminal "cute" and my copy is full of drop-outs, but Raggedy Arthur is adorable and the wolf and Santa are voiced by one of the voices of OTR, Les Tremayne.
The Simpsons Christmas Special -- Doesn't everyone know this one by now? Homer's Christmas bonus doesn't come through and Marge has to use the Christmas money to get a tattoo removed from Bart's arm (just a typical day at the Simpsons). So Homer gets a job as Santa Claus. Doh!
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