A Disney Christmas Gift

A Disney Christmas Gift was a 47-minute Christmas television special which aired on December 4, 1982 on CBS' Walt Disney television program. The special was a Christmas-themed compilation of animated shorts featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck combined with excerpts from Disney feature films. The opening and closing numbers, featuring the songs "On Christmas Morning" and its reprise, showcased Christmas at Disneyland.

The special was made as a result of Disney being forced to delay the release of Mickey's Christmas Carol due to an animator's strike.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the original full-length and shortened versions of A Disney Christmas Gift were rebroadcast on CBS and the Disney Channel. It was released on VHS and Laserdisc in the 1980s and 1990s but has not been released on DVD.

Featured Segments

 * "Once Upon a Wintertime" segment from Melody Time (1948)
 * "Pluto's Christmas Tree" (1952)
 * Bambi and Thumper sliding on ice from Bambi (1942)
 * Peter Pan teaching the Darling children to fly from Peter Pan (1953)
 * The Donald Duck cartoon "The Clock Watcher" (1945)
 * Merlin, Arthur and Archimedes the Owl from The Sword in the Stone (1963)
 * The Fairy Godmother's scene from Cinderella (1950)
 * "The Night Before Christmas (Disney)|The Night Before Christmas]]" (1933)