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|image=FlintstoneFamilyXmas.jpg
|director=[[Ray Patterson]]
|writer=Sean Roche<br>David Ehrman
|release=December 19, 1993
|runtime=24 minutes
|rating=TV-G
|available=VHS<br>DVD<br>{{Apple TV|1531861497}}<br>{{Amazon Video|B078HSHTF9}}}}
[[File:A Flintstone Family Christmas (Preview Clip)|thumb|250px]]
'''''A Flintstone Family Christmas''''' is the third [[Christmas]] television special based on the [[Hanna-Barbera]] animated series ''{{W|The Flintstones}}''. It is notably the only ''Flintstones'' production set after the events of the made-for-TV movies ''{{W|I Yabba-Dabba-Do!}}'' and ''{{w|Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby}}'', and therefore the ''Flintstones'' series finale in chronological order (unless one counts Fred's guest appearance on ''{{W|The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy}}''). It originally aired on [[ABC]] on December 19, 1993, and has since aired in reruns on [[Cartoon Network]], [[Boomerang]], and {{W|MeTV Toons}}.

This and fellow Hanna-Barbera Christmas special ''[[The Town Santa Forgot]]'' were both nominated for the 1994 {{w|Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{w|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)|Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less)}}, but it lost to ''The Roman City''.

== Synopsis ==
[[Fred Flintstone|Fred]] gets into the Christmas spirit by hanging up decorations and being all-together joyful while awaiting his daughter, [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]], her husband, [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm]], and their twins, Roxy and Chip, to come visit for Christmas. After learning that they will arrive at 4pm, Fred and [[Barney Rubble|Barney]] leave to get their turkeysaurus for dinner. However, on the way back home they are mugged by a street corner [[Santa Claus|Santa]]. Fred hands over his wallet and watch and orders Barney to give him the bird, but while tossing the turkeysaurus the Santa "breaks" in half. Seizing the opportunity, Fred and Barney run away from the mugger.

[[File:Fred with Stoney.jpg|thumb|250px|Fred with Stoney.]]
Later, at the police station, Fred and Barney identify the thief, who turns out to be a "caveless" abandoned child named Stoney. According to the social worker, Stella Stalactite, Stoney used to be the horror of numerous foster homes because of his stealing habits. Feeling sympathy for Stoney, [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]] decides to adopt him, despite Fred's initial reluctance. They try to show Stoney that they trust him and attempt to teach him that stealing is wrong.

[[File:Flintstones and Rubbles with Stoney.jpg|thumb|250px]]
However, things get slightly bleaker when Pebbles and her family get stuck in an airport because of a blizzard. The Rubbles and The Flintstones then go Christmas tree shopping, but can't afford any that aren't "smaller than their grandchildren". Stoney attempts to help by convincing people to bet on him as he plays a game in order to earn enough money for the Flintstones to buy the tree. When a man loses, he chases Stoney, who runs for cover near Fred. The man claims that Stoney cheated him, and Fred asks the boy if this is true. Stoney then truthfully replies "yes", and when Fred believes him, the man clobbers him in the head with a tree.

When Fred goes to the hospital, his boss, [[Mr. Slate]], informs him that he can't participate in the Christmas parade (which is something Fred has been quite eager to do since the beginning of the special) due to his accident, and when he tries to protest, Mr. Slate finalizes his "no". To make it up to Fred, Stoney poses as Mr. Slate's driver and locks him up in the Flintstones' bathroom, which he thinks will allow Fred to participate in the parade. Instead, Fred saves his boss but ends up in jail, sharing a cell with Stoney. Although he is initially angry with the boy for putting him in this predicament, Fred eventually finds himself bonding with Stoney. However, Stella eventually comes and, believing things did not work out, takes Stoney away, but not before he leaves a gift for Fred behind.

Meanwhile, Mr. Slate, seeing that Fred seems to have healed from his injury, allows him to participate in the parade. At the parade, Wilma and the Rubbles inform Fred that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm have managed to get out of the airport and will be arriving soon, but Fred is saddened about Stoney being taken away now that he's finally realized he wasn't such a bad kid. After looking at the gift Stoney left for him, Fred takes control of the sleigh he is riding and retrieves Stoney, telling Stella that "Stoney's got a home for the holidays!"

[[File:WelcomeToTheFlintstoneFamily.jpg|thumb|250px|"Welcome to the Flintstone family, Stoney."]]
Later, at the Flintstone residence, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm sing Christmas carols with their folks, and Stoney bonds with Chip and Roxy. Fred says that it is now time for the newest member of the family gets to put the star on the Christmas tree. Stoney thinks Fred is referring to Roxy and Chip, but it turns out it is him, because he's being adopted into the Flintstone family. Bamm-Bamm helps him put the star and they all have a happy Christmas.

==Songs==
* "[[Christmas Bedrock]]"

== Notes ==
* Fred's favorite Christmas movie, ''It's a Wonderful Stone-Age Life'', is an obvious parody of ''[[It's a Wonderful Life]]''.
** Oddly enough, Fred himself would receive the [[George Bailey]] treatment in {{W|DC Comics}}' ''The Flintstones and the Jetsons'' #18, published five years later.

== Availability ==
Along with [[Christmas Flintstone|the original ''Flintstones'' Christmas episode]], the special was featured on ''The Flintstones: Christmas in Bedrock'' VHS, released by Turner Home Entertainment as part of their Cartoon Network Christmas video series in 1996. To date, the special's only DVD release was on {{w|Warner Archive Collection|Warner Archive}}'s ''A Flintstone Christmas Collection'' manufacture-on-demand DVD, which also includes ''[[A Flintstone Christmas]]''.

<gallery widths="200" bordercolor="transparent" spacing="small" hideaddbutton="true">
ChristmasInBedrockVHS.jpg|{{Gallery note|''Christmas in Bedrock'' VHS|Turner Home Entertainment<br>September 24, 1996}}
Flintstones ChristmasCollection.jpg|{{Gallery note|''A Flintstone Christmas Collection'' DVD|Warner Home Video<br>September 27, 2011}}
</gallery>

== Cast ==
[[File:Flintstone Family Christmas storybook.jpg|thumb|250px|The cover to the storybook adaptation.]]
{| class="wikitable"
!Voice actor/actress!!Character(s)
|-
|[[Henry Corden]]||[[Fred Flintstone]]
|-
|[[Jean Vander Pyl]]||[[Wilma Flintstone]]
|-valign=top
|[[Frank Welker]]||[[Barney Rubble]]<br>[[Dino]]
|-
|[[B.J. Ward]]||[[Betty Rubble]]
|-
|[[John Stephenson]]||[[Mr. Slate]]
|-
|[[Christine Cavanaugh]]||Stoney
|-
|[[Megan Mullally]]||[[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles Flintstone-Rubble]]
|-
|[[Didi Conn]]||Stella Stalactite
|-
|[[Charlie Adler]]||Quarry
|-
|[[Kath Soucie]]||Eel
|-
|[[Alan Young]]||Mr. Gravelberry
|-valign=top
|[[Hamilton Camp]]<br>[[Nick Jameson]]<br>[[Robert Ridgely]]||Additional character(s)
|}

Note: [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] appears, along with his and Pebbles' kids Chip and Roxy, but they do not have speaking parts.

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths=200 spacing=small>
Fred's_lights.jpg|"Okay, read it to me, Barney boy!"
Barney_holding_newsslab.jpg|Barney says there's so much trouble in the world.
Wilma_tells_Fred_that_Pebbles_just_called.jpg|"Fred, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm just called. They're on the next flight out of Hollyrock and should be here by 4:00."
Pebbles_and_Bamm-Bamm's_family_photo.jpg|Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's family photo.
Fred_and_Barney_singing_Rudolph.jpg|"I tell ya, this is gonna be the greatest Christmas ever! C'mon, Barn."
Fred_and_Barney_get_mugged.jpg|Stoney demanding Fred and Barney's money.
We_got_a_line-up.jpg|"Sorry you have to go through this on Christmas Eve, but we got a line-up."
Stoney_in_Santa_suit.jpg|"That's the mugger!"
Stella_Stalactite.jpg|Stella Stalactite steps in...
Stella_tells_them_about_Stoney.jpg|...to tell them about Stoney's backstory.
Fred sets up a Gilligan Cut.jpg|"That kid is not setting foot in our house, and that's final!"
One_Gilligan_Cut_later.jpg|The very next shot after that declaration.
Fred's_favorite_Christmas_movie.jpg|"Oh, this is my favorite Christmas movie! We used to watch this every year when Pebbles was growing up!"
Fred_blocking_doorway.jpg|Fred isn't sure about letting Stoney buy the tree.
Stoney_shows_off_tree.jpg|"Stoney, gee, I don't know what to say. That's the nicest pine we've ever had in this house."
Hey,_that's_MY_tree!.jpg|"Hey, that's MY tree!"
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm in A Flintstone Family Christmas.jpg|Pebbles calls to say that their flight has been delayed.
Fred_talk_to_Stoney.jpg|"Listen, Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Just try to enjoy it, okay?"
Song-ChristmasInBedrock.jpg|The Flintstones and Rubbles caroling.
Fred_gives_a_star_to_Santa.jpg|"Everybody could use a lift around the holidays. Even Santa!"
Fred_can't_afford_this_tree.jpg|"For this price, it'd better be an 8-foot fur coat!"
Stoney's_shell_game.jpg|Stoney organizes a shell game.
Fred_defends_Stoney.jpg|Fred defends Stoney when a large man accuses him of scamming him.
Fred_in_hospital.jpg|The outcome of Fred's attempt at defending Stoney.
Slate_tells_Fred_he_can't_be_Santa.jpg|Mr. Slate tells Fred he can't play Santa in the parade due to his injury.
Stoney_driving_limo.jpg|Stoney drives Mr. Slate to Fred's house...
Stoney_brings_Fred_the_suit.jpg|...and then brings the Santa suit to Fred.
Fred_and_Stoney_in_jail.jpg|Fred and Stoney end up in jail due to the latter "kidnapping" Mr. Slate.
Fred_and_Stoney_bonding.jpg|Fred and Stoney bond over some crumble cake.
Stoney secretly gives Fred a star.jpg|Stoney secretly gives a gift to Fred before Stella takes him away.
Fred_finds_Stoney's_gift.jpg|Fred finds the gift Stoney left for him.
Fred_retrieves_Stoney.jpg|"Tell the gang at juvie hall that Stoney's got a home for the holidays!"
Flintstone_family_singing_12_Days.jpg|The Flintstones and Rubbles singing "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
Bamm-Bamm help Stoney put star on tree.jpg|Bamm-Bamm helps Stoney put the star on the tree.
Flintstone_family_sing_WWYAMC.jpg|The families singing "{{SongLink|We Wish You a Merry Christmas}}".
</gallery>

== See also ==
* "[[Christmas Flintstone]]"
* ''[[A Flintstone Christmas]]''
* ''[[A Flintstones' Christmas Carol]]''

== External links ==
* {{interwiki|flintstones|The Flintstones Wiki}}
* {{interwiki|hanna-barbera|Hanna-Barbera Wiki}}
* {{imdb title|0392009}}
* {{Bcdb title|28740}}
* [http://www.platypuscomix.com/darkvault/misfits/misfit80.html Platypus Comix's review]

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