"Christmas Flintstone" (also titled "How the Flintstones Saved Christmas" on the VHS releases) is the Christmas episode of the Hanna-Barbera animated sitcom The Flintstones, and as such, it is the first Christmas production starring the Flintstones characters. It was originally aired on ABC on December 25, 1964 (Christmas Day). A storyline similar to the episode's plot was used 13 years later for the 1977 special A Flintstone Christmas.
Synopsis
Fred working as Santa Claus at Macyrock's.
Fred gets a second job at Macyrock's in order to finance the family's Christmas. Mr. Macyrock initially fires Fred, but then Mr. Macyrock's assistant tells him that their usual Santa is sick, and instead has Fred replace their usual Santa. Then, two of Santa's elves appear to Fred - Blinky and Twinky, both of whom are 300-500 years old. They then tell him that the real Santa Claus is sick, and he replaces him in the sleigh.
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The episode was released on VHS, under the title How the Flintstones Saved Christmas, for the first time as part of the Hanna-Barbera Super Stars video series in 1989. Two years later, it was then included on the Hanna-Barbera Christmas Laserdisc, which also featured "A Jetson Christmas Carol" and Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper. The original VHS was later reissued by Turner Home Entertainment in 1995. Turner released it on VHS again in 1996, this time on the Christmas in Bedrock VHS, which also included A Flintstone Family Christmas. The episode eventually made its DVD debut on The Flintstones: The Complete Fifth Season DVD set in 2006. It was also included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of A Flintstones' Christmas Carol.
