Screenshot from the video
Disney's Very Merry Christmas Songs is a Christmas sing-along video produced by Walt Disney Home Video, originally released in 1988. It was the fifth release in Disney's Sing Along Songs series, and was reissued in 1990 and 1994. A new version with some new songs added in was released in 2002.
Featured songs[]
The original 1988 version contained the following songs:
| # | Song title | Performed by | Set to clips from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "From All of Us to All of You" | Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Cliff Edwards; new lyrics sung by Eddie Carroll) | Walt Disney Presents: "From All of Us to All of You" |
| 2 | "Deck the Halls" | Disney Chimes and Chorus (Incorrectly credited as Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus) | Pluto's Christmas Tree |
| 3 | "Jingle Bells" | The Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus | Donald's Snow Fight Once Upon a Wintertime (from Melody Time) Snow Foolin' |
| 4 | "Joy to the World" | Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus | The Nutcracker Suite (from Fantasia) |
| 5 | "Up on the Housetop" | Don Janse's Children's Chorus | The Night Before Christmas Santa's Workshop |
| 6 | "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" | Bing Crosby | The Night Before Christmas Peter and the Wolf (from Make Mine Music) Corn Chips The Wind in the Willows (from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) Bongo (from Fun and Fancy Free) Mickey's Orphans (color version) Once Upon a Wintertime (from Melody Time) The Cold-Blooded Penguin (from The Three Caballeros) Peculiar Penguins Squatter's Rights Dumb Bell of the Yukon Pluto's Christmas Tree Chip an' Dale Lady and the Tramp |
| 7 | "Sleigh Ride" | Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus with Mickey, Donald and Goofy | Mickey's Christmas Carol |
| 8 | "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" | Don Janse's Children's Chorus | The China Shop Broken Toys Santa's Workshop The Night Before Christmas |
| 9 | "Winter Wonderland" | Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus | On Ice The Autograph Hound The Hockey Champ Donald's Snow Fight Bambi The Cold-Blooded Penguin (from The Three Caballeros) Peter and the Wolf (from Make Mine Music) |
| 10 | "Here Comes Santa Claus" | Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy | Disneyland parade footage |
| 11 | "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" | Gene Autry | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
| 12 | "Silent Night" | The Living Voices | Ave Maria (from Fantasia) |
| 13 | "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" | Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus | Plays over the closing credits and the fireworks ending from "A Present for Donald" |
The song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" used footage from the 1946 Max Fleischer cartoon of the same name as Disney had never made a Rudolph cartoon themselves. This is due to the Fleischer cartoon being in the public domain, allowing Disney to use it without any legal trouble, and also marking a rare instance of non-Disney footage being used in the Sing-Along Songs series. Also, the lyrics to the song "Jingle Bells" used overlayed footage from the 1949 Famous Studios Screen Song cartoon "Snow Foolin'" (which is also in the public domain).
The 2002 version removed "From All of Us to All of You" from the main feature (it is placed as a bonus song at the end of the Advanced level of the Words of the Season vocabulary game on the DVD) and added in the following songs:
| # | Song title | Sung by | Set to clips from |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" | unknown | Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas |
| 2 | "Winnie the Pooh's Jingle Bells" | Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year | |
| 3 | "Toyland" (from Babes in Toyland) | Mickey Mouse Works: "The Nutcracker" | |
| 4 | "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" | Goofy and Max | Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas |
| 5 | "Seasons of Giving" (from Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving) | Cast | Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh |
| 6 | "As Long as There's Christmas" | Belle, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Lumiere and Fifi | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas |
| 7 | "Jingle Bell Rock" | Bobby Helms | Mickey Mouse Works: "Mickey's Christmas Chaos" Mickey Mouse Works: "Donald on Ice" Mickey Mouse Works: "The Nutcracker" Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas House of Mouse: "Snow Day" |
| 8 | "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" | Brenda Lee | Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year |
| 9 | "White Christmas" | Bing Crosby | Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World Mickey's Christmas Carol Lady and the Tramp Mickey Mouse Works: "Mickey's Mixed Nuts" Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World Mickey Mouse Works: "Mickey's Christmas Chaos" Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas |
| 10 | "The Best Christmas of All" | Cast | Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse |
Releases[]
VHSWalt Disney Home Video
1988
1988
VHSWalt Disney Home Video
1990
1990
LaserdiscWalt Disney Home Video
1992
1992
VHSWalt Disney Home Video
1994
1994
VHSWalt Disney Home Entertainment
2002
2002
DVDWalt Disney Home Entertainment
2002
2002
Differences between versions[]
- In the original issues, a still image of the Christmas tree from Lady and the Tramp was used for the closing credits. The firework shot from the TV special "A Present for Donald" was used at the end, as well.
- In the 2002 release, "Winter Wonderland" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" have the same design for the bouncing ball as the 1988 version but looks different. In addition, the timing to the words are also different.
- In the 2002 release, the bouncing ball for "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the Mickey with the Rudolph design for all of the duration of the song but in the 1988 version, the regular bouncing ball appears but when it goes to the line, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the bouncing ball with the Rudolph design appears and stays there for the rest of the song.
- The 2002 release was dedicated to Eleanor Richard-Adams.
- The 2002 release used a different recording of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers".