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The Christmas Specials Wiki is a website that anyone can edit about our favorite Christmas Specials, movies, TV episodes, and the characters and music from within these media. The wiki format allows anyone to create or edit any article, so we can all work together -- and isn't that the true Christmas spirit? Check out the Help pages to get started! Have any questions? Then just leave a message on JeremyCreek's, Mouseinphilly's, or Dingleborder's talk pages.

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New Specials

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Wiki Entertainment staff's picks for the top 10 Christmas specials of all time.

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Wiki Entertainment staff's picks for the worst 10 Christmas specials of all time.

The True Meaning

Read about the true meaning of Christmas, according to Linus van Pelt.

Featured Article

"Refrigerator Day" is the Christmas episode of the Jim Henson Television sitcom Dinosaurs, produced and originally aired on ABC as the twelfth episode of the show's second season. The Sinclair family is preparing for the happiest holiday in Pangaea - Refrigerator Day, a day in which all the dinosaurs honor the invention that made modern civilization possible. Earl says he has already bought the kids' presents, adding that they shouldn't have to worry about their finances because he's expecting to get a Fridge Day bonus. Unfortunately, Mr. Richfield does not give his employees a bonus this year. And to make matters worse, the Sinclairs' refrigerator is soon repossessed because they were half a day late on their last payment. (more)

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“	You've gone too far, Bushroot! Using Christmas trees to ruin Christmas; it's, it's, it's... it's just not Christmas-y.	”
— Darkwing Duck, "It's a Wonderful Leaf"

News

Will Ryan, who voiced many characters in Mickey's Christmas Carol (including Willie the Giant, whom he would continue to voice in subsequent productions, and Pete, whom he reprised for the original DuckTales), and was also the original voice of Petrie in The Land Before Time, died at age 72 on November 19th.
Art LaFleur, who played the Tooth Fairy in The Santa Clause 2 & 3, died at age 78 on November 17th.
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is launching the Children & Family Emmy Awards, a new award ceremony exclusively focusing on children's and family programming next year.
Actor Jerry Douglas died at the age of 88 on November 9th. Best known for his long-running role as John Abbott on The Young and the Restless, he also played Mr. Askou in the 1998 CBS movie The Christmas Wish.
Dean Stockwell, who played Admiral Al Calavicci on Quantum Leap (including its Christmas episode) and Pete Lancaster in the McCloud episode "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", died at the age of 85 on November 7th.
Jack Angel, whose many voice credits included Papa Smurf in The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol, died at the age of 90 on October 19th.
The Muppet Christmas Carol star Michael Caine announced on October 15th that he is retiring from acting. We at the Christmas Specials Wiki wish him well!
David H. DePatie, co-founder of DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and co-creator of The Pink Panther, died at the age of 91 on September 23rd.
Comedian Norm MacDonald, star of The Norm Show (including its Christmas episode) and voice of Buster the Fox in Christmas Is Here Again and Julius in the English dub of Niko & the Way to the Stars, died from cancer at the age of 61 on September 14th.
Ed Asner, who played Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, and also voiced Sergeant Cosgrove on Freakazoid! (including their Christmas episodes), and also portrayed Santa Claus in a few other Christmas specials, died at the age of 91 on August 29th.
Amazon is now seeking to acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (owners of the James Bond, Rocky, and Pink Panther franchises).
AT&T has announced plans to merge WarnerMedia with Discovery Inc., which will bring the Discovery Channel, Discovery Family, the Food Network, HGTV, TLC, Animal Planet, and other Discovery-owned networks under the same corporate umbrella as CNN, HBO, Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT. The merger is expected to be completed in mid-2022.