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"A Present for Santa" is the first Christmas episode of the Nick Jr. animated series Dora the Explorer. It was originally released directly-to-video on September 24, 2002, before airing on Nickelodeon in prime-time on December 11th of that year. It is Christmas Eve and Santa is coming to Dora's house later tonight to bring them presents. Dora and Boots present each other with a pair of maracas and a flute, respectively, and they play the tune of "Feliz Navidad". They then leave out a present for Santa, but the next morning, they find that he didn't take his present with him after leaving their gifts. They go outside and see Santa from afar. Boots asks where he's going and Dora says that he's going home. Boots tells her that they have to give him his present, so they have to figure out how to get to the North Pole. Map says that the North Pole is very far away and that they have to go up the snowy mountains and across the icy river to get there. (more...)
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- David Hemingson won the 75th Writers Guild of America Award for Original Script of The Holdovers (in addition to producing). The film has previously won three of the 40th Independent Spirit Awards: Dominic Sessa for Best Breakthrough Performance; Da'vine Joy Randolph (who previously won the 81st Golden Globe Awards opposite Paul Giamatti and also won in the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards and the 96th Academy Awards) for Best Supporting Performance; and Best Cinematography (Eigil Bryld).
- Actor/comedian Joe Flaherty died at the age of 82 on April 1st. Known for his roles as Harold Weir on Freaks and Geeks, Donald the heckler in Happy Gilmore, Sid Sleaze in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, and the Western Union Man who delivered Doc's letter to Marty at the end of Back to the Future Part II, he also portrayed Bing Crosby in The True Meaning Of Christmas Specials and voiced Snorkel in The Santa Claus Brothers.
- M. Emmet Walsh, whose credits included the Commander in The Gift, Jeb in A Scooby-Doo! Christmas, and Santa Claus himself in the Christmas episode of Early Edition, died on March 19th at the age of 88.
- In the 14th British Animation Awards, Mog's Christmas won the Best Long Form award, sharing its honors with A Bear Called Wojtek.
- In the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards, Faith Heist: A Christmas Caper has been nominated for three awards, and Take Me Back for Christmas has been nominated for two, while the following have been nominated for one each: Christmas Island for Best TV Movie, "Christmas at Malory Towers" for Best Youth Fiction Program, Designing Christmas and A Gingerbread Christmas for TV Movie Writing, Well Suited for Christmas for Best Original Comedy Music, and One Delicious Christmas for Best TV Movie Lead Performer.
- Longtime Nickelodeon producer Janice Burgess, who created The Backyardigans and was the creative director for the Winx Club revival, died on March 4th, just a week after her 72nd birthday.
- Chris Gauthier died at the age of 48 on February 23, 2024. Best known for his roles as Neville in Need for Speed: Carbon and Mr. Smee in Once Upon a Time, he had starred in many Christmas-themed Hallmark Channel original movies.
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has reached an agreement to distribute The Walt Disney Company's future physical home video releases in North America.
- In the 2024 Kidscreen Awards, the Dino Ranch episode "A Dino-Might Night" won for Best Holiday or Special Episode in Preschool programming (tied with Sesame Street's "Grandparents' Day"), and the Bob's Burgers episode "The Plight Before Christmas" won for Best Holiday or Special Episode in Teens/Tweens programming.
- In the 2nd Annual Children's & Family Emmy Awards, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special won four awards, including Best Fiction Special. Although Sesame Street: The Nutcracker Starring Elmo & Tango lost for Best Preschool Sound Mixing and Editing, Elmo's puppeteer Ryan Dillon won for Best Puppetry Performance.
- Home Alone and The Nightmare Before Christmas, alongside 23 other films, were inducted into 2023's National Film Registry for preservation.
- Likely to drive sales of Paramount+ subscriptions, Paramount Global shut down the stand-alone Comedy Central, MTV, Paramount Network, Nickelodeon, and Nick Jr. apps on January 31st.
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Trivia
- Day 1: Which Looney Tunes character was planned to star in his own live-action Christmas movie in the 2000s? Answer: Marvin the Martian.
- Day 2: In "White Christmess", what does Molly McGee name the llama that Darryl rented for the Christmas McGee En-Happification Project? Answer: Brita.
- Day 3: Prior to his introduction in "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas", Lance Loud (the Loud Kids' paternal uncle) had a cameo in which earlier episode of The Loud House? Answer: Lance appeared as a silhouette in a flashback in the episode "Home of the Fave" from the third season.
- Day 4: In the ALF episode "Oh, Tannerbaum", how much did Willie Tanner pay for the fake Christmas tree? Answer: $125.
- Day 5: Which of Jon Arbuckle's relatives who appeared in A Garfield Christmas Special did not reappear in The Garfield Show episode "Home for the Holidays"? Answer: Grandma Arbuckle.
- Day 6: What DVD set does Carl give Homer in "'Tis the Fifteenth Season"? Answer: The first season of Magnum P.I.
- Day 7: Which Disney animator who tragically passed away earlier this year was the director of Mickey's Christmas Carol? Answer: Burny Mattinson, who had been working at the studio since 1953.
- Day 8: In "Happiness is Holiday Traditions", what is Lucy van Pelt's favorite part of Christmas? Answer: Caroling.
- Day 9: In "A Smurfy Christmas", what did Dim-Witty Smurf use instead of paper for his letter to Santa? Answer: A carrot.
- Day 10: What was the only Rankin/Bass Christmas special that was not included on The Complete Rankin/Bass Christmas Collection DVD and Blu-ray box sets? Answer: Santa, Baby!, because it is owned by Perisphere Pictures.
- Day 11: What was the invention Steve Urkel made so that he wouldn't ruin Christmas for anybody in Urkel Saves Santa? Answer: The Nice Ticker.
- Day 12: What is the name of the cricket Arturo Santiago befriends in "A Very Casagrandes Christmas"? Answer: Julio.
- Day 13: What was the video game console that Greg Heffley wanted in Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever? Answer: The Mega Station 9000.
- Day 14: According to her official biography from the Prep & Landing website, who did Miss Holly serve as a junior assistant to? Answer: Mrs. Tannenbaum, Santa’s former Executive Assistant.
- Day 15: What was former Bluffington mayor Bob White's new job in "Doug's Christmas Story"? Answer: He was now hosting a call-in radio show.
- Day 16: Who was the special guest on Miss Piggy's talk show in The Muppets episode "Single All the Way"? Answer: Mindy Kaling.
- Day 17: David Warner, who provided the narration for the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol, was also known for voicing which Freakazoid! villain? Answer: The Lobe.
- Day 18: According to a deleted scene, who really won the light contest in the live-action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas? Answer: Betty Lou Who (Cindy's mother).
- Day 19: In "We Wish You a Merry Chaos-Mas", what alias does the Professor give herself? Answer: Phoenix Thunderslayer.
- Day 20: In "A Robot for All Seasons", Brad gave Sheldon a subscription to which magazine? Answer: Not-So-Popular Mechanics.
- Day 21: Which of Sesame Street's human cast members recorded their own Christmas album? Answer: Bob McGrath, who played Bob Johnson, recorded the album Bob! from Sesame Street: Christmas Sing Along.
- Day 22: In "A Flipmas Carol", what was the name of Flip's lost love? Answer: Tammy Gobblesworth, whom he would ultimately reunite with in the later episode "Flip This Flip".
- Day 23: In "Mickey's Christmas Chaos", whose house ultimately wins first prize in the decorating contest? Answer: Pluto's doghouse.
- Day 24: What was the rival store's name in the 1994 version of Miracle on 34th Street? Answer: Shopper Express.
- Day 25: According to the shooting script for A Christmas Story and the book A Christmas Story Treasury, what is "The Old Man"'s real name? Answer: Frank Parker.
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