Changes: The Best Christmas Ever! (Wee Sing)

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The Best Christmas Ever! is Wee Sing Christmas video program, produced and released for the 1990 holiday season.

Summary

Fill your holidays with extra good cheer from the special world of Wee Sing as Santa's elves work their magic to create the best Christmas ever! Join Susie, Johnny, Nellie, and Will on an enchanting trip to the North Pole in a snowflake sleigh. Poofer, Dimpie, Snooter, and the rest of Santa's elves need help! Can their friends solve the problem in the St. Nick of time? Kids will have a ball singing, dancing, and playing along with over 20 favorite holiday songs and fingerplays while learning that personal challenges can be overcome with the help of friends. This full hour of live-action, merry-making fun is sure to bring smiles to young faces all year long!

Featured songs

We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Tapping, Tapping, Little Elves
Gusty the Elf (Part 1)
O Christmas Tree
Two Little Christmas Trees (Fingerplay by Susie)
Mother's Knives and Forks (Fingerplay)
Here We Come A-Caroling
Deck the Halls
Christmas Day Will Soon Be Here (And I Can't Hardly Wait)
When Santa Comes (Fingerplay)
Angel Band
Little Bells of Christmas
Star Light, Star Bright (Fingerplay)
Christmas Wrap
Christmas is Coming
Chubby Little Snowman (Fingerplay)
The Chimney (Fingerplay)
Gusty the Elf (Part 2)
Gusty the Elf (Part 3)
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Jingle Bells
Down Through the Chimney (Fingerplay)
Santa Claus is Coming
Up on the Housetop
'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Cast

Actor(s)/actress(es)	Character(s)
R. Dee	Poofer
Vic McGraw	Gusty
Ronee Walker	Dimpie
Carol Steinel	Snooter
Don Scorby	Thooner
Patty Voglino	Munchie
Russ Fast	Dermie
Robert Milan	Santa
Mark Vincent	Dad
Jodi Lorimer	Mom
Sam Howard	Will
Melanie Chang	Susie
Lindsey Beall Randy Conn Luisa Leite Cecile Matthews Chris Miller Devin Nipp Angie Santos	Carolers
Craig Carothers Dave Gaylord Kate Finn Melinda Pittman	Bell voices
Sarah Dyrhaug Rachel Huey Sam Howard Lisa Kramer	Angel voices

Home Video Availability

To promote the original video release, Price Stern Sloan reissued the existing Wee Sing video programs (up until this point) with the updated promo, which plays after the closing credits, to include this video.

Notes

The rhyme of "Star Light, Star Bright" is also seen on Wee-Sing Favorites: "Classic Songs for Kids"

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Best Christmas Ever!'' (''Wee Sing'')}}
 {{title
 |image=WeeSingTheBestChristmasEverTitleCard.jpg
-|director= Claudia Sloan
+|director=Claudia Sloan
-|writer= Pamela Beall<br>Dale Ducko<br>Susan Hagen Nipp<br>David Poulshock<br>Claudia Sloan
+|writer=Pamela Beall {{s|(based on "Wee Sing Christmas Songs"/original story/writer)}}<br>Susuan Nipp {{s|(based on "Wee Sing Christmas Songs"/original story/writer)}}<br>Dale Ducko<br>Claudia Sloan<br>David Poulshock
 |release=December 10, 1990
-|runtime=60 minutes
+|runtime=56 minutes
-|characters=[[Poofer]]<br>[[Gusty]]<br>The Smith Family<br>[[Santa Claus]]
 |available=VHS<br>DVD}}
+'''''The Best Christmas Ever!''''' is ''Wee Sing'' [[Christmas]] video program, produced and released for the 1990 holiday season.
+==Summary==
-'''Wee Sing The Best Christmas Ever!''' is one of the Wee Sing movies released in 1990.
+Fill your holidays with extra good cheer from the special world of ''Wee Sing'' as [[Santa]]'s [[:Category:Elves|elves]] work their magic to create the best [[Christmas]] ever! Join [[Susie Smith|Susie]], [[Johnny Smith|Johnny]], [[Nellie Smith|Nellie]], and [[Will Smith|Will]] on an enchanting trip to the North Pole in a snowflake sleigh. [[Poofer]], [[Dimpie]], [[Snooter]], and the rest of Santa's elves need help! Can their friends solve the problem in the St. Nick of time? Kids will have a ball singing, dancing, and playing along with over 20 favorite holiday songs and fingerplays while learning that personal challenges can be overcome with the help of friends. This full hour of live-action, merry-making fun is sure to bring smiles to young faces all year long!
+==Featured songs==
-[[Image:Wee_Sing_The_Best_Christmas_Ever.jpg|thumb|right]]
+# [[We Wish You a Merry Christmas]]
+# Tapping, Tapping, Little Elves
+# [[Gusty the Elf (song)|Gusty the Elf]] {{s|(Part 1)}}
+# [[O Christmas Tree]]
+# Two Little Christmas Trees {{s|(Fingerplay by Susie)}}
+# Mother's Knives and Forks {{s|(Fingerplay)}}
+# [[Here We Come A-Caroling]]
+# [[Deck the Halls (song)|Deck the Halls]]
+# [[Christmas Day Will Soon Be Here (And I Can't Hardly Wait)]]
+# When Santa Comes {{s|(Fingerplay)}}
+# Angel Band
+# Little Bells of Christmas
+# [[Star Light, Star Bright (Rhyme)|Star Light, Star Bright]] {{s|(Fingerplay)}}
+# [[Christmas Wrap]]
+# Christmas is Coming
+# Chubby Little Snowman {{s|(Fingerplay)}}
+# The Chimney {{s|(Fingerplay)}}
+# [[Gusty the Elf (song)|Gusty the Elf]] {{s|(Part 2)}}
+# [[Gusty the Elf (song)|Gusty the Elf]] {{s|(Part 3)}}
+# [[Jolly Old St. Nicholas]]
+# [[Jingle Bells (song)|Jingle Bells]]
+# Down Through the Chimney {{s|(Fingerplay)}}
+# Santa Claus is Coming
+# [[Up on the Housetop (song)|Up on the Housetop]]
+# [['Twas the Night Before Christmas]]
-==Plot==
+==Cast==
+{|class=wikitable
-Fill your holidays with extra good cheer from the special world of Wee Sing as Santa's elves work their magic to create The Best Christmas Ever! Join Susie, Johnny, Nellie, and Will on an enchanting trip to the North Pole in a snowflake sleigh. Poofer, Dimpie, Snooter, and the rest of Santa's elves need help! Can their friends solve the problem in the St. Nick of time? Kids will have a ball singing, dancing, and playing along with over 20 favorite holiday songs and fingerplays while learning that personal challenges can be overcome with the help of friends. This full hour of live-action, merry-making fun is sure to bring smiles to young faces all year long!
+!Actor(s)/actress(es)!!Character(s)
-[[Category:Video Specials]]
+|-
-[[Category:Movies]]
+|R. Dee||[[Poofer]]
+|-
+|Vic McGraw||[[Gusty]]
+|-
+|Ronee Walker||[[Dimpie]]
+|-
+|Carol Steinel||[[Snooter]]
+|-
+|Don Scorby||[[Thooner]]
+|-
+|Patty Voglino||[[Munchie]]
+|-
+|Russ Fast||[[Dermie]]
+|-
+|Robert Milan||[[Santa]]
+|-
+|Mark Vincent||[[Larry and Barbara Smith|Dad]]
+|-
+|Jodi Lorimer||[[Larry and Barbara Smith|Mom]]
+|-
+|Sam Howard||[[Will Smith|Will]]
+|-
+|Melanie Chang||[[Susie Smith|Susie]]
+|-valign=top
+|Lindsey Beall<br>Randy Conn<br>Luisa Leite<br>Cecile Matthews<br>Chris Miller<br>Devin Nipp<br>Angie Santos||[[The Smiths' neighbors|Carolers]]
+|-valign=top
+|Craig Carothers<br>Dave Gaylord<br>Kate Finn<br>Melinda Pittman||[[The Bells|Bell voices]]
+|-valign=top
+|Sarah Dyrhaug<br>Rachel Huey<br>Sam Howard<br>Lisa Kramer||Angel voices
+|}
+==Home Video Availability==
+To promote the original video release, Price Stern Sloan reissued the existing ''Wee Sing'' video programs (up until this point) with the updated promo, which plays after the closing credits, to include this video.
+<gallery widths=200 spacing=small>
+CAM08467-1.jpg|{{GNH|VHS|Price Stern Sloan<br>December 10, 1990}}
+WeeSingChristmasUniversal.jpeg|{{GNH|VHS|MCA/Universal Home Video<br>1995}}
+Wee Sing The Best Christmas Ever.jpg|{{GNH|DVD|Wee Sing Productions<br>2005}}
+</gallery>
+==Notes==
+* The rhyme of "Star Light, Star Bright" is also seen on ''Wee-Sing Favorites'': "Classic Songs for Kids"
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Best Christmas Ever!, The (Wee Sing)}}
+[[Category:Sing-Along videos]]
 [[Category:Santa Claus filmography]]
-[[Category:Released in the 1990s]]
+[[Category:1990 releases]]
+[[Category:Santa's Elves filmography]]
+[[Category:Direct-to-video specials]]