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'''''The Smurfs' Christmas Special''''' is a 1982 animated [[Christmas]] television special spun off from the [[:Category:Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera]] animated series ''[[wikipedia:The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|The Smurfs]]''. It first aired on {{w|NBC}} on December 13, 1982, and currently airs on Boomerang during the Christmas season. The special was nominated for the 1983 {{w|Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{w|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)|Outstanding Animated Program}}; however, it lost to ''[[Ziggy's Gift]]''.
  
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|writer=G. Baldwin {{s|(story)}}<br>{{w|Peyo}} {{s|(creator/story)}}<br>Yvan Delporte {{s|(story)}}<br>Len Janson {{s|(teleplay)}}<br>Chuck Menville {{s|(teleplay)}}
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'''''The Smurfs' Christmas Special''''' is a 1982 animated [[Christmas]] television special spun off from the [[:Category:Hanna-Barbera|Hanna-Barbera]] animated show ''{{w|The Smurfs (1981 TV series)|Smurfs}}'', based on the Belgian comic series ''Les Schtroumpfs'' by {{W|Peyo}}. It premiered on [[NBC]] on December 13, 1982, and has since re-aired on the {{w|USA Network}}, [[Cartoon Network]], and {{w|Boomerang (TV channel)|Boomerang}}. It was nominated for the 1983 {{w|Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{w|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)|Outstanding Animated Program}}, but lost to ''[[Ziggy's Gift]]''.
   
 
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[[File:The_Smurfs_decorating_their_Christmas_tree.jpg|thumb|300px|The Smurfs decorating their Christmas tree.]]
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[[File:The_Smurfs_decorating_their_Christmas_tree.jpg|thumb|250px|The Smurfs decorating their Christmas tree]]
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It is Christmas time in the Smurf Village, and they are happily preparing for the holiday celebration, hanging of wreaths, stockings, and Christmas ornaments on the big tree in the middle of the village. [[Harmony Smurf|Harmony]] is practicing his horn solo, but [[Smurfette]], [[Grouchy Smurf|Grouchy]], Greedy, and [[Brainy Smurf]] don't want to hear him play it. Trying to find somebody who will listen to his music, Harmony plays for Lazy while he's sleeping and dumps a pile of snow on top of him. [[Jokey Smurf|Jokey]] is busy loading up a sled with his Christmas "surprises" for every Smurf, but when Harmony tries to play his solo for him, one of them erupts in his hand. [[Papa Smurf]] watches his little Smurfs working together with their Christmas preparations, saying that this could be the best celebration they will ever have.
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It is [[Christmas]] time in the Smurf Village, and they are happily preparing for the holiday celebration, hanging wreaths, stockings, and ornaments on the big tree in the middle of the village. [[Harmony Smurf|Harmony]] is practicing his horn solo, but [[Smurfette]], [[Grouchy Smurf|Grouchy]], Greedy, and [[Brainy Smurf|Brainy]] don't want to hear him play it, so he plays for Lazy while he's sleeping and dumps a pile of snow on top of him. [[Jokey Smurf|Jokey]] is busy loading up a sled with his Christmas "surprises" for every Smurf, but when Harmony tries to play his solo for him, one of them erupts in his hand. [[Papa Smurf]] watches his little Smurfs working together with their Christmas preparations, saying that this could be the best celebration they will ever have. Brainy catches Greedy sneaking a taste of the smurfberry pudding and goes on nagging endlessly to him until Papa Smurf gets him to stop. Then he tells him that the pudding isn't complete until they add the final ingredient - the last walnut. Unfortunately, Greedy has eaten it, so Papa Smurf tells him that he will go get another one from a squirrel.
   
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Out in the forest, an old man is riding in a sleigh with his two grandchildren, William and Guinevere, telling them about [[Santa Claus]], who brings children presents every [[Christmas Eve]]. William asks his grandfather if he thinks Santa Claus is real, and he says it wouldn't be Christmas Eve without him. As they merrily continue on their way, [[Gargamel]] in his castle groans about how miserable Christmas is, knowing that the Smurfs are spreading their love and good cheer on that day. As [[Azrael]] accidentally causes a stack of books on the table to fall upon his master, Gargamel finds one of them opened to a page about "Mother's Old Recipe for Making Life Miserable", believing it could be the perfect way to destroy the Smurfs. Unfortunately for him, the recipe backfires on him as soon as he adds its last ingredient.
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Meanwhile, in his castle, [[Gargamel]] groans about how miserable Christmas is, knowing that the Smurfs are spreading their love and good cheer on that day. As [[Azrael]] accidentally knocks over a stack of books, Gargamel finds one of them opened to a page about "Mother's Old Recipe for Making Life Miserable" and believes it could be the perfect way to destroy the Smurfs. Unfortunately for him, the recipe backfires on him as soon as he adds the last ingredient.
   
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Out in the forest, an old man is riding in a sleigh with his two grandchildren, William and Guinevere, telling them about [[Santa Claus]], who brings children presents every [[Christmas Eve]]. Suddenly, they are attacked by a fierce wolf, with a stranger in a purple cloak (who is never named but is heavily implied to be the Devil) watching. While the Smurfs are busy getting another walnut from the squirrel, the children seek out help for their grandfather, who is buried underneath the wrecked sleigh. They come across Gargamel's castle and ask him if he could help rescue him. He asks them if they have any money, and when they say no, he slams the door in their faces, so they go looking for someone else to help them. In a chateau near a human village, a man fusses that his niece and nephew should have arrived hours ago and tells one of his servants to organize a search party immediately.
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Back in the village, Brainy catches Greedy sneaking a taste of the smurfberry pudding and goes on nagging endlessly to him until Papa Smurf gets him to stop. Then he tells him that the pudding isn't complete until they add the final ingredient - the last walnut. Unfortunately, Greedy has eaten that, so Papa Smurf tells him that he will go get another one from a squirrel.
  
   
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Gargamel is visited by the stranger seen earlier, saying that he will give him the power to destroy the Smurfs, but all he wants in return is the two children who are lost in the forest. When asked why, he answers that he wants revenge on their uncle who, by his good nature, would meddle in his affairs. He offers him a scroll that will tell him how to find the Smurf Village and what he should do when he gets there, but he won't give it to him until he finds the children. As he goes out into the forest to find do so, he comes across their uncle, who is also out looking for them. The uncle asks him if he's seen them, saying that their grandfather is all right, and is offering ten gold coins for their safe return. This makes Gargamel happy, seeing that he can get a reward for finding them ''and'' get his hands on the Smurfs.
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Out in the forest, the grandfather and the two children are happily singing "[[Jingle Bells]]" when they are attacked by a fierce wolf, with a man in a purple cloak watching. While the Smurfs are busy getting another walnut from the squirrel in the forest, the children seek out help for their grandfather, who is buried underneath the wrecked sleigh. They come across Gargamel's castle and ask him if he could help rescue him. He asks them if they have any money, and when they say no, he slams the door in their faces. William sobs, seeing that he is so mean, and Guinevere consoles him, saying they will go find someone else to help them. In a chateau near a human village, a man inside fusses that his niece and nephew should have arrived hours ago and tells one of his servants to organize a search party immediately.
  
   
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Near a tree, William and Guinevere huddle close together to keep themselves warm and to comfort one another so that they won't be scared being all alone in the forest. Guinevere sings "[[Silent Night (song)|Silent Night]]", which attracts the attention of both the wolves and the Smurfs who were just passing through on their way home. However, the wolves find them first and are ready to attack when Papa Smurf intervenes. William thinks that he is [[Santa Claus]], and after the wolves depart, Guinevere tells him and the other Smurfs about their grandfather. He tells Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy to find the sleigh, then tells Smurfette to go back to their village to get help for the children. He stays with them, finding himself a little uncomfortable answering William's question if he was Santa Claus.
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As William and Guinevere continue to look for help, a wolf sniffs out a doll that she has left behind. In Gargamel's castle, he is paid a visit by the cloaked man seen earlier, saying that he will give him the power to destroy the Smurfs, but all he wants in return is the two children lost in the forest. When he asks him why, he answers that he wants revenge on their uncle who by his good nature would meddle in his affairs. He offers him a scroll that will tell him how to find the Smurf Village and what he should do when he gets there, but he won't give it to him until he finds the children first.
  
   
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Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy find the overturned sleigh, but they see no trace of the grandfather who was buried underneath it. Clumsy spots a note that the children's Uncle Edgar left for them, telling them that their grandfather is all right, so Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy return to tell Papa Smurf. In the village, the children are being cared for by the Smurfs as they allow them to eat the smurfberry pudding, much to Greedy's dismay. Papa Smurf offers them presents in addition to his hospitality. Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy show up, telling him and the children that they have found the sleigh and the note from their Uncle Edgar. After Papa Smurf leads the Smurfs into [[Goodness Makes The Badness Go Away|a song they sing every Christmas]], they return to the spot of the wrecked sleigh with the children in high spirits. Unfortunately, Gargamel drops in and kidnaps the children. Smurfette wonders what he wants with them, and Papa Smurf says they must go after him.
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As Gargamel goes out into the forest to find the children, he comes across their uncle who is also out looking for them. He asks him if he's seen them, saying that their grandfather is all right, and is offering ten gold coins for their safe return. This makes him happy, seeing that he can get a reward for finding the children and get his hands on the Smurfs. After the uncle and his team of men depart, Gargamel and Azrael continue on their way.
  
   
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In Gargamel's castle, the stranger again shows up, asking about the children, which Gargamel then turns over to him. The Smurfs watch from a window as Gargamel makes the exchange for the promised scroll, with Papa Smurf noticing something about the stranger. Gargamel is so happy to get the scroll with which he can destroy the Smurfs that he immediately heads for their village as the stranger takes the children away. Vanity wonders what they are going to do about their village, but Papa Smurf tells him that rescuing the children from the stranger comes first.
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Near a tree, William and Guinevere huddle close together to keep themselves warm and to comfort one another so that they wouldn't be scared being all alone in the forest. She sings "[[Silent Night]]", which attracts the attention of both the wolves and the Smurfs who were just passing through on their way home. However, the wolves find them first and are ready to attack when Papa Smurf intervenes, warning them that the children are their friends. William thinks that Papa Smurf is Santa Claus, and after the wolves depart, Guinevere tells him and the other Smurfs about their grandfather. He tells Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy to find the grandfather's sleigh, then tells Smurfette to go back to the village to get help for the children. He stays with them, finding himself a little uncomfortable answering William's question if he was Santa Claus.
  
   
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Upon reaching the village, however, Gargamel is disappointed to find out that the Smurfs aren't around, but he decides to go ahead with reciting the incantation on the scroll, causing everything in the village to wither away until everything is left in ruins. After the scroll vaporizes, Gargamel cackles in glee, seeing that the Smurfs will be miserable this year, and then returns to the forest to collect his ten pieces of gold. Meeting with Edgar and his men at the wrecked sleigh, he tells them that he saw the stranger take the children away. Edgar sets off to find him, saying he will only pay Gargamel when the children are found. Then the stranger shows up, telling Gargamel that he has broken their contract. He is rather fearful when the stranger says he will now come with him, and when he and Azrael back away from him, he turns a tree into a bunch of snakes, forcing them to surrender.
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Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy find the overturned sleigh, but they see no trace of the grandfather who was buried underneath it. Clumsy spots a message nailed to the sleigh, which was left by the children's Uncle Edgar, telling them that their grandfather is all right, so Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy return to tell Papa Smurf.
  
   
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[[File:Goodness makes the badness go away.jpg|thumb|250px|The Smurfs sing "Goodness Makes the Badness Go Away" in order to save the children and even Gargamel.]]
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As Gargamel continues his search for the children in the forest, they are being cared for by the Smurfs in the village as they allow them to eat the smurfberry pudding, which makes Greedy mournful that he hasn't had one bite of. William can't wait to tell their grandfather that they have met Santa Claus, actually Papa Smurf, who offers them presents in addition to his hospitality. Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy show up, telling him and the children that they have found the sleigh and the note left from their uncle. He sees that it's good news, but when William asks if they can finish opening their presents first, he tells them that they can open them all. He then leads his little Smurfs into a song that they sing every Christmas, "Goodness Makes the Badness Go Away", which the children also sing along to.
  
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Tracker leads the Smurfs onto a trail of human tracks and cat paw prints in the snow, which means that the stranger now has the children, Gargamel, and Azrael in his clutches. In an open barren field, he is ready to take his captives on what he calls "their final journey" and surrounds them with a ring of fire to prevent their escape while he summons a portal that will take them all to his home. The scene is so frightful that even Gargamel is on his knees begging for mercy. The Smurfs, who have found the ritual starting, wonder what they can do to combat such evil. Papa Smurf says there is one thing that can overcome it, the power of love, and so he directs his little Smurfs into singing their song, singing it loudly enough so that the children could hear and sing along. The stranger is getting upset by this and warns the Smurfs that they're dealing with a power they know nothing about. But the singing continues, which makes the ring of fire surrounding the captives grow higher, and even Gargamel is forced to sing along with the Smurfs. Eventually this overpowers the stranger to the point where he and his ring of fire disappear.
   
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As the Smurfs cheer for their victory, William and Guinevere hear their Uncle Edgar and grandfather calling for them. They turn to see that their grandfather is all right and safe, riding in their Uncle Edgar's sleigh. Gargamel demands his payment, saying that he helped rescue them, which William refutes by saying that he was mean to them. However, Guinevere says not to hurt him because Christmas is a time for forgiving, even the likes of him. After he fearfully departs, William and Guinevere tell their Uncle Edgar that they met Santa Claus. As they ride off, the children wave goodbye to the Smurfs, who are hiding on a precipice.
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Returning to the spot of the wrecked sleigh with the children in high spirits, Papa Smurf tells his little Smurfs that they're going to need a huge signal fire. But then Gargamel drops in from the tree he was watching them in, taking the children away while Azrael chases the Smurfs until his master calls for him, saying they will deal with them later. Smurfette wonders what he wants with the children, and Papa Smurf says that he doesn't know, but the evil wizard is up to no good and that they must go after him.
  
   
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Upon returning to their village, the Smurfs are all huddled around outside in blankets, looking at the devastation Gargamel left behind. Papa Smurf says that while they don't have all the nice things about Christmas or even the comfort of warm beds, what they do have is each other, which most of them can agree with. Harmony offers to play his solo, and as he does so, something miraculous happens: the tree lights up, fully restored, and so does the village. Papa Smurf is not sure how that could happen, but he is sure that anything can happen on Christmas.
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In Gargamel's castle, the stranger again shows up, asking about the children, which Gargamel then turns over to him. The Smurfs watch from a window as the evil wizard makes the exchange for the promised scroll, with Papa Smurf noticing something about the stranger. Gargamel is so happy to get the scroll with which he can destroy the Smurfs that he immediately heads for the Smurf Village as the stranger takes the children away. Vanity wonders what they are going to do about their village, but Papa Smurf tells him that rescuing the children from the stranger comes first. Upon reaching the village, however, Gargamel is disappointed to find out that there are no Smurfs left in it, but he decides to go ahead with reciting the incantation on the scroll. As it is said, things in the village wither away until everything in it is left in ruins. After the scroll vaporizes, Gargamel cackles in glee, seeing that the Smurfs will be hungry, homeless, and miserable this year, then he goes back into the forest to collect his ten pieces of gold.
  
   
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==Availability==
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Meeting with Edgar and his men at the wrecked sleigh, Gargamel is asked about the welfare of the children, and he answers that he has seen the man with the purple cloak take them away. Edgar sets off to find him, but when Gargamel asks about the payment, he answers he will pay him only when the children are found. Then the stranger shows up, telling Gargamel that a contract is a contract and that he has broken his part of it. He is rather fearful when the stranger says he will now come with him, and when he and Azrael back away from him, they find a tree behind them has been turned into a bunch of snakes by him, forcing them to surrender.
  
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The special, along with ''[['Tis the Season to Be Smurfy]]'', was included on ''The Smurfs Holiday Celebration'' DVD, released by {{w|Warner Home Video}} on October 4, 2011.
   
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==Voice cast==
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[[File:Goodness_makes_the_badness_go_away.jpg|thumb|300px|The Smurfs sing "Goodness Makes the Badness Go Away" in order to save the children and even Gargamel.]]
  
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Tracker leads the Smurfs onto a trail of human tracks and cat paw prints that were made in the snow, which means that the stranger now has the children as well as Gargamel and Azrael in his clutches. In an open barren field, he is ready to take his captives on what he calls "their final journey" and surrounds them with a ring of fire to prevent their escape while he summons a portal that will take them all back to his home. The scene is so frightful that even Gargamel is on his knees begging for mercy. The Smurfs, who have found the ritual starting, wonder what they can do to combat such evil. Papa Smurf says there is one power that can overcome it, the power of love, and so he directs his little Smurfs into singing "Goodness Makes the Badness Go Away", singing it loudly enough so that the children could hear and sing along. The stranger is getting upset by the singing and warns the Smurfs that they're dealing with a power they know nothing about. But the singing continues, which makes the flames surrounding the captives grow higher, and even Gargamel is forced to sing along with the Smurfs. Eventually this overpowers the stranger to the point where he and his wall of fire disappear.
  
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|Michael Bell || [[Grouchy Smurf]]<br />Handy Smurf
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|{{W|Lucille Bliss}} || [[Smurfette]]
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|Bill Callaway || [[Clumsy Smurf]]<br />Painter Smurf
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|{{W|Hamilton Camp}} || [[Harmony Smurf]]<br />Greedy Smurf
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|[[June Foray]] || [[Jokey Smurf]]
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|Danny Goldman || [[Brainy Smurf]]
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|David Mendenhall || William
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|[[Don Messick]] || Papa Smurf<br />[[Azrael]]
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|Henry Polic || Tracker Smurf
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As the Smurfs cheer for the victory they have over the stranger, William and Guinevere hear their uncle and grandfather calling for them. They turn to see that their grandfather is all right and safe, riding in their uncle's sleigh. Gargamel demands for his payment, saying that he helped rescue them, which William refutes by saying that he was mean to them. However, Guinevere says not to hurt him because Christmas is a time for forgiving, even the likes of him. After Gargamel fearfully departs, William and Guinevere tell their uncle that they have met Santa Claus, which makes him laugh in wonder. As they ride off, the children wave goodbye to the Smurfs whom they see are hiding on a precipice.
  
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Upon their return to the village, the Smurfs are all huddled around outside in blankets, looking at the devastation that was left behind by Gargamel. Papa Smurf says that while they don't have all the nice things about Christmas or even the comfort of warm beds, what they do have is each other, which most of them can agree with. Harmony offers to play his solo, and as he does, something miraculous happens: the tree lights up, fully restored, and so does the village. Papa Smurf is not sure how that could happen, but he is sure that anything can happen on Christmas.
  
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The special, along with its follow-up ''[['Tis the Season to Be Smurfy]]'', was included on ''The Smurfs Holiday Celebration'' DVD, released by {{w|Warner Home Video}} on October 4, 2011.
  
   
 
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The Smurfs' Christmas Special is a 1982 animated Christmas television special spun off from the Hanna-Barbera animated show Smurfs, based on the Belgian comic series Les Schtroumpfs by Peyo. It premiered on NBC on December 13, 1982, and has since re-aired on the USA Network, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang. It was nominated for the 1983 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, but lost to Ziggy's Gift.

Synopsis

The Smurfs decorating their Christmas tree

The Smurfs decorating their Christmas tree

It is Christmas time in the Smurf Village, and they are happily preparing for the holiday celebration, hanging wreaths, stockings, and ornaments on the big tree in the middle of the village. Harmony is practicing his horn solo, but Smurfette, Grouchy, Greedy, and Brainy don't want to hear him play it, so he plays for Lazy while he's sleeping and dumps a pile of snow on top of him. Jokey is busy loading up a sled with his Christmas "surprises" for every Smurf, but when Harmony tries to play his solo for him, one of them erupts in his hand. Papa Smurf watches his little Smurfs working together with their Christmas preparations, saying that this could be the best celebration they will ever have. Brainy catches Greedy sneaking a taste of the smurfberry pudding and goes on nagging endlessly to him until Papa Smurf gets him to stop. Then he tells him that the pudding isn't complete until they add the final ingredient - the last walnut. Unfortunately, Greedy has eaten it, so Papa Smurf tells him that he will go get another one from a squirrel.

Meanwhile, in his castle, Gargamel groans about how miserable Christmas is, knowing that the Smurfs are spreading their love and good cheer on that day. As Azrael accidentally knocks over a stack of books, Gargamel finds one of them opened to a page about "Mother's Old Recipe for Making Life Miserable" and believes it could be the perfect way to destroy the Smurfs. Unfortunately for him, the recipe backfires on him as soon as he adds the last ingredient.

Out in the forest, an old man is riding in a sleigh with his two grandchildren, William and Guinevere, telling them about Santa Claus, who brings children presents every Christmas Eve. Suddenly, they are attacked by a fierce wolf, with a stranger in a purple cloak (who is never named but is heavily implied to be the Devil) watching. While the Smurfs are busy getting another walnut from the squirrel, the children seek out help for their grandfather, who is buried underneath the wrecked sleigh. They come across Gargamel's castle and ask him if he could help rescue him. He asks them if they have any money, and when they say no, he slams the door in their faces, so they go looking for someone else to help them. In a chateau near a human village, a man fusses that his niece and nephew should have arrived hours ago and tells one of his servants to organize a search party immediately.

Gargamel is visited by the stranger seen earlier, saying that he will give him the power to destroy the Smurfs, but all he wants in return is the two children who are lost in the forest. When asked why, he answers that he wants revenge on their uncle who, by his good nature, would meddle in his affairs. He offers him a scroll that will tell him how to find the Smurf Village and what he should do when he gets there, but he won't give it to him until he finds the children. As he goes out into the forest to find do so, he comes across their uncle, who is also out looking for them. The uncle asks him if he's seen them, saying that their grandfather is all right, and is offering ten gold coins for their safe return. This makes Gargamel happy, seeing that he can get a reward for finding them and get his hands on the Smurfs.

Near a tree, William and Guinevere huddle close together to keep themselves warm and to comfort one another so that they won't be scared being all alone in the forest. Guinevere sings "Silent Night", which attracts the attention of both the wolves and the Smurfs who were just passing through on their way home. However, the wolves find them first and are ready to attack when Papa Smurf intervenes. William thinks that he is Santa Claus, and after the wolves depart, Guinevere tells him and the other Smurfs about their grandfather. He tells Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy to find the sleigh, then tells Smurfette to go back to their village to get help for the children. He stays with them, finding himself a little uncomfortable answering William's question if he was Santa Claus.

Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy find the overturned sleigh, but they see no trace of the grandfather who was buried underneath it. Clumsy spots a note that the children's Uncle Edgar left for them, telling them that their grandfather is all right, so Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy return to tell Papa Smurf. In the village, the children are being cared for by the Smurfs as they allow them to eat the smurfberry pudding, much to Greedy's dismay. Papa Smurf offers them presents in addition to his hospitality. Hefty, Brainy, and Clumsy show up, telling him and the children that they have found the sleigh and the note from their Uncle Edgar. After Papa Smurf leads the Smurfs into a song they sing every Christmas, they return to the spot of the wrecked sleigh with the children in high spirits. Unfortunately, Gargamel drops in and kidnaps the children. Smurfette wonders what he wants with them, and Papa Smurf says they must go after him.

In Gargamel's castle, the stranger again shows up, asking about the children, which Gargamel then turns over to him. The Smurfs watch from a window as Gargamel makes the exchange for the promised scroll, with Papa Smurf noticing something about the stranger. Gargamel is so happy to get the scroll with which he can destroy the Smurfs that he immediately heads for their village as the stranger takes the children away. Vanity wonders what they are going to do about their village, but Papa Smurf tells him that rescuing the children from the stranger comes first.

Upon reaching the village, however, Gargamel is disappointed to find out that the Smurfs aren't around, but he decides to go ahead with reciting the incantation on the scroll, causing everything in the village to wither away until everything is left in ruins. After the scroll vaporizes, Gargamel cackles in glee, seeing that the Smurfs will be miserable this year, and then returns to the forest to collect his ten pieces of gold. Meeting with Edgar and his men at the wrecked sleigh, he tells them that he saw the stranger take the children away. Edgar sets off to find him, saying he will only pay Gargamel when the children are found. Then the stranger shows up, telling Gargamel that he has broken their contract. He is rather fearful when the stranger says he will now come with him, and when he and Azrael back away from him, he turns a tree into a bunch of snakes, forcing them to surrender.

Goodness makes the badness go away

The Smurfs sing "Goodness Makes the Badness Go Away" in order to save the children and even Gargamel.

Tracker leads the Smurfs onto a trail of human tracks and cat paw prints in the snow, which means that the stranger now has the children, Gargamel, and Azrael in his clutches. In an open barren field, he is ready to take his captives on what he calls "their final journey" and surrounds them with a ring of fire to prevent their escape while he summons a portal that will take them all to his home. The scene is so frightful that even Gargamel is on his knees begging for mercy. The Smurfs, who have found the ritual starting, wonder what they can do to combat such evil. Papa Smurf says there is one thing that can overcome it, the power of love, and so he directs his little Smurfs into singing their song, singing it loudly enough so that the children could hear and sing along. The stranger is getting upset by this and warns the Smurfs that they're dealing with a power they know nothing about. But the singing continues, which makes the ring of fire surrounding the captives grow higher, and even Gargamel is forced to sing along with the Smurfs. Eventually this overpowers the stranger to the point where he and his ring of fire disappear.

As the Smurfs cheer for their victory, William and Guinevere hear their Uncle Edgar and grandfather calling for them. They turn to see that their grandfather is all right and safe, riding in their Uncle Edgar's sleigh. Gargamel demands his payment, saying that he helped rescue them, which William refutes by saying that he was mean to them. However, Guinevere says not to hurt him because Christmas is a time for forgiving, even the likes of him. After he fearfully departs, William and Guinevere tell their Uncle Edgar that they met Santa Claus. As they ride off, the children wave goodbye to the Smurfs, who are hiding on a precipice.

Upon returning to their village, the Smurfs are all huddled around outside in blankets, looking at the devastation Gargamel left behind. Papa Smurf says that while they don't have all the nice things about Christmas or even the comfort of warm beds, what they do have is each other, which most of them can agree with. Harmony offers to play his solo, and as he does so, something miraculous happens: the tree lights up, fully restored, and so does the village. Papa Smurf is not sure how that could happen, but he is sure that anything can happen on Christmas.

Availability

The special, along with 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy, was included on The Smurfs Holiday Celebration DVD, released by Warner Home Video on October 4, 2011.

Voice cast

Voice actor/actress Character(s)
Rene Auberjonois Stranger
Michael Bell Grouchy Smurf
Handy Smurf
Lucille Bliss Smurfette
Bill Callaway Clumsy Smurf
Painter Smurf
Hamilton Camp Harmony Smurf
Greedy Smurf
June Foray Jokey Smurf
Danny Goldman Brainy Smurf
David Mendenhall William
Don Messick Papa Smurf
Azrael
Alan Oppenheimer Vanity Smurf
Henry Polic Tracker Smurf
Alexandra Stoddart Gwenevere
Paul Winchell Gargamel
Frank Welker (uncredited) Hefty Smurf

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Hanna-Barbera
Productions
Shorts and episodes The Night Before Christmas • Good Will to Men • "Christmas Flintstone" • "A Dickens of a Christmas" • "Baby's First Christmas" • "The Nutcracker Scoob" • "Insanity Claus" • "A Jetson Christmas Carol" • "Happy Howlidays" • "The Nativity" • "The Magic Sack of Mr. Nicholas" • "The Ghost of Christmas Paddington" • "Santanapped" • "Don Coyote and the Christmas Bell" • "George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular" • "Santa Klutz" • "A Cavekid Christmas" • "Dexter Vs. Santa's Claws" • "Twas the Night" • "Happy Baboon Holidays" • "Scary Christmas" • "Scroogey Doo" • "It's a Wacky Life" • "Dashing Thru the Snow" • "Signed, Sealed and Wacky" • "The Spirit of Frostnos"
Specials and movies A Christmas Story • Silent Night, Holy Night • A Flintstone Christmas • Casper's First Christmas • Yogi's First Christmas • The Smurfs' Christmas Special • Christmas Comes to Pac-Land • Yogi Bear's All-Star Comedy Christmas Caper • The Little Troll Prince • The Tom and Jerry Christmas Special • 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy • The Town Santa Forgot • A Flintstone Family Christmas • A Flintstones' Christmas Carol • A Scooby-Doo! Christmas • Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale • Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays • Tom and Jerry: Santa's Little Helpers • Tom and Jerry: Snowman's Land
Albums
Merry Christmas • Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm Singing Songs of Christmas • Exciting Christmas Stories with Scooby-Doo and Friends • Hanna-Barbera's Christmas Sing-A-Long • A Christmas in Bedrock • A Flintstones Motown Christmas
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