A Claymation Christmas Celebration
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Will Vinton's A Claymation Christmas Celebration is a 1987 Christmas television special featuring stop motion animation known as Claymation.
In this television special, anthropomorphic dinosaur hosts Rex and Herb (thinly veiled versions of Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert) introduce several segments featuring clay animation and Christmas music.
This special was released on DVD in 2003 along with A Claymation Halloween Celebration and A Claymation Easter Celebration.
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[edit] Musical Segments
- "We Three Kings" sung by the Three Wise Men and their beboping camels
- "Carol of the Bells" performed by anthropomorphic church bells and directed by Maestro Quasimodo
- "O Christmas Tree" and various scenes taking place inside of Christmas ornaments
- "Angels We Have Heard On High" and ice dancing walruses
- "Joy to the World" and various Christmas scenes
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" sung by the California Raisins
- "Here We Come A-Wassailing" sung by the entire Claymation cast
[edit] Awards
1988—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program given to Will Vinton (executive producer/director), David Altschul (producer) and Ralph Liddle (writer)
[edit] Trivia
- In the 2004 Christmas episode of The Simpsons (entitled "'Tis The Fifteenth Season"), A Claymation Christmas Celebration is spoofed as Christmas with the California Prunes. The Prunes sing "O Pruney Night" (a parody of "O Holy Night") which includes the lines "O Pruney Night, the stars are slightly wrinkled/We are the fruit that your grandmother likes". (Lisa remarks that it is "offensive to Christians and Prunes!")
