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12 Tiny Christmas Tales
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Wikipedia article
'12 Tiny Christmas Tales' (stylized onscreen as '12 tiny Christmas tales') is an American Christmas animated short film, that was broadcast on Cartoon Network on December 7, 2001. It was created, animated and directed by Bill Plympton.
Plot
A grandmother tells her three grandchildren increasing bizarre stories of Christmas.
Segments
The stories are based on eight-panel sequences from Christmas cards Plympton began drawing for his parents in 1964.*Victor the Tree
*Cecil the Snowman
*Blitzen
*The 12 Days of Christmas
*A Little Veggie Christmas
*The Killer Snowflake
*Lester the Loud Tie
*The Dancing Bear and the King
*The Boy Who Loved Christmas
*The Peddler and the Donkey
*The Plucky Present
*The Carolers
Cast
*Madelon Thomas as Grandma
*Billy Schneider as Older Boy
*Madeline Rogan as Little Girl
*Peter Dylan Rogan as Younger Boy
*Oliver Wyman as Blitzen / Angry Guy (credited as Pete Zarustica)
*Tony Carroll as Plucky Present / Lester the Tie / Announcer / Santa Claus / Dad
*Rebecca Honig as Veggies
*Sheldonna Smythe as Little Girl (Lester the Tie)
Additional voices
*Bill Plympton*Maureen McElheron
Songs
In this film there are nine original songs, which were written and executive-produced by Maureen McElheron. Hank Bones instead served as a producer. Finally, "Kalinka" was the only famous song inserted into it.
# "Cecil the Snowman"
# "Remember Christmas"
# "Victor the Tree"
# "Blitzen's Theme"
# "Everyday's a Holiday"
# "Donkey and Peddler"
# "Plucky Present"
# "Killer Snowflake"
# "Veggie Christmas"
# "Kalinka" (traditional version)
Credits
* Animated & Directed by: Bill Plympton
* Camera: John Donnelly
* Editor: Anthony Arcidi
* Sound: Georgia Hilton
* Associate Producers: Maureen McElheron and John Holderried
* Music Producer: Hank Bones
* Art Supervisor: Signe Baumane
* Artists: Jesse Schmall, Andrea Breitman, Sasha Vetrov, Lori Samsel, Celia Bullwinkel, Rose Bevans
* Voices: Madelon Thomas, Billy Schneider, Madeline Rogan, Peter Dylan Rogan, Pete Zarustica, Tony Carroll, Rebecca Honig, Sheldonna Smythe, Bill Plympton, Maureen McElheron
* Plymptoons
Notes
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