Holiday Highlights

Holiday Highlights is a 1940 Merrie Melodies short directed by Tex Avery.
== Plot ==
Wacky blackouts are presented about different holidays for every month of the year, with lots of painstaking rotoscope work and some typical risqué gags, especially for Mother's Day. On Christmas, Santa transports "Good Rumor Ice Cream" on his sleigh.
== Caricature ==
* George Washington
*Katharine Hepburn - the girl's voice in the Valentine's Day segment is based on her
*Harold Peary - the college dean's voice is based on his character The Great Gildersleevehttps://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/guess-who-voice-artists-in-the-woody-woodpecker-cartoons/
* Artie Auerbach - "Mm, could be."
== Availability ==
Golden-Age-of-Looney-Tunes-3-F.jpg|(1992) LaserDisc The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 3, Side 5: Early Avery
LTCE VOL 8 TEX-BOOK LOONEY.jpg|(2000) VHS Looney Tunes: The Collectors Edition Volume 8: Tex-Book Looney (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Lt bbcc dvd.jpeg|(2010) DVD Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (1995 Turner dubbed version)
Mrandmrssmithbd.jpg|(2024) Blu-ray Mr. and Mrs. Smith
== Gallery ==
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== Notes ==
* MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of this short on Toon In with Me.
== References ==
 
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Tex Avery
Category:1940
Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Spot Gag Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons in a.a.p. package
Category:One-Shot Cartoons