Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure

Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure is the twentieth episode of the fifth season of Dora the Explorer. It is also the series' second Christmas special, after "A Present for Santa."
==Plot==
One Christmas evening at his workshop at the North Pole, Santa is checking his nice and naughty lists when he notices the viewer and greets them. He then tells them that there are many children on his nice list that know the true spirit of Christmas, but that there are also some children who are on his naughty list that do not get the spirit of Christmas or share, and that children on the naughty list will not receive any presents for Christmas. Santa then says that he has a Christmas story for the viewer, which his elves want to hear, and he asks the viewer if they want to hear it. The viewer says yes, and after that, one of Santa's elves, Henry, hands Santa a book which contains the story. Starting his story, Santa explains to the viewer that his story is about Swiper the fox, and that it all starts in a familiar forest one snowy Christmas Eve.
In said forest, Dora and Boots greet the viewer and explain to them that they and their friends are preparing for their Nochebuena party they have on Christmas Eve. Then, they sing a song about Nochebuena and all the preparations involved for the party they will have. After the song ends, Dora explains to the viewer that the best part of their Nochebuena party is when they give each other Christmas presents. Isa says that Christmas is a time for giving, which Dora agrees with her on, but Dora then says to the viewer that they know someone who does not ever give any presents on Christmas, but instead swipes them. Isa knows who Dora is talking about, and so does the viewer: It is Swiper the fox. Boots explains to the viewer that Santa has warned Swiper that if he does not stop swiping on Christmas, he will end up on the naughty list, and if Swiper gets on the naughty list, he will not get any presents. Dora thinks that maybe this year, Swiper will listen to Santa, which the others also hope will happen, but Isa is not so sure it will happen.
Just then, they hear Swiper nearby, and behind a tree, Swiper puts on a reindeer mask. Coming towards the party skipping like a reindeer, Boots thinks Swiper is just a reindeer, but Dora does not think so, and neither does the viewer. Dora and the viewer are correct: Swiper takes off his reindeer mask, revealing himself to be Swiper all along, and he tries to swipe the star on the top of the others' Christmas tree. The others comment that if Swiper swipes on Christmas, he will end up on Santa's naughty list, and Dora says that she thought Swiper could change. Trying to swipe the star on top of the tree, Swiper and the Christmas tree suddenly are about to fall down onto the food table, but fortunately at that very moment, Santa arrives on his reindeer-pulled sleigh and saves the party just in time before it gets ruined. Noticing that the Christmas tree star is missing, Boots asks Dora where the star went, so she asks the viewer if they see where the star went. The viewer finds the star up in the air and catches it in their hands as it lands towards the ground. Then they throw it safely back towards the top of the Christmas tree. After Dora compliments the viewer, Santa shows back up at the party and asks if everyone is okay. Everyone says that they are okay, which Santa is glad to hear, and then he disappointingly walks towards Swiper and tells him that his swiping on Christmas has to end, and Santa also says that Swiper would have ruined Dora and her friends' party if he had not arrived just earlier. Swiper tries saying that he will not do it again, but Santa says that he has heard Swiper use the "I won't do it again" excuse before, only to swipe again the following Christmas. Swiper tries saying that he really means that he will not swipe again next Christmas, but Santa tells Swiper that he has warned him many times before about swiping on Christmas, and that he will not give him any additional warnings. Because Swiper does not seem to learn his lesson about swiping on Christmas, Santa puts Swiper on the naughty list. Disappointed about this, Swiper sadly walks away. The others comment that Swiper should not have swiped on Christmas and are glad that the Christmas presents are safe, but Dora, feeling sad for Swiper, wants to help him change and get off the naughty list, so she runs over to him and whispers to him that she is going to ask Santa if she can help Swiper get off the naughty list.
Taking Swiper with her, Dora then asks Santa if there is anything they can do to get Swiper off of the naughty list, because she wants to help him change for the better. Santa says to Dora that she is a good friend, and he asks her if she believes Swiper can change in the end. Dora says that she does, and Swiper does too. Santa then says to them that there is one way for Swiper to change, and that is for him to find the true spirit of Christmas. If he can learn this, then Santa will change his mind. Santa then gives Dora and Swiper a card that has a Christmas tree on it and is missing four ornaments and a star. He tells them that they will fill in one ornament each time Swiper learns the true spirit of Christmas, and then Swiper will get off of the naughty list. He also tells them that in order to get ornaments for the card, they will have to go to the past and the future, when they were younger and when they are older. Swiper asks Dora how they will get to the past and the future, but fortunately, Santa answers Swiper's question by saying that there is someone who will help them: The Grumpy Old Troll. Taking off on his reindeer-pulled sleigh, Santa tells Dora to go to the Grumpy Old Troll's bridge, where the troll will help them. Dora and Swiper then decide to head off for the troll's bridge, but there is one thing Swiper has to remember along the way: No swiping on Christmas. Then they leave after that.
Through song, Dora and Swiper head off towards the Grumpy Old Troll's bridge, but Swiper keeps forgetting to not swipe on Christmas, as he tries to swipe items from a cat, a pig, and a seal, but Dora and the viewer remind Swiper each time he tries to swipe from one of the aforementioned animals that there is no swiping on Christmas. Swiper finally remembers to not swipe on Christmas at the end of the song. Soon enough, Dora and Swiper arrive at the Grumpy Old Troll's bridge, where they meet up with the troll. After singing his signature song, the Grumpy Old Troll tells Dora and Swiper to solve his riddles, but the two do not want to cross his bridge this time, as they need to travel to the past and the future. The Grumpy Old Troll then tells them that before they travel through time, they must solve his three riddles. After Dora, Swiper, and the viewer solve the troll's riddles, Swiper tells the Grumpy Old Troll that Santa will not give him any presents due to him now being on the naughty list. The Grumpy Old Troll feels bad for Swiper, and then he says that he will help Dora and Swiper travel through time with the assistance of purple time travel capes. He gives one cape each to Dora, Swiper, and the viewer. Dora thanks the Grumpy Old Troll for the capes, and she asks the troll if he wants to come with them, but he declines the offer, saying that he needs to watch over his bridge should someone else come along. Dora and Swiper then realize that they do not know how the capes work, so Dora kindly gets Swiper to ask the Grumpy Old Troll how the capes work since she always asks. After Swiper asks the troll how the time travel capes work, he explains to them that they are magical, mystical capes, and in order to get the capes to work so that they can travel to the past and the future, they have to simply shake their capes. Dora and Swiper thank the Grumpy Old Troll for his help, and after that, Dora, Swiper, and the viewer shake their time travel capes to travel through time back to the past.
When they get to the past, Swiper asks Dora if they are now in the past. This question is answered when the two of them see a younger version of the Grumpy Old Troll, named the Grumpy Little Troll, who will not let anyone go over his bridge. Dora suggests to the little troll that maybe he should let people answer a riddle before crossing his bridge. The little troll thinks it is a crazy idea, but he takes it into consideration as Dora and Swiper head off towards the Christmas Forest. Once again through song, Dora and the viewer remind Swiper about not swiping on Christmas, and Swiper remembers to not swipe along the way, as he does not swipe any of the gifts that a puppy, a cow, and a squirrel got for Christmas from Santa. After the song ends, jingle bell sounds are heard, and it is revealed that Swiper has gotten one of the four ornaments on his card already. Swiper is showing signs of improvement as he is learning the Christmas spirit. Pretty soon, Dora and Swiper arrive at the Christmas Forest, where they see baby versions of Isa, Tico, Boots, Benny, and Swiper. The babies all have Christmas presents that they got from Santa, and they enjoy them very much. Unfortunately, baby Swiper soon swipes all of the other babies' presents, and the other babies start crying about this. Swiper feels bad that he swiped the other babies' Christmas presents when he was younger, and he tells baby Swiper that he should not swipe on Christmas. Then he gives the other babies their presents back, which Dora is happy to see. However, despite having their presents back, the other babies are still crying, and Swiper wants to cheer them up somehow. He asks Dora if she can do something about this, and she has an idea to cheer up the babies, but she needs help from the viewer first. The viewer agrees to help Dora, and then she starts singing a silly song with help from the viewer, and Swiper joins in too. Sure enough, Dora's silly song cheers up the other babies, and after the song is over, more jingle bells are heard, which means that Swiper has received another ornament on his card. He now has two ornaments, and needs to get two more in order to learn the true spirit of Christmas and get off the naughty list. Now it is time for Dora and Swiper to travel forwards through time, but Swiper realizes that his time travel cape is missing. The viewer finds out that baby Swiper is the baby who took Swiper's cape, so Swiper takes his cape back from baby Swiper and he tells his baby counterpart, "No swiping." Baby Swiper is upset about this, but Swiper tells him that one day, he will learn. Having now gotten his time travel cape back, Swiper is ready to travel forwards through time with Dora. Dora, Swiper, and the viewer all shake their capes, and they all travel forwards through time.
Now forwards through time about a few years later, Dora and Swiper see toddler versions of themselves plus Boots, Benny, Tico, and Isa in the Christmas Forest, and all of them have different Christmas presents they enjoy. Swiper also sees that toddler Swiper has his bunny stuffed animal that he got for Christmas that year, and he also tells Dora that he still has that toy to this day and loves it very much. Toddler Swiper then briefly sings a song about his bunny toy, and afterwards, Swiper comments how happy he was on Christmas Eve that year. Dora then reminds Swiper that he still swiped on Christmas that year, as at that very moment, toddler Swiper swipes the other toddlers' presents and hides them. Swiper says that what his toddler counterpart just did was terrible, then decides that he is going to find the other toddlers' presents in order to give them back to the toddlers. Dora and the viewer help Swiper find all of the presents, and after finding all of them, Swiper gives the presents back to the toddlers. Then, more jingle bells are heard, and Swiper discovers that he now has three ornaments on his card's Christmas tree and only needs to get one more ornament. The only way to get the last ornament on his card and get off the naughty list is to go into the future when they are older kids, so Dora, Swiper, and the viewer all shake their time travel capes to travel to the future.
==Home video releases==
===DVD===
* Dora the Explorer: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure
==See also==
*Dora the Explorer: "A Present for Santa"
*Go, Diego, Go!: "Diego Saves Christmas"
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Category:Christmas productions
Category:Nick Jr. specials