Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs

Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs is a Christmas-themed sing-along video produced by Walt Disney Home Video, originally released on October 4, 1988. It was the fifth release in the Disney's Sing-Along Songs series of videos and was reissued in 1990 (as Volume 8) and 1994. A new version of the video with some new songs added was released on November 5, 2002, with narration by the late Roscoe Lee Browne who voiced Francis from Disney's Oliver & Company.
==Description==
It's the happiest time of the year! And the season of Santa, reindeer and gift-wrapped surprises will be even jollier with this joyful volume of Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs. Gather up the family and enjoy a fun-filled collection of the most beloved Christmas songs and carols, accompanied by a wonderland of wintry holiday scenes! It's a kaleidoscope of sights and sounds that is sure to make everyone's holiday very, very merry! Voices ready? Let's all sing!
==Songs==
The original 1988, 1990 and 1994 VHS releases contained the following songs:
# 	Song 	Performed by 	Set to clips from
1 	"From All of Us to All of You" 	Jiminy Cricket (voiced by Eddie Carroll) 	Walt Disney Presents: "From All of Us to All of You" (color version)
2 	"Deck the Halls" 	Chimes and Chorus https://youtube.com/shorts/Ddxf2HH6A6s?si=STPAceg2hX6OqDPs (Incorrectly credited as the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus and Larry Groce)	Pluto's Christmas Tree
3 	"Jingle Bells" 	The Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus 	Donald's Snow FightOnce Upon a Wintertime (Melody Time)Snow Foolin'
4 	"Joy to the World" 	Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus 	The Nutcracker Suite (Fantasia)
5 	"Up on the Housetop" 	Don Janse's Children's Chorus 	
The Night Before ChristmasSanta's Workshop
6 	"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"	Bing Crosby 	The Night Before ChristmasPeter and the Wolf (Make Mine Music)Corn ChipsThe Wind in the Willows (The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad)Bongo (Fun and Fancy Free)Mickey's Orphans (colorized version)Once Upon a Wintertime (Melody Time)The Cold-Blooded Penguin (The Three Caballeros)Peculiar PenguinsSquatter's RightsDumbell of the YukonPluto's Christmas TreeChip an' DaleLady and the Tramp
7 	"Sleigh Ride" 	Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy 	Mickey's Christmas Carol
8 	"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" 	Don Janse's Children's Chorus 	The China ShopBroken ToysSanta's WorkshopThe Night Before Christmas
9 	"Winter Wonderland" 	Larry Groce and the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus (only the chorus is credited) 	On IceThe Autograph HoundThe Hockey ChampDonald's Snow FightBambiThe Cold-Blooded Penguin (The Three Caballeros)Peter and the Wolf (Make Mine Music)
10	"Here Comes Santa Claus" 	Larry Groce, the Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus, with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy 	Disneyland parade footage
11	"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" 	Gene Autry 	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
12	"Silent Night" 	The Living Voices 	Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria (Fantasia)
13	"We Wish You a Merry Christmas" 	The Disneyland Sing-Along Chorus (Larry Groce is credited, but he didn't sing it) 	
Plays over the closing credits during Lady and the Tramp background and the fireworks ending from "A Present for Donald" on the 1988, 1990 and 1994 releases. At the end of the song, Jiminy Cricket wishes the viewers, "From all of us to all of you, Merry Christmas! And a very Happy New Year!"
The 2002 reissue removed "From All of Us to All of You" from the actual program and added in the following songs:
# 	Song 	Performed by 	Set to clips from
1 	"It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" 	Unknown 	Donald Duck: Stuck on Christmas
2 	"Winnie the Pooh's Jingle Bells" 	Tigger, Roo, Piglet, Eeyore, Pooh 	Winnie the Pooh and Christmas TooWinnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
3 	"Toyland" (from Babes in Toyland) 	An unidentified children's chorus 	Mickey Mouse Works: "The Nutcracker"
4 	"All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" 	Goofy and Max (he is portrayed with a lisp) 	A Very Goofy Christmas
5 	"Seasons of Giving" (from Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving)	Cast 	Winnie the Pooh and Christmas TooWinnie the Pooh and Tigger TooThe New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
6 	"As Long As There's Christmas" 	Belle, Cogsworth, Mrs. Potts, Chip, Lumiere and Fifi	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
7 	"Jingle Bell Rock" 	Bobby Helms 	Mickey Mouse Works: "Mickey's Christmas Chaos"Mickey Mouse Works: "Donald on Ice"Mickey Mouse Works: "The Nutcracker"Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical WorldMickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of MouseMickey's Once Upon a ChristmasHouse of Mouse: "Snow Day"
8 	"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" 	Brenda Lee 	Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of GivingWinnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
9 	"White Christmas" 	Bing Crosby 	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of MousePocahontas II: Journey to a New WorldMickey's Christmas CarolLady and the TrampMickey Mouse Works: "Mickey's Mixed Nuts"Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical WorldMickey Mouse Works: "Mickey's Christmas Chaos"Mickey and Minnie's The Gift of the Magi
10	"The Best Christmas of All" 	Cast 	Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
==Gallery==
DisneysVeryMerryChristmasSongs VHS 1988.jpg|VHSWalt Disney Home Video, 1988
DisneysVeryMerryChristmasSongs VHS 1990.jpg|VHSWalt Disney Home Video, 1990
DisneysVeryMerryChristmasSongs VHS 1994.jpg|VHSWalt Disney Home Video, 1994
DisneysVeryMerryChristmasSongs VHS 2002.jpg|VHSWalt Disney Home Entertainment, 2002
DisneysVeryMerryChristmasSongs DVD 2002.jpg|DVDWalt Disney Home Entertainment, 2002
Very Merry Christmas Songs UK Cover.jpg|1st UK VHS release
Very Merry Christmas Songs 2nd UK Release Cover.jpg|2nd UK VHS release
51M79+Rvh8L. SL500 AA300 .jpg|1st Japanese VHS release
51EK2AYS3QL.jpg|2nd Japanese VHS release
2426AS-front.jpg|The 1993 laserdisc release, with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas (front)
2426AS-back.jpg|The 1993 laserdisc release, with Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas (back)
VeryMerryChristmasSongsMickeyWreath.png|Mickey wreath
Faoutaoy01.jpg|"From All of Us to All of You"
DecktheHallstitlecard.png|Title card: "Deck the Halls"
Pluto'sChristmasTree.png|"Deck the Halls"
JingleBellstitlecard.png|Title card: "Jingle Bells"
JingleBells.png|"Jingle Bells"
JoytotheWorldtitlecard.png|Title card: "Joy to the World"
Fantasia-disneyscreencaps.com-2984.jpg|"Joy to the World"
UponaHousetoptitlecard.jpeg|Title card: "Up on the Housetop"
1933-noel-2.jpg|"Up on the Housetop"
LetItSnow!LetItSnow!LetItSnow!titlecard.png|Title card: "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"
Tumblr lvozd1L6g61r3jmn6o1 1280.png|"Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow"
SleighRidetitlecard.png|Title card: "Sleigh Ride"
Mickeys christmas carol 11large.jpg|"Sleigh Ride"
ParadeoftheWoodenSoldierstitlecard.jpeg|Title card: "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"
Night Before Christmas 2.jpg|"Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"
WinterWonderlandtitlecard.png|Title card: "Winter Wonderland"
22905.jpg|"Winter Wonderland"
HereComesSantaClaustitlecard1.png|Title card: "Here Comes Santa Claus"
HereComesSantaClaustitlecard2.png|"At Disneyland!"
HereComesSantaClaus.jpeg|"Here Comes Santa Claus"
RudolphtheRed-NosedReindeertitlecard.png|Title card: "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
RudolphtheRed-NosedReindeer(1948).jpeg|"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
SilentNighttitlecard.png|Title card: "Silent Night"
Sunrise.jpg|"Silent Night"
Trading things.jpg|"Seasons of Giving" (2002 only)
Beauty2-disneyscreencaps com-2584.jpg|"As Long As There's Christmas" (2002 only)
File:MickeyAsTheNutcracker.jpg|"Jingle Bell Rock" (2002 only)
The Best Christmas of All.JPG|"The Best Christmas of All" (2002 only)
1954-present-for-donald-04.jpg|"We Wish You a Merry Christmas"
==Trivia==
*In the original issues, a still image of the Christmas tree from the animated film Lady and the Tramp is used for the closing credits. The firework shot from "A Present for Donald" is used at the end, as well.
*"From All of Us to All of You" is played at the end of the advanced level of the Words of the Season vocabulary game on the 2002 DVD release.
*The VHS cover features artwork of Mickey and friends caroling, which was reused for the 2005 DVD release of Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites Volume 9: Classic Holiday Stories.
*The song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" used footage from the 1948 Max Fleischer cartoon of the same name, as Disney has never made their own Rudolph cartoon. This is due to the cartoon being in the public domain, allowing Disney to use it without any legal trouble.
*The lyrics to the song "Jingle Bells" used footage from the 1949 Famous Studios Screen Song cartoon Snow Foolin', which was also in the public domain. Much like the modern Sing-Along Songs cartoons, the Screen Songs series used sing-along sequences and a bouncing ball to encourage crowd sing-alongs in the movie theatres.
*Here are some differences in the 2002 release:
**In the 2002 release, the timing of the words in "Joy to the World" and "Silent Night" is different.
**In the 2002 release, "Winter Wonderland" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the same design for the bouncing ball as the 1988 version but looks different. In addition, the timing of the words is also different.
**In the 2002 release, the bouncing ball for "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" has the Mickey with the Rudolph design for all of the duration of the song, but in the 1988 version, the regular Mickey bouncing ball appears but when it goes to the line, "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the Mickey bouncing ball with the Rudolph design appears and stays there for the rest of the song.
**In the 2002 release, the wraparound segments between each song have been replaced; the 2002 release uses new wraparound segments consisting of live-action Christmas sets with narration by Roscoe Lee Browne over it. In addition in the 2002 release, the older faded prints of classic Disney cartoons and movies from the 1930s-1950s used in the 1988, 1990 and 1994 releases have been replaced by newer transfers from the 1990s, which looked far superior.
*The beginning of the "Sleigh Ride" sing-along omits the first two lines (the reason being, those two lines were sung at a slower pace before the up-tempo portion begins).
*The "Seasons of Giving" sing-along uses the third version (introduction to the Christmas segment).
*The 2002 release is dedicated to Eleanor Richman-Adams.
*The ending from the House of Mouse episode "Clarabelle's Christmas List" with Santa Mickey signing off is featured in the 2002 release.
*There is a different arrangement for the 2002 version of "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" than the original arrangement for the 1988 version. Andy Belling orchestrated both recordings.
*The songs "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" and "Jingle Bell Rock" use their original Brenda Lee and Bobby Helms recordings.
*The 1994 version added the Disney's Sing-Along Songs logo at the beginning which features the same music from Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas. 
*The original 1988 release ended with a list of other Sing-Along videos, announced by Jiminy Cricket, but the 1990 release ended with a list of other Christmas-related videos, announced by Brian Cummings, while the 1994 release ended with the 1994 version of the Disney's Sing-Along Songs promo.
*This is the only Christmas volume of the series to have a known Spanish version.
*The Christmas village that was featured in the 2002 version was manufactured by Department 56.
*The original Don Janse and his 60 Voice Children's Choir recordings were accompanied by a very quiet pipe organ and were enhanced for this video by additional synthesizers.
==See also==
*Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Category:Sing Along Songs videos
Category:Christmas films
Category:1988 films
Category:2002 films