Animal Holiday

***Animal Holiday*** (or ***National Geographic's Animal Holiday***) is a Christmas video released by National Geographic and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It teaches about how certain animals cope with life in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, as well as wintertime in other parts of the world.

## Video description

*Do penguins live at the North Pole? Where do polar bears go in the winter? How do beluga whales "sing"? Curious children want to know, so Santa calls on his furry friends to help explain it all - in song! Now your family can join in the fun as National Geographic Video combines classic wildlife footage with your favorite holiday tunes. The whole family will want to sing along as otters, reindeer and pandas shake, waddle and roll to the beat. Travel from the North Pole to the South Pole and visit various creatures in their snowy homes. These hilarious and heartwarming holiday "tails" will jingle your bells and deck your halls for years to come.*

## Songs

* Jingle Bell Waddle
* Ho Ho Ho
* The Bear Song
* Waltz of the Flowers
* Fa La La
* Present from Santa
* We Wish You a Merry Christmas

## Video release

The video was initially released on September 30, 1997 on VHS. On October 11, 2005, it was released on DVD for the first time, including bonus features, then again on October 6, 2009, featuring *Wild Detectives: Penguin Adventures* as a bonus disc.

An instrumental version of the last part of "Present for Santa" is heard in the main menu and scene selections, a PAL pitch edit of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" was heard in the special features menu, and "Waltz of the Flowers" was heard in the credits section.

There is an option to watch the whole video with the sing-along option, in which lyrics would appear at the bottom of the screen for every song.

### Scene selections

1. Introduction
2. The "Jingle Bell Waddle" song
3. Reindeer on the Go
4. The "Ho Ho Ho" Song
5. Bears in the Backyard
6. The "Bear" Song
7. Arctic Whales
8. Playing in the Snow
9. The "Fa La La" Song
10. The "Present from Santa" Song
11. Conclusion
12. Credits

### Special features

Special features on the DVD releases include:

* **Sing-Along-Songs**: Individual versions of the sing-along versions of the songs.
* **Guess Who? Game**
* **Sound Off!**
* **Interactive Quiz**
* **More from National Geographic Kids**: A promotional video for other National Geographic Kids products.
* **New Releases on DVD**: A set of trailers for the following four releases at the time:
	+ *Really Wild Animals*
	+ *March of the Penguins*
	+ *The Little Polar Bear: Lars and the Little Tiger*
	+ Cranium Hullabaloo DVD Game: The Amazing Animal Adventure

## Credits

* **Producers**: Kathy Filosi Nelson; Nancy Rosenthal
* **Editors**: Ralph Quattrucci; Chris Sciannella
* **Original Music and Arrangements by**: Paul Christianson
* **Narrator**: Mike Pengra
* **Writer**: Shirley Robson
* **Director (Santa Segments)**: S.J. Staniski
* **Director of Photography (Santa Segments)**: Dave Insley
* **Associate Producer**: Jennifer Gorman
* **Stock Footage Researcher**: Amanda Dunn
* **Production Assistants**: Lara Andre; Brian M. Beenders
* **Additional Editing**: Melanie Soich
* **Set Designer**: Kin Ellentock
* **Makeup Artist**: Terri Trupp
* **Gaffer**: Murdoch Campbell
* **Grips**: Don Aros; Louise Hernon
* **Santa Claus**: Mikael Schauer
* **Mrs. Claus**: Bonnie Jourdan
* **Post Production Services**: Henninger Video; Roland House
* **Stock Footage**: BBC Worldwide Americas; Bob Landis
* **Special Thanks to**: Fred and Teggy Smith; James and Shirley Carmalt, Resoration Hardware, Why Not?, Saint Martin's School, Debbie Menocal, Leslie Watson, and Debbie London
* For Summer Productions
* **Executive Producer**: Helen Holt
* **Senior Producer**: Elizabeth Brach
* **Post Production Supervisor**: Ralph Quattrucci
* For National Geographic Television
* **Executive Producer**: Cynthia Van Cleef
* **Development Manager**: Anne Dickerson
* **Production Coordinator**: Andrew K. Mitchell
* **Post Production Manager**: Robin Freeman
* **Manager (Stock Footage Research)**: Catherine Yelloz
* **Director (Business Affairs)**: William Lynn Wallace
* **Director (Home Video Business Management)**: Luis Perez
* **Product Manager (Children's Video)**: Denise Burcksen
* **Vice President (Domestic Home Video)**: Bob Potter
* **Vice President (Marketing and Distribution)**: Todd Berman
* **Vice President (Business Affairs)**: Susan Borke
* **Chief Financial Officer**: Lowell Soffer
* **Senior Vice President (Programming and Production)**: Andrew Carl Wilk
* **President**: Tim Kelly
* **President (National Geographic Society)**: Reg Murphy
* **Chairman (National Geographic Society)**: Gilbert M. Grosvenor
* **Produced by**: Summer Productions for National Geographic Television
* © 1997 NGT, Inc.

## Transcript

*Main article: Animal Holiday/Transcript*
## External links

* IMDB
* Christmas Specials Wiki
* Soundeffects Wiki
* RetroJunk