Arthur's Perfect Christmas

*NOTE: Not to be confused with Arthur Christmas, a 2011 CGI animated film co-produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman.*

***Arthur's Perfect Christmas*** is an hour-long *Arthur* special that first aired on November 23, 2000. It has since been released on home videos.

## Summary

As the residents of Elwood City get ready for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and even "Baxter Day," they all want their holiday celebrations to be perfect—but just what does that mean?

## Why It Rocks

1. A quite creative plot (about the characters discovering the true meaning of Christmas as they aim to make sure that the Holidays are nothing short of perfect) and that is non-linear. The overall story of the film has been done in many other movies and TV show specials alike (coming out both before and after the release of this one), yes. But this example of both is still a nice take on the plot with it's own story beats and traits that make it stand out from most other examples of Christmas specials/films, even ones with a similar plot.
2. Great voice acting, as always. This is also greatly helped by the fact that the actors from the TV series reprise their roles as they're respective characters that they voice on said show here, unlike the *Arthur* franchise's other movie.
3. Arthur, his family (with the exception of D.W., as this movie was made during the time where she was an unlikable brat rather than the more likable character she is in the newer seasons), and his friends are great characters as usual.
4. "Boogie Woogie Christmas" is a memorable song. The lyrics are actually pretty original and creative, the beat is good, and the song itself is just very hard to just outright forget anything about it (from it's lyrics to it's beat, the two aspects that were previously mentioned to be some of the song's best attributes).
5. "Baxter Day" was also a creative idea for Buster's family's Holiday traditional. It also makes him stand out in terms of said tradition pretty well from the competition. As it's the only one that isn't a Holiday celebrated by most other people (make no mistake, the other Holidays that the other members of the cast celebrated were obviously amazing, but this one was al well).
6. A good ending that shows all the members of the main cast and the unique ways they and they're families celebrate Christmas depending on their cultures, despite Arthur getting annoyed by D.W.'s new toy (the only real issue at all with the film's ending).

## Bad Qualities

1. D.W. throwing a big tantrum just because she didn't get Tina The Talking Tabby can be annoying to many viewers.
	* Speaking of, the Tina The Talking Tabby song is ***INCREDIBLY ANNOYING!!!!!*** Even more annoying than the Crazy Bus song, which is laughably annoying (not to mention it was even played on the radio in Arthur's parent's car).
2. Muffy betrayed Francine's religion (Judaism) by saying Hanukkah isn't as important as Christmas, which is an obvious example of Christian discrimination against Jews. She at least apologizes at the end and tries to understand Hanukkah.
3. Some lines were cut in the later airings, but they can still be heard in the 2002 DVD.
4. Bathroom humor was used for the first time in Arthur. (There was a scene where Arthur was actually gonna use the toilet, but D.W. opened the door because she wanted to see if Santa was in the bathroom.)

## Trivia

* This is the last production in which Michael Yarmush voiced Arthur, until the series finale.

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