I’ve gotten a late start to the holiday season this year, but Warner Bros. is helping find my Christmas spirit with all their awesome DVD and Blu-ray releases of late. Following up on the 1960s and 1970s collections, today I’ve got my hands on I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown in a deluxe edition DVD.

This Peanuts special is a rare beast. It’s a modern production (2003), and it’s very enjoyable. It revolves around Linus and Lucy’s younger brother Rerun trying desperately to convince his Mom to buy him a dog for Christmas. She doesn’t budge, so he settles for spending some quality time with Snoopy. Snoopy’s brothers make appearances and there is a lot of genuinely funny dialog.

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Previously I wrote about the Warner Archive release of The Flight of Dragons. Today I watched another rare Warner Archive release, this time of the 1980 made-for-TV movie Yogi’s First Christmas.

I’d never seen Yogi’s First Christmas before (that I can remember), so we popped it in this weekend expecting a relatively short holiday special, but we were surprised to find out that it was feature length.

The feature is aptly titled, because it all revolves around Yogi’s first Christmas at Jellystone. I’d never thought about it before, but hibernation would totally screw up the holidays. When Yogi and Boo Boo accidentally get woken up, they finally get to take part in Christmas. The stakes are high this year due to Jellystone’s hotel manager flirting with the idea of selling the lodge, and Yogi and the gang try desperately to keep her happy to change her mind.

Yogi’s pals Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Augie & Doggie Daddy are there for the party, but the hotel manager’s evil nephew Snively is too. He hates everything, including Christmas, and is hell-bent on ruining the gang’s plans.

Yogi’s First Christmas is pretty funny, if a little cheesy. There are a few forgettable musical numbers, but also plenty of slapstick to make up for it. All in all, it would make a great addition to your Christmas special shelf (everyone has those, right?), especially since this is the first time it’s been available on DVD.

You can buy it on DVD today at the Warner Archive.

This review is based on product provided by Warner Bros.

It’s hard to believe, but Christmastime is almost here, and in honor of the nostalgia-filled holiday, here’s a Charlie Brown Christmas desktop wallpaper. You can download it in the following sizes:

• 1920 x 1280
• 1920 x 1080
• 1600 x 1200
• 1024 x 768

I’m excited to be able to start posting Christmas-related stuff here on THS, and this Charlie Brown Christmas wallpaper was made using the awesome Blu-ray that I’ll be reviewing pretty soon.

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In anticipation of Robert Zemeckis’ latest motion capture extravaganza, Disney has been touring the country with a special Christmas Carol train to raise awareness of the film and to block city streets for days at a time.

I’m not particularly excited about the film, because I usually hate motion capture, but when something like this rolls into town, I can’t pass it up. The tour includes glimpses at models, concept art, busts, and of course, a healthy dose of motion capture propaganda. They also set up an impressive outdoor, inflatable Disney Digital 3D theater to show off clips from the film.

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Every year around Christmas, I always ended up playing with my toys in or around the Family Fake Christmass Tree.  One year I even made a horrible movie about my toys saving Christmas.  Now that I’m all grown up and married and stuff, I have my own Christmas tree for the first time ever.  What better way to decorate it than with awesome, random parts of your childhood?

Sure, Hallmark usually has a few “nostalgic” ornaments every year, but why pay $20-30 when you can make your own?This article will show you how to decorate your tree Saturday Morning Central style. Don’t worry, it’s easy.  Here’s what you need:

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