OMG! I've been searching for this for YEARS!!!! You cannot even buy it! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I believe this was made in 2008, which the last Christmas we had with my sister. She passed away on December 19, 2009... and my father a few weeks later. When we'd all get together or talk on the phone, my sister and father would sing the song - 🎶Christmas is just around the corner!🎶 Christmastime was, and still is, a very special time for us... Thank you for giving us this gift! 🎁
@MrOrange, Bless your heart. Thank you. Kind of you to say... I thought losing my mom was difficult... Losing my sister and my father within weeks of each other... Hands down the worst three week period that my entire family had to endure...
I know how that is; one year, my cousin died 11 months to the day, and on Christmas my grandmother died. I wasn't alive yet when those things happened, but I know about them from family members. The earlier one esp. hit my aunt hard, as she *loved* children. Then my parents gave my sister, Stephanie, the same middle name and cousin Teresa (Teresa is the cousin's name.) To sum it up, if anyone were to say Teresa is in *Hell* right now because she never accepted Christ, I demand that they *go* to Hell, get evidence to prove their claim, and then return. My belief is in the concept of the Age of Innocence and the Age of Accountability; Teresa is, in this case, in Heaven , because she had not sinned at all, and had no chance at all of being capable of understanding things enough to *be able* to go to Jesus in prayer. I likewise believe that aborted children also are in Heaven, and that the gruesome way in which they tragically died *IS* murder and should be outlawed, under *strict* penalties. Ending on a positive note, I hope you and your sister and father see each other in the Rapture, as they would, in that case, be revived and you would go with them to a better life... :) Merry Christmas! ;)
I am seeing this for the first time today (December 10, 2022). I discovered it because I went to a rock concert last night at a local club. Before the band started Christmas music was playing over the loudspeakers and the title song played. I found this film after looking the song up. This looks and feels like a Christmas special from around 1977 (when I was in seventh grade), especially with Barry Manilow narrating and singing two songs.
That’s a rare treat to see in high quality with the live action intro in the beginning of this video and this Ocean Spray & Film Roman musical special gift was originally aired right after “Mickey’s Christmas Special” as part of Freeform’s yearly 25 Days Of Christmas marathon on ABC Family in 2008.
Oh yes the good old days of watching timeless and wonderful Christmas cartoons on regular 📺 what a blessing that was and I enjoyed every minute of it too. Great memories and great times plus great entertainment. I wish things do not have to change and I wish everything could stay the same too. Miss watching all these great Christmas cartoons on television the way it use to be. Oh my goodness, throughout the 1980s and '90s they used to pack the television with all kind of Christmas cartoons and sometimes it was hard to watch all of them because they just had so much on back then and it was fun. Nowadays it doesn't even feel like Christmas anymore because they don't play them and if they do you're very lucky today as well. It's a shame that they don't and it's a shame that the younger generation will never know what we had back then.
Doesn't this guy narrating have the most wonderful voice. I'd reallllly love to hear him narrate some of the books I've been listening to on Audible 😂 On a serious note. I absolutely love the music and the story. It's great and Barry sounds fantastic.
Mr Grape should have been put in jail for damaging and trespassing Mr Whiskers home lol..Thanks for uploading this movie first time ever watching it! lol
I remember seeing this in a Christmas party at my school 6-7 years ago but I had little memory of it until I have heard it was completely lost,thank you for uploading it.
MrOrange I probably remember that it was either a dvd rip from a DVR or an officially licensed dvd Oceanspray distributed years ago and we are talking 2011 here, I was in 2nd grade at the time so like I said I don’t remember much of the movie but I think I remember seeing a dvd menu before the movie started,so there may have been an actual dvd that they released.
A year back I was in charge of taking inventory and packing up the art room for moving. While sorting through the magazines I saw an ad for this. Finally, I can put my curiosity to rest.
@@mrorange7534 Funny enough, I had the opportunity to record an airing of it in 2011, but passed up that opportunity because I didn't know what this Christmas special was at the time. I kind of wish I had recorded it now, because we could have had it archived about two years before it was uploaded if I had done that (because two years before this was uploaded is when I looked it up and found out that it was lost media). Any copy I would have recorded would have been pretty crap picture quality though.
I'm really glad this had been found but there's another scene that was not in this airing, but likely in a subsequent airing. Mr. Whiskers comes into Grandma's kitchen and she gives him some of the cranberry cookies and their recipe. She recites it and they put the ingredients list up on the screen too. Iirc it uses cranberries (maybe dried ones aka "craisins"), white chcolate chips, maybe some oats too. Plus probably some other staples like eggs, milk, flour, etc. I was almost going to take notes on this special but the recipe isn't in it. I wonder if the recipe section has been found yet...
I am glad you have posted this. I have been looking for this christmas special for yers ever since it was taken off abc family. Usually when I tried to search anything about Cranberry Christmas all I would be able to find is the song from this special. This was always a great christmas show to watch every year. I always looked forward to watching it with my family. This will be a good christmas.
This is now one of my new traditions ever since I saw this a year ago (I'm rewatching this rn) and the antagonist reminds me so much like waluigi (probably because of the head shape) thanks for uploading this man
I grew up reading the Devlin's Cranberry book series. Mr. Whiskers, Maggie and Grandma practically became part of my own family. It hurts to know that their stories aren't so well known anymore these days, and also knowing that this is the only animated adaptation they've ever had to date. Still, I feel blessed to have gotten the chance to see this obscure little gem. Thank you so much!
Me too! I never knew there was a movie. My book was passed on to my mother's former home health care aids children a few years ago, so it shall live on 😁
Yeah, well, welcome to Generation Illiterate where nobody knows about book franchises (and the ones they do know of, Hollywood has hyped beyond belief)
Nice story, but I think it lacks a lil' something about that sister learning to mind her own beeswax, and to not assume she can intrude on her brother whenever it occur to her.
Did they really have to get Barry Manilow to do the narration plus the songs? No one else was available? The title should be called “A Copacabana Christmas”
me and mom used to watch this EVERY year until it seemingly was up and gone. we went every possible route to find it even writing to oceanspray. u are a SAINT. i can't wait to show her it
Thank you, thank you, thank you SO VERY MUCH for posting this! I loved this special and nobody airs it anymore and you can't buy it anywhere. Thank you so much!
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OMG! I've been searching for this for YEARS!!!! You cannot even buy it! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I believe this was made in 2008, which the last Christmas we had with my sister. She passed away on December 19, 2009... and my father a few weeks later. When we'd all get together or talk on the phone, my sister and father would sing the song - 🎶Christmas is just around the corner!🎶 Christmastime was, and still is, a very special time for us... Thank you for giving us this gift! 🎁
Sorry to hear about your sister and father, best wishes to you.
@MrOrange, Bless your heart. Thank you. Kind of you to say... I thought losing my mom was difficult... Losing my sister and my father within weeks of each other... Hands down the worst three week period that my entire family had to endure...
You still have a mother to be with you.
I know how that is; one year, my cousin died 11 months to the day, and on Christmas my grandmother died. I wasn't alive yet when those things happened, but I know about them from family members. The earlier one esp. hit my aunt hard, as she *loved* children. Then my parents gave my sister, Stephanie, the same middle name and cousin Teresa (Teresa is the cousin's name.) To sum it up, if anyone were to say Teresa is in *Hell* right now because she never accepted Christ, I demand that they *go* to Hell, get evidence to prove their claim, and then return. My belief is in the concept of the Age of Innocence and the Age of Accountability; Teresa is, in this case, in Heaven , because she had not sinned at all, and had no chance at all of being capable of understanding things enough to *be able* to go to Jesus in prayer. I likewise believe that aborted children also are in Heaven, and that the gruesome way in which they tragically died *IS* murder and should be outlawed, under *strict* penalties. Ending on a positive note, I hope you and your sister and father see each other in the Rapture, as they would, in that case, be revived and you would go with them to a better life... :) Merry Christmas! ;)
@@edgardeitz5746 I heard of that before from my mother. I haven't looked for in the bible yet, but wouldn't doubt it.
I am seeing this for the first time today (December 10, 2022). I discovered it because I went to a rock concert last night at a local club. Before the band started Christmas music was playing over the loudspeakers and the title song played. I found this film after looking the song up.
This looks and feels like a Christmas special from around 1977 (when I was in seventh grade), especially with Barry Manilow narrating and singing two songs.
I'mseeing this for the first time in November 2023. I love it! Merry Christmas, everyone!
I read the book of this but I haven't seen a movie about it. I guess it's very NEW to me.
That’s a rare treat to see in high quality with the live action intro in the beginning of this video and this Ocean Spray & Film Roman musical special gift was originally aired right after “Mickey’s Christmas Special” as part of Freeform’s yearly 25 Days Of Christmas marathon on ABC Family in 2008.
Keep up the good and upload more videos soon but for now, this is your only video you upload. Merry Christmas, by the way.
The commercial at beginning was one of the best I've ever enjoyed.🥰💞👍
Oh yes the good old days of watching timeless and wonderful Christmas cartoons on regular 📺 what a blessing that was and I enjoyed every minute of it too. Great memories and great times plus great entertainment. I wish things do not have to change and I wish everything could stay the same too. Miss watching all these great Christmas cartoons on television the way it use to be. Oh my goodness, throughout the 1980s and '90s they used to pack the television with all kind of Christmas cartoons and sometimes it was hard to watch all of them because they just had so much on back then and it was fun. Nowadays it doesn't even feel like Christmas anymore because they don't play them and if they do you're very lucky today as well. It's a shame that they don't and it's a shame that the younger generation will never know what we had back then.
I find you can tell which vintage Christmas specials meant the most to different generations by reading the yt comments 🙂
Agree 💯☺️. Happy Holidays!
@@dwhitman3092
Thank you very much and happy holidays to you as well enjoy.
Doesn't this guy narrating have the most wonderful voice. I'd reallllly love to hear him narrate some of the books I've been listening to on Audible 😂
On a serious note. I absolutely love the music and the story. It's great and Barry sounds fantastic.
Dear Mr. Orange,
Thank you Mr. Orange. This was a Christmas special that lost for many years but you have found it. Thanks.
Sincerely,
RUclipsr
Mr Grape should have been put in jail for damaging and trespassing Mr Whiskers home lol..Thanks for uploading this movie first time ever watching it! lol
I remember watching this back when ABC Family wasn't that crappy Freeform!
Oh my God you are a saint. I've been looking for this movie for years. Thank you so much.
Yes, and I thought I was the only one with a recorded copy.
I Saw that special 11 times in 4 years!!!!!!!
@@possumprincess239 hey hey watch it
I remember seeing this in a Christmas party at my school 6-7 years ago but I had little memory of it until I have heard it was completely lost,thank you for uploading it.
MrOrange no my teacher had a dvd rip of the movie and it was in 2011,three years after it aired
MrOrange I probably remember that it was either a dvd rip from a DVR or an officially licensed dvd Oceanspray distributed years ago and we are talking 2011 here, I was in 2nd grade at the time so like I said I don’t remember much of the movie but I think I remember seeing a dvd menu before the movie started,so there may have been an actual dvd that they released.
A year back I was in charge of taking inventory and packing up the art room for moving. While sorting through the magazines I saw an ad for this. Finally, I can put my curiosity to rest.
Glad I could help, this movie is extremely rare, and so far my copy is the only one that's surfaced.
@@mrorange7534 Funny enough, I had the opportunity to record an airing of it in 2011, but passed up that opportunity because I didn't know what this Christmas special was at the time. I kind of wish I had recorded it now, because we could have had it archived about two years before it was uploaded if I had done that (because two years before this was uploaded is when I looked it up and found out that it was lost media). Any copy I would have recorded would have been pretty crap picture quality though.
I am an old lady and I have never seen this. Thank you for airing it. Watching with my little dogs and cats.
I’m just glad I can add this to my playlist without it saying “You can’t add children’s content to playlist” like BRUH
I'm really glad this had been found but there's another scene that was not in this airing, but likely in a subsequent airing. Mr. Whiskers comes into Grandma's kitchen and she gives him some of the cranberry cookies and their recipe. She recites it and they put the ingredients list up on the screen too. Iirc it uses cranberries (maybe dried ones aka "craisins"), white chcolate chips, maybe some oats too. Plus probably some other staples like eggs, milk, flour, etc. I was almost going to take notes on this special but the recipe isn't in it. I wonder if the recipe section has been found yet...
I remember seeing this Christmas movie on tv back in 2008 👍
I kind of want to root for Mr Grape. Not because he's right but because he's so ridiculously over the top that I can't help but love the guy.
God help me if I turn into Mr old man Grape when I'm old 😊
Plus he does learn his lesson.
At the beginning of this cartoon, I was expecting Jack Skellington to sing "What's This."
I am glad you have posted this. I have been looking for this christmas special for yers ever since it was taken off abc family. Usually when I tried to search anything about Cranberry Christmas all I would be able to find is the song from this special. This was always a great christmas show to watch every year. I always looked forward to watching it with my family. This will be a good christmas.
I'm looking forward to this movie. Especially as we approach the holidays. I like the innocence of the kids. Thank you ❤️😊
Barry Manilow is a big time singer since the 1970's. He worked in the mailroom before he got into singing.
This is now one of my new traditions ever since I saw this a year ago (I'm rewatching this rn) and the antagonist reminds me so much like waluigi (probably because of the head shape) thanks for uploading this man
Oh my goodness this unlocked such memories I totally forgot about this omg thank you
Oh bless you! Been looking for this forever!!
Oh sweet Jesus I’ve been looking for this! Thank you so much!
It used to come on Freeform now it's posted on RUclips! Merry Christmas 🎄 Blessings and hugs 🤗❤️😊💖💘❤️🤗💞😂💘❤️💕🤗🙏🙏🙏!
merry christmas everyone 🎅🎄🎁
Cute movie. I came across this while scrolling through videos on RUclips. First time I saw this.
I used to love the books when I was little.
I have been looking for this forever! Thank you.
I grew up reading the Devlin's Cranberry book series. Mr. Whiskers, Maggie and Grandma practically became part of my own family. It hurts to know that their stories aren't so well known anymore these days, and also knowing that this is the only animated adaptation they've ever had to date. Still, I feel blessed to have gotten the chance to see this obscure little gem. Thank you so much!
I have never heard of these until someone had posted about this on their Facebook story. I'm glad I saw the post as this is wonderful for all ages.
I’ve gotta check those out, u know where I can get em?
The stories are relatively known among us New Englanders; even more so in Massachusetts where cranberries are cultivated in the first place.
Me too! I never knew there was a movie. My book was passed on to my mother's former home health care aids children a few years ago, so it shall live on 😁
Yeah, well, welcome to Generation Illiterate where nobody knows about book franchises (and the ones they do know of, Hollywood has hyped beyond belief)
I love Christmas 🎄great movie 🎥
I think Shout Factory should buy this and release this on DVD and Blu-Ray.
This was so cute. I had never seen this movie before.
Yes! I was just telling my mom about this special. Thank you
such a gem,, wonderful music and narration
First time watching this thanks 😊 for sharing. I laughed when Mr. Whiskers sister called him father.
I wonder if they adapt the other Cranberry stories into movies.
Cyrus Grape should have been arrested after what he did to Mr. Whiskers's house! He not only trashed the house but completely destroyed it.
Reminds me of a New England version of the Grinch.
@@hardcharging He kind of does in a way 😂
True . He should of been arrested on multiple charges beginning with illegal breaking and entering and so on . . .
@@hardcharging Grinch was a thief . Grape is a vandal .
@@v.dargain1678 If you read the books he does try to steal things multiple times.
Thanks you so much I have been looking for a this
GRACI!!!!!!!
Remember when ABC family was ABC family and not Freeform?
thank you!
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Joe: “I love Barry Manilow.”
Peter: “Oh, my God! He’s the best!”
Quagmire: “I have everything he’s ever recorded!”
Cleveland: “Me, too! In my car!”
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!!!
I would love to have a DVD of this--if anyone knows where to buy one!
WE LOVE BARRY MANILOW!!!!!!!!!!
Back after two years!
Why was Mr.Grape so willing to cause destruction of property to protect his pond? Was the trauma that bad?
Merry Christmas. Happy New Year.
Cranberry one of natues natural laxatives.
Nice story, but I think it lacks a lil' something about that sister learning to mind her own beeswax, and to not assume she can intrude on her brother whenever it occur to her.
With the exception of having a Christmas tree 🎄 this seems a generic winter cartoon vs a Christmas special
Adorbs!!
Amazing.
This animation style is very interesting.i think It reminds me of something, but I don't know what.
"Johnny Two Two"?
I love it! ❤😂😊
We used to have a book with this title.
I remember about this
I feel like i missed a few things.....
Never show it on tv anymore since it went to freeform
24 minutes is a movie?
Wow😍😍 so beautiful
Please make more Cartoon movie on the christmas🤗🤗🤗🤗
Rkof5 Information he didn't make this
Hi wasssup
Rob Paulsen And Jeff Bennett
How is this a movie 24 mins long
2:30 is THAT the captain from the Katzenjamma Kids ?
I'd have had Mr Grape arrested for property destruction!
3rd year back
Mr grape definitely needs to see a dentist asap !
15:56 “wHAT A STINKER”
😆. Barry (laughing) you jokester!!!!!
This movie is Grumpy Old Men for kids! Lol
And there’s no dvd or digital because why?
the closed caption was way off couldnt enjoy ut
Did they really have to get Barry Manilow to do the narration plus the songs?
No one else was available?
The title should be called “A Copacabana Christmas”
0:04 could this guy sound anymore insincere?
3:44
Time to update my video.
Shnobbs Studios I'm guessing most of your messages this week were about the film.
I need to also talk about the Hi Puffy and Yumi pilot, I heard it was found not too long ago. :O
I wanted to try.
At least The Christmas Tree (1991) is better.
No freaking way.
Explain
@@SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario Beside, My favorite Singer: Barry Manilow narrates Cranberry Christmas!!!!
Merry Christmas!
@@jamieimai9328 and happy new year!
I have searched for this little gem for years and it was wiped from existence...until now!!!!! Thank you so much for getting this back on the web.
me and mom used to watch this EVERY year until it seemingly was up and gone. we went every possible route to find it even writing to oceanspray. u are a SAINT. i can't wait to show her it
I LOVED this when it came out and then it just fell off the Christmas radar ...doomed to never be played again. Thank you.
I worked on this.. never saw it finished. Thanks for posting.
James C wait really!?Can you give more info?
I've been looking for this movie for years, I saw it once or twice and I've been searching for it
Thank you, thank you, thank you SO VERY MUCH for posting this! I loved this special and nobody airs it anymore and you can't buy it anywhere. Thank you so much!
Did Barry Manilow narrates this story?...........
Riverqueen77777 1 Yes he did
Yes
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this!! I saw it only once and I've been searching for it since. Thank you!! Merry Christmas!!
Love that story. 😍 Thank you so much!!!!!!
THANK YOU!
Love this video! Thanks for saring it,
6:28 Bog! Pond! Bog! POND!!! BOG!!!!!!! ENOUGH!!!!!!!!
STOP THE FIGHT!!!!!!!! 😡
Anyone here because of Shnobbs studios?
Hungryman Man of Steel Productions me
No.