36:20 I think the parents deserve an oscar for that emotional performance they gave for finding out their daughter fell off a cliff. Such good acting, I was moved.
Once I say this special, I was like " Well there goes the money that would've been given to charity but rather made on of the the laziest Christmas special ever seen.
Mrs. Hopewell gave such a compelling, and phenomenal performance in this movie. Literally the greatest character performance I’ve seen in any piece of media 100,000,000/10
Treess can hear and feelll alll our thoughtss and emotionss....and mrs.hopewelll lovedd the kidss...but i guess you need a strongg instinctt to understand this.
He's an amateur. Everyone who worked on this were. Not surprising The Family Channel would be the only network that would air something as forgettable as this.
The part at 23:15 where Ms. Mavilda's animation suddenly gets more detailed is honestly one of the most terrifying parts of this thing. And it's already terrifying enough.
I hope Helen Quirk (Mrs Mavilda's voice actress) got the respect she deserves, she was the only one who gave a damn about her performance and putting emotions in her words. And yet, this little movie is a gem of that kind of trash that makes you laugh so much you can't get tired of it, I love it and the fact that they choose actual children to voice them and you can hear them stuttering and talking in an almost-incomprehensible way, instead of putting there adults to form long and complex sentences in a perfect english, is quite good. Still, long live Helen Quirk and her Mavilda's performance and long live Mavilda herself, the only one who got that the kids were putting up a literal cult for a tree and tried to stop them.
I loved the part where Ms. Mavilda said “it’s mavildin’ time” and mavilded all the kids in the orphanage. Out of all the holiday movies in existence, this was one of them!
Literally no one on this movie's IMDb page has any other credits. The producer/director (Flamarion Ferreira, which I gotta admit is one of the most awesome names of all time) is credited as a background artist on Land Before Time, no other producing credits. Some of the technical crew have worked on other stuff, but no one in the voice cast, or the writer, the production manager, etc. I kinda want to track down some of the people who worked on this and get the story behind this thing.
I've spent the last half-hour trying to find out everything I can about this. Here's what IMDB has given: - Flamarion Ferreira is listed as the director, but if you go to his IMDB page, he's also listed as the animator and character designer. He's also apparently been a part of several other animated TV shows and movies like Babes in Toyland, Fantastic Four (the series), He-Man, She-Ra, the Smurfs, Animaniacs, the list goes on. Here's his IMDB page so you can see what I mean: www.imdb.com/name/nm0274319/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Something I found interesting is that for every single project he's listed as working on, he's listed as NOT an animator but as either a background artist, a colour stylist, or a modeller. Much more of the first than the other two. Might explain the stiff animation. - None of the actors are listed to have been in any other movies, with the only exception being Helen Quinn (Mrs. Mavilda). The only other thing she's worked in is some BBC documentary mini-series from 1994 called, "Tales from the Opera," (note: she's not an actor in this; she's listed as being "herself" on IMDB) which I haven't found any more information on. - The editor, Joseph Simon, is listed as a production manager for a lot of the same TV series that Flamarion Ferreira worked on, and has only credited as an actual editor for one other short that was made 20 years earlier. The production manager, meanwhile, had no other credits as such. So just to reiterate, someone whom the director likely KNEW was an actual production manager was given the job of editor, while someone who apparently had NO experience in film making was given the job of production manager. That's as far as I'm digging (for now at least). Feel free to go digging yourself or check to see if I got things down right; in which case, here's the IMDB page: www.imdb.com/title/tt1651146/?ref_=nm_flmg_anm_13
Same here. It'd be fascinating to learn about the making of this production and why it's like this. I think Flamarion Ferreira might have a Facebook page, on that note.
What a masterpiece. The animation is absolutely stunning. Each character is likeable & well developed. The concept is original & clever. The plot is intense & compelling. The villain's motivations make so much sense. The acting is some of the best I've seen in cinematic history. This is greatest film since Twilight. I know this is a bold statement, but I honestly think this is even better than everyone's favorite film, Catwoman. This is almost as much of a masterpiece as Fifty Shades Of Grey is
Phenominal is an understatement for their emotional, heart wrenching performances. Yep it's defintly up there with Batman And Robin as well both Justin Bieber films as the greatest fil ever
I can't believe how good these characters are, they're interesting,funny,charming. I mean their characters are as good as the last Airbender movie characters.
Actually, a lot of people who worked in orphanages in the 1800s and early 1900s didn't like children. They got the jobs so they could have power over the kids and could be very abusive. There were many good people as well, of course.
Niklas, what a refreshing comment. My mom was partly raised in boarding schools. The loneliness she felt was horrible. I am so happy you where surrounded by caring people. They helped you shine for others. God Bless You and those you love.
And it's not even good. The lights aren't even all the way on the freaking tree. XD So they blew all that money for "good light effects" yet they're pure crap. XD
I enjoyed every minute of this fantastically animated film. The dialogue was spot on and the voice acting was spectacular. I recommend this film to any living creature that exists on this planet. I give ten stars out of two stars.
Me too brother...i loved it too...may this beautifull storyy bring joyy and happinesss to alll true humans and Faithfull believersss of Almighty and His Goodness....aamen:)
Such an inavatovie story of the orange, adoption& what an exquisite Christmas story. As a child coming from such similar circumstances now all grown up I will have to say this is by far the best Christmas story I've ever come by. They don't have oranges anymore in the us. But they di have foster homes. I try not to wish anymore I oray& I pray every foster child could get to see this vedio. God bless Happy early Thanksgiving& Mrrry Christmas to you& your family you've given me thr bedt Christmas gift of all. Knowing what of Gods will I have not done yet. Thank you.❤🙍♀️✍👩💻💍🙏😘
Thank you for having this one! I bought a used VHS tape of this çartoon at the late Salvation Army in St. Johns, labeled "Christmas Classics", and it certainly is! I watched it once and immediately fell in love with it. Some other folks saw this cartoon and loved it so much, they made up a song titled "I Want to Give Judy a Great Big Kiss which really didn't go anywhere because most folks hsd never seen the cartoon, so they didn't know who "Judy" was. In my opinion "The Christmas Tree" belongs right up there with Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown, the Grinch, the Aliens, Buttons & Rusty, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and "The Night Before Christmas". Feliz Navidad!
10:47 "A year passed. Winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn."
I read your post on you tube written 3years ago. Mentioned about the time goes n comes. I will bring one passege what i like from my senior pastor. that the end of ydays people are afraid of the day but this means the circulations. The end of Spring brings Summer ,Sumner brings Autumn ,Autumn brings Winter like your patially bad things or habbits comes end n you get new some parts ,you can say it is end of days GOD BLESS YOU !!
Ben Jackson It IS accurate on how little kids talk, but (Correct me if I'm wrong) I don't think that's how kids are supposed to talk in film because they could be hard to understand at times.
A bad one. XD Especially in context... Mavilda wasn't good at ANY point in the story. So saying that she learns that she wins by being good can make kids think that some of her actions WERE good, which they weren't. and that moral doesn't make a lick of sense. At all. XD
38:33, you know it's a great movie when your animators or editors don't remember about the background characters who are shadows and not fully drawn in. Pretty darn clear.
I actually knew about The Christmas Tree LOOONG before people like The Nostalgia Critic and Phelous and CR covered it. This travesty was on an old recorded VHS tape that my family had, sandwiched between How The Grinch Stole Christmas and A Chipmunk Christmas (both of which involved the great Chuck Jones), and I would usually skip over it or avoid watching it because of how dull and lifeless it was most of the time, though I still clearly remember moments of it like the scene in which Mrs. Mavilda is struck by lightning right out of nowhere. It amazes me how The Christmas Tree has been re-discovered all these years later, as well as just how much of a mess it really was, with it even being compared to "The Room", of all things! I'm usually curious about obscure media, especially animation, and I like knowing what the behind-the-scenes of certain productions was like. In this case, especially, I can't help but wonder how they managed to botch up something like this so badly. Would Flamarion Ferreira even be willing to talk about this if someone asked?
1:28 - AAH! MOVEMENT! Oh, I'm sorry, that so rarely happens in this special! 1:53 - The kids were obviously exposed to too much car exhaust to imagine such a non-imaginative idea.
You are the one who started, mate. When I wrote my comment about Nostalgia Critic's joke (The clinically still alive thingy) I was simply agreeing with the joke. And somehow, you insulted me back. So, I demand a REAL apology from you, young mate. Goodluck. I will delete my first comment after that
My favourite part of this shitfest is Mrs. Mavilda lying in bed ranting. Also the line "What a hangover!" This is a kids movie, its like the people that made this forgot that in that scene.
Miss Mavilda, what an unsatisfying ending. She got struck by lightning and then just appears perfectly fine!? Zero accountability and they villified her the entire film through. Why would the kind Kindle lady ask her to stay and help after the evil she is and crimes she violated. She never apologized or made any effort to repay the orphanage. Forgiveness, if that's what they're promoting, is a healthy & right route to take, but not if the perpetrator received apparently no punishment and never expressed remorse. It's rather ridiculous and shows a disturbing element that child abuse, neglect, theft/embezzlement, fraud, malicious intent, gambling tax payers funds, are perfectly fine and we won't even mention them. It was kind of a dark Christmas special to be honest. I found it mean and hateful, scary even, mainly the orphanage caretaker. I don't think i would consider this something positive for my kids to watch, if i had any. Just my opinion.
This was a very pleasing movie to watch and I am grown up. I used to watch stuff like this all the time the plot climax everything is fantastic and it was a Twist at the end awesome!
I no joke find this kind of endearing in all of its awfulness, and there are some legitimately aesthetically pleasing pastel backgrounds. If this project was given a few more months time, and a little bit, well a big bit, more financing it could’ve turned out pretty good. There were certainly talented people who worked on this, (I’m not talking about the voice actors) it’s just an absolute mess.
I don't know why I went into a laughing frenzy when Mavilda said she was cutting the tree down for firewood. I just found myself going nuts at that little scene, lol.
I came across accidentally to this movie..over years i didnt see any Cartoons..as its about Christmas i On it..Wow what a Masterpiece..Each sorrow of th little Souls is touching n th Dog a perfect roll.."Merry Christmas" ❤
Some things I'm surprised NC didn't comment on: 3:07 Ok I know they're trying to make her sound really evil, but couldn't keeping the children from feeding feral and potentially dangerous animals and letting them in the house be considered reasonable? 3:45-4:00 Um, why??? Why must the the mother and children live separate from the father for a period of time just so he can work at a saw mill? What exactly is the logic behind that decision? It's not like the mill is army basic training. Is this town like communist USSR where the government decides what job you have and what your living arrangements will be? 10:35-10:55 why does the narrator keep jumping between tenses 11::25-11:40 wait, so the mayor new about the children wearing rags? What happened to being fooled by her dressing a couple of them up every time he came? 14:45 Then why does the wish have to be simple? 15:10 Um, they were doing it one at a time. 15:20 doesn't betting on a card game usually involve partitioning the money out in various sums rather than just having it all in one lump sum? 18:40-18:45 I would say that it is unlikely that the mayor won't be suspicious when the same trick is pulled twice, but given how dense he is, I'll give that a pass 29:15-29:20 Look, I know Mrs. watzherbitch doesn't really care about the kids that much, but you really think she isn't going to notice if one out of all seven of them goes missing? 30:45 um, is the dog supposed to be dead? 33:55-34:10 Why is she talking to him as if this is the first time telling him about this evil plan? It's like they decided took two different versions of the same scene but forgot to cut one. 34:25 Why is she busy packing instead of notifying her husband and the police about her missing children? 35:31 If you want to be a martyr for environmentalism yourself, go ahead, but endangering the lives of the children while doing it doesn't make you much better than mrs. whatsherbitch 36:00 where the fuck did all those people come from? 36:25 where the FUCK did all those people come from? 38:33 no need for a comment, just play a Monty Python's Holy Grail clip 39:29 Um no, no he doesn't. Check that shot again. 38:50 Three reindeer? 39:50-40:00 A. Wasn't the orphanage already part of city property? B. Um, I don't think the mayor has the authority just to pull eminent domain on any part of town. Does separation of powers exist at all in this town? 40:11 yeah good luck with that once the ACLU finds out 40:30 when did he stop being an emotionless zombie? 40:43 um, there are seven children is this shot. There always have been. Who are these extra two kids you're talking about. Because if you mean your own kids they're standing over there with the five orphans to make seven. 41:38 yeah, she's only guilty of child neglect, embezzlement of public funds, failure to report two missing children, and brandishing a deadly weapon at people. Let's give her another chance and reinstate her.
You figured it out! This story takes place in the Soviet Union, despite being a U.S.- Brazilian production. It's set "way up north," and the USSR by and large qualifies as such. The mayor's some sort of local party boss, what with his absolute power over the town. Or ... what if this town's a GULAG?! That's why there are so many orphans. Mrs. Mavildova -- I mean, Mavilda -- is providing these little counterrevolutionary tykes with reeducation through labor. I think NC would've mentioned all this and a lot more if his video were hours and hours long, because this thing has that many little delights like this.
Also, at the end of the special the narrator mentions TWICE that we shouldn't be worried about Mrs. Mavilda... um, what reason did she give us to make us worried about her? Everyone hated her.
The mother JUST found out that her own daughter Lily 'died', and then she's like 'oh well, at least the fucking tree is going to be alright!' Jesus lady! How about some despair for your lost daughter??!
4:16 I have never seen horrible lack of emotion in an animated holiday special than what just saw and heard. Dear God, it's a holiday special. Show some emotion.
36:20 I think the parents deserve an oscar for that emotional performance they gave for finding out their daughter fell off a cliff. Such good acting, I was moved.
I would have to agree with you, I think that Mrs. Mavilda Reminds me of Annie Welkes From The Stephen King Movie, "Misery".
I know so emotional
Expressions: gasp! Eh who cares ...
Parents: *Eyes Open then turns back to normal
Mother: *mY bABy!*
wii MuSt fiEnD tH3 litTle GiRL
The dog gives the most convincing performance in this movie. his barks show more emotion than anything the other characters are saying
Quite a knowledgeable little scamp, isn't he? I bet he knows the answer to practically every question in the universe.
***** I could probably ask him if he knows who really killed JFK
Even more than the Space Alien Zotor? He's at least trying to act human. :-X
3:27
*ROCK MUSIC*
I LIKE DOGS!!!!!! XD
Nathaniel Morton, Compared to the rest of the movie that dog deserves an Oscar. 😏
"Here goes the children's money again!" might be one of the best lines I've heard in any movie whatsoever.
Once I say this special, I was like " Well there goes the money that would've been given to charity but rather made on of the the laziest Christmas special ever seen.
Yes lets spend the money on the worst voice actors and animators and make the worst thing ever!
@Cyco Gra if you do t looked at at the emoji the sound like a yoda qoute
True
Don't forget "What a hangover."
Mrs. Hopewell gave such a compelling, and phenomenal performance in this movie. Literally the greatest character performance I’ve seen in any piece of media
100,000,000/10
I don't know, I thought she was a little wooden.
Treess can hear and feelll alll our thoughtss and emotionss....and mrs.hopewelll lovedd the kidss...but i guess you need a strongg instinctt to understand this.
Yes, she was the best character in the movie.
“Don’t worry about Ms. Mavilada. She’s good now.”
Why does that sound so disturbing for some reason?
@Dillon Sudduth *o h . .*
Hello mrs can l practice English with if you agree you can add me in whats App 0096407825420828
Don't worry
they corrected her
She learned that you always win when you are good
Nah she in the hospital still
The narrator sounds so sarcastic... You can practically hear a forced smile on his face...
He's an amateur. Everyone who worked on this were. Not surprising The Family Channel would be the only network that would air something as forgettable as this.
Ghosty144 I think that someone put a gun to his head and made him read the narration script.
***** 41:38 "hahahaa..."
+Ghosty144 because you always win when you are good
Lol your reaction same as your profile picture. I meant mega Man exe's reaction towards narration's voice.
The part at 23:15 where Ms. Mavilda's animation suddenly gets more detailed is honestly one of the most terrifying parts of this thing. And it's already terrifying enough.
These comments are killing me 😂
_foyre wüüd_
I'm cutting her down for fire WOOD
Lol the devil has to be nicer than that thing!
Now you see my true form.
The best lines in the movie: I better go now,Here’s go to children’s money again,What a hangover
lol have you watched pbg review this cause he agrees
@@alohibloomfield5354 pbg is great
@@MaroonGoon8629 he really is :)
Yea, pbg is really good
I hope Helen Quirk (Mrs Mavilda's voice actress) got the respect she deserves, she was the only one who gave a damn about her performance and putting emotions in her words.
And yet, this little movie is a gem of that kind of trash that makes you laugh so much you can't get tired of it, I love it and the fact that they choose actual children to voice them and you can hear them stuttering and talking in an almost-incomprehensible way, instead of putting there adults to form long and complex sentences in a perfect english, is quite good.
Still, long live Helen Quirk and her Mavilda's performance and long live Mavilda herself, the only one who got that the kids were putting up a literal cult for a tree and tried to stop them.
Plenty of children are good actors though. They just picked the wrong ones to voice the characters.
Hope she's in hell
38:33 "I don't KNOW.... she got STRUCK by LIGHTENING!!!"
Why is no one talking about the best fucking line delivery in this whole movie???
Why are those pepole in the backround just cillowets (I don't know)
This really needed to be called Mrs. Mavilda’s Gambling Problem.
TRUE
But she was cookin' with gas!!!!
*we come from the mayors*
Too bad she would always lose at girls night
Or the fact that she's an alcoholic.
"She's gone mommy daddy... fell all the way down.."
*Parents widen eyes then return to normal robots*
Haha! Yeah, 'cause that's my reaction if I just found out my little kid died.
They can't cry. They'd rust.
Yeah, because THAT'S the face I get when I find out my little kid died.
@@Rantandum The mom shed a tear once
@@aletanook yess and im gladd you noticedd sister...this animationn is heartwarmingg.
"Here goes the children's money again!" never fails to crack me up. She gave up hiding her evilness a long time ago.
39:34 genuinely, whole heartedly, is the best thing about this film
EY! Didn't expect to see you on here.
I loved the part where Ms. Mavilda said “it’s mavildin’ time” and mavilded all the kids in the orphanage. Out of all the holiday movies in existence, this was one of them!
MORBIUS JOKES ARE DEAD
I still have the DVD, but there are no subtitles.
@@TristenTimberwolfYeah, so is your sense of fun.
I still don't get the part with the dance with the song that sounds like "poop my pants my pants have sex"
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I like how he just decides to adopt SEVEN children, without even asking his wife.
They think it will be easy…..
Yeah right
@@kaitlinpaws4183 they will have many grandchildren 👶🏻👶👶🏼👶🏽👶🏾👶🏿
@@Acloudyafternoon Eww black grandchildren
The Mayor will fund the orphanage. Since they are a wonderful couple and family with a big heart, they will never lack! 😊
@@schoolwork232 absolutely true:)
Literally no one on this movie's IMDb page has any other credits.
The producer/director (Flamarion Ferreira, which I gotta admit is one of the most awesome names of all time) is credited as a background artist on Land Before Time, no other producing credits. Some of the technical crew have worked on other stuff, but no one in the voice cast, or the writer, the production manager, etc.
I kinda want to track down some of the people who worked on this and get the story behind this thing.
I've spent the last half-hour trying to find out everything I can about this. Here's what IMDB has given:
- Flamarion Ferreira is listed as the director, but if you go to his IMDB page, he's also listed as the animator and character designer. He's also apparently been a part of several other animated TV shows and movies like Babes in Toyland, Fantastic Four (the series), He-Man, She-Ra, the Smurfs, Animaniacs, the list goes on. Here's his IMDB page so you can see what I mean: www.imdb.com/name/nm0274319/?ref_=tt_ov_dr
Something I found interesting is that for every single project he's listed as working on, he's listed as NOT an animator but as either a background artist, a colour stylist, or a modeller. Much more of the first than the other two. Might explain the stiff animation.
- None of the actors are listed to have been in any other movies, with the only exception being Helen Quinn (Mrs. Mavilda). The only other thing she's worked in is some BBC documentary mini-series from 1994 called, "Tales from the Opera," (note: she's not an actor
in this; she's listed as being "herself" on IMDB) which I haven't found any more information on.
- The editor, Joseph Simon, is listed as a production manager for a lot of the same TV series that Flamarion Ferreira worked on, and has only credited as an actual editor for one other short that was made 20 years earlier. The production manager, meanwhile, had no other credits as such. So just to reiterate, someone whom the director likely KNEW was an actual production manager was given the job of editor, while someone who apparently had NO experience in film making was given the job of production manager.
That's as far as I'm digging (for now at least). Feel free to go digging yourself or check to see if I got things down right; in which case, here's the IMDB page: www.imdb.com/title/tt1651146/?ref_=nm_flmg_anm_13
Rabbit Cube This looks like a job for Rebel Taxi.
AJETT Who?
Same here. It'd be fascinating to learn about the making of this production and why it's like this. I think Flamarion Ferreira might have a Facebook page, on that note.
More like track them down to interrogate them on why they decided to be part of this blight on humanity.
What a masterpiece. The animation is absolutely stunning. Each character is likeable & well developed. The concept is original & clever. The plot is intense & compelling. The villain's motivations make so much sense. The acting is some of the best I've seen in cinematic history. This is greatest film since Twilight. I know this is a bold statement, but I honestly think this is even better than everyone's favorite film, Catwoman. This is almost as much of a masterpiece as Fifty Shades Of Grey is
And who could forget the phenomenal child acting?!
Phenominal is an understatement for their emotional, heart wrenching performances. Yep it's defintly up there with Batman And Robin as well both Justin Bieber films as the greatest fil ever
+Spectacular Spider-Man I don't blame you mate
+Spectacular Spider-Man undoubtedly the best film ive seen since jack and jill five stars
I can't believe how good these characters are, they're interesting,funny,charming. I mean their characters are as good as the last Airbender movie characters.
23:39 "I'm not worried about my mother, I'm worried about that tree!" Mother's Day is a disaster at that house.
42:44 this is my absolute favorite part, the amazing attention to detail, the strong message, truly a sight to behold.
Thats The End
@@MrSeb81 that's the point...
You're doped
F you, you got me 😂
I get it 😉 (I'm quick, aren't I)
This came out in 1991......friggin Frosty from 1960whatever has animation to surpass this whole movie with a single scene
WardenDarkwingArtist this looks like something of the 70s early 80s even for a cheap vhs company this is cheap for 90s
WardenDarkwingArtist, u can say that again.
@@HD-fd7tn it definitely looks like a late 80's movie and looks very old
The same year as Beauty and the Beast....
Go watch Where's Wally then you ungrateful skank! 😂😂😂😂🍭🍭🍭🌙🌙🏃🏃
... if she hates kids so much, why is she working in an orphanage.
Just Cause
Actually, a lot of people who worked in orphanages in the 1800s and early 1900s didn't like children. They got the jobs so they could have power over the kids and could be very abusive. There were many good people as well, of course.
Hazel Kaye I think it's only as some sort of insurance scam.
That could be said for A LOT of Ms. Haggins clones LOL
XSiRenfieldX
You mean that woman from Skyrim that has an Orphanage?
11:21 "I've got enough money here to get the children new clothes!" *Vietnam Flashback* "And still some left for their Christmas presents!"
By the way, wheres Judy? *(flash)* Oh, Mrs. Kindle!
@@grantcole1898 clever nostalgia critic reference
baldi basics was here
“Did he just have a Vietnam flashback?”
2:27 is probably the best out of context line in a movie, ever.
FBI OPEN UP!!!!!!!
Something about the calm "poor children" afterwards makes me chuckle
Holy shit I didn't even notice how wrong that was until you said something.
Niklas, what a refreshing comment. My mom was partly raised in boarding schools. The loneliness she felt was horrible. I am so happy you where surrounded by caring people. They helped you shine for others. God Bless You and those you love.
Aamen:) bless you too
moral of story: you always win when you are food
true moral of story: don't fuck with Mrs.Hopewell
His dammit auto correct! I meant food.
I fucking hate my life
Samantha Bond moarl of the story evil old bitches get stiches
*Good
What a food comment
38:54 I'm assuming that's where they blew the whole animation budget?
And it's not even good. The lights aren't even all the way on the freaking tree. XD So they blew all that money for "good light effects" yet they're pure crap. XD
Hannah Papernick-Yudin “And the disturbing Santa Coke ad agrees!”
No, they spent the entire budget to make Ms. Mavilda’s face in 23:15
The sounds of electricity shorting out violently as the decorations fill the tree is what really sells it.
@@revine9243why does that look like a CDI cutscene
I enjoyed every minute of this fantastically animated film. The dialogue was spot on and the voice acting was spectacular. I recommend this film to any living creature that exists on this planet. I give ten stars out of two stars.
Me too brother...i loved it too...may this beautifull storyy bring joyy and happinesss to alll true humans and Faithfull believersss of Almighty and His Goodness....aamen:)
Watching this was part of our family tradition when I was little. I am glad you have it on here.
Im glad too :)
I liked the movie. I don't know what all those other people are complaining about.
38:26 Lily is supposed to be gone, but she magically appears in the shot with the other children as if nothing happened . 🤣
That animation is the same when the old lady said the she will cut down the tree for firewood
@@Dragon81205 Yeah, it's a copy-paste. Once you compare the two scenes you can't un-see it.
Santa granted lily the gift of omnipresence
Santa brought Lily back!
@@schoolwork232 correct.
17:08 "Before my brain gets taken over by another personality!"
is this movie a spin off from split??
Ms Mathilda needs a psychiatrist
39:18, the scariest moment in film history.
Santa Claus jumpscare
😂😂😂😂
34:27 - 34:34
"Oh, it's Lilly's teddy bear, let me give it a hug, it's so precious-- OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT SMELL?!"
I haven't laughed this hard in years XD
I don’t get it 😬
@@psyduck8025 The face she makes after she puts the teddy bear near her face makes it look like she smelled something bad
I immediately saw that wierd face and thought the same
2024 anyone? 🥹😭❤️
Me😊
Yes
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Me 2025 happy new year 🥳
Such an inavatovie story of the orange, adoption& what an exquisite Christmas story. As a child coming from such similar circumstances now all grown up I will have to say this is by far the best Christmas story I've ever come by. They don't have oranges anymore in the us. But they di have foster homes. I try not to wish anymore I oray& I pray every foster child could get to see this vedio. God bless Happy early Thanksgiving& Mrrry Christmas to you& your family you've given me thr bedt Christmas gift of all. Knowing what of Gods will I have not done yet. Thank you.❤🙍♀️✍👩💻💍🙏😘
"She learned you always win, when you are good"
I can't believe Game of Thrones lied to me so much.
You sure it's not this cartoon that's lying?
This cartoon would never lie. Christmas Trees will have their revenge.
The dog is the best actor in this movie. There's more emotion in those barks than in anything the other characters say.
I hear the dog knows who shot JFK!
Not really...licorice is adorable and so are all the children who love himm.
The simple bear necessities of DEATH!
Your asses are my recipes!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that bear resembled baloo
I watch this multiple times with my friends every December. One of the funniest movies ever made. Thank you.
Thank you for having this one! I bought a used VHS tape of this çartoon at the late Salvation Army in St. Johns, labeled "Christmas Classics", and it certainly is! I watched it once and immediately fell in love with it. Some other folks saw this cartoon and loved it so much, they made up a song titled "I Want to Give Judy a Great Big Kiss which really didn't go anywhere because most folks hsd never seen the cartoon, so they didn't know who "Judy" was. In my opinion "The Christmas Tree" belongs right up there with Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown, the Grinch, the Aliens, Buttons & Rusty, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and "The Night Before Christmas". Feliz Navidad!
6:13 Then they got an idea. An *awful* idea.
The kids got a wonderful, awful idea. . . .
TheAirBear2000 I would rather be with a seesick crocodile than with them.
@@alessandrogordillo1998 im taking the grinch bitch
Wait a minute..... *oh hell no*
Seasick. Just spelling it for you right..
Yeah, they become the creepy twins from The Shining.
Oh my god the father is hilarious, it's like he ate an entire prescription of xanax.
FeedEgg He ain't clinically alive.
40:45 example
It's like if David Duchovny got really drunk and took a ton of Valium.
If he did, he'd be dead-er than a doornail.
10:47 "A year passed. Winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn."
I read your post on you tube written 3years ago.
Mentioned about the time goes n comes.
I will bring one passege what i like from my senior pastor. that the end of ydays people are afraid of the day but this means the circulations. The end of Spring brings Summer ,Sumner brings Autumn ,Autumn brings Winter like your patially bad things or habbits comes end n you get new some parts ,you can say it is end of days
GOD BLESS YOU !!
Classic. Monty Python.
TheAndrewj96 the UK 1errttgnnklll
Hyhnhhj
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HOLY GRAIL HOLY GRAIL
We don't get this type of cartoon now a days❤... Old is gold
Yes.😊
"Don't worry about Mrs Mevilda. She's good now" Absolute Shakespeare
"Mommy this movie's shitty"
"Oh yeah, it is."
"Then, why did you buy it mommy?"
"Ms Mavilda said we had to purchase this movie and even though she has raised many red flags, I believe she had good intentions,children."
I laughed so hard at 12:24 - 12:40, it is just so hilarious how that animation is reused!!!
Dat lip syncing
+Flack Jacket This woman is amazing! She can literally just open her mouth once and words magically come out!
I've seen better lip syncing from a sock puppet.
They turned into a muppet lol
That bear stank
Hey guys, let's play a game. It's called "Drink some beer every time you hear the word children"
36:17: And the Oscar for the Best Voice Acting Ever goes to…
The roar from that bear just made me laugh my ass off 30:47
That shits fucking loud 😂😂😂
I can't stop going back and laughing at this. 💀
"if i eat the mic and start growling, it will add to the effects"
38:27 , Moral of the story: DON'T MESS WITH MISSES FRAKIN HOPEWELL!!!
Why TF is lily in this frame.
She went missing
@@TristenTimberwolf Goodness man, did you have to bring this show and this comment back to memory from 8 years ago Colby?
Featuring voice acting done by children that just learned to speak and text to speech programs.
"I just learned how to speak three days ago, and according to the Craigslist posting, that's all you need to be in this movie!"
In a way that’s how some kids talk so it was kind of accurate. 😏
Apart from the one kid that’s obviously voiced by a 17 year old
Ben Jackson
It IS accurate on how little kids talk, but (Correct me if I'm wrong) I don't think that's how kids are supposed to talk in film because they could be hard to understand at times.
@@viansalozano328 True but still
This is "The Room" of animated Christmas specials
Well, I got the results of the test back: this movie definitely gave me breast cancer.
Oh hai, Mrs. Hopewell!
hahaha. wut a funny xmas story huh?
Mrs. Mavilda: I did not spent the money meant for orphans. It's not true, it's bowlschit, I did not spent the money, i did NAHT. Oh hai, Judy.
Ahaha... what a stowry, Judy.
Watching this every year while putting up the tree has become a Christmas tradition. 😂
Nostalgia Critic, Phelous and Saber Spark, all of these trio of reviewers brought me here.
You always win when you are good?
WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS THAT FOR CHILDREN!!!
A bad one. XD Especially in context... Mavilda wasn't good at ANY point in the story. So saying that she learns that she wins by being good can make kids think that some of her actions WERE good, which they weren't. and that moral doesn't make a lick of sense. At all. XD
Don't worry about Mrs. Mavilda, she's good now.
it's lazy writing
It’s a non message
It was exactly the kind of message you'd get out of a cartoon from 1991. Right behind "The group is right and the complainer is wrong."
38:33, you know it's a great movie when your animators or editors don't remember about the background characters who are shadows and not fully drawn in. Pretty darn clear.
24:19 The world's first recorded monologue to include absolutely no mouth movement.
The blonde kid was actually talking; he was just off-screen.
I'm not defending this pile of horseshit, but still.
Classic Rock Kid He must be a telepath!
@@juhaniaho6698 wouldn't suprise me after all the other shit a went through.
Orphan.exe has stopped working
They didn't try
A really beautiful story glad I watch it at my age 61 old woman god bless ❤MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all xxxx❤❤❤
lovly story, thank you , love and light to all reading.
"Your tree -- I mean, Mrs. Hopewell -- is going to be all right."
And now I ought to be leaving, before my voice gets any higher!
5:46 I'll get you, my frozen, awkwardly blinking pretties! And your repeated two frames of animation, too! MWUHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!
+Natalie Davenport Teeger AH MOVEMENT!!!
Best line about the movie! X'D
A Phillips CDI Christmas Special
SEVENTEENCINEMA Gee, it's so good, I could eat an octorock!
SEVENTEENCINEMA That would be better.
Oh my goodness this is awful! *this movie i mean*
*Golly!*
@@JumboElephant13 it sure is jolly around here!
I actually knew about The Christmas Tree LOOONG before people like The Nostalgia Critic and Phelous and CR covered it. This travesty was on an old recorded VHS tape that my family had, sandwiched between How The Grinch Stole Christmas and A Chipmunk Christmas (both of which involved the great Chuck Jones), and I would usually skip over it or avoid watching it because of how dull and lifeless it was most of the time, though I still clearly remember moments of it like the scene in which Mrs. Mavilda is struck by lightning right out of nowhere. It amazes me how The Christmas Tree has been re-discovered all these years later, as well as just how much of a mess it really was, with it even being compared to "The Room", of all things!
I'm usually curious about obscure media, especially animation, and I like knowing what the behind-the-scenes of certain productions was like. In this case, especially, I can't help but wonder how they managed to botch up something like this so badly. Would Flamarion Ferreira even be willing to talk about this if someone asked?
39:36
I can't look at this part without thinking about Markiplier laughing his butt off lol
1:28 - AAH! MOVEMENT! Oh, I'm sorry, that so rarely happens in this special!
1:53 - The kids were obviously exposed to too much car exhaust to imagine such a non-imaginative idea.
***** 3:24 - I LIKE DOGS!!
SuperCodywebb 4:22 "I'm going to go to the doctor to see if I'm clinically still alive."
4:31 I'm gonna check with the doctor, and see if I'm clinically still alive
You are the one who started, mate. When I wrote my comment about Nostalgia Critic's joke (The clinically still alive thingy) I was simply agreeing with the joke. And somehow, you insulted me back. So, I demand a REAL apology from you, young mate. Goodluck. I will delete my first comment after that
Lol believe me. There are much much meaner comments I encountered worse than yours, mate. We're cool, huh?
That awkward moment when you're less expressive than Kristen Stewart.
gamer7916
As long as it's not the Fifth doctor. I'm not so sure he's clinically alive either.
He sounds like Lorenzo Muzak/Music.
My favourite part of this shitfest is Mrs. Mavilda lying in bed ranting. Also the line "What a hangover!" This is a kids movie, its like the people that made this forgot that in that scene.
Andrew Harland Well, maybe you can start by getting out of the fucking bed. It's like one o'clock, you lazy bitch. Get moving!
Miss Mavilda, what an unsatisfying ending. She got struck by lightning and then just appears perfectly fine!? Zero accountability and they villified her the entire film through. Why would the kind Kindle lady ask her to stay and help after the evil she is and crimes she violated. She never apologized or made any effort to repay the orphanage. Forgiveness, if that's what they're promoting, is a healthy & right route to take, but not if the perpetrator received apparently no punishment and never expressed remorse. It's rather ridiculous and shows a disturbing element that child abuse, neglect, theft/embezzlement, fraud, malicious intent, gambling tax payers funds, are perfectly fine and we won't even mention them. It was kind of a dark Christmas special to be honest. I found it mean and hateful, scary even, mainly the orphanage caretaker. I don't think i would consider this something positive for my kids to watch, if i had any. Just my opinion.
This was a very pleasing movie to watch and I am grown up. I used to watch stuff like this all the time the plot climax everything is fantastic and it was a Twist at the end awesome!
NC wasn't kidding when he said movement was rare
I like how every time the Mayor is happy, a flexes his head like it's made of elastic.
Mrs. Malvilda could give Emperor Palpatine a run for his money...
+Alexandre Gingras I think he sent the lightning at the end to eliminate his greatest rival
Alexandre Gingras Mrs. Malvilda's behind it all!
03:26 I like dogs!! *heavy metal music ensues*
Nostalgia Critic.
You got that from the nostalgia critic.
You've got that right!
yay
In hindsight, I am a pretty dumb bear...
I no joke find this kind of endearing in all of its awfulness, and there are some legitimately aesthetically pleasing pastel backgrounds. If this project was given a few more months time, and a little bit, well a big bit, more financing it could’ve turned out pretty good. There were certainly talented people who worked on this, (I’m not talking about the voice actors) it’s just an absolute mess.
Thanks for sharing this! I have been looking for old school Christmas films to watch this year. 😊
I don't know why I went into a laughing frenzy when Mavilda said she was cutting the tree down for firewood. I just found myself going nuts at that little scene, lol.
So there I am, having become accustomed to the flat monotonous voices, and then: *_GET OUT!!!_*
"You're blowing out the volume levels! I don't think the microphone has an 'Insane Bitch' setting on it. Except maybe in Ann Coulter's case."
13:30 - Uh, ix-nay on the arents-pay…orphans-ay.
14:03 - Okay, what's this kid drinking? She's slurring more than inebriated Klansmen.
I came across accidentally to this movie..over years i didnt see any Cartoons..as its about Christmas i On it..Wow what a Masterpiece..Each sorrow of th little Souls is touching n th Dog a perfect roll.."Merry Christmas" ❤
Raise nine children? I counted. there's only seven including your own. Where did you get the number nine?
7 plus or minus 2. LOL
Continuity error
Those 7 kids, plus the 2 she already has add up to 9
The shock on her face when he says there having 9 kids lol then she realises
He needs to go back to kindergarten.
3:24 - *Heavy metal music plays* I LIKE DOGS!!!
I prefer dicks, thanks :)
TV Tropes brought me here. Move over The Room, This is replacing you on my "best bad movies ever" list.
What about Nostalgia Critic? :-S
Well, Saberspark brought me here...for many reasons. And not good ones.
if you like this comment, you've come from the Mayors
We've come from the Mayor's.
Yes i am
I better go now...
PACK!!! YOUR THINGS!!! RIGHT!! *NOW!!!!*
YOU’RE *FIREDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
I DON’T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE ANOTHER MINUTE. *GET OUUUT!!!!!!!*
Jacob Choi except for Ann Coulter
am i the only one that cant understand a word of what that little blonde haired girl says like 50% of the time?
acfreak55 Okay. What's that kid drinking? She's slurring more than inebriated Klansmen.
***** Having read the credits, I figured out how the blonde kid's VA got her job. She's the daughter of Judy's VA!
I'm able to understand her most of the time. I mumbled a lot as a child, so I understand her pretty well.
Hikari Minoru She's either a horrible adult actor, a horrible child actor, or an alien trying to pose as a child to take over the universe.
just a child who mumbles. She got the food through the window.
"You always win when you're good"
I should have put that as my senior quote.
"YOU MAY GO NOW."
u shoulda won Oscar
I feel bad for anyone who wasted dollars on this movie.
It not even an hour 😭😭😭
The budget wasn't even that much tbh.
Some things I'm surprised NC didn't comment on:
3:07 Ok I know they're trying to make her sound really evil, but couldn't keeping the children from feeding feral and potentially dangerous animals and letting them in the house be considered reasonable?
3:45-4:00 Um, why??? Why must the the mother and children live separate from the father for a period of time just so he can work at a saw mill? What exactly is the logic behind that decision? It's not like the mill is army basic training. Is this town like communist USSR where the government decides what job you have and what your living arrangements will be?
10:35-10:55 why does the narrator keep jumping between tenses
11::25-11:40 wait, so the mayor new about the children wearing rags? What happened to being fooled by her dressing a couple of them up every time he came?
14:45 Then why does the wish have to be simple?
15:10 Um, they were doing it one at a time.
15:20 doesn't betting on a card game usually involve partitioning the money out in various sums rather than just having it all in one lump sum?
18:40-18:45 I would say that it is unlikely that the mayor won't be suspicious when the same trick is pulled twice, but given how dense he is, I'll give that a pass
29:15-29:20 Look, I know Mrs. watzherbitch doesn't really care about the kids that much, but you really think she isn't going to notice if one out of all seven of them goes missing?
30:45 um, is the dog supposed to be dead?
33:55-34:10 Why is she talking to him as if this is the first time telling him about this evil plan? It's like they decided took two different versions of the same scene but forgot to cut one.
34:25 Why is she busy packing instead of notifying her husband and the police about her missing children?
35:31 If you want to be a martyr for environmentalism yourself, go ahead, but endangering the lives of the children while doing it doesn't make you much better than mrs. whatsherbitch
36:00 where the fuck did all those people come from?
36:25 where the FUCK did all those people come from?
38:33 no need for a comment, just play a Monty Python's Holy Grail clip
39:29 Um no, no he doesn't. Check that shot again.
38:50 Three reindeer?
39:50-40:00 A. Wasn't the orphanage already part of city property? B. Um, I don't think the mayor has the authority just to pull eminent domain on any part of town. Does separation of powers exist at all in this town?
40:11 yeah good luck with that once the ACLU finds out
40:30 when did he stop being an emotionless zombie?
40:43 um, there are seven children is this shot. There always have been. Who are these extra two kids you're talking about. Because if you mean your own kids they're standing over there with the five orphans to make seven.
41:38 yeah, she's only guilty of child neglect, embezzlement of public funds, failure to report two missing children, and brandishing a deadly weapon at people. Let's give her another chance and reinstate her.
You figured it out! This story takes place in the Soviet Union, despite being a U.S.- Brazilian production. It's set "way up north," and the USSR by and large qualifies as such. The mayor's some sort of local party boss, what with his absolute power over the town. Or ... what if this town's a GULAG?! That's why there are so many orphans. Mrs. Mavildova -- I mean, Mavilda -- is providing these little counterrevolutionary tykes with reeducation through labor. I think NC would've mentioned all this and a lot more if his video were hours and hours long, because this thing has that many little delights like this.
Sam Metcalfe
Gulags were prison camps in the Soviet Union.
Dude, eminent domain and the ACLU don't apply in the Gingerbread Kingdom! Everyone knows that!
Also, at the end of the special the narrator mentions TWICE that we shouldn't be worried about Mrs. Mavilda... um, what reason did she give us to make us worried about her? Everyone hated her.
dagnytheartist
We shouldn't worry that she's gonna do this again? We shouldn't worry about her soul?
And I though "Grandma Got Ran Over By a Raindeer" was bad
AnimeCatThing This makes "Grandma got Run Over by a Reindeer" look like Shakespeare.
AnimeCatThing how bout Santa conquers the martians?
AnimeCatThing I don't know I can at least get a laugh out of this film... 'Grandma' I was just in pure pain while watching it.
ThePolarclaw You will not trash that B-Movie masterpiece!
johnhamilton08 ...more like f-movie.....
*Directed by Tommy Wiseau
Lily's actor is like a baby girl version of tommy
That's not fair. The Room actually had heart and passion put into it. This, though...
I’ve seen this before I think with my grandparents when I was so young! Interesting this popped up in my recommended!
This movie is amazing in how horrendous it is! It must be watched every year! It must never disappear into obscurity!
Haha definitely 💯
4:30 now I'm off to the doctors to see if I'm still clinically alive
The mother JUST found out that her own daughter Lily 'died', and then she's like 'oh well, at least the fucking tree is going to be alright!' Jesus lady! How about some despair for your lost daughter??!
Well, since her only reaction to hearing the news was a single brief flutter of the fucking eyelids, I don't think she really gives a shit.
4:16 I have never seen horrible lack of emotion in an animated holiday special than what just saw and heard. Dear God, it's a holiday special. Show some emotion.
***** "I'm gonna check with the doctor and see if I'm clinically still alive."
TheAndrewj96 Yeah, 'cause that's my reaction if I just found out my little kid died!
@@TheAndrewj96 36:56
“She fell off a cliff, mommy”
*slightly raises their eyelids*
Only saw this once... didn't remember what it was. Thanks.
“Well, you need to be here to help me raise nine children,”
He says, already having two children and adopting five more.
*M A T H*
There were other kids in the house. 🤦
ok you're making teen titans go look batman the animated series
The best acting is done by Mrs. Hopewell.
Yeah that tree gave a Oscar performance compared to everyone else XD
finalfantasy8911 I PAY IN MONEY BAGS!!
+Zara Hutchison Just like in The Room, the Football deserved an Oscar.
Eh, I thought she was a little wooden