Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936) Color Classic Cartoon
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2019
- At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.
Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel
Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel -
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This is the first time I have seen this since my daughter watched it and cried. She passed away from kidney disease and diabetes and had a soft heart for anyone unfortunate. She had a kind heart.
May your daughter Rest In Peace
I had a VHS of this and other old holiday shorts that I watched as a kid in the 1990s. I always loved this one!
me too I wore that vhs tape out
I watched this last time in December 2012 :)
I had the same tape!
My grandma had this vhs at her house and we would watch it all year round!! I love showing my kids now!
Me too!
I used to watch this with my great grandma as a kid every year before she died. I can't watch this without crying now. Miss you Grammy Boonie.
I feel your pain, Cannibal_Redneck. A fraction of my family died. Years ago. Even when I wasn't even born yet. Even far from that day in the past.😥😥😥😥😥😭😭😭😭😭
I'm very sorry for your loss my grandmother also used to buy us classic VHS cartoon tapes so I feel what you're going through and you have my condolences
Same man
@@braxtindennis8562 I lost my great grandma too couple months ago this year. I miss her everyday 😭💪🤕❤️❤️
Me to! 🥺😢 I just lost my Nana🌼 my Dearest Friend 😭 February 24th 2023 I Love You Nana🌼 Rest in heaven till I see you again.🕊️🌹
I like the way the smart inventor used normal everyday objects to built toys for the orphans. It's heartwarming.
One major reason why i love this cartoon.
I agree with you
It shows you that anyone can be generous. You don't have to be rich!!
But now their out of utensils
Professor Grampy could be a great grandfather or even a great uncle of MacGyver.
This cartoon hurt to watch as a kid. It hurts even more to watch as an adult.
Yep i cry everytime
That's what makes the Old Man coming to save their Christmas all the more heartwarming.
@@cartitheplotagon Says who? There is nothing saying all kids nowadays are ungrateful, mostly the rich and spoiled which do not account for the poor or lower middle class that make up this country.
@@cartitheplotagon Well that's always been the case.
@@cartitheplotagon You can say that again!!
This used to make me CRY at the beginning. I've never forgotten this cartoon and how simple gestures can mean beyond the world to someone, or multiple people.
Feel ya in that case.
Well for sure one don't have to produce such amazing stuff outa barely garbage, but that cartoon shows, how much better it feels to make others happy - especially people, who barely get no light moments in their life - than to get some expensive presents.
Teeres me up too 🥲 - whish ya all the best ✨
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Me too. It's like someone once said...as a kid even though I knew everything worked out in the end, this cartoon had a way of just making me feel horrible and sad! I'd always get
One of the best Fleischer Bros. cartoons. It’s a shame that this studio eventually went under because they definitely were rivaling Disney in the 30’s. 😔
Oh. My. Childhood!!! I watched this when I was little and haven’t seen it in forever! I honestly forgot most of it except a scene or two. I have searched for a long time and instantly remembered it when it started playing. Love it.
It’s from Betty boop! I didn’t know until I got married I’m 28 and he had to tell me!
@@blueridgebunny8894 Really??!
Same!
I know, right?
I just love this feeling. Had the same when I found the Rudolph cartoon I remembered watching with this one, now there's just one more I remember with it that I need to find and I'll be all set.
I would always watch this as a child, and I plan to show it to my kids when I have them.:)
They will be so thankful
I bet they'll love it :)
Same i want to show my kids this too
ALL children should watch this just to see how lucky they are 🎅🎅
True. There can be kids around the world with no mom or dad, no PlayStation or Xbox, no iPhone or Android, and no house
@@zanxz 100% agreed.
+Totoro, I Totally Agree with You. And Merry Christmas and God Bless You. :-D
Hell modern day orphans are luckier than these ones.
I think this video shown to us in the '90s and '80s is the reason why we say shat like little kids should watch this but we're ultimately the parents of these kids now and it's really our fault because we forgot about this movie and we didn't sit them down and teach them the value of being grateful for things. And also recycling and refurbishing an upcycling in consideration and compassion there's so many things to learn from this 8 minute video that we all had in the back of our mind that made us think and why we do what we do but in that we allow the world to askew that view and we forgot about this video.
That is very sad: seeing kids cry like that, and Grampy being a kind man with a big heart helped them because of it, especially when he has good ideas that don't fail.
More emotional and bittersweet moments at the end ❤😊
The man is a generous genius!
My heart b r e a k s just like those toys everytime I watch those poor kids cry
These old cartoons do it every time
OMG same, once the teddy breaks I would bawl my eyes out when I was little, and I still get misty-eyed!
These old cartoons is the best!it's is teaches the younger generations to understand what it is like to be poor and not have nothing!it should showed that these children didn't have what we have today.and to learned to understand and appreciate it.this should be on TV more often than the new one that isn't worth it.
@@laurendicicco6283 that's the worse one, cause that poor kid just wanted something to love.
@@mrfivegold I’m crying again 😭
The 3D effect they used while entering the house I’ve always loved.
It breaks my heart to see these kids crying, knowing that they were given defective toys and their day was initially ruined. I'm glad that Professor Grampy saved the day, but Christmas should always start off happily. If you haven't done so already, make a donation to Toys for Tots or any other charity that gives to kids on Christmas.
I prefer to give the toys in person. That way I know for sure that they got to a kid who really needed it.
They're not real kids. Get over it
ohh, it gets worse. If you thought *THESE* kids were bad off, watch _Somewhere in Dreamland_ (1936) another christmas old-timey cartoon.
In *that* short, two poor kids scrounge for firewood to keep warm, and don't even have the bare necessities like the orphans do; they live in a drafty, broken-down shack with their mother who's going hungry some nights so her kids have enough to eat, wear sack-cloth rags, and sleep underneath moth-eaten sheets that provide almost no warmth. (don't worry, they're given aplenty in the end.)
At least here, although the orphans have a sad christmas at the beginning, they appear to live in some village that provides a minimum standard-of-care to ensure their survival
How could the real Santa bring defective toys?
@@harrystoller4147 Maybe they made those toys for each other, doing their best to make them even if it all seemed to go wrong.
My childhood, oh the memories. I still cry my eyes out for those poor kids when there toys break. But the old man was so kind and generous to help them it's so heartwarming
The part where the wee one's teddy deflates while they hug it is just...heartbreaking.
I'm so glad Grampy was able to brighten up the kids' holiday overall
Creativity, innocence, simplicity and love, that's Christmas. 🤶🎁🦌
@Arley Hernandez. No the most important is the birth of Our Lord and Savior Jesus 💗🙏
@@danacaro-herman3530 of course ❤️🙏
This was a popular inclusion on a lot of Christmas-themed public domain VHS tapes in the mid-90s, when many 30s and 40s cartoons entered the public domain following the expiration of their copyright.
GoodTime Entertainment released such a Christmas VHS as part of their Kids Klassics line (I believe it was their release of the Fleischer Brothers' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), and this was one of the major included shorts I remember seeing on that tape as a child.
Yes! I had that video too! It also included another one that took place in the Depression. It showed a widow who was so poor that she only had two pieces of stale bread for her kids and nothing for her. When the town baker, toy store owner and chef see the obviously starving and tattered kids looking longingly in their shop windows, they get together and plan to help them. The kids go to bed hungry (while their mom is shown crying herself to sleep in the other room) and dream that they are in Candyland with all the toys and food they could want. They awake on Christmas morning to find the businessmen had given them brand new toys, a huge feast, a ton of candy and new clothes/beds for them and mom. I gotta find that one now!
This is Grampy's only solo appearance. In all of his other cartoons, he was always alongside Betty Boop.
Not quite at 1:05 you'll see a resemble of pudgy
I bet after Prof. Grampy made the orphanage's Christmas much more merrier, he'd come back as a frequent visitor, much the orphans' delight and elation. His visits would be where he tells them all tall tales about the world to get them all excited and they would become very imaginative to the point of wanting to be something special from hearing Grampy's stories when they've all grown up after hopefully being adopted.
I remember this when I was little!!! I hardly remember the song but hearing makes me feel nostalgic, maybe cause it reminds me of being a small child enjoying Christmas. The part where the presents were breaking and the kids were crying actually broke my heart, it’s way too sad. I had tears in my eyes. I’m so happy for that guy who built presents for them and made their Christmas a great Christmas again! I just finished realizing how much I love this cartoon! I definitely have to put this on this Christmas, especially for my little siblings since they either don’t remember or haven’t seen it! What a sweet cartoon 💙
Same! ❤️
The one with the teddy bear. That tore me up even as a kid.
If you wish to know, that man is Betty Boop's grandfather, Grampy.
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Really?? I had no idea! How cool!
I recalled to having seen this cartoon when I was about 6 years old. That was 27 years ago and I soon forgot about this.
Anyway, it still brings me back my childhood memories too. 😊😇
I love these old cartoons everything was so original and wonderful
This is still a great cartoon even today.
Even tho I was born in 2006 it gives me such a great feeling to watch again because I’ve seen this either with my grandparents or my parents but either way I’m happy I was able to watch these kind of cartoons when I was little before watching other tv shows
Same but a few years earlier! I think it might have also been on Netflix!
I’ve been searching my entire adulthood for this! I’m 28 and this was a classic favorite of mine from the 90’s :) you have no idea how much it means that this got uploaded!!
I saw this sooo many times when I was a kid!! I had the vhs and would watch it a lot during Christmas time!!
You got to give Grampy props. He goes out of his way to help the orphans.
Grampy sure almost like Santa Claus.🎅🏻
He should be given a humanitarian award for making all of those children happy.
I watched this so many times as a kid and had no idea Grampy was a character from the Betty boop cartoons. When I recently saw him in a Betty boop episode my memory of this Christmas short resurfaced in my mind and I was so happy 😭
I love this old cartoon. It just breaks my heart especially when that cute teddy bear loses its stuffing as the child is loving it. It made me cry even as a kid, but I'm very glad to have found it. Thanks for posting this!
My great grandmother had this at her house when I was a kid and I watched it all the time
@Mike Fortier. You must have nice memories of your gram❤️
@@danacaro-herman3530 luckily she’s still alive! 96 and kicking it
@@mikefortier7081 Treasure her!! Because when she's gone all you'll have left are memories🙏
@@danacaro-herman3530 can do
I used to watch this with my kids when they were small…it brings back wonderful memories ❤️
I was just thinking of this cartoon this holiday season. I owned the VHS. The memories!🥲🎄🤗🎅🏿🎅🏼❤️
I remember being mesmerized watching him break down ordinary objects and turn them into toys, the attention to detail and whimsy in the animation is SO delightful. I'm amazed this is from '36, i watched it almost 70 years later as a kid!
(6:20)
In the end, Christmas has went from the heartbreaking to the heartwarming.
And it's all thanks to Santa (Grampy) Claus.
Merry Christmas.
this film makes me cry every single time
I remember watching this and somewhere in dream land as a kid and I’m glad I did :) when I have kids I’m showing them both of the animations
Smart Inventor and Simple Gesture to make others happy is what make this scene special. Truly classic and heartwarming.😍
Love how it went to claymation at the end! Merry Christmas everyone!
Not so much Claymation, they actually film models for some backgrounds in their cartoons, like the opening shot of the orphanage.
Omg!! Why don’t they play old Christmas classics 🥰 oh how I’ve been searching for this!
I don’t think most families don’t know about these cartoons. Just the staples like Roudolph, Frosty and SCICTT.
I'm so happy that I did see this cartoon when I was 7 yrs old, in 2010, at TV
I found out about this only from Oddity Archive.
Man, I’ve been thinking about this cartoon for a while now, I remember watching this all the time my word my childhood- this cartoon and a few others were always my favorite to watch on Christmas, it’s so nice to watch it again
Fun fact: The stamp at the end of this flick is the 1936 Christmas Seal stamp.
I’m 40 years old and I still kicked my feet with excitement watching this !! Happy Holidays 🎄Merry Christmas
Thank god for those early 90s vhs at Bargain Hunters. Simple times
I used to watch this in the 90’s on a VHS tape my mom had. Glad to see I wasn’t the only who was absolutely heartbroken by these kids crying. Poor babies I know it’s just a cartoon but I’ve always been really sensitive and can never watch it without crying with them. But I’m so happy he made it special for the kids, it really saved their Christmas
The Teddy bear kid got me the hardest!
Blast from the past ! I appreciate what you do, Sir. I lost my 📼 years ago. I love the classics.
@AdamLassiter-nf5fw Hi Adam, what a shame to have lost all the VHS'. Im sure here you will find many of those great classics. Enjoy!! Cheers!
The best vintage Christmas cartoon I have seen in terms of ingenuity. Using kitchen utensils to make toys and the painted Staircase.
I watched this as a kid, so happy to have found it on here. Sweet nostalgia
my mom used to show me this every christmas when i was younger
i immediately recognized it because of the goofy sounds
It's 2022, I'm 28 years old, and this is the most precious thing I've ever seen around Christmas time. Merry Christmas, everybody!!
When I was a kid we had a VHS called "Chrismas Carols Cartoons Vol. 1" (or something like that) and this was on it.
But I never knew the name of it because it was part of an anthology. Until THIS VERY XMAS (2022) I could never ever find it. I tried and tried for over 20 years to find the cartoon because it was my favorite Xmas thing ever.
Thank you so much for uploading it and letting me FINALLY put the search to an end. Lol on the VHS it was in black and white so I have never seen it in colour until a few days ago.
And side note.......GOD DAMMIT is the song way to catchy and gets stuck in your head. But I love it.......making a good Xmas with the little that you have and simply becauss you want to......ahhhh its so good.
Thank you again for making one of my life goals come true.
And Merry Xmas and Merry Holidays from me a 35 year old man who just had a wonderful Xmas gift by finding the name of this damn cartoon hahah.
I use to have this movie as a kid and it always made me cry till this day. Those poor kids so adorable and looking foward to christmas for their toys. We neec more people like the professor and give some joy and happines and love to our less fortunate children.
What a very nice man he was at the right place at the right time, out of all the toys he created the train was my favorite
For me is when he made the mountain snow made of cotton along with painted the background. It reminds me of the day when I went to big bear when I was little.
Although I do feel sorry for the orphans, I have to say I’m not surprised that all this happened. The toys they got looked like someone put them together from things thrown in the trash. And I agree with everyone else on the fact that the caretakers seem to be AWOL. I don’t know what’s worse here, being given ramshackle toys or being left alone In an equally ramshackle orphanage. I think we can all agree that they were lucky Grampy happened to be passing by.
I think you are reading way too much into this
@@j3lny425 I know right🙄
The good deeds that has been shown in this old toon, how the old inventor help put a smile on all of those little orphans by creating very special toys and dressing up as Santa, and making such a remarkable Christmas tree... It gives me that warm fuzzies. 😊
Thank you for uploading. I watched this only once when I was very little, but I always remembered how the old man helped those children have the best Christmas. I never thought I would see this cartoon again.
This movie always brings me so much joy
Loved watching this movie when I was a child. Wish they had it on DVD so my babies can watch it. Brings back good memories. Wish when we are younger time would go slower.
I watch this every year! Nothing encapsulates my feelings about the spirit of the holidays better than this. Simple giving and gratitude!
Omg I remember my parents buying me this VHS and how creative Santa was to those kiddos :-)
That was not Santa, it was prof. Grampy.
@@BOX_corporation. dressed as Santa. Why not tell those kids that so they can start collectively crying again, eh?
There is no greater ending that can be given that all those orphan kids are finally taken into brand new homes with a powerful family and they get new amazing toys so they can smile again.
This was made during the depression, though. Remember Annie? At least these kids GOT a Christmas!
Dang i used to watch this at my grandmas this brings back so many memories ❤️
I've missed these cartoons so much over the years
This is my favorite cartoon from when I was little.
Loved the ingenuity and richness of color. One of my favorite cartoons during the holiday season
I'm 52 and this is the first time I've ever seen this. ❤️
Tengo 70 años me crié viendo Esos dibujos cuándo A mediados de los años 60 empezó a ver televisión en argentina era llegar del colegio por la tarde y poderlos ver qué maravillosa época
Beautiful, magical, precious! The best times, and it will never be like that ever again!
I'm born in 97` and my grandma used to have the VHS of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with this cartoon in it. I used to watch it every December when I was little.
Man oh man! What a gem!! I have never forgotten this episode since I first saw it as a small child. So great!
I’ve watched some Christmas cartoons ever since I was born and it’s kinda became a tradition this one’s probably my favorite
Still love watching this cartoon from a forgotten time and generation these days.
Always broke my heart to see those kids cry over the state of their toys. Glad that inventor came in to save their Christmas
Im glad to see other people disturbed by this. I didn't think anything of it when I was little, but seeing this as an adult now when the whole reason for christmas now is to give children a magical time, seeing the orphans without any gifts crying makes me tear up. I just can't help it because I know that it is true for so so many kids. And I do all the Christmas Angels I can but it doesn't even put a dent in it. I think I got 13 this year but I cried then too seeing some little kids were asking for a toothbrush, or a pair of pants...god I'm crying again now...anyways, I loaded all of them up as well as I could with toys and fun clothes, and a nice expensive gift too appropriate for all their ages. And I try to get the older kids because at the end of the drive, the trees have all these left over kids tags from ages 8-15 who are looked over since everyone wants to get presents for the little kids and that's great, but the older kids don't want to be left out. God, they're all just so wonderful and innocent and it sucks the world is in such awful shape. I wanted to adopt some older kids (since come 6 or 7 years old, they have a pretty much 0% chance of ever having a family...and reading the info on the kids online waiting for adoption, I cry again because over half of their answers to MY BIGGEST DREAM is I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO WAKE UP AND FIND OUT WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE WITH MY OWN FAMILY CHRISTMAS MORNING...and I just...I just can't...), but although I have a masters in child psych and education and before becoming a teacher and Olympic Games translator, I worked in nurseries with infants to 4 year olds so I know everything about caring for children, unfortunately I was caught with drugs 20 years ago, I'm banned forever and the kids are left in a nasty program where ONE IN THREE KIDS in the system at the moment is R worded or beat regularly. I guess THATS a safer place for them. Poor kids. And all I ever wanted in life was to have a kid call me daddy and give them a joyous life. Knowing it will never happen for me is almost too hard to cope with ...
I can't believe the opening scene of the house turning and then the Christmas Tree at the end. It looks like 3d rendered images! The talent it took to make that work in the 1930s is just outstanding!
Had this on VHS in the 90s...
Life was very different in the 90s. Super Nintendo, Cartoon Network, and biking outside all day
No cellphones, laptops, and computers.
It was a lot nicer then than now.
We had this on VHS in black and white!! ❤❤ such great memories
The beginning is some terrorifically sad, but its finish is totally joyful. Greetings for everybody from Colombia.
This cartoon shows that Christmas is a time for thinking of others in need
I still close my eyes at the little kid with their teddy bear. I was made fun of by my "family" whenever that little kids bear came undone because I would cry, thinking that it could happen to my TeTe (teddy bear's name promounced TehTeh). I would run to get him and then be crying thinking he would disintegrate in my hands if I were to touch him. I would bawl for hours until my grandma would come give me the bear and hug me and calm me down. I still have tears now as an adult. I love the thoughts and inventions that Grampy made for those kids.
Had to listen to this painful rendition for 2 weeks straight
2:42 During Christmas, after seeing the children from the orphanage crying about their toys being broken-down so easily; Grampy feels sorry for them, before he uses his brainstorm to create new toys of his own - in which those made out of junks! 😊😊😊
The first couple minutes are so depressing but it makes the ending so much more happy
Being able to make something I want out of anything I have is the gift that I would want this Christmas❤
Professor Grampy, you are a genius, and a hero! You really know how to make children happy!
Grampy has to be one of the most resourceful people I know.
Olden days are golden days beautiful childhood memories
When I watched it as a kid, what I thought about the most was how touching and heartwarming the story is.
Now, when watching it as an adult, the first thing which came to my mind was "making those children happy by giving them toys is nice and all, but what are those kids going to eat now (and how) that you've turned all the kitchen utensils into said toys?".
That last sentence 😱😱😱
My comment is if that guy was so smart, why didn't he just try to fix each toy?
I thought the same thing. Nothing left to live. Great going, Grandpa!
God it does my heart to remember this cartoon. I know I'm cheating by watching this now but I couldn't wait till December
Oh my gosh I did the same thing! 😁
Well If it's five months early it should be understandable. With the year being difficult a little christmas can do the soul some good.
Me too! I just remembered it today!
Well I'm glad I'm not the only who agrees. I'm still gonna watch it when the month of December comes as well as other classics like a pink panther Christmas
It's always nice to watch things that lift the mood from a bad day or week. It's been a hard year for everyone and I do hope others agree to do the same.
What happens when they need something from the kitchen? 😂 Love this cartoon!
I used to watch this as a kid, this year Im pregnant and our baby will be here soon. Im planning to show this to our little girl when she´s older.
It will be almost 100 years old when she watches it
I remember this as a child on an old Vhs think it also had an old cartoon of Jack frost. I remember watching it with my mum. I lost her a few years ago and cant help but cry when I watch these but it's a strange sort of comfort in a way. I miss you so much mum the pain will never heal xx
I'm 61, and I've never seen this before. For me, it's a new Christmas classic!
Man it’s been 5 years since I seen this in dvd this is still a good cartoon
The cartoons were amazing and made in drawing like real walking and moving, i love this cartoon that i was introduce to me like these.
The 40s love orphans. You see em all the time in old cartoons like these
My Grandmother sat me down in front of the Tv and told me i would never forget watching this and she was Right I Love you Nana🌼 Rest in heaven My Dearest Friend 💔😭 December 14th 1945-February 24th 2023 till i see you again ✝️🙏🕊️🌹
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I remember as a kid having this on VHS in the 90's and feeling depressed watching these kids cry. I'm now showing this to my 8 year old daughter hoping she will learn something from it, if anything.
Anyway, Happy Holidays!
Such a kind thing for him to do
Yea i remember going over to my grandparents place for the weekend and i saw they had a VHS tape of "Chrismas Classics".This was the first one that was on first.And i was hooked.Good times back in the day as a kid.
I miss watching this with my great grandmother I still have a little cry before I can laugh at the cartoon