History WesternAnimation / ClaymationChristmasCelebration

* {{Claymation}}

* MessyPig: A whole troupe of them sing "Here We Come A-Wallowing" while wallowing in a truckload of... fruit.

Will Vinton's ''Claymation Christmas Celebration'' is an animated Christmas television special originally broadcast on the American CBS TV network on December 21, 1987. The special featured stop motion clay animation and was produced and directed by Will Vinton. The special debuted alongside [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas]] and the two continued to be aired back to back in subsequent years.

* WarmHeartedWalrus: The two ice-skaters during "Angels We Have Heard On High."

Will Vinton's '''Claymation Christmas Celebration''' is an animated Christmas television special originally broadcast on the American CBS TV network on December 21, 1987. The special featured stop motion clay animation and was produced and directed by Will Vinton. The special debuted alongside [[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials A Garfield Christmas]] and the two continued to be aired back to back in subsequent years.

* BrickJoke: In the beginning, Rex tells [[BigEater Herb]] that there are no carols about snacks. At the end, after learning that to "wassail" is to go around singing carols and receiving Christmas drinks, Herb tells Rex that there ''are'' songs about snacks.

* ''O Christmas Tree'': A series of little scenes taking place within each Christmas tree ornament.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: During "Angels We Have Heard On High," penguins are constantly seen.

* MessyPig: A whole troupe of them sing "Here We Come A-Wallowing."

** Then, this exchange at the end;

* FlyCrazy: The goofy-looking bell uses his hammer to swat a fly that lands on his nose. Then, grimacing in disgust at the dead fly on his hammer, he tosses it away.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Hosts Rex and Herb, who first appeared on Will Vinton's short "Dinosaurs," then on segments of the compilation film ''A Claymation Celebration'' as parodies of Series/SiskelAndEbert.

-->'''Raisin #1:''' So call me a cab.\\

-->'''Rex:''' Say goodnight, Herb.\\

* LiteralistSnarking: At the beginning of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the California Raisins just realized that they have missed the last bus of the night.

* FailuresOnIce: The walruses on "Angels We Have Heard On High" aren't all that graceful on the ice.
* TheKlutz: The walruses on "Angels We Have Heard On High."

Centered in London's Christmas Square, anthropomorphic dinosaurs Rex the tyrannosaurus and Herb the styracosaurus act as the hosts of several vignettes, providing trivia and history on the songs and traditions they represent. All the while, they try to figure out the meaning of "Wassail" from the carol, "Here We Come A-Wassailing."

* AnimateInanimateObject: "Carol of the Bells" is performed by anthropomorphic bells striking themselves with hammers. One goofy-looking bell keeps missing his cue, then loses his hammer, to the annoyance of Quasimodo, the conductor.

Centered in London's Christmas Square, anthropomorphic dinosaurs Rex the tyrannosaurus and Herb the styracosaurus act as the hosts of several vignettes, providing trivia and history on the songs and traditions they represent. All the while, they try to figure out the meaning of "Wassail" from the carol, "Here We Come A-Wassailing".

Followed by the California Raisins' own TV special ''Meet The Raisins!'' in 1988, while Will Vinton would also produce Halloween and Easter specials in the early 1990s, and the three holiday specials have been released together on DVD. Will Vinton Studios also animated the 1997 NBC TV Christmas special ''The Online Adventures of Ozzie the Elf''.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Hosts Rex and Herb, who first appeared on Will Vinton's short "Dinosaurs", then on segments of the compilation film ''A Claymation Celebration'' as parodies of Series/SiskelAndEbert.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: During "Angels We Have Heard On High", penguins are constantly seen.
* TheKlutz: The walruses on "Angels We Have Heard On High" aren't all that graceful on the ice.
* LiteralistSnarking: At the beginning of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", the California Raisins just realized that they have missed the last bus of the night.

* MessyPig: A whole troupe of them sing "Here We Come A-Wallowing".

* WarmHeartedWalrus: The two ice-skaters during "Angels We Have Heard On High".

* AnimateInanimateObject: "Carol of the Bells" is performed by anthropomorphic bells striking themselves with hammers. One goofy-looking bell keeps missing his cue, then loses his hammer, to the annoyance of the conductor.

* AnimateInanimateObject: "Carol of the Bells" is performed by anthropomorphic bells. One goofy-looking bell keeps missing his cue.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Is it "Here we come a-wassailing"? Or "Waffling" or "Waddling" or "Wallowing"?

* EverythingIsBetterWithPenguins: During "Angels We Have Heard On High", penguins are constantly seen.

* {{Mondegreen}}: Is it "Here we come a-wassailing"? Or "Waffling" or "Waddling" or "Wallowing"?

* ''Angels We Have Heard On High'': A pair of walrus' do an ice ballet to this carol, to the consternation of some local penguins.

* AstronomicZoom: "O Christmas Tree" is staged as one, starting at one window and going into a tree ornament inside, which leads into the window of the next segment, and so forth.

* ''Carol of the Bells'': Performed at Notre Dame Cathedral by an orchestra of living bells, conducted by Quasimodo.

* Mondegreen: Is it "Here we come a-wassailing"? Or "Waffling" or "Waddling" or "Wallowing"?