Recap / Disney Sing Along Songs V 5

The original title card

Very Merry Christmas Songs is the fifth volume of the Disney's Sing-Along Songs direct to video series. In honor of the spirit of Christmas with your favorite Disney characters. This was the first volume to not have any hosts and it does not feature the Disney's Sing-Along Songs theme.

Featured songs

1. "From All of Us to All of You"
2. "Deck the Halls"
3. "Jingle Bells" ^note  With the clip from Famous Studios short "Snow Foolin"
4. "Joy to the World"
5. "Up on the Housetop"
6. "Let it Snow"
7. "Sleigh Ride"
8. "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"
9. "Winter Wonderland"
10. "Here Comes Santa Claus"
11. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
12. "Silent Night"
13. "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" ^note  Plays during the closing credits.

The 1990 reissue omitted "From All of Us to All of You" and added the following songs:

1. "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
2. "Winnie the Pooh's Jingle Bells"
3. "Toyland" (Babes in Toyland)
4. "All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth" with Goofy and Max
5. "Seasons of Giving" (Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving)
6. "As Long as There's Christmas" (Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas)
7. "Jingle Bell Rock"
8. "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"
9. "White Christmas"
10. "The Best Christmas of All" (Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse)

Extra notes:

• During the closing credits, there is a still of a Christmas tree screenshot from Lady and the Tramp.
• After the credits, Jiminy Cricket would announce "From all of us, to all of you: Merry Christmas! And a very Happy New Year!"
• Rereleased as Volume 8 for the 1990, and 1994 era.

This volume provides an example of:

• Art Shift: While most of the footage during the songs is animated, "Here Comes Santa Claus" is shown over footage of the various Christmas parades at Disneyland through the years.
• Christmas Episode: Since this is a Christmas themed episode, the Disney's Sing-Along Songs theme song is not featured. The 1994 re-release uses the same opening theme variant as "The Twelve Days of Christmas" does, with the Ocean Waves graphics. Incidentally, that re-release was also one of the first releases to use the updated version of the 1993 update to the ending promo that uses the exact same video and audio but with the Ocean Waves boxes instead of the Watercolor boxes and without the "Fun with Music" bit.
• Follow the Bouncing Ball: The Mickey bouncing ball takes on several special forms. There is a Mickey-shaped wreath used for "Deck the Halls", the blue Mickey dons a Santa hat for "Up on the Housetop" and "Sleigh Ride" as well as a white beard on "Here Comes Santa Claus", the yellow Mickey is given a red scarf for "Winter Wonderland" and antlers and a red nose for "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". A bouncing white snowflake is also used for "Jingle Bells" and "Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow". Only "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" uses a normal pink Mickey bouncing ball.
• Stock Audio Clip: Throughout the video, the songs' audio clips are taken from various records, including "Deck the Halls" from the Disney 1978 LP: "Merry Christmas Songs".
• Stock Footage: It features winter and Christmas-themed Disney cartoons along with public domain clips of Max Fleischer's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948) and the Paramount Famous Studios short "Snow Foolin".

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