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** Earlier in the episode, Christmas Past kept telling that as time travellers, it's not ''where'', but ''when'' they go - thus establishing that "When'd he go?" is a question that sounds natural from him.

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** Earlier in the episode, Christmas Past kept telling that as time travellers, travelers, it's not ''where'', but ''when'' they go - thus establishing that "When'd he go?" is a question that sounds natural from him.



* Donald was surprisingly chill with Dewey essentially galavanting across time and space alone. Except Dewey ''wasn't'' alone; Donald knew his younger self and Della would be with Dewey.
* It makes sense Launchpad wouldn't know the words to "Twelve Days of Christmas"- besides Launchpad just being Launchpad, he wears a Hannukah sweater in this episode, implying he's Jewish and thus his family probably didn't celebrate Christmas.

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* Donald was surprisingly chill with Dewey essentially galavanting gallivanting across time and space alone. Except Dewey ''wasn't'' alone; Donald knew his younger self and Della would be with Dewey.
* It makes sense Launchpad wouldn't know the words to "Twelve Days of Christmas"- besides Launchpad just being Launchpad, he wears a Hannukah Hanukkah sweater in this episode, implying he's Jewish and thus his family probably didn't celebrate Christmas.



** Launchpad's apparent Jewish heritage would also explain why he can't tell the difference between Christmas lights and landing lights. If he celebrated Hannukah growing up instead of Christmas, he wouldn't have experienced the former while growing up. The fact that his employer would've never put them up himself, given Scrooge's apparent refusal to celebrate Christmas up until then, wouldn't have helped.
* In the comic book continuity, the parents of Donald and Della (Scrooge's sister Hortense and her husband) didn't die until Donald and Della were adults. The fate of Hortense and her husband in this continuity hadn't previously been established, but "Last Christmas!" strongly implies Donald and Della were orphaned as kids and moved to live with Scrooge: the part set in their childhood clearly shows they're living permanently in Scrooge's mansion, and their parents are nowhere to be seen. This makes Della's disappearance as well as Donald and Scrooge's breakup even more tragic than it was before: Scrooge didn't just loose his niece and nephew, he lost his adoptive children. It also makes the comparison between Scrooge and Donald more obvious: they both adopted and raised the children of their dead, or presumably dead, sisters. This also further explains why Scrooge keeps telling Donald how proud he is of Donald being such a good and protective parent to Huey, Louie, and Dewey: Scrooge feels he failed Della by encouraging her reckless behaviour and letting her get lost in space, so he thinks Donald is doing a better job as an adoptive parent than he ever did.

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** Alternately, he's aware that his boss doesn't like Christmas and just doesn't wear a ''Christmas'' sweater when the day comes.
** Launchpad's apparent Jewish heritage would also explain why he can't tell the difference between Christmas lights and landing lights. If he celebrated Hannukah Hanukkah growing up instead of Christmas, he wouldn't have experienced the former while growing up. The fact that his employer would've never put them up himself, given Scrooge's apparent refusal to celebrate Christmas up until then, wouldn't have helped.
* In the comic book continuity, the parents of Donald and Della (Scrooge's sister Hortense and her husband) didn't die until Donald and Della were adults. The fate of Hortense and her husband in this continuity hadn't previously been established, but "Last Christmas!" strongly implies Donald and Della were orphaned as kids and moved to live with Scrooge: the part set in their childhood clearly shows they're living permanently in Scrooge's mansion, and their parents are nowhere to be seen. This makes Della's disappearance as well as Donald and Scrooge's breakup even more tragic than it was before: Scrooge didn't just loose his niece and nephew, he lost his adoptive children. It also makes the comparison between Scrooge and Donald more obvious: they both adopted and raised the children of their dead, or presumably dead, sisters. This also further explains why Scrooge keeps telling Donald how proud he is of Donald being such a good and protective parent to Huey, Louie, and Dewey: Scrooge feels he failed Della by encouraging her reckless behaviour behavior and letting her get lost in space, so he thinks Donald is doing a better job as an adoptive parent than he ever did.




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* Part of the reason Young Donald is so chatty is because he can still be understood. Adult Donald is forced to enunciate ''much'' more and is therefore comparatively direct and concise.

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