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* ValuesDissonance: Balthazar has a very stereotypical Chinese design, with EyesAlwaysShut, but he is portrayed as wise and kind-hearted.
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** The burning of Aaron's drum in ''Book II'', when the villainous Roman soldiers snatch it from him to use for firewood. Aaron can only watch helplessly as his only worldly possession and [[TragicKeepsake the only thing he has left from his parents]] is destroyed. Fortunately he gets a new drum in the end, but it can't replace the sentimental value of the original.
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** The burning of Aaron's drum in ''Book II'', when the villainous Roman soldiers snatch it from him to use for firewood. Aaron can only watch helplessly as his only worldly possession and [[TragicKeepsake the only thing he has left from his parents]] is destroyed.destroyed, and he later sobs over the loss when alone with his animals. Fortunately he gets a new drum in the end, but it can't replace the sentimental value of the original.
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* LighterAndSofter: ''Book II'' compared to the original special.
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** The burning of Aaron's drum in ''Book II'', when the villainous Roman soldiers snatch it from him to use for firewood. Aaron can only watch helplessly as his only worldly possession and [[TragicKeepsake the only thing he has left from his parents]] is destroyed. Fortunately he gets a new drum in the end, but it can't replace the sentimental value of the original.
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Aaron's reaction to Baba's DisneyDeath. The poor kid has been through hell and back, and now one of his only friends is dying right in front of him. And when he begs the Three Kings to help him, his voice audibly breaks when Caspar sadly tells him there's nothing he can do.
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** The flashback to the murder of Aaron's parents. After his father is killed, his mother can only help him escape through a window and urge him to run, then FaceDeathWithDignity herself, and Aaron flees into the desert in tears as the house burns. Doubles as NightmareFuel.
** Aaron's reaction to Baba's DisneyDeath. The poor kid has been through hell and back, and now one of his only friends is dying right in front of him. And when he begs the Three Kings to help him, his voice audibly breaks when Caspar sadly tells him there's nothing he can do.
** The flashback to the murder of Aaron's parents. After his father is killed, his mother can only help him escape through a window and urge him to run, then FaceDeathWithDignity herself, and Aaron flees into the desert in tears as the house burns. Doubles as NightmareFuel.
** Aaron's reaction to Baba's DisneyDeath. The poor kid has been through hell and back, and now one of his only friends is dying right in front of him. And when he begs the Three Kings to help him, his voice audibly breaks when Caspar sadly tells him there's nothing he can do.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The title song, as performed by the Vienna Boys' Choir. Also "One Star In The Night."
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* HarsherInHindsight: Ben Haramed painting a smile onto Aaron's face is portrayed as a degrading experience for the boy, but Classic Media would perform something similar for certain [[https://christmas-specials.fandom.com/wiki/The_Little_Drummer_Boy_(Rankin/Bass)#Home_video_releases home media covers]]: The 2017 DVD and 2022/23 ''Complete Rankin/Bass Christmas Specials Collection'' boxsets Photoshop Aaron's miserably horizontal mouth into a smile.
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* TheWoobie: Poor, poor Aaron.
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Some Anvils Need To Be Dropped got cut, going to see if this better under An Aesop or reality subtext.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Throughout the special, Aaron is embittered with hatred for all humans due to the murder of his parents until playing for the newborn Jesus. When his lamb returns, Greer Carson's narration mentions that "Aaron's heart was filled with joy and love. And he knew at last that the hate he had carried there was wrong. As ALL hatred will ever be wrong." A valid point regardless of when it aired, but especially for its original airing in 1968 (a year that saw, among other things, the assassinations of [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Dr. Martin Luther King]] that April; followed exactly two months later by the assassination of New York Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby Kennedy]] along with race riots following Dr. King's death, and another riot at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, instigated by the Youth International Party/Yippies, who instigated a similar riot at Disneyland two years later; the year would've been viewed with scorn had it not been for Apollo 8).
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* EarWorm: Three guesses. Rum pum pum pum, anyone?
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* EarWorm: Three guesses. Rum pum pum pum, anyone?
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Throughout the special, Aaron is embittered with hatred for all humans due to the murder of his parents until playing for the newborn Jesus. When his lamb returns, Greer Carson's narration mentions that "Aaron's heart was filled with joy and love. And he knew at last that the hate he had carried there was wrong. As ALL hatred will ever be wrong." A valid point regardless of when it aired, but especially for its original airing in 1968 (a year that saw, among other things, the assassinations of [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Dr. Martin Luther King]] that April; followed exactly two months later by the assassination of New York Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby Kennedy]] along with race riots following Dr. King's death, and another riot at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, instigated by the Youth International Party/Yippies, who instigated a similar riot at Disneyland two years later).
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Throughout the special, Aaron is embittered with hatred for all humans due to the murder of his parents until playing for the newborn Jesus. When his lamb returns, Greer Carson's narration mentions that "Aaron's heart was filled with joy and love. And he knew at last that the hate he had carried there was wrong. As ALL hatred will ever be wrong." A valid point regardless of when it aired, but especially for its original airing in 1968 (a year that saw, among other things, the assassinations of [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Dr. Martin Luther King]] that April; followed exactly two months later by the assassination of New York Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby Kennedy]] along with race riots following Dr. King's death, and another riot at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, instigated by the Youth International Party/Yippies, who instigated a similar riot at Disneyland two years later).later; the year would've been viewed with scorn had it not been for Apollo 8).
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Throughout the special, Aaron is embittered with hatred for all humans due to the murder of his parents until playing for the newborn Jesus. When his lamb returns, Greer Carson's narration mentions that "Aaron's heart was filled with joy and love. And he knew at last that the hate he had carried there was wrong. As ALL hatred will ever be wrong." A valid point regardless of when it aired, but especially for its original airing in 1968 (a year that saw, among other things, the assassinations of [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Dr. Martin Luther King]] that April; followed exactly two months later by the assassination of New York Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby Kennedy]] along with race riots following Dr. King's death death, and another riot at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago).Chicago, instigated by the Youth International Party/Yippies, who instigated a similar riot at Disneyland two years later).
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Throughout the special, Aaron is embittered with hatred for all humans due to the murder of his parents until playing for the newborn Jesus. When his lamb returns, Greer Carson's narration mentions that "Aaron's heart was filled with joy and love. And he knew at last that the hate he had carried there was wrong. As ALL hatred will ever be wrong." A valid point regardless of when it aired, but especially for its original airing in 1968 (a year that saw, among other things, the assassinations of [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Dr. Martin Luther King]] that April; followed exactly two months later by the assassination of New York Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby Kennedy]] along with riots following Dr. King's death and at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago).Chicago).
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* AwesomeMusic: The title song, as performed by the Vienna Boys' Choir.
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* JerkassWoobie: Aaron may be misanthropic, but it's still hard not to sympathize with him.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: As of 2015, ABC Family/Freeform has taken to cutting out the song "When The Goose Is Hanging High", presumably to retain precious advertising time. This means that the movie transitions from Aaron fleeing into the desert following his parents' murder, to the scene in Jerusalem, not explaining at all how he came to be there nor why he is apparently enslaved by a showman.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: As of 2015, ABC Family/Freeform has taken to cutting out the song "When The Goose Is Hanging High", presumably to retain precious advertising time. This means that the movie transitions from Aaron fleeing into the desert following his parents' murder, to the scene in Jerusalem, not explaining at all how he came to be there nor why he is apparently enslaved by a showman.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Throughout the special, Aaron is embittered with hatred for all humans due to the murder of his parents until playing for the newborn Jesus. When his lamb returns, Greer Carson's narration mentions that "Aaron's heart was filled with joy and love. And he knew at last that the hate he had carried there was wrong. As ALL hatred will ever be wrong." A valid point regardless of when it aired, but especially for its original airing in 1968 (a year that saw, among other things, the assassinations of [[UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement Dr. Martin Luther King]] that April; followed exactly two months later by the assassination of New York Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy]] [[UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy Bobby Kennedy]] along with riots following Dr. King's death and at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago).
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* UnfortunateImplications: These specials (particularly ''Book Two'') have been accused of Anti-Arab stereotyping.
** One can't help but notice that Mary is blonde and Caucasian.
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