It's only 10 weeks until Christmas, which for me means it's time to start watching Christmas movies! Disney has re-released four of their popular animated shorts in a collection called Mickey's Christmas Carol, out now on DVD. The disc contains these four cartoon shorts: Mickey's Christmas Carol, The Small One, Pluto's Christmas Tree, and Santa's Workshop. Mickey's Christmas Carol is an animated retelling of the Charles Dickens' classic, with Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge, Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit, and Goofy as Jacob Marley. Just like the original movie, this version has Scrooge visited by three Ghosts, including Jiminy Cricket as the Ghost of Christmas Past, showing Scrooge his life as a young apprentice when he was in love with a girl (played by Daisy Duck) but chose money over her. The Ghosts of Christmas Present and Future visit Scrooge as well, until he wakes up in the morning with a new sense of compassion for others. The Small One was a short I had not seen … [Read more...]