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Genre
  
Christmas Musical Comedy

Initial release
  
December 7, 2001

Story by
  
Bill Plympton

Creator
  
Bill Plympton

Language
  
English

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Director
  
Bill Plympton

Music director
  
Maureen McElheron

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

12 Tiny Christmas Tales movie poster

Cast
  
Bill Plympton, Maureen McElheron, Billy Schneider

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12 Tiny Christmas Tales (stylized onscreen as 12 tiny Christmas tales) is an American Christmas animated short film, that which was broadcast on Cartoon Network on December 7, 2001. It was created, animated and directed by Bill Plympton.

Contents

Plot

A grandmother tells her three grandchildren increasing bizarre stories of Christmas.

Segments

The stories are based on eight-panel sequences from Christmas cards Plympton began drawing for his parents in 1964.

  • Victor the Tree
  • Cecil the Snowman
  • Blitzen
  • The 12 Days of Christmas
  • A Little Veggie Christmas
  • The Killer Snowflake
  • Lester the Loud Tie
  • The Dancing Bear and the King
  • The Boy Who Loved Christmas
  • The Peddler and the Donkey
  • The Plucky Present
  • The Carolers

    • Songs

    In this film there are nine original songs, which were written and executive-produced by Maureen McElheron. Hank Bones instead served as a producer. Finally, "Kalinka" was the only famous song inserted into it.

    References

    12 Tiny Christmas Tales Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    12 Tiny Christmas Tales IMDb 12 Tiny Christmas Tales themoviedb.org