Holiday Animated DVDs: I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown and A Miser Brothers’ Christmas DVD Reviews

On October 6th, Warner Home Video released two holiday animated specials on DVD. I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown is classic Peanuts holiday special available in a Remastered Deluxe Edition DVD and the Miser Brothers are back in a new holiday adventure, A Miser Brothers’ Christmas DVD.

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown DVD

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! centers on ReRun, the lovable but ever-skeptical younger brother of Linus and Lucy. It’s Christmas vacation and, as usual, ReRun’s big sister is stressing him out, so he decides to turn to his best friend, Snoopy, for amusement and holiday cheer. However his faithful but unpredictable beagle companion has plans of his own, giving ReRun reason to ask Snoopy to invite his canine brother Spike for a visit. When Spike shows up, it looks like ReRun will have a dog for Christmas after all… but then the real trouble begins.

The most read comic strip of all time, the Peanuts holiday specials were classic holiday events for today’s adults when they were kids. The positive vibe and heartwarming spirit of Charlie, Snoopy and the gang is unparalleled.

The I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown Deluxe Edition DVD features some great special features so you can enjoy Peanuts as a family and celebrate the best of a classic with modern benefits. Included are: “Another Story Featuring the Gang: Happy New Year, Charlie Brown” and “All New Featurette – Sibling Rivalry: Growing Up Van Pelt”.

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 41 Minutes
DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009

A Miser Brothers’ Christmas DVD

The story begins when Santa’s new chief mechanic, Tinsel, creates a speedy, new high tech sleigh for Christmas. But what Santa doesn’t know is that North Wind has secretly sabotaged the sleigh in the hope of taking Santa’s place that year. When Santa takes it out for a spin, he gets caught in the cross fire between the feuding Snow Miser and Heat Miser Brothers and his sleigh comes crashing down. North Wind frames the Miser Brothers for Santa’s accident and, with Santa stuck in bed with a bad back, everything falls into place for North Wind to slyly come to the rescue as a temporary Santa. But much to his chagrin, Mother Nature punishes the Miser Brothers by forcing them to put their differences aside and fill in for Santa. In between comedic squabbles, the Brothers rediscover what it means to be family and, along the way, save Christmas for everyone!

Tinsel is one of the best unsung characters of traditional Christmas holiday special lore. He brings a cheery disposition to an otherwise tough situation in A Miser Brothers’ Christmas. A Christmas special with tension and turmoil, the story of the Miser Brothers has a different feel that other holiday animated classics.

Special features in A Miser Brothers’ Christmas DVD include: “What Makes Stop Motion Go?” – The Magic Makers Behind the Sparking Holiday Movie Reveal Their Secrets.

MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 44 Minutes
DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009

DVD Reviews by Neil of Movie Room Reviews