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This Winnie the Pooh Christmas release isn’t so much of a Christmas release at all. It’s actually about the fall/winter period in the year. One of the stories is about Thanksgiving, the other one is a Christmas type story with Rabbit raising a baby blue bird named Kessie, the other story is a story about the hundred acre wood being confused about Groundhog Day- a calendar mishap makes them think that it’s February when actually it’s really only October. They’re a little stunned to find the weather getting colder instead of warmer.

It’s amazing how many stories Disney’s Winnie the Pooh franchise hits on that stem from a misunderstanding. I suppose that’s because it makes it a little more relatable to kids, but it’s a common theme in the world of Pooh. Speaking of the world of Pooh, the characters here are all the same. Piglet is scared of everything, Pooh thinks with his stomach, Rabbit is the control freak, Tigger isn’t so much careless as care-free, and Eeyore is borderline clinically depressed. The reason why these characters have lasted so long and been held in such high regard for so long is because they’re all so innocent, but at the same time they have real problems and feelings that kids relate to and see in their day to day lives. The characters in Winnie the Pooh will always make it special and really they can tie it together anyway they want it to.

As for the three stories on this DVD- oddly enough they’re drawn differently, some of the voices are different, and really they don’t make much sense when they run together. These stories are all good but they’re not that good when they’re ran as part of the group. They’re much better ran individually. I don’t think they’re giving kids enough credit here and that’s really something Disney never does. Still it’s a good collection of cartoons for kids- running about an hour long. There’s also two short episodes of the New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh on the disc and the package comes with a Christmas stocking..