The Best Mickey Mouse Christmas Shorts Not Available on Disney Plus

Growing up, nothing compares to the thrill of watching all my favorite Disney characters reunite at the end of the day. Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in the House of Mouse sing “The best Christmas of all” together around a beautifully lit Christmas tree. Of course, this was before I knew that fanfiction was something, so just seeing a super crossover gets me excited. Lumiere lighting the fireplace? Amazing. Jasmine and Aladdin fly on the magic carpet? Great. Grumpy and the rest of the dwarves wish they had a bunk bed for Christmas? Extraordinary filmmaking, cinema at its best.

It’s the biggest gimmick of mouse house, a Disney Channel animated show centered on Mickey and his friends running a dinner theater club — in fact characters from various Disney animated films attended. clubs and watch various Disney short films. Some of these shorts were created specifically for the show, while others come from Disney history. But the important thing is that all the characters hang out and watch them together.

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The special Christmas show, as the name suggests, takes place on a night when all the guests are snowing. While Mickey was happy to play host for longer, Donald was in a grumpy anti-Christmas mood for an unknown reason, so cheer him up, the group decided to play the set. their favorite Christmas shorts.

Snow falls at the Mouse House not only was my first exposure to various vintage Mickey Mouse shorts, but also my first exposure to classic Christmas stories like Christmas Songs and Nuts Clip. All other adaptations of those stories will always pale in comparison to my first. With me, in my opinion, Ghost of Christmas Past will always be Jiminy Cricketand Uncle Drosselmeyer in Nutcracker will always sound vague like Ludwig von Drake. In the end, our VHS player broke and our views were transferred to DVD… until that DVD player crashed and the Christmas special remained only in the memory. When Disney Plus came out, I was so excited — I could finally spend the day off watching my favorite childhood movie.

Unfortunately, not a single episode of mouse house is on Disney Plus. Special self To be available to rent for $7.99 on YouTube and Prime Video, but the fact that it’s not available on Disney Plus, a service I’ve already paid for, annoyed me. I thought maybe I could put together a DIY special edition, at least, using shorts to be available on Disney Plus — but only two of them! Hey, what for, Disney?

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When mickey’s christmas song and Pluto’s Christmas tree is on Disney Plus, the other three shorts are mysteriously absent. After doing a bit of research, I learned that three other short films — a retelling of Nutcracker actress Minnie; Donald participates in a skating race; and Mickey creatively decorate their home — all from a Disney animated movie called Mickey Mouse Activity. The show aired from 1999 to 2000 and was designed to recreate the golden age of Disney’s animated short. Some are short stories, some are longer and based on classic stories (hence Chestnut one). None of them are available to stream or Rent anywhere!

Happy enough, mouse house essentially replaced this show when it started airing. The fact that neither is available on Disney Plus — or really anywhere — is frustrating. That’s the state of modern streaming. While every media company out there wants to have its own service, there’s no guarantee that it Your own original content will even appear on it. Somehow, there’s more content than ever before, but it’s still as concurrently accessible as ever and even harder to access than ever. Sure, there’s a lots of All the shows and movies at your fingertips, but that forgotten very specific childhood hobby? The chances of stumbling across it lying on a video rental shelf somewhere are very low; The chance for it to appear on a streaming service is basically nonexistent.

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There are some movies and shows that people only watch during the holidays. It’s a tradition, as tried and true as making cookies or decorating a Christmas tree. But now, with so many shows and movies locked up and released only at the will of the companies, some of that magic has been lost. When Apple Takes Control Of Charlie Brown Movies, many people aren’t too concerned with whether they’ll be streaming exclusively. Sure, this Disney special doesn’t have as many die-hard fans as Charlie Brown, but man, it’s sad that this much-loved holiday tradition is currently inaccessible to me and many others beyond. that.

Maybe I should spend that $7.99 to rent it and stop being such a Scrooge about paying extra. Maybe I should accept the harsh reality of the streaming wars as a fun holiday bonus. Or maybe I should put a DVD-VHS player combo on my Christmas list, hoping that Santa will help me make my childhood favorites last a little longer. little.

Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed in the House of Mouse available to rent on YouTube, Apple TV, Google Play, and Prime Video.