Spot's Magical Christmas

by Eric Hill and Joy Peskin

Book Overview

Join Spot as he tries to find Santa's sleigh on Christmas Eve. Bold artwork and engaging text will keep Spot fans on the run with his latest whimsical adventure. Color illustrations throughout. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399229124
• ISBN13: 9780399229121
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Frederick Warne and Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

my sister loves it

Hi my sister veronaka loves this video and so do i we loved it so much that it might be worn out because our sisterinlauh naomi winter and wiliam have wached it a milion times also i cant count how many times we do go to our mothers house or our aunt dawns house amd she lives near us Naomi's mom lives far away from us al the way in philadelia we love this video and hope they make it on dvd so our Sharon rafertys mother just got a newboarn baby which is about a year ikd VIDEO TO NAOMIS SISTERS DEMINSTRATONS SHE LOVED IT CHRISTIAN

Best. video in the Spot series I've seen so far

As a Spot sound book collector and one that's on the quest to watch all the Spot episodes and specials, I'd say this is by far the best Spot video of the bunch I've seen so far. And I've almost seen them all, including the only-released-in-Britain "It's Fun to Learn with Spot" series. The only one episode I haven't seen, at least not completely, is the "Spot and His Grandparents Go To the Carnival" special, which I caught only a split-second of on TV in Singapore little more than 5 years ago and got me started on this journey. In any case, in this special, Spot meets with some reindeers who work for Santa and somehow lost the sleigh while testing it. The reindeers do the tango, Spot goes gather up his friends and go find the sleigh. Then Spot is whisked off to the North Pole, visits Santa's workshop, and then back home again. The dialog is the most witty I've seen in the Spot series so far, and the lips of the characters actually move to reflect the speech - something that was not done before (due to the fact that in the original British airings of the series, the entire story is basically just narrated and voiced by one person. The Disney dubs of the series basically tried to add more voice variety by adding more casts, and were met with mixed results). I personally have no qualms with either format, but some people I know was put off by the fact that the lips of the characters does not move to the speech in the series, and would probably be pleased by the change in this special (the change is only temporary, tho. When Spot's Musical Adventures a.k.a Discover Spot was released, they reverted back to the old format). All in all, it's a nice series. My copy of "Spot and His Grandparents go to the Carnival" should be in my mail anytime soon, so we can see how this one holds out to it then. Until then, I consider this one of best, if not the best, of the bunch. Ratings: Five RAM Chips, 2 thumbs up, etc.

Absolutely adorable!

I love this video! My daughter (2yo) loves it as much as my husband and I. Spot is an adorable character. The other characters are equally loveable. The one song/dance number with the reindeer is quite amusing. My daughter always gets a laugh out of it. What most appealed to my daughter was the similarity between the video and the book, Spot's First Christmas. We've been watching the video (AND reading the book) everyday since we bought it. A must-see for any toddler!

Spot's Magical Christmas is the best!

This is the best video in the Spot series! My three year old loves it and so does Mom and Dad! The animation and story are delightful. I look forward to bringing it out again at Christmas time. Yeah Spot!

Tiny children will love it! Schoolies will love it still.

OH, I hate this video. Hate it with a passion. I'd like to take every copy in existence and pound them to dust. If there's one thing I hate more it's the book by Eric Hill of the same title (with the same story.) Only problem is my daughter would never speak to me again.My daughter was given this video over five years ago. Every December it gets dragged off the shelf and played - and played, and played, and played. Then most nights she wants me to read her the book.This simple tale of Spot helping two reindeer to find Santa's lost sleigh (lost during the annual pre-Christmas test drive) and his voyage to Santa's workshop has it all for the little ones - dramatic tension, colour, excitement, in jokes (I still laugh over my daughter surrounded by an acre of torn wrapping paper on Xmas morning saying "Daddy, the presents got all excited") and to top it all off a little bit of the jolly old man in red.Of all the Spot videos this is the one that has stayed her favourite, indeed at eight last December she watched it and enjoyed it still.A wonderful, magic tale for small children. Believe me, buy it for your pre-schooler and you will end up knowing every word.