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And lest we forget: The hackneyed Disney Christmas Show at 1600 hours sharp on the 24th of December. In this household, Christmas officially starts when the mo

And lest we forget: The hackneyed Disney Christmas Show at 1600 hours sharp on the 24th of December. In this household, Christmas officially starts when the mouse from Cinderilla squints and runs the thread through the giant needle's eye. These are generally the only two times of the year I have anything to do with live TV. Godt nytår!

TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago
Whereas in Sweden it starts at 15 and, for some reason[0], is titled “Donald Duck and his friends wish you Merry Christmas”, despite Jiminy Cricket being the presenter. [0] The reason is obviously his popularity in Sweden
- goto11 4y ago
  I was surprised to discover that Mickey Mouse was more popular and well-known in the US than Donald Duck. Come on, Donald Duck is a much more fun and interesting character!
  - ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
    Is it due to the US being prudes and Donald Duck doesn't wear any trousers/underwear?
    - thebooktocome 4y ago
      No, most Americans don’t perceive him as naked, any more than they do Bugs Bunny or other anthro mascots. I think it’s the accent. His voice actors are pretty hard to understand sometimes.
      - ygra 4y ago
        Interestingly, having only ever introduced to those characters through comics, I never pictured any particular accent and instead imagined them speaking normally.
    - mbg721 4y ago
      I'll contribute another anecdotal data point; I've never known anyone even to consider that point of view. It's more that Donald Duck comic books just didn't catch on here the way they did in other countries. But people do recognize Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
  - mbg721 4y ago
    I grew up thinking the Warner Bros. characters were the superior cartoon stars (and that Daffy is better than Bugs; my wife and I still argue about that). Disney is more like Apple...the people who like them really love them and get sucked into the rabbit-hole, but everyone else sees them as a cult.
    - goto11 4y ago
      In Scandinavia, the older generations mostly know these characters from comic magazines rather than the animated cartoons, as those was rarely shown on TV. The Disney magazines was called Donald Duck but also had stories with other Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Goofy etc. If you ask a Scandinavian about Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse, they will most likely think of the comic magazine rather than the animation. Disney artists like Carl Barks created new stories in a genre quite distinct from the animated cartoons. While the cartoons are mostly slapstick humor, the Barks stories were longer narratives where the characters went on various adventures. A lot of the stories were produced in Europe for the European market, since the magazines were never as popular in the US (where I believe superhero magazines were more popular, for whatever reason). WB and Hanna-Barbera and other studios also tried to publish comic magazines, but didn't manage to adapt to the medium as successfully, so they are less well known.
- joezydeco 4y ago
  I love the Kalle Anka tradition. https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/sweden-s-bizarre-tradition-of-watching-donald-duck-kalle-anka-cartoons-on-christmas-eve.html https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/sweden-s-bizarre-tradition...
heywhatupboys 4y ago
And Christmas 2021 Disney mistakenly put on the wrong voices and we almost killed the guy from DR planning it
jabl 4y ago
This was a favorite of mine growing up. But I made the mistake of trying to watch it with my kids once, and behold, it had turned from showing the best of the Disney classic cartoons into running trailers for upcoming Disney movies. Thanks for destroying that tradition, Disney Inc.

TazeTSchnitzel 4y ago

Whereas in Sweden it starts at 15 and, for some reason[0], is titled “Donald Duck and his friends wish you Merry Christmas”, despite Jiminy Cricket being the presenter. [0] The reason is obviously his popularity in Sweden

goto11 4y ago
I was surprised to discover that Mickey Mouse was more popular and well-known in the US than Donald Duck. Come on, Donald Duck is a much more fun and interesting character!
- ndsipa_pomu 4y ago
  Is it due to the US being prudes and Donald Duck doesn't wear any trousers/underwear?
  - thebooktocome 4y ago
    No, most Americans don’t perceive him as naked, any more than they do Bugs Bunny or other anthro mascots. I think it’s the accent. His voice actors are pretty hard to understand sometimes.
    - ygra 4y ago
      Interestingly, having only ever introduced to those characters through comics, I never pictured any particular accent and instead imagined them speaking normally.
  - mbg721 4y ago
    I'll contribute another anecdotal data point; I've never known anyone even to consider that point of view. It's more that Donald Duck comic books just didn't catch on here the way they did in other countries. But people do recognize Huey, Dewey, and Louie.
- mbg721 4y ago
  I grew up thinking the Warner Bros. characters were the superior cartoon stars (and that Daffy is better than Bugs; my wife and I still argue about that). Disney is more like Apple...the people who like them really love them and get sucked into the rabbit-hole, but everyone else sees them as a cult.
  - goto11 4y ago
    In Scandinavia, the older generations mostly know these characters from comic magazines rather than the animated cartoons, as those was rarely shown on TV. The Disney magazines was called Donald Duck but also had stories with other Disney characters like Mickey Mouse, Goofy etc. If you ask a Scandinavian about Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse, they will most likely think of the comic magazine rather than the animation. Disney artists like Carl Barks created new stories in a genre quite distinct from the animated cartoons. While the cartoons are mostly slapstick humor, the Barks stories were longer narratives where the characters went on various adventures. A lot of the stories were produced in Europe for the European market, since the magazines were never as popular in the US (where I believe superhero magazines were more popular, for whatever reason). WB and Hanna-Barbera and other studios also tried to publish comic magazines, but didn't manage to adapt to the medium as successfully, so they are less well known.
joezydeco 4y ago
I love the Kalle Anka tradition. https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/sweden-s-bizarre-tradition-of-watching-donald-duck-kalle-anka-cartoons-on-christmas-eve.html https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/sweden-s-bizarre-tradition...

heywhatupboys 4y ago

And Christmas 2021 Disney mistakenly put on the wrong voices and we almost killed the guy from DR planning it

jabl 4y ago

This was a favorite of mine growing up. But I made the mistake of trying to watch it with my kids once, and behold, it had turned from showing the best of the Disney classic cartoons into running trailers for upcoming Disney movies. Thanks for destroying that tradition, Disney Inc.