Release date:	December 4, 1982
Running time:	47 minutes
Available on:	VHS CED Laserdisc

A Disney Christmas Gift is a 47-minute Christmas television special which aired on December 4, 1982 on CBS' Walt Disney Presents television program. It was a Christmas-themed compilation of animated shorts featuring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck combined with excerpts from Disney feature films. The opening and closing numbers, featuring the songs "On Christmas Morning" and its reprise, showcased Christmas at Disneyland.

The special was made as a result of Disney being forced to delay the release of Mickey's Christmas Carol due to an animator's strike.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the original full-length and shortened versions of the special were rebroadcast on CBS and the Disney Channel. It was released on VHS, CED, and Laserdisc in the 1980s and 1990s, but it hasn't been released on DVD.

Featured segments

• "Once Upon a Wintertime" segment from Melody Time (1948)
• "Pluto's Christmas Tree" (1952)
• Bambi and Thumper ice skating from Bambi (1942)
• Peter Pan teaching the Darling children to fly from Peter Pan (1953)
• "The Clock Watcher" (1945)
• Merlin, Arthur, and Archimedes the Owl from The Sword in the Stone (1963)
• The Fairy Godmother's scene from Cinderella (1950)
• "The Night Before Christmas" (1933)

Releases

See also

• A Disney Channel Christmas

Walt Disney Animation

Shorts: Empty Socks • Mickey's Orphans • Santa's Workshop • Mickey's Good Deed • The Night Before Christmas • Toy Tinkers • Pluto's Christmas Tree • The Small One • Mickey's Christmas Carol • Jingle Bells, Something Smells • The Nutcracker • Mickey's Mixed Nuts • Mickey's Christmas Chaos • Operation: Secret Santa Movies: The Nightmare Before Christmas • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas • Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas • Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving • Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse • Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas • My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie • A Christmas Carol TV Specials: From All of Us to All of You • A Disney Christmas Gift • A Disney Channel Christmas • Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too • A Goof Troop Christmas • Spot's Magical Christmas • Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! • Prep & Landing • Mickey's Christmas Special • Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice TV Episodes: Jolly Molly Christmas • It's a Wonderful Leaf • Miracle at the 34th Precinct • Doug's Secret Christmas • A Christmas Cruella • Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave • Don't Be Elfish • A Kosher Christmas • A Dog For All Seasons • The Worst Holiday Ever • Holiday Time • Seven Days of Kwannza • The Blight Before Christmas • Pete's Christmas Caper • Clarabelle's Christmas List • Happy Holidays, Mr. Gruff! • A Very Possible Christmas • Topper • A Circus Town Christmas • Twinkle's Wish • On Whiskers, On Lola, On Cheryl and Meryl • The Christmas Wish • The Wind-Up Toy Prince • Mickey Saves Santa • Hairy Christmas • A Giftmas Story • Season's Beatings • Dick Daring's All-Star Holiday Stunt Spectacular V • The Night Before Zipsmas / A Gift For Zooter • Flicker Saves Christmas • The Ayalas' Christmas Extravaganza • The Living Holiday Lights • Stitch and Santa • It's a Winter Never Land! • A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas • A Cousin Kyle Christmas • Merry Fishmas, Milo