Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

A Very Merry Pooh Year is exactly the same cartoon as Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, so if you're looking for a new adventure, this won't be it. I've watched this cartoon every single Christmas of my life, so I'm not complaining. The changes are a bit of restoration in the animation and a new voice for Christopher Robin: William Green. If you recognize the voice of the narrator, he's new, too - Michael York! In case you don't usually watch Winnie and his friends at Christmas, you're missing out on one of the great Christmas feel-good flicks. It's funny, sweet, and always makes me cry. Christopher Robin writes a letter to Santa, asking for a gift for all his pals at the Hundred Acre Wood - all except Pooh. The next day, when Piglet remembers, they get together, write a new list, and hope it gets to the North Pole in time. There are so many quotable lines that have been adopted by my family, like "You have the pencil, Rabbit," and "If that's another one of those phony Santas, I'm gonna nail 'im." Friendship, love, and the Christmas spirit are all at the forefront of this delightful cartoon - no matter which Christopher Robin you're listening to. DLM Warning: If you suffer from vertigo or dizzy spells, like my mom does, this movie might not be your friend. When Piglet's balloon deflates, the camera swirls around in a circle for a couple of seconds as they topple to the ground, and that will make you sick. In other words, "Don't Look, Mom!"

A collection of stories focused on Pooh and his friends around Christmas and New Year. Although some of this is rehash from older Pooh stories, which results in some mixed animation and voices that do not quite match up perfectly (although close enough that few will notice), what better than a collection of Pooh stories for Christmas? Everyone loves Christmas and everyone loves Pooh, so it only makes sense to have a special focused on his exploits. The singing over the opening credits is a bit dreadful, and it returns at the end, but the rest is pure magic that will make kids (and adults) smile. If you have never seen Eeyore cheery and smiling, you absolutely have to see this... it is quite a sight.

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year is a decent straight-to-video film where Pooh and his friends get ready to finish the holidays for New Years Eve. The characters are adorable, fun, and even witty at times. I was even surprised to see Gopher appear in this movie. It shows a heartwarming message about keeping the holiday spirit. However, this film isn't exactly what I hoped for. It reuses "Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too" once the film progresses into its story. I do think that the special is fantastic on its own, but not exactly when compiling it in-between this movie. I could just watch the television special on its own if I wanted to. Also the plot in the newly animated footage of this film has already been done before in an episode of the New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh series. But I guess it's done better here, just doesn't feel like anything new. But despite all this, it's still an enjoyable holiday celebration with the characters Winnie the Pooh fans love. While not the best, it's still average.

Winnie the Pooh is one of the greatest examples about friendship, even among such different beings, a sweet, delicate and fun drawing, the Christmas scenes, the choice of gifts for friends, the final music, everything is very emotional, even the voiceovers are so perfect that touch us, the cute voice of the piglet, the sweet voice of the Pooh, the whistled of the squirrel, the teasing of the tiger, sad of the eavesdropper and I knew about the rabbit, amooooo....