Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse is the first direct-to-video movie spin off

Spin-off (media)

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 from the Disney Channel

Disney Channel

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 animated television series Disney's House of Mouse

Disney's House of Mouse

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Plot

A snowstorm leaves everyone in the House of Mouse stranded and "bah-humbug" Donald doesn't have any Christmas spirit. Mickey and all the other guests get hot chocolate and cookies to make Donald feel his Christmas

Christmas

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 spirit. The fun starts when Minnie gets the Christmas cartoons to watch. Their magical memories see to it that everyone has a holiday spirit, even Donald. At the end, everyone gets together and sings a musical number, "The Best Christmas of All".

Among the Christmas cartoons included in this special are Mickey's Christmas Carol

Mickey's Christmas Carol

Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company. It was directed and produced by Burny Mattinson...

and a comic version of The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...

narrated by John Cleese

John Cleese

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, and starring Mickey as the Nutcracker, Minnie Mouse as Clara, Donald Duck

Donald Duck

Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...

 as the Mouse King, Ludwig von Drake

Ludwig Von Drake

Professor Ludwig von Drake is one of Walt Disney's cartoon and comic book characters. He was first introduced on September 24, 1961, as the presenter in the cartoon An Adventure in Color, part of the first show of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on NBC...

 as a Drosselmeyer-like character, and Goofy

Goofy

Goofy is a cartoon character created in 1932 at Walt Disney Productions. Goofy is a tall, anthropomorphic dog, and typically wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat originally designed as a rumpled fedora. Goofy is a close friend of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck...

 as the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Cartoons

• Donald On Ice (1999)
• Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952)
• The Nutcracker (1999)
• Mickey's Christmas Carol
  Mickey's Christmas Carol
  Mickey's Christmas Carol is a 1983 American animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company. It was directed and produced by Burny Mattinson...
  
  (1983)

In addition, certain pieces of animation in the House segments are recycled from the series episodes "Clarabelle's Christmas List", "Pete's Christmas Caper", "House of Turkey" and "Mickey vs. Shelby". Also, clips from the Mickey MouseWorks short "Mickey's Christmas Chaos" are played at one point.

Trivia

• "The Best Christmas of All" was featured in the DVD version of Very Merry Christmas Songs which is part of the Disney Sing Along Songs
  Disney Sing Along Songs
  Disney Sing Along Songs is a series of videos, laserdiscs and DVDs with musical moments from various Disney films, TV shows and attractions. Lyrics for the songs are displayed on-screen with the Mickey Mouse icon as a "bouncing ball" Disney Sing Along Songs is a series of videos, laserdiscs and...
  
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