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Christmas: Day 6 of 12

In light of the new Yogi Bear film coming out in the theatres I thought I’d revisit a Christmas special I often watched back in the 80’s.

Yogi’s First Christmas is about what the title says. That smarter than the average bear and his sidekick Boo Boo (and later his admirer Cindy) are woken from their winter hibernation and brought into an adventure also involving many of their Yogi’s Treasure Hunt co-stars.

As if missing a long power-nap was trouble enough, Yogi must avoid being caught by Ranger Smith, thwart Herman the Hermit from destroying Christmas fun, dodge Mistletoe kisses from Cindy Bear, and also convince Mrs Throckmorton not to sell up the Jellystone Holiday Lodge.



Part of the challenge for the bears is to stay awake during the holiday special and marks for some narcoleptic moments for Yogi and co.

Inadvertedly, Yogi manages to work his way up to hotel manager at the Jellystone Lodge saving the venue from closure much to the delight his fellow cartoon chums including Ranger Smith and grumpy ex-manager Mr Dingwell. Eventually Herman The Hermit and Snively (Mrs Throckmortons spoilt nephew) are also won over by the Christmas goodness and all is jolly in Jellystone.

As most Christmas specials go, this is cheesy, but is quite good and uplifting fun. Definitely worth a DVD purchase!