Don't miss CHIP-n-DALE on "Cels and Setups!"

The first post is up on our new companion blog, CELS AND SETUPS.
Be among the first to have a look!

http://celsandsetups.blogspot.com/

Here, in honor of CELS AND SETUPS debut, the "set" for the scampering antics of Chip-N-Dale... Walt Disney's desktop!

MICKEY'S GOOD DEED

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care...

We're back!

Due to a tremendous wind storm in the Hollywood hills, we lost all power (and internet connectivity), temporarily disrupting the daily blogging schedule.

Everything is now back to normal... and posts should once again appear daily, as per usual.

CHRISTMAS FEAST

from MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

"From All of Us to All of You" was a 1958 Christmas special of the Disneyland TV show.

The show has re-aired infrequently in the US, but in the Scandinavian countries (Sweden, Denmark and Norway) the show has been broadcast every year since 1959, and has become a holiday classic. Ratings has shown as much as 40% of all Swedes watch it on December 24.

I wish we could see it here. But until then, from it... here is a magnificent painting of a Christmas setting as only Disney artists could do it.

Happy Holidays!

CHRISTMAS EVE: The Star Of Bethlehem

Here, the final re-created background from my "THE SMALL ONE" archives.

Evocative and lovely....

have a beautiful Christmas Eve.

THE SMALL ONE continued

Here, a set of beautifully rendered backgrounds from Disney's THE SMALL ONE (1977).

I'd highly recommend getting out your "Classic Holiday Stories" Disney DVD tonight. Cuddle up with your loved ones, and share watching this wonderful, heartfelt film.