We're back covering The Smurfs for Christmas. The last time we did, it was a special where the Smurfs take down possibly Satan. (read here) Here we are again with dip into one that came out around season 7's airings on NBC from December 13, 1987. "'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy" also did get reruns on Cartoon Network and later Boomerang since it's a special made by Hanna-Barbera, like the series.
This special focuses more on the Smurflings. Some might be asking , ok, what's a Smurfling? A) Thank you for being interested in a Smurf's post . (Yeah thank you!) B) There's lore. The Smurflings are a group of 4 young Smurfs. They are younger than the other Smurfs you know and love and yet older than Baby Smurf, yes there's a Baby Smurf. In season 5 of the 1980's series they added these characters to the series. Where did they come from? Did two Smurfs uhhh Smurf? (Oh?) No. (Well there's goes my day) To put a long story, less long, because we really need to get to the Christmas special. The male Smurflings were full adult Smurfs but then they got de-aged becuase a clock, there's also a girl who made by the same 3 boys because sure. Remember there are no naturally female Smurfs, so they can be made from magic instead.
Their names are Nat, Snappy, Slouchy, and Sassette. There's not much more you need to get into the Christmas special so let's go!
It starts with Wild Smurf, a Smurf who's like a Tarzan Smurf, being wild, I'm surprised Brainy and a few others got mad he's being wild while trying to help them put up Christmas stuff, his name is Wild. Also it's supposed to be Wild's first Christmas. Wild's backstory, not from this special, is that he's a Smurf that got lost from the others when he was born or whatever Smurfs do, and was raised by squirrels. (I guess the squirrels don't know what Christmas is.) Papa Smurf being himself, wants the others to be patient and understand.
He's Wild !/ Copyright Warner Bros. Discovery
Papa Smurf is going to give a gift and leave the special for a bit, but he has dropped something that our special will then focus on. Grandpa Smurf and Sassette, yes there's a Grandpa Smurf, have gone into the village to show her what Christmas Eve is like for humans. Why, just her? Nobody knows.
If I brought more, I'd have to share this apple/ Copyright Warner Discovery
There's an old man trying to sell toys and there's a thief with a British accent. The thief likes Christmas because people have money to steal. (Sometimes Christmas sales are already a thief) Grandpa is able to stop the thief with an apple. The old man isn't doing too well in sales. A little boy shows up and the man gives him one as a gift.
Looks oddly like you hmm/ Copyright Warner Discovery
The boy's father, the boy is named Hans and his father who is some rich guy is annoyed and grabs the boy and runs off. We also learn the old man's name is Gustav. Thankfully, Sassette is very interested in what's going and wants to follow him to find out more of the story. Gustav's wife , Elise, has random unnamed disease. The Doctor says she needs the power of Christmas can help her or she might die? ( Take two Christmas and call me in the morning)
That's nice, but I'm dying from the dreaded whatever this is and need Christmas/ Copyright Warner
Gustav gives Elise a toy and talks to her about Christmas elves. She's not doing too well and Gustav needs a bright Christmas eve to save her. Sassette goes to the other Smurfs to see if they will help, but the Smurfs are too busy to listen. Wild seems to want to help as well Papa Smurf comes back and finds that the other Smurfs weren't paying attention and he encourages them and they decide to help out.
Hey the thief from earlier is out looking to Christmas Eve rob. That tradition really never caught on. Grumpy rich guy from earlier also apparently has decided to walk through the village at night instead of taking a carriage like earlier. He's just asking to get ... oh hey the thief. The thief doesn't want the gifts he wants the money and has grabbed the money. The smurfs accidently knocked over the thief.
That's how you know he's a thief, the mustache/ Copyright Warner Discovery
Hefty wants to take down the thief. The other Smurfs go and decide to make a Christmas surprise for the couple who have gone to bed. Since the smurfs aren't very good at being quiet the man hears them and sees them and thinks they are elves. He gets his wife and they both are amazed to see elves. The smurfs go along with it since I guess Smurf knowledge is bad. Also random song.
They were very trusting of the Smurfs/ copyright Warner Discovery
The thief is counting the money he stole and the he sees the smurfs in shadows and they haunt him to tell him off. They tell him he has no Christmas spirit. They say others are celebrating Christmas, while he's alone. Meanwhile, the rich guy's purse gets found in front of the house of the old couple. The rich guy thinks that they stole because of the Christmas tree. The thief shows up and decides to confess. The rich guy decides to not charge the thief. The rich family decides to be with Gustav and Elise, and the smurfs take off before being seen. That's it.
This special for the Smurfs is not as interesting as the other one I covered, but that's because the other one had the Smurfs save Gargamel from Satan. That's hard to compete against. I don't think this one is bad, though. It's a simple special, the message is simple too, it's Christmas, be nice , care for others that's the spirit of the holiday. It shows the smurfs that aren't Grandpa and Sassette being too wrapped (heh) up into their Christmas they didn't want to listen to the duo. It happens to people where people do get wrapped into Christmas to notice that. The thief having a "Scrooge moment" and turning around quickly was pretty fun, glad the special decided to squash a misunderstanding quickly.
It's alright special, not robust but not bad, wish it was weirder, but that's fine. That's it for now, tune in next time when, after we ask the doctor for Christmas in pill form.
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