"From All of Us to All of You" is an animated television Christmas special, produced by Walt Disney Productions and first presented on December 19, 1958, on ABC as part of the Walt Disney Presents anthology series. Hosted by Jiminy Cricket along with Mickey Mouse and Tinker Bell, the special combines newly produced animation with clips from vintage animated Disney shorts and feature films, presented to the viewer as "Christmas cards" from the various characters starring in each one.
The episode was re-broadcast for the first time on Christmas Day, in 1960. Starting in 1963 and continuing through the 1970s, re-airings of the special would be in color instead of black-and-white and include preview footage of the studio's new or upcoming feature films. Beginning in 1983, it was expanded to 90 minutes and retitled A Disney Channel Christmas for airing on cable television's The Disney Channel. A re-tooled home video version of the special, retitled Jiminy Cricket's Christmas, appeared on VHS, Betamax, and Laserdisc in 1986. The special has yet to see a DVD release.
The show has been shown infrequently in the United States in recent years. However, in Sweden, the program has been shown every Christmas Eve since 1960. Ratings show that around 40% of all Swedes watch it on Christmas Eve, the record (in 1997) being just over half the population.
Regional variations and local cultural significance United States In the U.S., the show originally aired on ABC and occasionally afterwards on NBC. The original version included Walt Disney's introduction where he has been "cricket-sized", because, as Mickey and Jiminy would say, Christmas is bigger than all of them. The American version has not been shown on network television since 1980.
The original American version features the following shorts: Santa's Workshop (1932) Toy Tinkers (1949): included an extended introduction (with a song-and-dance) as well as scenes of Chip and Dale's own Christmas decorating activities.
There were also clips from the following feature films, labeled in the special as "Memorable Moments": Peter Pan – "You Can Fly!" Bambi – Bambi and Thumper ice skating Pinocchio – "I've Got No Strings" Lady and the Tramp – "Bella Notte" Cinderella – "The Work Song" / "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – "The Silly Song"
The special ends with Jiminy Cricket sharing his memorable moment, his song "When You Wish Upon a Star" (from Pinocchio), which he states "symbolizes faith, hope and all the things that Christmas stands for".
Starting in 1963 and continuing through the 1970s, all scenes with Walt and Tinker Bell's intros, as well as Santa's Workshop, were replaced with a surprise gift, which were teasers for upcoming Disney films, including The Sword in the Stone (1963), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970),Re-aired in 1980 to promote the re-release of the film that year. Robin Hood (1973) and Pete's Dragon (1977). In the 1963 version, Walt Disney presented the surprise gift. Starting in 1967, Jiminy Cricket hosted the surprise gift segment. The 1979 broadcast differed from the rest, as a pre-existing short, Corn Chips (1951), starring Donald Duck and Chip 'n' Dale was presented.
Denmark In Denmark, the show is called Disneys Juleshow: Fra alle os til alle jer (Disney's Christmas Show: From All of Us to All of You) and is broadcast every Christmas Eve at 4:00 p.m. on DR1. It is narrated by Danish actor Ove Sprogøe who does the Danish voice of Jiminy Cricket. Clips from feature films are voiced in Danish while shorts are in English with Danish subtitles. It was first broadcast in 1967, but Danish audio was not available until 1979.
The Danish version features the following shorts: Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) Donald's Snow Fight (1942)
As well as clips from the following feature films: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Lady and the Tramp Bambi Pinocchio The Aristocats Peter Pan Cinderella
It ends with Bjørn Tidmand singing "When You Wish upon a Star" in Danish ("Når Du Ser et Stjerneskud") and a sneak peek of either an upcoming or a clip from a recently or soon-to-be-released Disney feature film.
Finland In Finland, the show is called Samu Sirkan joulutervehdys, (Jiminy Cricket's Christmas Greeting) and is shown every Christmas Eve evening and Christmas morning on MTV3.
The Finnish version features clips from the following shorts: Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) The Small One (1978) The Clock Watcher (1945)
There are also clips from the following feature films: Pinocchio Cinderella Peter Pan Lady and the Tramp The Three Caballeros
A special "surprise" clip (from a recent or upcoming Disney feature premiere) is dubbed in Finnish but everything else is in English with Finnish subtitles.
Norway In Norway, the show is called Donald Duck og vennene hans (Donald Duck and his friends) on NRK and Disneys julekavalkade (Disney's Christmas Cavalcade) on TV Norge (the latter began airing in 2003), and is shown every Christmas Eve afternoon at 2:00pm on NRK1 and NRK Super. Most of the shorts are shown in their original English-speaking versions, with Norwegian subtitles.
The following shorts are usually shown (in particular in NRK's version), in integral or edited format: Pluto's Christmas Tree Mickey's Trailer Ferdinand the Bull Donald's Snow Fight
These feature films are represented through important scenes: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ("The Silly Song" scene) Cinderella ("The Work Song" scene) Lady and the Tramp ("Bella Notte" scene) The Jungle Book ("The Bare Necessities" scene) Bambi (Ice lake scene; dubbed) The Three Caballeros ("Las Posadas" scene; subtitles in Norwegian)
Previously shown: Clown of the Jungle (Edited version without Donald's second shooting spree;) Robin Hood Santa's Workshop
Upcoming shown: The Little Matchgirl Toy Story ("Christmas in Andy's New House" scene) Knick Knack Tin Toy Luxo Jr. The Adventures of André & Wally B. Bolt ("The Pound" scene) Red's Dream Dumbo ("Look Out for Mr. Stork" scene) Frozen ("Let It Go" scene; dubbed) The Nightmare Before Christmas ("What's This?" scene)
Sweden In Sweden, the show is called Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar God Jul (Donald Duck and His Friends Wish You a Merry Christmas). It is broadcast on SVT1 at 3:05p.m. as part of the channel's traditional Christmas Eve programming, which features a live host between programmes, a role closely associated with Arne Weise, who is the only host to have featured more than three times (22 appearances between 1964 and 2002). The changed title reflects the fact that Donald Duck is far more popular than Mickey Mouse in Sweden. The montage is narrated by Bengt Feldreich, who translates character dialogue through voiceover dubs, and also replaces the original English voice of Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards), including the performance of When You Wish Upon a Star.
The special, which is typically referred to as simply Kalle Anka (Donald Duck), along with its characters and cartoons, is ingrained in Swedish pop culture as a Christmas tradition. The popularity of Kalle Anka in Sweden as a television event was influenced by several factors, including the fact that for the ten years since the special's original premiere in 1960, SVT1 was the only television channel in the country (SVT2 launched in 1969), and even then, the country's public broadcaster Sveriges Television had a monopoly on television broadcasting until the 1987 launch of TV3, the country's first commercial channel. At the time, it was also one of the few occasions that U.S.-produced animation was broadcast on Swedish television. Kalle Anka has remained one of the most-watched television specials in the country; usually drawing more than five million viewers up until the 1990s, and still drawing 3.3 million viewers in 2019 (in a country with 8.5 and 10 million inhabitants in those years, respectively).
Due to its legacy and prominence, the special has remained largely unchanged. The Swedish public has been protective of Kalle Anka, resisting any significant changes to the special's content: in the 1970s, when SVT's head of children's programming disclosed plans to discontinue the special due to growing anti-commercial sentiment in the country, public and tabloid outcry resulted in the special being maintained. A similar backlash was faced in 1982 when Ferdinand the Bull was replaced with The Ugly Duckling — a change that was reverted the following year. In 2012, Disney decided to edit the Santa's Workshop segment, removing "cultural stereotypes", that had been restored to the episode in 1983, provoking another public debate. From the 2021 broadcast onward, Disney introduced disclaimers to provide additional context for outdated cultural depictions.
The following shorts are usually shown, in integral or edited format: Santa's Workshop Clown of the Jungle Pluto's Christmas Tree Mickey's Trailer Ferdinand the Bull
These feature films are represented through key scenes: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ("The Silly Song" scene) Cinderella ("The Work Song" scene) Lady and the Tramp ("Bella Notte" scene) The Jungle Book ("Bare Neccessities" scene) Robin Hood ("Robin robbing prince John" scene)
One or two clips from new and upcoming Disney feature films are also shown and change each year. These "surprise gifts" are also shown on all other international broadcasts within their respective year.
1985 The Black Cauldron
1986 The Great Mouse Detective
1988 The Fox and the Hound
1989 Oliver & Company
1990 The Little Mermaid
1991 The Rescuers Down Under
1992 Beauty and the Beast
1993 Aladdin
1994 The Aristocats The Lion King
1995 Pocahontas One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1996 Dumbo The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1997 Alice in Wonderland Hercules
1998 The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Mulan
1999 The Aristocats Tarzan
2000 The Tigger Movie The Emperor's New Groove
2001 The Hunchback of Notre Dame II Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2002 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure Treasure Planet
2003 The Lion King 1½ Brother Bear
2004 Bambi Pooh's Heffalump Movie
2005 Kronk's New Groove Chicken Little
2006 Peter Pan Cars
2007 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Ratatouille
2008 Pinocchio Bolt
2009 Toy Story 2 The Princess and the Frog
2010 Cars Tangled
2011 Winnie the Pooh The Lion King
2012 Wreck-It Ralph Monsters, Inc.
2013 Frozen (teaser trailer) Planes
2014 Big Hero 6 (teaser trailer) Frozen
2015 Zootopia (teaser trailer) The Good Dinosaur
2016 Moana Cars
2017 Coco Olaf's Frozen Adventure
2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet Incredibles 2
2019 Frozen 2 Toy Story 4
2020 Soul Once Upon a Snowman
2021 Olaf Presents Encanto
2022 Strange World Cars on the Road
2023 Inside Out 2 (teaser trailer) Wish
2024 Dream Productions Moana 2
2025 Zootopia 2 Hoppers (teaser trailer)