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*Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas*
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
	DVD cover
Genre	Comedy; Adventure
Created by	Michael J. Wilson
Written by	Sam Harper; Mike Reiss;
Directed by	Karen Disher
Starring	Ray Romano; John Leguizamo; Denis Leary; Chris Wedge; Karen Disher; Queen Latifah; Seann William Scott; Josh Peck; Ciara Bravo; Billy Gardell; T.J. Miller; Judah Friedlander;
Music by	John Paesano
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Lori Forte; Chris Wedge; Carlos Saldanha
Producer	Andrea M. Miloro
Editor	Russell Eaton
Running time	26 minutes
Production companies	Blue Sky Studios; Reel FX Creative Studios; 20th Century Fox Animation;
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	November 24, 2011

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Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas is a 2011 animated television special and part of the Ice Age franchise, produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Karen Disher. It premiered on November 24, 2011 on Fox in the United States and in the United Kingdom at Christmas on Channel 4 and E4 and it was released 2 days later to DVD and Blu-ray.^[1] This Christmas special takes place between Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Ice Age: Continental Drift.

Despite being produced by Blue Sky Studios, the film's animation was actually done by some animators at Blue Sky and mainly by the Los Angeles/Dallas based special effects and animation company, Reel FX Creative Studios.

Plot

Eight years after the events of the third film and seven years before the fourth film, Christmas is coming and Scrat eyes a beaver assembling a cache of foods, among them an acorn. Scrat sneaks in and takes the acorn, along with others he finds in the area set up as decorations. He ties a large stockpile of them on a piece of bark and tries to leave with them, but they break out and roll away, leaving him with nothing.

Meanwhile, Manny brings the Christmas Rock out of storage, to Ellie's delight: the rock is intended as a surprise for Peaches, who comes sliding down a snow slope in a snowball fight with Crash and Eddie. Manny reveals that the Christmas Rock is the same one from his childhood, a family heirloom, and important as it lets Santa Claus find them to deliver presents. Diego and Sid step in to see the Christmas Rock, with Sid deriding it. Manny refuses to let Sid near the rock and Sid, to find his own means of decorations, decides to find a different decoration and chooses a tree. Crash and Eddie help him to decorate the tree with insects, small animals, and fish bones. To top the tree, Sid puts a star-shaped piece of ice on top, which is accidentally flung off like a boomerang and hits the Christmas Rock, shattering it. Furious, Manny declares that Sid is now on the "Naughty List" for ruining the Christmas rock, but dismisses the idea of Santa to Ellie, Peaches overhears this, and the young mammoth is shocked that Manny does not believe in Santa, and Sid, in tears that he destroyed the rock and is on the Naughty List, slides downhill as his tears freeze solid.

Scrat finds an acorn half frozen in a pond and steps onto the slippery surface to pull it out. After pulling it out successfully, Scrat begins to ice skate with the acorn, going through a log, where he misplaces the acorn and instead mistakenly holds onto a spider, which attacks him. Meanwhile, Sid, feet still frozen, sulks about being on the Naughty List until Peaches calls on him to snap out of it. She intends to head to the North Pole with Sid so as to convince Santa Claus to take Sid off the Naughty List, along with Crash and Eddie, who, despite their misdeeds, still want Christmas.

The four set off to the North Pole by following the Northern Lights, and move on until they reach a whiteout, which separates them for a moment until they find one another and move on, led by Sid, who mistakenly leads them off a cliff. As they fall, they are rescued by a flying reindeer, who takes them to the other side of the cliff and introduces himself as Prancer. Sid thanks the reindeer and moves on before he nearly falls down the cliff again and is caught by Peaches, who decides that the reindeer will go with them. Back at the village, however, Manny attempts to patch up the Christmas Rock with mud and sticks, to poor effect, when Ellie comes along, calling out that she cannot find Peaches, Sid, Crash, or Eddie. Diego states that the four of them headed out to the North Pole to find Santa; with that, Manny and Ellie move on to find Peaches and the others, led by Diego, who tracks them by, reluctantly, picking up Sid's scent.

Prancer and the animals arrive somewhere near the North Pole, seeing sugar plums and peppermint bark. As they continue, they are stopped by a mini sloth and the "santourage", who keep out visitors to Santa. They move towards Prancer and the animals, causing him to fly up into a block of snow, and as they try to pull him out, the ice cracks, causing an avalanche, ruining Santa's work, and toppling the rescue trio. Angered and distraught by the mess, Santa invents the Naughty List after Manny talks about it, causing the mammoth to realize Santa is real and rally everyone to make things right. All the animals fix the mess, but Santa has much more gifts than usual, so Prancer volunteers to fly the sleigh. He realizes he can't do it alone so he goes and gets his family, Dasher, Dancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen. Then, Santa leaves through the night sky, and everyone is back on the Nice List, even Sid. Then, Scrat looks at his present from Santa (which is a small nut), but blows away and gets repeatedly kicked by the reindeer while going around the Earth.

Cast

Release

A Mammoth Christmas premiered on November 24, 2011, on Fox.^[2] The special was watched by 7,100,000 viewers, making it the second most watched show in its time slot.^[3] It was nominated for Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production.^[4]

Home media

A Mammoth Christmas was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 26, 2011.^[2] A Mammoth Christmas was released on Disney+ on November 26, 2021 after the Disney-Fox Merger.

References

^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 145. ISBN 9781476672939.
^ ^a ^b Zahed, Ramin (2011-11-10). "Fox to Air New Ice Age Christmas Special on Nov. 24". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
^ Seidman, Robert (November 29, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas' Adjusted Up; 'Big Bang Theory' Repeat Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
^ Beck, Jerry (February 4, 2012). ""Rango" tops Annie Award Winners". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

External links

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas at IMDb

[1] Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 145. ISBN 9781476672939.

[AnimationMagazine-2] Zahed, Ramin (2011-11-10). "Fox to Air New Ice Age Christmas Special on Nov. 24". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

[3] Seidman, Robert (November 29, 2011). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas' Adjusted Up; 'Big Bang Theory' Repeat Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2012.

[4] Beck, Jerry (February 4, 2012). ""Rango" tops Annie Award Winners". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on June 3, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.

[D-5] Originally in-production at 20th Century Studios, but were switched over to Walt Disney Pictures before completion.

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+'''''Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas''''' is a 2011 animated television special and part of the [[Ice Age (franchise)|''Ice Age'' franchise]], produced by [[Blue Sky Studios]] and directed by [[Karen Disher]]. It premiered on November 24, 2011 on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in the United States and in the United Kingdom at Christmas on [[Channel 4]] and [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] and it was released 2 days later to DVD and Blu-ray.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=145}}</ref> This Christmas special takes place between ''[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]'' and ''[[Ice Age: Continental Drift]]''.
+Despite being produced by Blue Sky Studios, the film's animation was actually done by some animators at Blue Sky and mainly by the Los Angeles/Dallas based special effects and animation company, [[Reel FX Creative Studios]].
+== Plot ==
+Eight years after the events of [[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs|the third film]] and seven years before [[Ice Age: Continental Drift|the fourth film]], Christmas is coming and Scrat eyes a beaver assembling a cache of foods, among them an acorn. Scrat sneaks in and takes the acorn, along with others he finds in the area set up as decorations. He ties a large stockpile of them on a piece of bark and tries to leave with them, but they break out and roll away, leaving him with nothing.
+Meanwhile, Manny brings the Christmas Rock out of storage, to Ellie's delight: the rock is intended as a surprise for Peaches, who comes sliding down a snow slope in a snowball fight with Crash and Eddie. Manny reveals that the Christmas Rock is the same one from his childhood, a family heirloom, and important as it lets [[Santa Claus]] find them to deliver presents. Diego and Sid step in to see the Christmas Rock, with Sid deriding it. Manny refuses to let Sid near the rock and Sid, to find his own means of decorations, decides to find a different decoration and chooses a [[Christmas tree|tree]]. Crash and Eddie help him to decorate the tree with insects, small animals, and fish bones. To top the tree, Sid puts a star-shaped piece of ice on top, which is accidentally flung off like a boomerang and hits the Christmas Rock, shattering it. Furious, Manny declares that Sid is now on the "Naughty List" for ruining the Christmas rock, but dismisses the idea of Santa to Ellie, Peaches overhears this, and the young [[mammoth]] is shocked that Manny does not believe in Santa, and Sid, in tears that he destroyed the rock and is on the Naughty List, slides downhill as his tears freeze solid.
+Scrat finds an acorn half frozen in a pond and steps onto the slippery surface to pull it out. After pulling it out successfully, Scrat begins to ice skate with the acorn, going through a log, where he misplaces the acorn and instead mistakenly holds onto a spider, which attacks him. Meanwhile, Sid, feet still frozen, sulks about being on the Naughty List until Peaches calls on him to snap out of it. She intends to head to the North Pole with Sid so as to convince Santa Claus to take Sid off the Naughty List, along with Crash and Eddie, who, despite their misdeeds, still want Christmas.
+The four set off to the North Pole by following the [[Aurora|Northern Lights]], and move on until they reach a whiteout, which separates them for a moment until they find one another and move on, led by Sid, who mistakenly leads them off a cliff. As they fall, they are rescued by a flying reindeer, who takes them to the other side of the cliff and introduces himself as [[Santa Claus's reindeer|Prancer]]. Sid thanks the reindeer and moves on before he nearly falls down the cliff again and is caught by Peaches, who decides that the reindeer will go with them. Back at the village, however, Manny attempts to patch up the Christmas Rock with mud and sticks, to poor effect, when Ellie comes along, calling out that she cannot find Peaches, Sid, Crash, or Eddie. Diego states that the four of them headed out to the North Pole to find Santa; with that, Manny and Ellie move on to find Peaches and the others, led by Diego, who tracks them by, reluctantly, picking up Sid's scent.
+Prancer and the animals arrive somewhere near the North Pole, seeing sugar plums and peppermint bark. As they continue, they are stopped by a mini sloth and the "santourage", who keep out visitors to Santa. They move towards Prancer and the animals, causing him to fly up into a block of snow, and as they try to pull him out, the ice cracks, causing an avalanche, ruining Santa's work, and toppling the rescue trio. Angered and distraught by the mess, Santa invents the Naughty List after Manny talks about it, causing the mammoth to realize Santa is real and rally everyone to make things right. All the animals fix the mess, but Santa has much more gifts than usual, so Prancer volunteers to fly the sleigh. He realizes he can't do it alone so he goes and gets his family, [[Santa Claus's reindeer|Dasher, Dancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen]]. Then, Santa leaves through the night sky, and everyone is back on the Nice List, even Sid. Then, Scrat looks at his present from Santa (which is a small nut), but blows away and gets repeatedly kicked by the reindeer while going around the Earth.
-==Plot==
-In the middle of decorating for the holiday season, Sid accidentally destroys Manny's favorite decoration, the traditional Christmas rock (predating the [[Christmas tree]]). Sid, convinced by Manny that he is now on the [[Santa Claus]]'s naughty list, takes off with Crash, Eddie, and Peaches (who's still a young child) for the [[North Pole]] to get back on the Santa's good side. When on the North Pole, Sid and his crew accidentally destroy Santa's Workshop. When Manny, Ellie and Diego, worried over Peaches' safety, arrive at the North Pole, they reunite to save Christmas.  With the help of an army of mini-[[sloth]]s, the characters make enough new toys for every child on Earth.  Santa is then able to distribute presents on a worldwide basis after the flying reindeer [[Santa Claus' reindeer|Prancer]] and his family volunteer to pull his sleigh.
-==Voice cast==
+== Cast ==
 {{main|List of Ice Age characters}}
 * [[Ray Romano]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Manny|Manny]]
 * [[John Leguizamo]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Sid|Sid]]
-* [[Denis Leary]] as [[List of Ickn'lkzc xxzMe Age characters#Diego|Diego]]
+* [[Denis Leary]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Diego|Diego]]
-* [[Ciara Bravo]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Peaches|Peaches]]
-* [[Chris Wedge]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Scrat|Scrat]]
-* [[Queen Latifah]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Ellie|Ellie]]
 * [[Seann William Scott]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Crash and Eddie|Crash]]
 * [[Josh Peck]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Crash and Eddie|Eddie]]
+* [[Queen Latifah]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Ellie|Ellie]]
+* [[Ciara Bravo]] as [[List of Ice Age characters#Peaches|Peaches]]
+* [[Karen Disher]] as Molehog
+* [[Chris Wedge]] as [[Scrat]]
 * [[Billy Gardell]] as [[Santa Claus]]
-* [[T. J. Miller]] as Prancer
+* [[T. J. Miller]] as [[Sid (Ice Age)#Prancer|Prancer]]
-* [[Judah Friedlander]] as Head Mini-Sloth
+* [[Judah Friedlander]] as Head [[Sid (Ice Age)#Mini Sloths 2|Mini-Sloth]]
-==Release==
+== Release ==
-''Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas'' premiered on November 24, 2011, on FOX channel.<ref name=AnimationMagazine>{{cite web|author=Zahed, Ramin|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/fox-to-air-new-ice-age-christmas-special-on-nov-24/|title=Fox to Air New Ice Age Christmas Special on Nov. 24|publisher=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=2011-11-10|accessdate=2012-01-30}}</ref> The special was watched by 7.1 million viewers, making it the second most watched show in its time slot.<ref>{{cite news|last=Seidman|first=Robert|title=Thursday Final Ratings: 'Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas' Adjusted Up; 'Big Bang Theory' Repeat Adjusted Down|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/29/thursday-final-ratings-ice-age-a-mammoth-christmas-adjusted-up-big-bang-theory-repeat-adjusted-down/111852/|accessdate=April 26, 2012|newspaper=TV by the Numbers|date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> It was nominated for [[39th Annie Awards#Best Animated Special Production|Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Beck|first=Jerry|title=“Rango” tops Annie Award Winners|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/top/rango-tops-annie-award-winners.html|accessdate=February 5, 2012|newspaper=Cartoon Brew|date=February 4, 2012}}</ref>
+''A Mammoth Christmas'' premiered on November 24, 2011, on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref name=AnimationMagazine>{{cite web|author=Zahed, Ramin|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/fox-to-air-new-ice-age-christmas-special-on-nov-24/|title=Fox to Air New Ice Age Christmas Special on Nov. 24|publisher=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=2011-11-10|access-date=2012-01-30|archive-date=2011-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227173430/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/fox-to-air-new-ice-age-christmas-special-on-nov-24/|url-status=live}}</ref> The special was watched by 7,100,000 viewers, making it the second most watched show in its time slot.<ref>{{cite news|last=Seidman|first=Robert|title=Thursday Final Ratings: 'Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas' Adjusted Up; 'Big Bang Theory' Repeat Adjusted Down|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/29/thursday-final-ratings-ice-age-a-mammoth-christmas-adjusted-up-big-bang-theory-repeat-adjusted-down/111852/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202053801/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/11/29/thursday-final-ratings-ice-age-a-mammoth-christmas-adjusted-up-big-bang-theory-repeat-adjusted-down/111852/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2011|access-date=April 26, 2012|newspaper=TV by the Numbers|date=November 29, 2011}}</ref> It was nominated for [[39th Annie Awards#Best Animated Special Production|Annie Award for Best Animated Special Production]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Beck|first=Jerry|title="Rango" tops Annie Award Winners|url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/top/rango-tops-annie-award-winners.html|access-date=February 5, 2012|newspaper=[[Cartoon Brew]]|date=February 4, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603222731/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/top/rango-tops-annie-award-winners.html|archive-date=June 3, 2012}}</ref>
-===Home media===
+=== Home media ===
-''Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 26, 2011.<ref name=AnimationMagazine />
+''A Mammoth Christmas'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 26, 2011.<ref name=AnimationMagazine /> ''A Mammoth Christmas'' was released on [[Disney+]] on November 26, 2021 after the  [[Disney-Fox|Disney-Fox Merger]].
-==References==
+== References ==
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Feature films	Ice Age (2002) Robots (2005) Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008) Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) Rio (2011) Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) Epic (2013) Rio 2 (2014) The Peanuts Movie (2015) Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) Ferdinand (2017) Spies in Disguise (2019)
Short films	Bunny (1998) Gone Nutty (2002) Aunt Fanny's Tour of Booty (2005) No Time for Nuts (2006) Surviving Sid (2008) Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe (2015) Scrat: Spaced Out (2016)
Television specials and series	Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011) Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016) Ice Age: Scrat Tales (2022)
Associated productions	The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022) Nimona (2023) Ice Age 6 (2026)
Franchises	Ice Age (2002–present) Rio (2011–present)
People	Chris Wedge Carlos Saldanha Steve Martino Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
See also	20th Century Animation 20th Television Animation Fox Animation Studios Walt Disney Animation Studios Pixar Disney Television Animation Disneytoon Studios Marvel Animation Lucasfilm Animation Industrial Light & Magic List of 20th Century Studios theatrical animated feature films unproduced projects