Your nephew sounds awesome.

The explicit age target is "everyone".

The explicit age target is "everyone".

There's an early episode where Gobo's off on an adventure leaving Wembly alone overnight in their cave, presumably for the first time.  The song Wembly sings has haunted me well into my adult life.

There's an early episode where Gobo's off on an adventure leaving Wembly alone overnight in their cave, presumably for the first time.  The song Wembly sings has haunted me well into my adult life.

It was on TNT for a brief period, along with "The Muppet Show".

It was on TNT for a brief period, along with "The Muppet Show".

That is by far one of the finest animated shorts ever to come out of the Disney studio.  I've heard a wonderful rumor that it's still traditionally shown on Christmas Eve in parts of Europe.  Anyone want to elaborate on that?

That is by far one of the finest animated shorts ever to come out of the Disney studio.  I've heard a wonderful rumor that it's still traditionally shown on Christmas Eve in parts of Europe.  Anyone want to elaborate on that?

As it happens, I own that very DVD.  It's called "Classic Holiday Stories" and is one of two "economy" compilations of Christmassy Disney animated shorts.  It includes "Mickey's Christmas Carol", the excellent "Pluto's Christmas Tree", and "The Small One."

As it happens, I own that very DVD.  It's called "Classic Holiday Stories" and is one of two "economy" compilations of Christmassy Disney animated shorts.  It includes "Mickey's Christmas Carol", the excellent "Pluto's Christmas Tree", and "The Small One."

Check out the excellent, moody Richard Williams "Christmas Carol", where the Spirit of Christmas Past is as accurate as humanly possible to that description.

Check out the excellent, moody Richard Williams "Christmas Carol", where the Spirit of Christmas Past is as accurate as humanly possible to that description.

Fun fact: There *is* a Christmas special in which "Wonderful Christmastime" features prominently; a weird off-brand version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."  Now you know which one to avoid.

Fun fact: There *is* a Christmas special in which "Wonderful Christmastime" features prominently; a weird off-brand version of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."  Now you know which one to avoid.

I not only despise "Spastic Bells" for the reasons that are obvious to anyone who survives more than a minute of listening to it, I'm "lucky" enough to have personal reasons for hating it.  For a while, fresh out of college and long before the rise of the personal MP3 player, I worked in a print shop with three other…

I not only despise "Spastic Bells" for the reasons that are obvious to anyone who survives more than a minute of listening to it, I'm "lucky" enough to have personal reasons for hating it.  For a while, fresh out of college and long before the rise of the personal MP3 player, I worked in a print shop with three other…

The awful things people believe about Walt Disney are especially worthy of a facepalm or two because they are almost entirely based off this one muckraking unauthorized biography written about ten years ago by Marc Eliot.  My school library had a copy and it's a pretty terrible book even without considering the…

The awful things people believe about Walt Disney are especially worthy of a facepalm or two because they are almost entirely based off this one muckraking unauthorized biography written about ten years ago by Marc Eliot.  My school library had a copy and it's a pretty terrible book even without considering the…

"Radio Flyer" and "The Beaver"?