Plot: Casper tries to celebrate Christmas while waiting for the impending demolition of his home. Meanwhile, the other Hanna-Barbera characters visit the home, not realizing it’s haunted, to have a fun Christmas together.
Breakdown: Ladies and gentlemen….we have been lied to.
Yogi Bear is in this special.
He’s supposed to be hibernating.
This deception cannot go unpunished!
Blatant filthy lies aside, this is a pretty okay special, although there is something inherently depressing about a dead child trying to celebrate Christmas. Also, doesn’t that technically mean the title is incorrect? Casper certainly had to have had Christmases while he was alive, right?
I honestly don’t have much to say about this special because nothing much happens. Hairy Scary scares the other characters when they visit the house and is a grump about Christmas, but then he changes his mind, his house is saved, and everyone has a merry Christmas. It’s plenty Christmassy, there’s just not much to it. If you like Casper and Hanna-Barbera stuff, it’s a fine little special to watch around the holidays.
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Huh, never would have thought Yogi and other Hanna-Barbera characters were in Casper’s First Christmas. And I looked it up out of curiosity, and this was actually made before Yogi’s First Christmas. Huh. Maybe the success of Casper’s led to Yogi’s?
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So we’ve been DOUBLY lied to – That wasn’t Yogi’s First Christmas! D: Where does the deception end!?
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Well, maybe even though Yogi’s was made second, it’s actually a prequel? 🤔 So Casper’s First Christmas was Yogi’s Second/Third? But then where does Yogi’s All-Star Christmas Caper come into play? (That was a thing too, right??) So many Yogi Christmases!! I guess he got good at staying awake through the holiday!
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