| The Christmas Raccoons | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Written by | Kevin Gillis Juliet Law Packer |
| Directed by | Kevin Gillis Paul Schibli |
| Starring | Len Carlson Michael Magee Carl Banas Rita Coolidge Bob Dermer Fred Little Rupert Holmes Tammy Bourne Hadley Kay |
| Narrated by | Rich Little |
| Theme music composer | Kevin Gillis Jon Stroll |
| Country of origin | Canada United States United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Kevin Gillis |
| Editor | Gerald Tripp |
| Running time | 25 min. |
| Production companies | Gillis-Wiseman Productions Atkinson Film-Arts |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC |
| Release | December 17, 1980 |
| Related | |
| The Raccoons on Ice (1981) | |
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The Christmas Raccoons is the first of four Canadian animated television specials, before the main animated television series succeeding it, The Raccoons, took place.[1] It was first broadcast on CBC in Canada on December 17, 1980 and three days later in first-run syndication in the United States on December 20.[2] The story takes place in the Evergreen Forest, home of the forest ranger Dan, his children Tommy and Julie, and their pet sheepdog, Schaeffer.[3]
The special was followed by The Raccoons on Ice (1981) and The Raccoons and the Lost Star (1983), the direct-to-video special The Raccoons: Let's Dance! (1984) and finally the television series beginning in 1985.
- ^ 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. 64. ISBN 9781476672939.
- ^ "Christmas cartoon latest success for TV performer". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 83–84. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.