A Very Minty Christmas

A Very Minty Christmas
Generation 3
My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas
Availability
Release Date	2005
Writer(s)	Jeanne Romano
Director(s)	John Grusd
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This animated episode is 44 minutes long and was released October 25th 2005 to VHS and DVD. It was a direct to home video release and it was available on hubworld.com along with The Runaway Rainbow and The Princess Promenade.

Synopsis

We start by joining the ponies whom are getting ready for Christmas. Pinkie Pie is the host of Christmas this year and is charged with making the Christmas speech. Rainbow Dash was the host last year and they start by thanking her for making it special and full of rainbows. Pinkie then explains every since the ponies can remember they’ve placed a special candy cane at the top of the tallest tree in Ponyville, it glitters and glows to help Santa find Ponyville. This year Cotton Candy has made a pink and minty one covered in hearts. They bring the candy cane over but Minty can’t see it at the back of the crowd. They get Star Catcher to place it on top of the tree and the ponies run off leaving Minty on her own with the tree. She doesn’t think the cane is straight enough on the tree and she’s unable to find any flying ponies to help. So she uses a hot air balloon to fly up to the cane but accidentally knocks it down and smashes it. Meanwhile the other ponies are turning on all the lights. Minty runs off to find Pinkie Pie for help and she tries to explain but Pinkie is too busy to really listen to her. Later going through her sock collection, Minty feels pretty bad but then she has the great idea to be Santa herself. She decides to give all her friends socks as presents. She sneaks into everyone’s house replacing brushes hanging over the fire places with socks. Pinkie Pie catches her and Minty finally explains. Pinkie gets slightly mad but realises Minty was just trying to help. Pinkie then has an idea to send Minty to the North Pole to find Santa. Minty runs off quickly to do so before Pinkie can stop her from going alone. So Pinkie gets Thistle Whistle to follow after Minty’s hot air Balloon but before Minty leaves the town fully her balloon ends up knocking the large tree over as well. The ponies fuss around the tree looking for the candy cane and Pinkie Pie explains to everyone what’s going on. Minty and Thistle Whistle make it to the North Pole but get into trouble before landing, meanwhile the rest fly off in balloons to find Minty. Everyone turns up just in time to help Minty and Thistle Whistle who were about to fall to their death. They all finally arrive at the North Pole but Santa’s already out giving gifts. Minty apologies and everyone understands. They are all grateful to be brought to the most magic place of all but when they get back the tree is magically restored. All of Minty’s socks are hanging on the big tree and they’re all full of goodies. They realise Santa had been after all and he had left a note saying he’s taking Minty’s sock idea from now on.

Releases

VHS

G3 A Very Minty Christmas VHS

• VHS Release Date: October 25, 2005

• The 'Here Comes Christmas Candy Cane' is an important part of Ponyville: it’s the beacon that shows jolly old Santa Claus the way to the town as he makes his holiday rounds each year. But when Minty accidentally breaks it, uh-oh! It looks like Ponyville is destined to have a bleak holiday season. Minty is determined to do anything to save Christmas for her Pony friends while they, in turn, band together to try and cheer up their despondent four-legged friend. Together, they all discover that Christmas can come anyway, wrapped in the love of good friends and the oversized heart of one little clumsy, minty-green Pony!

• Run Time: 66 minutes
• Comes with Dancing in the Clouds.

DVD

G3 A Very Minty Christmas DVD

• DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
• 2nd Reissue Date: October 8, 2013

Songs

Songs

That’s What I like about Christmas (Opening Theme) Houses decked with lights Glowing bright on frosty nights With a wreath on every door Drifting through the air Is the laughter that we share With our dearest friends once more And that's what I love about Christmas Hard to believe that it's almost here That's what I love about Christmas Have a merry one this year Snowflakes in a swirl Every boy and every girl Bundled up in red and green Tinsel on the tree Every year we all agree It's the grandest one we've seen And that's what I love about Christmas Hard to believe that it's almost here That's what I love about Christmas Have a very merry one this year The Santa Claus sleigh Will be heading our way Down a river of stars he'll fly Donner and Dancer And Dasher and Prancer Will eagerly pull in the sky A thousand bells ringing Our silver song singing We're joining in far and wide The happiest faces The warmest embraces The feeling of joy inside That's what I love about Christmas Can you believe that it's almost here? That's what I love about Christmas Have a merry one this year Carols in the park Trees that twinkle in the dark Easy smiles and great good cheer Memories all aglow Friends we've met so long ago That we still hold near and dear That's what I love about Christmas Every year. Nothing says Christmas Like a pair of socks They can be plain or fancy They can be short or long The simple white kind The glow-by-night kind With socks you can't go wrong A gift as good as candy A big balloon or blocks They always come in handy And nothin' says Christmas Like a pair of socks When winter Is turning your nose-y A little bit froze-y Socks'll make you feel Comfy-cozy Who doesn't love to wear them? No one at all, that's who The sparkly red kind The wear-to-bed kind It's nice to have a few (I know I do) Some folks enjoy new mittens Or a teddy bear that talks Or a picture books of kittens But nothin' says Christmas Merry, Merry Christmas Nothin' says Christmas Like a pair of socks The magic of Christmas Here now The magic of Christmas Is filling our hearts With light Strange how The magic of Christmas Can make our world glow So bright There are wondrous places to roam But now at last We're going home We've dreamed of it sweetly Still believing So completely That the best dreams Always come true And we wish you The magic of Christmas A gift of great joy In store Here's to The magic of Christmas It's all we've been longing for Magic Forever and ever Magic Forever and ever Magic Forever and ever More That’s what I love about Christmas (Ending Theme) Rainbow-coloured lights Glowing bright on Minty nights And a bow on every door Dancing through the air Is the laughter that we share With our pony pals once more And that's what I love about Christmas Hard to believe that it's almost here That's what I love about Christmas Have a merry one this year Coconutty snow Every pony that I know Bundled up in pink and green Gumdrops on the tree Every year we all agree It's the sweetest one we've seen And that's what I love about Christmas Hard to believe that it's almost here That's what I love about Christmas Have a very merry time this year Our Twinkle Twirl's twirling Our Pinkie Pie's whirling The party has just begun With Star Catcher singing And jingle bells ringing Sweet Berry joins in the fun We're dancing away In our favourite café Rainbow Dash and Minty too Our voices raised higher Than stars up in the sky As we celebrate a dream come true That's what I love about Christmas Can you believe that it's finally here? That's what I love about Christmas It's a merry one this year Stockings full of treats Carols drifting down the streets Easy smiles and great good cheer Ponyville's aglow And it's wonderful to know That our dearest friends are near That's what I love about Christmas Have a very Minty Christmas this year

Cast

Sweetberry, Minty, Pinkie Pie, Sky Wishes, Sunny Daze, Star Catcher, Rainbow Dash, Cotton Candy, Sparkleworks, Thistle Whistle, Triple Treat, Cloud Climber, Coconut Grove, Razzaroo,

Crew and Credits

Cast and Crew

Executive Producers Paul Sabella Jonathan Dern Producers Cheryl McCarthy Carol Monroe Julia Bricklin Jeanne Romano Supervising Director Paul Sabella Director Vic Dal Chele Producer Robert Winthrop Written By Jeanne Romano Voices Sweetberry/Cloud Climber: Kathleen Barr Minty/ Thistle Whistle: Tabitha ST. Germain Star Catcher Lenore Zann Sunny Daze: Adrienne Carter Rainbow Dash/Sparkleworks: Venus Terzo Triple Treat: Chiara Zanni Cotton Candy: Kelly Sheridan Pinkie Pie Janyse Jaud Casting & Talent Coordination BLT Productions, LTD. Casting & Voice Direction Michael Donovan Voice Directors Assistant Kerry Stewart-Lackner BLT Production Manager Tanya K. Taylor BLT Production Coordinator Neera Garg Recorded at Koko Studios, Vancover, B.C. Sound Engineers Jesse Young Wes Swales Art Direction Matt Mattus Sean Platter Production Coordinator Robert Stemwell Character Design Mark Lewis Prop Design Mark Lewis Paula Heumer Curtis Kim Background Design Andrew Gentle Marina Levikova Background Key Wei Zhao Rozalina Tchouchev Sean Platter Colour Models Patricia Pettinell Storyboard Artist Kathleen Carr Llyn Hunter Animation Timing Bill Reed Barbara Dourmashkin Fred Miller Richard Collado Music and Lyrics By Mark Watters Lorraine Feather Performed By Tabitha St. Germain Lenore Zann Editor/AVID Nitris Artist Bruce W. Cathcart Assistant Editor Lionel Estrada Post Production Supervisors Richmond Horine Colour Timer John Busenberg Post Production Servuces Provided By HIGH TECHNOLOGY VIDEO Los Angeles, CA Sound Designer Heather Olsen Dialog Editor Robbi Smith Foley Artist Phyllis Ginter Foley Mixer Marilyn Graf Digital Audio Transfer J. Lampinen Re-Recording Mixers Ray Leonard Michael Beiriger Post Production Sound Advantage Audio, Inc. Production Supervisor John Bigler Production Executives Michele Martell Executive Coordinator Deena Doherty Production Assistants Robert Nadsady Cheryl Cayetano Jason Evaristo Produced in Association with Wang Film Production Co., Ltd. Hong Guang Animation Co., Ltd. General Manager George Chang Assistant of General Manager Stephanie Liao Production Manager John Liou Animation Manager' Sophie Huang Production Coordinator Nancy Xu Layout Leader Wang Sheng Hua Layout Li Rui Li Chenjie Zhou Meifan Wang Guofang Animation Supervisors Jack Zhou Xia Weiyu Animators Xu Ao You Junyi Wu Yunliang Zhang Hua Zai Hui Ge Jun Lin Min Ge Ke Xia Jing Lu Xixiao Clean-Up Leader Wang Xiaoliang Clean-Up Zhao Qing Xie Yanping Yang Chunmei Liu Xiaojing Li Lifang Jin Minghua In-Between Leaders Zhou Hong Guo Quiping Li Young Ma Xiyuan In-Between Zhou Jian Liu Dingfu Lv Liheng Jing Nengqing Bao Zheng Jiang Haiying Hong Xiaoyu Xu Huajun He Wanli Fan Xueying Gao Qing Chen Sha Backgrounds Jim Zhou Zhou Changchum Computer Manager David Peng Jane Lu Scanning Zhou Jun Yuan Xiangrong Liu Shengbiao Mark Up Chen Xuanfang Gu Lanhong Wu Huizhu Gu Qiong Compositing Leaders Xu Guohong Shen Aiqin Compositing Li Chende Zhang Jiechun Li Hao Peng Li Chen Tao Creative Consultants Michelle Aubin Natasha Berlining Lisa Fasoldt Gretchen Forrest Marisa Kambour Valerie Jurries Jenn Long Melissa Mips Meghan Northrup Olwen Ruff Ben Sligar Michelle Field © 2005 Hasbro Inc. Sabella Dern Entertainment. Hasbro Entertainment.

Trivia

• This was the movie that revealed Minty's now infamous love of socks.
• A comic adaptation was published by Tokyopop in 2005.
• The four songs from the episode were released along side eleven others on a hard to find single disk audio CD.

Errors

• At the start during the song where Minty and her friends are looking into the window watching Santa’s sleigh, in one shot they miss drawing in one of the friends even though she’s still by there side.
• As Sweetberry tries the green stuff Triple Treat is feeding her, her mane has a piece change from purple to teal and back again as she moves.
• As Cotton Candy walks up to Sweetberry and Triple Treat explaining that Pinkie is the host this year, her mane at the end turns full white.
• After Minty puts the Snowman’s head back on his shoulders, her socks are full red when she sits down they go back to red and white. Then they’re full red again when she puts it around the Snowman’s neck.
• After Pinkie Pie reads her speech the line up of ponies change Sky Wishes disappears replaced with a blue pony, then next scene Bowtie is in the back row when she was next to Rainbow Dash.
• As the cane is brought to the tree they pass Rainbow Dash three times (The last time they pass her she isn’t wearing her award) and the ponies next to her change also when we’re looking down from above on it, there seems to be a double or two of the ponies in the crowd.
• As Thistle Whistle helps put the candy cane on the tree, the yellow of her mane switches sides.
• When Minty jumps out of the balloon after breaking the cane, her sock is more a whole purple then the red and white it should be.
• When Minty walks away from the mirror, the sock she has just put on her head is still on her hoof.
• As Minty is sitting reading the book in her socks song, her cutie mark is absent. She also randomly gets a pair of socks added to her in this song that are gone by the next sequence.
• As Pinkie Pie says “Minty Minty Minty” while turning around by the fire place after Minty has delivered a green spotty sock to her, the sock is now red.
• As Thistle Whistle flies around Minty, as Minty’s about to set out in the balloon to the North Pole, the yellow of the mane changes sides with her. Then when Pinkie Pie is running towards Thistle Whistle it’s back on the left again, then it becomes a yellow fridge as she flies to Pinkie Pie then back to being unable to pick a side to be on as she floats next to Pinkie Pie.
• When Minty knocks the tree down and Pinkie Pie is explaining her self, An orange pony and Bowtie who were behind her are then in front of her changing places mid explanation (this is most noticeable with Bowtie who is at the top of the tree then the broken stem, after a scene change it becomes Sparkleworks).
• As Thistle Whistle is pulling the balloon giving Minty the option of leaving right now, Thistle Whistle’s cutie marks disappears mid talk.
• As they fly towards the north pole in the balloons, a few balloons don’t land or aren’t present as they all land in the snow.

• Story Error: Minty planned to give Pinkie Pie the pink socks, she actually gives her a green sock with spots but at the end still insists the pink socks are for Pinkie.

External Links

• "A Very Minty Christmas" on Youtube