Cranberry Christmas (found animated Christmas special based on children's book; 2008)

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Status: Partially Found

Cranberry Christmas is a 2008 animated Christmas special based on a 1976 children's book of the same name by Wende and Harry Devlin. Originally aired as part of ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas on December 8th, it was the first and only television special produced by Ocean Spray Cranberry Company and was aired commercial-free.

Premise

The plot revolves around a frozen cranberry bog that children in a small town skate on during the winter. A man named Cyrus Grape claims ownership of the cranberry bog and won't let the neighborhood children ice skate on it. A young girl named Maggie finds the documents they need to disprove his claim. The special ends with the kids being allowed to skate on the bog again.

Availability

Despite Cranberry Christmas airing a few times on ABC Family's 2008 run of their 25 Days of Christmas line-up, it hasn't been aired again for years and hasn't been released on any home video format.

All that is known to exist online of the film is ABC Family's trailer for the special and a minute and a half clip of the special.

Videos

The trailer for the special.

A minute-and-a-half long clip of the special.