phonologic

Glitzy, plastic, and devoid of any true Christmas spirit, Disney's Holiday Spectacular 2024 was a confusing mess. Strange renditions of old holidays tunes set to the cacophony of electro contemporary arrangements, overly caffeinated hosts, odd dutch angles and fast moving camera shots of K-Pop kids a small audience of middle-aged tourists, and blatant promotional material had me asking, "what's this all about?".

Growing up with Disney classics like "Mickey's Christmas Carol", there was indeed a time that Christmas values and sentimentality were rooted in these productions...not here.

It would be refreshing to see Disney return to some of its original values, art direction, while producing something thoughtful and meaningful. Whatever this was, it didn't appeal to me.

The writing in this episode was so cringe worthy, it should be banished from appearing in syndication or in DVD packs.

Despite some decent vocal performances, the writer gives the voice actors next to nothing to work with. What could have been a very entertaining premise was ruined by writing that tries to be clever, but falls completely flat compared with other episodes, even in this lackluster season.