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Animation · 1980s

Garfield

A Garfield Christmas

One lazy cat, one farm and the true meaning of second helpings.

  • American
  • Family-safe
  • Good for kids
  • Animated

CBS

1987

First shown 21 Dec 1987

First shown
21 December 1987
Channel
CBS
Runtime
24 mins
Genre
Animation

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Garfield spends Christmas with the Arbuckle family on their Indiana farm, and the lasagne-loving cat has a tough brief: stay lazy, stay greedy and somehow find out what the day is really about. Jim Davis wrote the teleplay himself and has called it semi-autobiographical, which is why it feels like a proper family Christmas, with Jon and Odie dragged along and Lorenzo Music's lazy drawl doing the heavy lifting. It was nominated for an Emmy and rerun on American telly for years. It's gentle, funny and warm at the edges, so put it on after the pudding and let it do the rest.

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