Phineas and Ferb Wiki:Newsletter submissions/Retro review: Christmas in July

Before we get to the subject of missing monotremes, the date before the debut of the first part of this summer's biggest cliffhanger is used by marketers as something called "Christmas in July", where radio stations play holiday music, cable systems on demand music channels play holiday videos, and so an and so on. I should know a bit abot this as I am an administrator (with fellow user JeremyCreek) on something called The Christmas Specials Wikia.

So in that spirit, let's retro review A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas, where the boys make a live holiday special sponsored by Wintofresh Toothpaste in a tribute to the old, old, old TV specials of the 1960s and 1970s, before there were over a thousand cable channels and hosted by big name stars like Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, or in this case, The King Family. The best part about this "family special" is that they used Christmas songs. Isabella sings "Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow" and this showcases the ever improving singing talents of her voice actress (Alyson Stoner), coming a long way from having her vocal talents dubbed in "S'Winter." We also get a rewritten version of the hymn "Good King Wenceslas" by Baljeet and Buford, and more importantly, the cast singing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" including my favorite lyric "We wish you a Perry Christmas and a (Gyururururururu) New Year".

Of course, we all know the three important plot lines: The special (with a guest appearance by none other than Kelly Clarkson), Candace trying to bust them and Doofenshmirtz building another inator to try and get his Christmas shopping done because Phineas and Ferb's special is on, putting Agent P to work on stopping it. After all, as Ferb says "Every holiday special needs a little forced drama." The shopping part? Been there, did that, different holiday though.

All in all, this is a spiritual sequel (or prequel in this case) to "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!" I wrote on my blog on Christmas Specials Wikia that it was a wonderful episode, and enjoyed it. After all, isn't that the Holidays are all about, even if it's five months away?