Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!

"It's a really sweet, warm special that we're really proud to have our name on."

- Dan Povenmire

"" is an upcoming Christmas special of Phineas and Ferb. The special is set to air on Disney XD on December 6, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. as part of the second season. The special is set to follow trying to spread holiday cheer around Danville along with two elves after Dr. Doofenshmirtz ruins the holiday for everyone.

Series co-founders Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, along with the special's director Zac Moncrief, have announced their hopes that the special will become a holiday classic.

This episode exists in two versions: in a 45 minute version (actual runtime 33 minutes) and in a 30 minute version (actual runtime 22 minutes).

Episode Summary
Daemon's TV summary: It's Christmas Eve and an excited Phineas and Ferb are working to turn the city of Danville into a giant shimmering thank you card to Santa Claus. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz develops a Naughty-inator and suddenly, the Tri-state area is clouded in naughtiness and kids' letters to Santa are returned unanswered. Two of Santa's British elves arrive to investigate, but Phineas and Ferb must quickly devise a way to spread holiday cheer, all while Mom and Dad go to the airport to fetch Grandpa and Grandma Fletcher who've just arrived from England. Meanwhile, Candace tries, in a not so covert way, to figure out what's on Jeremy's Christmas wish list.

It is also possible for a subplot involving the Yeti to be featured in the special.

Songs

 * Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh have written a total of seven songs for the special and hope for them to become "songs that this generation of kids will think of as Christmas songs the same way that kids think of '[Welcome Christmas]' (from How The Grinch Stole Christmas) or 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer'." Among the songs are:
 * Christmas is Startin Now - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
 * Thank You Santa - Jeremy
 * I Don't Really Hate Christmas - Dr. Doofenshmirtz
 * Where Did We Go Wrong - Phineas, Baljeet, and Isabella
 * Got That Christmas Feeling - Vanessa
 * Christmas version of the Theme Song


 * Povenmire has announced that an extended version of the theme song will play. The following lyrics have been confirmed:


 * Two wondrous weeks of our winter vacation


 * Before New Years and school comes to end it


 * So the holiday challenge for kids of all nations


 * Is finding a good way to spend it

Following this song are montages of doing Christmas activities.

Background Information

 * Zac Moncrief has been confirmed as directing the special.
 * Povenmire, Marsh, and Moncrief have each openly stated that they hope the episode will become a classic.
 * Discussing the episode, Povenmire wrote, "It's a really sweet, warm special that we're really proud to have our name on."
 * It is possible that the book, Oh, Christmas Tree! takes place before or after the events in this episode.
 * Radio Disney will release a song from the episode on November 27.
 * Disney XD will broadcast the episode on December 6th, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
 * The Walt Disney Company has such high-hopes for the episode that it will premiere it not only on Disney XD, but Disney Channel and ABC Family as well. This will be the first time ABC Family has ever broadcast an episode of Phineas and Ferb.
 * The Christmas special will last from 8:00 PM-8:45PM making this the longest runtime for a Phineas and Ferb episode.
 * iTunes will release a soundtrack to the christmas special on November 27th.

Continuity

 * Both the yeti in the shower and the yeti being carted into the backyard past a gossiping Candace are direct parodies from the regular opening credits.

==Allusions==
 * The scene of the yeti putting the star on top of a Christmas tree is a parody of the claymation special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
 * : The scene where the kids are dancing to Ferb's piano playing is an homage to the gang of Peanuts dancing to Schroeder's piano playing.
 * O Come All Ye Faithful: During a commercial for the this special, an electric guitar version of O Come All Ye Faithful can be heard.
 * The way Ferb wears his scarf and hat are similar to the way Paul McCartney wore his in in the movie "Help!" (In the scece where the band is singing 'Ticket to Ride', his scarf is wrapped all the way up his neck and covering his mouth, so the only thing visible are his eyes.)

Cast

 * Vincent Martella as Phineas
 * Ashley Tisdale as Candace
 * Thomas Sangster as Ferb
 * Caroline Rhea as Mom
 * Alyson Stoner as Isabella
 * Mitchel Musso as Jeremy
 * Olivia Olson as Vanessa
 * Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz
 * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram
 * Richard O'Brien as Dad
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Perry
 * Bobby Gaylor as Buford
 * Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet
 * Jane Carr as Grandma Fletcher
 * Malcolm McDowell as Grandpa Fletcher
 * Tyler Mann as Carl
 * Kari Wahlgren as Suzy
 * Clancy Brown as Santa Claus
 * Mathew Horne as Blay'n
 * Bruce MacKinnon as Clewn't
 * Lorenzo Lamas as Meap
 * Jack McBrayer as Irving