The Christmas Tree (1991)

How Did This Get Made?

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4.8 • 23.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Is this the worst animated holiday special of all time? Paul, Jason, and June brave the longest 43 minutes of their lives to find out! This week we're talkin' 1991's The Christmas Tree, a direct-to-video holiday cartoon about an orphanage owner with a gambling problem and a tree named Mrs. Hopewell. They discuss the bizarre narration, the kids who seem to be drugged with Benadryl, the Mayor's job responsibilities, Judy caring more about a tree than her missing daughter, what drives Mrs. Mavilda, Santa Claus' lightning powers, and so much more. Plus, Paul drops new childhood stories about his dryland mushing hobby and more! Watch The Christmas Tree for free on Tubi. The Deep Dive Christmas Spectacular streams live on Dec 5th! Get tix here and use code HOWDIE for $5 off.

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0:00.0	Finally, a Christmas movie unsuitable for the entire family.
0:04.5	We saw The Christmas Tree, so you know what that means.
0:09.0	Now it's time for how did this campaign?
0:13.0	We're going to have a good time, celebrate some failure, not just be a hater, because you know you wonder, how did this campaign?
0:18.3	Let's want to win the mediocrity of subpar art.
0:22.4	Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question, how did this get made?
0:26.7	Hello, people of Earth, and welcome to How Did This Get Made?
0:31.1	Boy, oh boy, we got a doozy for you today.
0:35.3	We are talking about the 1991 animated feature, if you can call it that,
0:41.2	the Christmas tree coming in at a tight 45 minutes, not to be confused with the TV movie,
0:48.2	The Christmas Tree, in 1996, which was Sally Field's directorial debut, that very different films.
0:53.4	Whoa. Yeah, yeah. So there you go.
0:56.1	Should we watch all the Christmas trees?
0:58.3	I would love to just really dig on in.
1:01.0	Everything called The Christmas Tree?
1:02.4	This movie, I would recommend people watching because it is free on YouTube,
1:07.4	and it's only 45 minutes.
1:09.4	And that's interesting.
1:13.5	So you would say that people should watch it.
1:15.6	I think that your eyes need to see it.
1:18.9	And if you say, your eyes need to see it.
1:21.2	Your eyes need to see it and your ears need to hear it.
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