A Very Veggie Christmas

This article is about the original 1996 album. You may be looking for Live Show or the the 2020 collection album.

A Very Veggie Christmas is the first VeggieTales Christmas album.

Description

Bob hosts a Christmas party, but it doesn't exactly go as planned. The food has not arrived yet, singers are running late, and people are making a mess of Bob's house! Bob removes the stains, Palmy arrives after the Grapes sang, the food arrives after While By My Sheep. Then things go right at the end.

Songs

Talking Spoken by Bob, Jimmy, Jerry, Pa, Larry, Junior, The Sheep, Jean Claude, Phillipe, Cristoffe, Archibald and Manuel
Feliz Navidad Sung by Larry the Cucumber and Manuel the Date
More Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Junior, Pa and the Sheep
The Boar's Head Carol Sung by Archibald Asparagus
Still More Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Jimmy and Jerry
Ring Little Bells Sung by Archibald Asparagus and Larry the Cucumber
Vegetables Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Larry, Pa and Tom
Go Tell It on the Mountain Sung by Pa Grape, Ma Grape, Rosie Grape and Tom Grape
More Vegetables Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Junior and Palmy
Angels We Have Heard on High Sung by Palmy and the Crowd
Vegetables Talk about Watching a Video Spoken by Bob, Jean Claude, Larry, Junior and Mr. Lunt
Can't Believe It's Christmas Sung by Laura, Lenny, Junior, Percy, Lil' Pea, and George (spoken line)
Vegetables Talking During a Video Spoken by Bob, Junior, Mr. Nezzer and Mr. Lunt
Grumpy Kids Sung by Buzz-Saw Louie
More Talking Spoken by Pa, Bob, Junior and the Sheep
Oh, Santa! Sung by The Announcer (spoken), Larry, Scallion #1, Pa Grape, The Peach and Bob
Even More Talking Spoken by Jean Claude, Phillipe, Larry, Christophe and Bob
He is Born, The Holy Child Sung by The French Peas
Vegetables Talking to Sheep Spoken by Bob, Junior, The Sheep, Jimmy and Jerry
While By My Sheep Sung by Junior Asparagus and The Sheep
Vegetables Talking to a Polish Caterer Spoken by Bob, The Sheep, Archibald, Larry, Oscar, Jimmy and Jerry
The Eight Polish Foods of Christmas Sung by Oscar, Jimmy Gourd, Larry the Cucumber, Archibald Asparagus, Pa Grape, Bob the Tomato and Junior Asparagus
Vegetables Tire of Talking Spoken by Pa, Junior, Jimmy, Jerry, Bob, Larry, Oscar and Archibald
The Big Medley! Sung by Pa Grape, Junior Asparagus, Jimmy and Jerry Gourd, Larry the Cucumber, Jean Claude Pea, Phillipe Pea, Christophe Pea, Lisa Asparagus, and Archibald Asparagus
The End of the Talking! Spoken by Bob and Larry
Away in a Manger Sung by Junior Asparagus and Mom Asparagus

Cast

(NOTE: An asterisk means that these characters appeared in an episode The Toy That Saved Christmas and the Silly Song, Oh, Santa!)

Phil Vischer as Bob the Tomato, Archibald Asparagus, Pa Grape, Jimmy Gourd, Mr. Lunt, Mr. Nezzer, Phillipe Pea, Tom Grape, George, Percy Pea, Silly Song Narrator, Bank Robber (Scallion #1), Sheep #1
Mike Nawrocki as Larry the Cucumber, Jerry Gourd, Jean-Claude Pea, The Peach, Oscar the Polish Caterer, Sheep #2
Lisa Vischer as Junior Asparagus, Lisa Asparagus, Vegetable Choir
Bridget Miller as Rosie Grape, Lenny Carrot, Vegetable Choir
Heidi Landis as Ma Grape
Jeff Morrow as Palmy
Chris Olsen as Cristoffe Pea
Javier Alverez as Manuel
Lesly Benodin as Lil' Pea
Kurt Heinecke as Sheep #3, Vegetable Choir
Angie Carlson as Vegetable Choir
Kristen Blegen as Laura Carrot
Ken Cavanagh as Buzz-Saw Louie
Big Idea Animators (i.e. Tom Danen, Robert Ellis, Mike Nawrocki, Chris Olsen, and Ron Smith) as "The Crowd"

Fun Facts

Trivia

This album came out at the same time as The Toy That Saved Christmas.
On the original 1996 version (as well as iTunes and other digital music sources), the audio for some talking parts is different:
- Archibald says "I don't know" after Pa Grape asks what happened to the rest of the boar after its head was cut off. This line is omitted in the 1998 and 2008 reprints.
- The audience applauds after Grumpy Kids and Oh, Santa!, which never happens on the physical 1998 and 2008 CD versions.
  - The crowd cheering applause sound effect after Oh, Santa! is replaced with the applause clapping sound effect in the iTunes version.
- Jimmy and Jerry Gourd ask Junior if they can count their sheep and Larry asks to use the bathroom.
- Junior's scream of "I called the coach!" is sicker than his normal pitch on the 1998 and 2008 CD versions.
- Also, in the 1996 and iTunes versions, when Bob asks "Is everyone having a good time?" after Palmy's song, everyone in the audience replies "YEAH!" This does not happen in the 1998 and 2008 CD versions.
The 1998 and 2008 re-releases have several changes made from the original version:
- Archibald's pronunciation of the original German title of Ring Little Bells is different.
- Some of the dialogue portions are played later or earlier in the 1998 and 2008 versions than in the 1996 version.
- The volume of the doorbell ringing in the first dialogue track is slightly louder.
- Reverb and extra microphone feedback were added for the microphone that Bob speaks into when he welcomes everyone to the party.
- When Manuel greets Bob, his voice is pitched slightly lower than it was in the original version.
- Some bits of the crowd cheering applause sound effects are different at some points (i.e. missing in certain areas, played at different places or in different pitches, etc.).
- Pa Grape's first solo in Go Tell It on the Mountain is played earlier after the Grape family's car breaks down.
This marks the first speaking role for Philippe (he would later appear in physical form in Very Silly Songs!). This also marks the last speaking role for Rosie Grape and Palmy.
When the CD was re-released in 1998, it was originally going to be re-named "Bob and Larry's Christmas."
This also marks the first time Palmy (the palm tree from Larry's Lagoon) is officially named by the other characters.
The audio quality in the entire soundtrack is somewhat grating at times, particularly the speaking tracks. Mike Nawrocki stated in the Little Drummer Boy commentary that they used a different recording, hence why they redid the audio for The Eight Polish Foods of Christmas.
This is the only album to have many different covers. The first cover was a reprint from The Toy That Saved Christmas, which came out a month before this album.
- Some of the songs from this album were also originally heard in The Toy That Saved Christmas, despite the album being released a month after. It is possible that this album was put into production at the same time as The Toy That Saved Christmas.
"While By My Sheep" and "Ring Little Bells" were later animated for the VeggieTales Christmas Spectacular!, while "The Eight Polish Foods of Christmas" was re-recorded as a Silly Song in The Little Drummer Boy.
This won a GMA Dove Award for the 1997 Children Music's Album of the Year.
"Away in a Manger" and "He is Born, the Holy Child" were included as bonus features on The Star of Christmas.
PixarFan 8695's Second Channel uploaded his own animated version of the original CD version of this album.
- According to a comment by John Trauscht, several ex-Big Idea employees (including Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki, and Kurt Heinecke) have seen it.

Remarks

Even when the album along with the activity book was re-released in 1998, the pages inside the activity book were left unedited from the original 1996 release, while only the front and back covers of the activity book were different.

Goofs

Pa Grape's line "Kinda like missionary week, without the food" is not properly pitch-shifted in the original version. This is fixed in later versions.
George's dialogue during Can't Believe It's Christmas is high-pitched in the 1996 and iTunes version, whereas in the 1998 and 2008 CD versions, it is low-pitched.
Grumpy Kids is played at a higher pitch than usual. Louie's last line in the song is also played at a higher pitch, albeit at a few steps lower. In the 1998 and 2008 re-releases, this line is played at a higher pitch.
There are several errors in the credits inserts on both the 1996 and 1998 version:
- On the 1996 version:
  - Kristen Blegen and Ken Cavanagh are not credited for voicing Laura and Buzz-Saw Louie, respectively. These were both corrected in the 1998 re-release.
- On the 1998 reprint:
  - Ma Grape's original voice actress, Heidi Landis, is credited for voicing her in this album, even though it was Bridget Miller who had done so.
  - Cristoffe Pea is misspelt as Christoff Pea.
  - Buzz-Saw Louie is incorrectly referred to as Buzz-saw Louie.
- On both versions:
  - Grandpa George and Percy Pea are not listed with Phil Vischer's list of characters.
  - Rosie Grape is misspelt as Rosey Grape.
  - Lenny Carrot is not listed with Bridget Miller's list of characters.

Inside References

Before Can't Believe It's Christmas, a modified version of the "this is sitting, and this is standing" gag is used from Rack, Shack and Benny.
Jimmy and Jerry say they could eat a whole (insert thing here), just as they did in their debut appearance.

Fast Forward

Bob tells Junior that his bathroom is "down the hall, first door on the left". Such a line would be used years later by one of the French Peas when Annie asks to use the bathroom.
The 8 Polish Foods of Christmas would be turned into a Silly Song in The Little Drummer Boy.

Transcript

A Very Veggie Christmas/Transcript

Credits

A Very Veggie Christmas/Credits

Gallery

External Link

Christmas Specials Wiki - A Very Veggie Christmas