A Very Veggie Christmas

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Music by	Kurt Heinecke
Distributed by	Word/Everland Entertainment
Released	October 22, 1996 (original) 1998 (re-release)
Runtime	40 minutes
Next Album	The Incredible Singing Christmas Tree

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

1. Talking Spoken by Bob, Jimmy, Jerry, Pa, Larry, Junior, The Sheep, Jean Claude, Phillipe, Cristoffe, Archibald and Manuel
2. Feliz Navidad Sung by Larry the Cucumber and Manuel the Date
3. More Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Junior, Pa and the Sheep
4. The Boar's Head Carol Sung by Archibald Asparagus
5. Still More Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Jimmy and Jerry
6. Ring Little Bells Sung by Archibald Asparagus and Larry the Cucumber
7. Vegetables Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Larry, Pa and Tom
8. Go Tell It on the Mountain Sung by Pa Grape, Ma Grape, Rosie Grape and Tom Grape
9. More Vegetables Talking Spoken by Bob, Archibald, Junior and Palmy
10. Angels We Have Heard on High Sung by Palmy and the Crowd
11. Vegetables Talk about Watching a Video Spoken by Bob, Jean Claude, Larry, Junior and Mr. Lunt
12. Can't Believe It's Christmas Sung by Laura, Lenny, Junior, Percy, Lil' Pea, and George (spoken line)
13. Vegetables Talking During a Video Spoken by Bob, Junior, Mr. Nezzer and Mr. Lunt
14. Grumpy Kids Sung by Buzz-Saw Louie
15. More Talking Spoken by Pa, Bob, Junior and the Sheep
16. Oh, Santa! Sung by The Announcer (spoken), Larry, Scallion #1, Pa Grape, The Peach and Bob
17. Even More Talking Spoken by Jean Claude, Phillipe, Larry, Christophe and Bob
18. He is Born, The Holy Child Sung by The French Peas
19. Vegetables Talking to Sheep Spoken by Bob, Junior, The Sheep, Jimmy and Jerry
20. While By My Sheep Sung by Junior Asparagus and The Sheep
21. Vegetables Talking to a Polish Caterer Spoken by Bob, The Sheep, Archibald, Larry, Oscar, Jimmy and Jerry
22. The Eight Polish Foods of Christmas Sung by Oscar, Jimmy Gourd, Larry the Cucumber, Archibald Asparagus, Pa Grape, Bob the Tomato and Junior Asparagus
23. Vegetables Tire of Talking Spoken by Pa, Junior, Jimmy, Jerry, Bob, Larry, Oscar and Archibald
24. 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
25. The End of the Talking! Spoken by Bob and Larry
26. Away in a Manger Sung by Junior Asparagus and Mom Asparagus

Cast

• 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 Li'l 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

• On the original 1996 version (as well as iTunes and other digital music sources), the audio for some talking parts is different:
  • 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.
• This marks the first speaking role for Phillipe (he does not appear in physical form until 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, as well his last speaking role.
• 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 Eight Polish Christmas dishes.
• 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.

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.

Alternate Covers

First cover redesign

Second cover redesign

Transcript

• A Very Veggie Christmas/Transcript

Credits

• A Very Veggie Christmas/Credits

Gallery

1996 Cassette

Front/End Credits (1998 Christian Bookstore Release)

Back (1998 Christian Bookstore Release)

External Link

• Christmas Specials Wiki - A Very Veggie Christmas