Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

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Published 2010-12-03

Orphans get broken toys for Christmas and Professor Grampy comes to the rescue.

Producer: Fleischer Studios

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All Comments (21)

@Bretttt. 8 months ago

Thank you for posting this. I’m a 90s kid and have spent all of my adult life trying to remember what this was.
@jessicahavel 8 years ago

I never realized how old this was. I grew up watching this but I am only 20. I usually find myself singing the song throughout the year.
@nina1522 7 years ago

This is what Christmas should be about: kindness, love and thinking of others first. In fact, it should be about all that ALL year.
@Plume4you 9 years ago

I'm 22 now, but had this on VHS and watched it every year. Was my favorite! still is! Hard to believe it's ALMOST 80 years old!!!
@ShyknightFallen 7 years ago

this old man has a heart of gold
@kerrydee5285 4 years ago

I cried at this when I was 6 I’m still crying at 36...can’t take this cartoon it’s too much 😭
@maddogrodriguez7530 4 years ago

Always leaves me with a lump in my throat and watering eyes. I still want to cry when I watch this special.
@beatrizmontiel3850 7 years ago

I use to watch this every year when I was little my mom got it for me in VHS I still love this little story
@sethcarlow8363 7 years ago

i really fell sorry for the kids in this cartoon. start to cry with them. it wonderful that Professor Grampy came to the Rescue and save Christmas.
@g1rldraco7 4 years ago

I use to have this VHS tape when I was little. It always made me cry when their gifts broke. Poor little kids, I wonder who takes cares of them? I'm glad grandpa make them new gifts, so sweet :)
@BottoEntertainment 7 years ago

I haven't seen this in over twenty years! I am so glad to have found it again!
@Mikoyo15 4 years ago

I’m a 90s kid and I watched this one along with the Rudolph one I just love them
@TheMrSugar 10 years ago

Not only Does Grampy save Christmas for those Orphans, But he was also the Original MacGyver.
@hatchetmasta 10 years ago

this cartoon is absolutely adorable !!!! love the old stuff... can't help but notice though, that for one single day of playing , Gramps destroyed everything in the entire orphanage to build his toys lmao ! ehehe
@r.htemple4144 8 years ago

I loved watching this as a kid, but I always wondered where the grown-ups were.
@kurtisbanks7655 4 years ago

I used to watch this movie every Christmas now I realize this cartoon was in the great depression era where sadly many children were orphans and had to look after themselves some even had to get jobs to look after themselves but this is a wonderful cartoon that is timeless and brings hope and happiness for children just by one act of kindness
@allyssew5880 6 years ago

I honestly can't even watch this as an adult. My Dad would play this when I was a kid and I would cry my eyes out when their toys broke.
@MkMartin05 5 years ago

I had this on VHS on some Christmas pack 30 years ago. My parents would put this on for me during the holidays growing up. Such fond memories : )
@skiri987 8 years ago

I am not crying. I AM NOT CRYING!
@Ronno8567 8 months ago

I use to have the VHS of this with Rudolph and that Christmas story that involves toys saving a girl toy that’s eating a bowl of porridge from the Spider as a kid years ago, but I accidentally lost it on the Scooby Doo Ride at Six Flags St. Louis