Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street

Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street

Format	Direct-to-video film
Network	N/A (Film)
Run	63 minutes
Broadcast Infomation
Seasons	N/A (Film)
Episode #	N/A (Film)
Status	On YouTube (unofficially, in parts)
Related	Recess Recess: School's Out Recess: All Growed Down Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street is a direct-to-video animated film released on November 6^th, 2001. It was released alongside Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse and Santa Who?. It compiles of four unrelated episodes of the Recess TV series, including the series' Christmas special "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave".

The film was re-released in November 2003 on DVD.

Content[]

Peter, Alordayne, and Muriel head home during a snowstorm and remember the times with T.J. and the gang. When they get stuck in a snowbank, Peter blames it on T.J. and the others, although Miss Grotke says there is a logical explanation over that, considering that T.J. and the gang are not around the snowbank.

As Alordayne and Muriel tell their stories about their experiences with T.J. and the gang, they are rescued from where they are trapped, by T.J. and the gang, and Peter admits T.J. and the others are not so bad, to which Muriel agrees, saying it really makes her feel warmer and fuzzier than before. The film ends with T.J. and the gang singing their version of "Jingle Bells", describing their classmates and teachers.

Trivia[]

Regular[]

The DVD version of the movie was one of the final DVDs to include the 1991 Walt Disney Home Video logo. The VHS used the 2001 version instead.
The movie is made up of the following episodes: "Principal for a Day", "The Great Can Drive", "Weekend at Muriel's", and "Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave".
After the movie was released, it became the standard Christmas special for Recess when aired on Disney Channel, Toon Disney, and later Disney XD.
The film premiered on Disney XD on December 25^th, 2009, at 10:30 AM.

Continuity[]

As of early 2023, this film is the only one of the four (the film and it s derivatives) official Recess films that is currently not available on Disney+. (One reason could be because all the episodes included here are already available and Taking the Fifth Grade and All Growed Down are available because the former has completely new material, and the latter, though containing older episodes, has enough new material (Chief Mikey) to qualify as its own film.)
This is the last time Mikey's singing voice is heard.

Production Information[]

The film was originally called A Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street, as seen in early advertisements. For the final film, the "A" was dropped.