Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special

A cute tale starring Po the Dragon Warrior, who happens to be a clumsy and cute panda. Po has to cook dinner for all the Kung Fu masters for the holidays. This obviously adds a new and stressful trial for the newly crowned Dragon Warrior. The whole film is quite short, even by television episode standards. I was impressed to see that many of the original voices from Kung Fu Panda also took part in this movie. The best part in this was when the rabbit kept trying to kill himself for honor.

Cute and sweet natured addendum to the PANDA franchise is notable for the good sport participation of all of the big screen voices, though “character has to cook might-as-well-call-it-Christmas dinner for family” has been played out numerous time to better effect (pretty sure SHREK THE HALLS was the best example). But I digress – it gets in and out with a minimum of fuss, and is a passable diversion for that.

Official Premise: In this hilarious action adventure, Master Shifu calls on Po to host the year's biggest event – the Winter Feast, a special time of the year to celebrate family, tradition and the awesomeness of Kung Fu! Po and the Furious Five must team up to throw the best celebration the Valley of Peace has ever seen. Can Po pull off the perfect party, impress his heroes, and discover the true meaning of the Winter Feast?

Another dvd extra christmas cgier, forgettabble.

It's a lot better than most tacked on holiday specials (I'm looking at you, Shrek), but it still isn't particularly memorable. The opening dream sequence is great and, at the risk of sounding cheesy, it does invoke the spirit of Christmas.