This week’s home video releases might be all about Guillermo del Toro’s epic robots-versus-monsters movie Pacific Rim, but there’s a mighty sponge lurking on the Blu-ray shelves for the very first time. That’s right! It’s a SpongeBob Christmas makes its Blu-ray debut this week in a combo pack that’s great for all ages. In honor of the release, we decided to run down ten awesome Christmas specials now available on Blu-ray and DVD. Grab a cup of hot cocoa and get your holiday started early this year!

1. SpongeBob SquarePants: It’s a SpongeBob Christmas

Available for the first time on Blu-ray today, It’s a SpongeBob Christmas is the fun and inventive stop-motion-animation double-episode special that finds just about everyone in Bikini Bottom full of holiday spirit. Everybody except Plankton, of course. The stop-motion animation is fantastic, and the special includes several very catchy tunes. It’s a SpongeBob Christmas instantly became an annual holiday must-watch in our house, and we think you’ll love it too.

2. The Original Christmas Classics Gift Set (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town / Frosty the Snowman / Frosty Returns)

They call the four movies in this Blu-ray box set classics for a reason: they’re all so well-known and beloved that it’s nearly impossible to go a holiday season without seeing at least one of them on TV. Rather than grabbing just Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on DVD, opt for this box set, which gives you that film and bundles it with other classics like Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, Frosty the Snowman, and the underrated Frosty Returns.

3. Peanuts Holiday Collection (It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown / A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving / A Charlie Brown Christmas)

If Charlie Brown is your thing, this Peanuts Holiday Collection set is the perfect way to bring home three of the character’s most popular (and arguably best) specials. A Charlie Brown Christmas is another modern classic that still stands up to repeated viewings all these years later, and it’s a nice bonus to get It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving in the same package.

4. Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas

There’s a very dedicated cult following for Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, but the delightful little special is so fantastic that we wish even more people knew about Emmet and Ma Otter. If you’re in the mood for a really heartwarming story with great voice work from the late Jerry Nelson and wonderful tunes written by Henson and songwriter Paul Williams, this DVD is the perfect fix. Yes, there are a few minor changes from the original televised version, but if this release is the only way we can still watch Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, we’ll gladly pay the price. This might just be the movie that spends more time in our DVD player during the holidays than any other.

5. Ziggy’s Gift

Adapted from Tom Wilson’s comic strip, Ziggy, the twenty-four minute short Ziggy’s Gift actually feels much shorter. It’s a quick, quirky look at the true meaning of Christmas through the eyes of a silent Ziggy. While it’s certainly one of the stranger specials on this list, it’s also one of the best and even won an Emmy Award. Ziggy’s Gift might not be as popular as some of the other films on this list, but it’s easily just as worthy of a space on your DVD shelf.

6. Classic Christmas Favorites (Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas / The Year Without a Santa Claus / Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July / Rudolph’s Shiny New Year)

Another collection of Christmas classics, the Classic Christmas Favorites box set actually includes two real classics and two films that are fun, but not quite at the same level as their disc-mates. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas only gets better with each additional viewing, and The Year Without a Santa Claus blessed the world with amazing character design and stop-motion work from the Rankin/Bass team. Not to mention the Snow Miser and the Heat Miser. What would Christmas be like without those two crazy characters? Throw in Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July and Rudolph’s Shiny New Year and you’ve got a really solid holiday DVD set.

7. Garfield: Holiday Celebrations (Garfield’s Halloween Adventure / Garfield’s Thanksgiving / A Garfield Christmas)

While A Garfield Christmas is a delightful little short featuring everyone’s favorite cantankerous orange cat, the real treat of the Garfield: Holiday Celebrations DVD set is the inclusion of the absolute classic Garfield’s Halloween Adventure special. That short scared me more than any other as a child and it’s still just as fun today. It appears this DVD may have gone out of print, but you can still pick it up used for a reasonable price, so I suggest you do that sooner than later. You wouldn’t want to spend Christmas without Garfield.

8. Frosty’s Winter Wonderland / ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

This DVD features two really sweet specials that also tend to be overshadowed by the more “classic” movies come Christmas time. While most people might first think that the 1991 film Frosty Returns is the sequel to the classic 1969 Frosty the Snowman special, 1976’s Frosty’s Winter Wonderland is the official sequel. Produced by Rankin-Bass and featuring the return of Jackie Vernon in the role of Frosty, this special is highly underrated. And the other special on this disc is another underrated gem—the 1974 Rankin-Bass production ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas which is a clever little adaptation of the 1823 poem. Narrated by George Gobel, it includes one of the coolest sequences (all the clock repair) in any Christmas special.

9. Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas

Another recent entry on this list, Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas, is just pure fun. The 2009 special focuses on the curious little monkey and the Man in the Yellow Hat trying to find the perfect gifts for each other, but the real highlights are the film’s musical sequences. You’ll be singing “Monkey Christmas” before you even finish watching the DVD.

10. The Christmas Toy

This 1986 ABC TV movie was produced by The Jim Henson Company and features a stuffed tiger named Rugby who was the favorite Christmas toy last year and desperately wants to be the favorite again. As with just about anything that Jim Henson touches, The Christmas Toy is a great little piece of nostalgia and even spawned a spin-off series called Secret Life of Toys. As is the case with Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, Kermit The Frog originally introduced The Christmas Toy when it aired on TV, but that intro, unfortunately, had to be excised from the DVD due to legal issues.

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