Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10591 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2006-12-05
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
• Formats: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 46 minutes

Product description
It's almost time for Christmas at Woodcock Pocket and Puddle is ready to bake fruitcake, make paper chains, and decorate the house and tree. But Toot, wouldn't you know, is stranded in a winter storm far away. How will Puddle's best friend get back home by Christmas Eve? The answer involves a little bit of magic and some unexpected help from another holiday traveler. This adorable, beautifully animated, award-winning story from Holly Hobbie is certain to become a holiday classic for the whole family!

Amazon.com
Friendship, sharing, and tradition are part of what make the holidays special, so pig friends Toot and Puddle are determined to spend the Christmas holiday together, even though Toot has been invited to attend his Great-Great Aunt's 100th birthday bash in Scotland on December 22. Promising to return home to Woodcock Pocket by Christmas Eve, Toot sets off for Edinburgh leaving Puddle at home to meet their cousin Opal and prepare for Christmas. Toot thoroughly enjoys his Scottish experiences; donning an authentic Scottish kilt, caroling, visiting with this Great-Great Aunt Peggy, and helping his bagpipe-playing Uncle find good homes for a litter of puppies. Meanwhile, Puddle and Opal enjoy their time together making ornaments, baking, picking out a Christmas tree, and getting everything ready for the big holiday. When snowstorms hit in Edinburgh and Woodcock Pocket, it looks like Toot may not be able to make it home by Christmas Eve after all. Can a lucky nut, a little magic, and a mysterious traveler help? Based on the Holly Hobbie book "Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas," this animated production brings classic Holly Hobbie characters Toot and Puddle to life in an effective Christmas tale that celebrates friendship and togetherness. (Ages 3 to 7) --Tami Horiuchi

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Scottish Christmas Special
This special aired recently on Noggin and now it's available for all to own on DVD. The DVD comes with a bonus music feature.


This special finds Toot headed to Scotland to celebrate his Grandma's one-hundredth birthday. Puddle stays home and gets ready for Christmas with the cute little pig Opal, but Toot promises to be home for Christmas.

Once in Scotland, Toot gets a big dose of Scottish culture. He learns traditional Scottish songs, wears a kilt and participates in Scottish Christmas-caroling (though he only hums along.) When it comes time to go home, Toot is hampered by flight delays and such, and worries that he won't make it home. But he discovers new friends, helps out a timid elephant who's afraid of mice ("What can I say? It's genetic.") and celebrates even more international culture.

This special has cute animation, winning vocal and instrumental music and a nice plot. My only small nitpick was an excess of scene changes that seemed somewhat unnecessary. Otherwise, excellent special. Hopefully will become a classic.

Toddler Likes It
I have a 2.5 year old and he loves watching the DVD along with reading the book. Very well done and just a bonus that it was produced by National Geographic. Great Christmas gift (if you can find it) along with the book. Toot & Puddle also has a line of other books that are entertaining to kids and have fantastic illustrations for the grown-ups to appreciate.

Adorable Piglets
I bought this dvd for my sister's kids, an eight year old, a six year old and a toddler. They loved it and watched it about twelve times this Christmas season. I watched it with them and thought it was adorable. Toot's and Puddle's voices weren't annoying or weird. This is an issue with me if I am already familiar with a character in a book. I have read the Toot and Puddle series with my nieces and nephew, we all thought they sounded and acted exactly as we imagined they would.