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Happy holidays: Watch the 1982 Christmas Comes to Pacland holiday special photo
In honor of the holidays we present to you to 23 minutes of your life you'll never be able to get back -- Christmas Comes to Pacland.
 
This made-for-television cartoon special first aired on ABC in December of 1982, which makes this gem 26 years-old. But this Hanna-Barbera-produced special is truly timeless, giving us a deeper look at Pac-Man's family life, and some insight into what makes the little fellow chomp -- the spirit of giving. 
 
Thanks to the Christmas miracle of YouTube, Christmas Comes to Pacland has been preserved for all to see; you can catch the three clips after the jump. Reindeer eating power pellets and the shocking revelation that Mrs. Pac-Man's name is actually "Pepper" awaits you.

 
 

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---AMARU---'s Avatar
---AMARU--- at 12/23/2008 12:02
i will not be watching these lol
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar
Mr Wrighty 987 at 12/23/2008 12:05
my eyes are bleeding
necrozen's Avatar
necrozen at 12/23/2008 12:34
@ B-Radicate

I think a more important question would be "Why not?"
smurfee mcgee's Avatar
smurfee mcgee at 12/23/2008 12:34
I DVR'd this last year because I couldn't believe it was real. Unfortunately, it turns out this is very real...
trunxkam45's Avatar
trunxkam45 at 12/23/2008 12:38
Here, watch the abridged version:

http://santafacepalm.ytmnd.com/
necrozen's Avatar
necrozen at 12/23/2008 12:40
LOL. That comment was supposed to go somewhere else. LOL. That's a first for me.

Anyway, what I meant to say was:

SNIFF

I miss the 80s. :(
Matthew Blake's Avatar
Matthew Blake at 12/23/2008 13:09
Holy hell, I actually used to watch this on Cartoon Network back in the 90's. Great piece of junk, it is...
SentinelX7's Avatar
SentinelX7 at 12/23/2008 13:11
think i have this on vhs...
Da5StarRMD's Avatar
Da5StarRMD at 12/23/2008 13:37
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Burntgerbil at 12/23/2008 13:52
Seriously ?

It's not that bad. I loved any kind of cartoons as a youngster. I had a soft spot in my heart for this particular gem every saturday morning for a year or two. There was a great villian in the cartoon too - Mezmeron - a half human / half cyborg sorcerer with a darth vader thing going on.
welkstar's Avatar
welkstar at 12/23/2008 17:38
I remember these!
Bizznet's Avatar
Bizznet at 12/24/2008 11:42
MY EYES!
Nameless Monster's Avatar
Nameless Monster at 12/24/2008 12:17
IT'S AN EMERGENCY POWER PELLET BOX!

P-P-P-PAC POWER!

What. The. Hell.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 12/24/2008 17:14
It's not gonna be a shocking revelation NOW. Spoilers, man!
NotPigeon's Avatar
NotPigeon at 12/25/2008 03:08
...Wow.
Just, uh...
What a terrible, terrible thing.
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