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

I think a more important question would be "Why not?"
smurfee mcgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 12:34
smurfee mcgee
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 - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 12:38
trunxkam45
Here, watch the abridged version:

http://santafacepalm.ytmnd.com/
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 12:40
necrozen
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 - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 13:09
Matthew Blake
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 - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 13:11
SentinelX7
think i have this on vhs...
Da5StarRMD's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 13:37
Da5StarRMD
Burntgerbil's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 13:52
Burntgerbil
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 - Comment posted on 12/23/2008 17:38
welkstar
I remember these!
Bizznet's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/24/2008 11:42
Bizznet
MY EYES!
Nameless Monster's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/24/2008 12:17
Nameless Monster
IT'S AN EMERGENCY POWER PELLET BOX!

P-P-P-PAC POWER!

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