"Christmas Comes But Once a Year" is an 8-minute cartoon from 1936, so this one already had its 80th anniversary last year and it is a work that of course should be watched best around the holidays, but can also be enjoyed during other times of the year. It is a Fleischer production and it also is in color, which is one of the best aspects about it I am sure. I t would have been way worse with us perceiving the toys, the kids' hair or the setting inside and outside in black-and-white. The music is good too, pretty catchy main theme and of course the film delivers mostly through emotion as it takes place at an orphanage where all the kids' toys are broken early on, but the only grown-up character changes things for the better, for the kids and for us audience members feeling for them. The film may come a bit short in terms of story-telling really and also wit and comedy are missing pretty much entirely, which also keeps me from giving a higher rating here. Nonetheless, the really strong looks do justice to the term Golden Age of Animation and this as well as the positive aspects I mentioned previously leave no doubt to me that this is a successful and creative work. Go check it out.
