Family, optimism and love

On Oct 10, 2021

For decades, Mickey Mouse has dominated Disney cinematic Christmas celebrations, from the 1952 animated short Pluto’s Christmas Tree to even more memorable classics such as Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas, Mickey’s Christmas Carol, Mickey’s Magical Christmas and even Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas.

Even today, audiences have come to expect, and look forward to, their traditional Disney holiday movie nights, featuring popcorn, sweet treats, and the fun, festive, animated hijinks of Mickey and the gang. But this year, to counter the ongoing stress of the pandemic and social isolation, Disney Junior, and Disney+ are slaking audiences’ thirst for animated holiday tonic with not one but two all-new Mickey films: Mickey’s Tale of Two Witches and Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas.

Mickey’s Tale of Two Witches, an hour-long Halloween feature special, premieres today, October 7, on Disney Junior and tomorrow on Disney+. In Mickey’s Tale of Two Witches, everyone’s favorite Disney mouse narrates a story about two witches-in-training – Minnie the Wonderful and Daisy Doozy – who must pass four tests to graduate from the Witch Academy in Happy Haunt Hills. The two end up joining forces, along with Count Mickula, to defeat a mischievous ghost.

Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas – where Mickey, Minnie, and friends are separated from each other all over the world, trying to get back to Hot Dog Hills by Christmas Eve, despite great obstacles – will debut later this year.

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