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1960: premiere of two decades of Christmas tradition
At 4 pm, “Kalle and her friends wish you a Merry Christmas” was broadcast for the first time on Swedish television. Bengt Feldreich hosted the Christmas and presented the shows and also got to sing with Benjamin Syrsa in the Swedish version “Do you see the star in the blue”. A tradition that continues this and next Christmas, despite the death of Feldreich.
The clips that have come and gone
The way movies have been shown over the years has changed a bit. Seven years after the Swedish release, the first film was replaced in 1967. It was Kalle’s “The Nut War,” which was deemed violent. It was replaced by “Pluto’s Christmas Tree”, which was shown in 1967-1968 and 1983.
The Jungle Book was with 1969 and 1970, and has been with every year since 1977. “Cinderella” disappeared in 1969-1975, and in 1978, but is now back in a cut version. and in 1971 “Kalle Anka i jungle” was shown for the first time.
In “Cold Duck in the Jungle”, the violent scenes have been cut.
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1974: What we want is Robin Hood
“Robin Hood” has been involved since 1974. The exception was in 1998 when SVT’s rights expired, something that was resolved the following year.
He wasn’t poppis when the Bull Ferdinand disappeared, so he came back.
Photo: SVT
1982: Miss: Ferdinand smoke
The bull Ferdinand, who has been with us since 1971, was retired in 1982 when it was deemed too boring for children and was replaced by “The Ugly Duckling.” But it wasn’t such a good idea. The storm of visions grew so great that Ferdinand returned the following year.
Since 1982, “Mickey Mouse at Camp” from 1938 has been part of the Christmas celebration. But a lot has been done about …
Having it turn into popcorn if you put a fork in the socket wasn’t something Disney wanted the kids to believe, so they cut the “Mickey Mouse at Campground” scene.
Photo: Disney
The pieces are cut, for the sake of the children.
Several of the movie clips have been cut over the years. Some because they were too high and some because they were too violent or could have a bad effect.
In “Mickey Mouse at Camp”, they have removed a scene where Long Legs shoves a fork into an electrical outlet and receives a shock that turns his corn on the cob into popcorn, so as not to put any ideas into the children’s head.
Even a clip where the caravan almost collided with a train and a truck is gone.
One of the final scenes of “Kalle Anka i jungle” was also smoked because it was too violent. That’s when the mad bird puts Kalle Anka against a backdrop and sprays water on her. In the cut scene, Kalle reacts by pulling out a machine gun and starts shooting the bird and laughing.
Several scenes were cut from “In Santa’s Workshop”.
Photo: Disney
From “In Santa’s Workshop”.
Photo: Disney
2012: Santa’s workshop gets more modern
Disney decided to clean up between outdated nesting images in “In Santa’s Workshop” and removed the clips with the blonde girl, the black doll, and the Cossack dancer, which were seen as symbolizing stereotypes of blondes, blacks, and Jews. Something that caused many mixed reactions.
But perhaps the biggest protest was the fact that the scene where Santa read a wish list was removed. Even a clip where Santa sings before his departure disappeared.
2018: record reports against “Röjar-Ralf”
No change, but a real rage. The most reported clip to the Board of Review in recent years is the clip of “Röjar-Ralf blocks the Internet”. Viewers who reportedly believe that the scene consisted of many logos and signified “an undue advantage of commercial interest”. But the Board of Review disagreed and thought the logos were motivated by entertainment interests.
It’s Disney, not SVT that cuts
Usually it is SVT who gets the storms of viewers when something in Kalle Anka Christmas changes, but in reality it is not SVT but Disney who cuts the Christmas greetings, which are broadcast every year in 40 countries.
Choosing to eliminate the stereotypes “In Santa’s Workshop,” the company explained that they wanted to take Disney out of the 1930s and into the 2000s:
– It’s more of a self-cleaning thing for Disney. Disney believes that the doll can be perceived as stereotyped and prejudiced. The blonde doll was also perceived as a stereotypical image in that context and therefore both dolls were removed. The same is true of the Jewish man. So it’s three dolls, but two sequences, Linda Andersson, Disney’s communications manager for the Nordic countries, told SVT.
No change this year
In the year 2020, “Kalle Anka and her friends celebrate Christmas” will look the same as it has in recent years: no scenes have been cut, added or redone.
– We were a little worried if there was something that would change this year, but it is nothing new. There are two new movies showing briefly at the end as they usually are and nothing has changed, says SVT Purchasing Manager Stephen Mowbray.
“Kalle Anka and her friends wish Merry Christmas” airs on SVT1 on Christmas Eve at 3pm and can also be seen at the same time on SVT Play (not via the app). For rights reasons, it cannot be seen in hindsight.
