so last time i spoke on the new rugrats it was back in october when a bunch more episodes dropped
including a halloween special so it wouldn't be i don't know too weird to assume that another
holiday special could come up this month just in time for fringe miss if you're new to the
channel the 25 days of fringe miss is where i cover something interesting nostalgic or holiday
related every day from the 1st of december to the 25th in order to find that holiday spirit
i lost nearly a decade ago so if you want to be a part of this daily journey and help me
find that good old jolly joy subscribe and come aboard and oh would you look at that a singular
brand new episode of the new 2021 rugrats reboot titled traditions which looks to be
focusing on both parts hanukkah and christmas into a singular holiday special storyline now
one thing i loved about the original rugrats was how it went and had multiple specials
relating to both hanukkah and christmas as well as kwanzaa so while i didn't particularly
love this last batch of episodes and came to the overall conclusion that this new rugrats
isn't reclaiming that charm and attachment the original series did while i grew up i was hoping
an episode like this would still happen so let's take a look at this new holiday special on our
second day of fringe miss oh and let me just say that i do have an upcoming video this month for
the original rugrats holiday episodes so be on the lookout for that if you're interested
we start off with a quickened version of the intro now with a full-on holiday theme to it so
credit where credit is due i appreciate the effort the episode is titled traditions as
it's going to tackle more than just a singular holiday in one episode the babies themselves
are waiting to see santa which is just that one dude with the scooter who went to see lou thanks
to angelica's shenanigans in an early episode the babies are all kind of scared to meet him
chucky especially since he already had problems meeting him the year prior betty is there serving
out coffee and treats as her and dede discuss the pressures of the holiday season and how
this is tommy's first ever holiday season and as we'll soon learn has a lot to be a part of
all at once so this has dede kind of stressing out pretty bad to make sure that she can uphold
her families and friends traditions and what i mean by all that is that in the world of the show
the start of hanukkah this year falls on christmas eve putting both of those holiday traditions right
on top of each other chucky himself has a bit of a freak out when sat for a photo with santa
and tommy destroys the place thus ruining the holidays and no one gets presents the end
okay it's not that bad funny enough this episode does have a lot of parallels to
the original santa experience episode in the rugrats they're waiting to see santa
chucky still is kind of freaked out by santa even delivers a similar speech that he does here but
again we'll get to that in that video now in the coffee shop itself phil and lilz tia comes
to visit them and honors betty with the once in a generation honor of placing the baby jesus doll in
the manger for las posadas a festival celebrated between the dates of december 16th and december
24th adding another tradition falling on christmas eve along with the first night of hanukkah las
posadas celebrates and honors the journey in which joseph and mary took from nazareth to bethlehem
in search of a safe place to give birth to baby jesus and we also get to see that betty herself
is latina this is a huge honor for her and she is tasked with taking care and keeping safe the
baby jesus doll for the festival later on back at the pickles residence we see the house being
set up and ready for the holidays with the menorah being set up as susie explains to the others it's
for a jewish holiday angelica herself comes in to explain how christmas works and for the most part
is correct i think there must be something wrong with me thomas
thank you nope yeah blockhead it's about the presents lots of presents
we also get the return of our good friend daxton the delivery guy who stops by delivering the
said menorah of course we get some more corpo jokes about how he has to say a certain season's
greeting line because he's always monitored ah daxton never change we also get the return
of didi's parents who we just saw on a couple previous episodes here now to celebrate hanukkah
and represent the jewish side of the pickle's household we also see the stress get to deity
more and more is now having to balance three major holiday traditions in one night all while making
sure tommy has a great first experience with it all continuing the christmas talk between
angelica and the babies phil makes a joke about zombie reindeer where angelica turns it into more
of a scary joke at chucky's expense as he runs and hides in the closet angelica even says that it was
worth it even if it risks her getting presents from santa which is so funny because i feel
we all at some point for those who celebrated christmas as a kid would say things like this
to justify ourselves still getting gifts if it's only this one little thing we did that wasn't so
good chuckie hiding in the closet leads to them finding the baby doll that betty is keeping safe
for the festival and angelica thinking that it was a surprise for her that she's technically
not allowed to have yet so she tests the babies with taking the doll for her so she can have a
scapegoat morally for not being the one who took it early which is the most angelica thing angelica
can do stew drew lou and chaz head to the woods to chop down a tree for christmas eve as a part
of the pickles family tradition led by lou to not chop and put up the tree until christmas eve
it's nice to see that the tradition includes honoring the chopping down of a tree with
planting five new trees in the spring hashtag team trees didi back at the house is getting
more stressed with everything happening at once and the order of how to do things so everyone's
celebrations have their time she does however hit a breaking point as her parents and betty
aren't quite seeing eye to eye at first timing wise wanting to make sure tommy gets to see the
lighting of the menorah not too late into the night deedy goes on to explain how important
everything is and how she has a specific order for all of this that honors betty's traditions
stu's side of the family's traditions alongside her own in a year that clashes them all together
making their usual traditions a bit different it turns into a nice touching moment between dede and
her parents after her explaining this is how she wants it for tommy's first holiday experience and
they're proud of the mom that dede is becoming and what she'll go through to make everything happen
for everyone now being time for las pasadas the adults can't find the baby doll anywhere
leading them to head out to the event dallas as betty is running out of time figuring out
what to do and how to explain to tia what happened angelica and the babies overhear the truth about
the doll and realize that this is important to betty in the celebration overall trying to
figure out a way to give it back without getting in trouble to stay on the nice list which is the
exact way a kid would think they head over to the manger that susie points out to place the baby
with tommy climbing up to put the doll in there but just when things are looking smooth
a goat tries to eat tommy ah the holidays but in a rare turn of events angelica saves tommy from the
goat saying she owed him one back for being such a good cousin in the first place which hold up that
sounded really genuine from angelica and it turns out that she meant it no last minute gotcha or
joke or anything just a sincere moment between the two that catches you off guard expecting
angelica to say something like you're still a dumb baby or anything along those lines but
no it's just very sweet the adults come over to find the babies after noticing they wandered off
and betty sees that the baby doll is now in the manger where it was meant to go in the first place
and all was right for the celebration everyone continues on to go enjoy the festival later
transitioning to celebrating the putting up of the christmas tree all while being serenaded by
lou singing oh christmas tree afterwards didi's dad begins lighting the first candle for hanukkah
and explains a bit of the meaning of hanukkah and what the candle light represents he delivers a
nice speech about love and respect and how seeing these other traditions celebrated tonight have
truly opened his heart to celebrate what matters most the love we share for one another and to
always let the light of love shine on tommy shares a message with the others about what angelica has
taught him about being nice and good things will happen with the example he uses being together
with all of his friends and it all is completed with a shooting star in the sky at the end
honestly this episode for me was really well done and was super sweet juggling the themes of
three different holiday celebrations and traditions giving respect to each of them
and those who celebrate them while compared to the original it may not teach you about each different
celebration in detail it did give some nice perspective to those who are doing the celebrating
growing up not religious but still celebrating christmas at the same time my extended family are
jewish and celebrated hanukkah i was around both of these celebrations and traditions constantly
and to see part of that represented growing up in the rugrats was super meaningful and to see
it here together as one which is something even closer to me was truly surprising and meant more
than it may mean to most and i think it finally occurred to me more than before that now as an
adult it's not the babies who i'm supposed to relate to but the parents as they are around
the age that relates to me now they have kids our new parents and dealing with things that are now
commonplace for my age range to deal with i can say the same thing in hindsight with the original
series now as well maybe with a few more dated things back then but these aren't characters i
look at as adult figures anymore to me and i'm sure many around my age you can see them as
you or your friends now i'll stop myself before i get on with the whole whoa i'm getting old tangent
but the juxtaposition of growing up relating to how the babies see and discover the world
to now how the parents handle navigating it really puts what the rugrats ip in general means
to me and maybe to you as well i don't think it's better than the groundbreaking ways they
did holiday specials in the original rugrats which i'll have a video on soon but it was nice to see
something from the new rugrats that felt like the rugrats i know this new reboot isn't made for me
i am chasing feelings in something that isn't made for me to find them there but in this
instance this moment it brought me back to a nice time all the while giving me a chance to
examine where i am in my life whether i think the reboot has been good or not so good this
for sure did something for me that i didn't expect it to do when clicking play but what about for you
let me know your thoughts on this new holiday special for the rugrats as well as your favorite
original rugrats holiday special in the comments below thanks so much for hanging out with me today
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