A Garfield Christmas Special.

 

                                        A Garfield Christmas Special.

This one is one of the best cause who doesn't love Garfield right? It is 

another heat warming story that everyone loves and have since it came 

out and no matter how bad things are or how bad they get you will 

always have Garfield. So, with that lets get to the story shall we:

In a dream, Garfield is awakened by his owner Jon dressed as an elf, 

who feeds him a large amount of lasagna before giving him his gift, a 

robotic Santa Claus which reads minds and produces whatever the user 

wants. When Jon actually wakes up Garfield, he tells him that it is 

"Christmas Eve morning" and they and Odie are going to the countryside 

to celebrate Christmas with Jon's family on their farm. Garfield is 

annoyed that they always go to the farm and the family never comes to 

Jon's house. During his drive to his family's farm, Jon talks about 

Christmases he had when he was a boy, with his parents, brother Doc 

Boy, and Grandma, while Garfield listens with great cynicism.

Upon arriving, Grandma and Garfield quickly grow a special bond. While 

Jon, Garfield, and Odie take a walk, Grandma spikes Mom's sausage 

gravy with chili powder, bragging that her sausage gravy just won 

the Greene County Fair. Jon and Garfield return for dinner, while Odie 

works on something secretive and then sneaks back into the house. 

After dinner, they decorate the tree. Jon asks Garfield to put the star on, 

as no one else can reach the top of the tree. As the family sings 

Christmas songs, Grandma tells Garfield about her beloved and deceased 

husband, whom she especially misses at Christmastime because of his 

unspoken, but obvious, love for the holiday. Afterwards, Mom asks Dad 

to read a book called Binky: The Clown Who Saved Christmas. Dad is 

reluctant, as he is tired of reading it every year, but gives in. At night, 

Garfield notices Odie's suspicious activity and follows him to the barn, 

seeing Odie making something out of a piece of wood, some wire, a 

plunger handle, and a hand rake. While there, Garfield stumbles upon 

some old letters and realizes they must be 50 years old.

On Christmas morning, just when it seems like all the presents have 

been opened, Garfield gives Grandma the letters he found in the barn. 

These letters were love notes written to Grandma by her husband from 

when they first met each other and married. Garfield also finds out that 

Odie has been busy making his ultimate Christmas gift: a homemade 

back scratcher. Garfield gladly thanks and embraces Odie for the gift he 

made. This is a rare glimpse at Garfield's other side, as Garfield learns 

one of the true meanings of Christmas: "It's not the giving, it's not the 

getting, it's the loving!"