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The gang is having their Christmas party and Donkey is singing. Others follow in turn with their own renditions of familiar Christmas songs. While it's fun to have the gang around, there isn't any plot. It's essentially sing-along time. It's harder to get the jokes when it's in song form. It's too short to be a musical with so many songs. This won't be a classic but it's fine for a short.

The DVD case for this film had a plot summary that read like this might actually be a feature length movie. I attempted to confirm this by checking the runtime which the case lists as 98 minutes.

Our family settled in for this movie and it ran for about 8 minutes. There was a Yule log video that ran about 15 minutes and was not entertainment for anyone. It's simulates wood fireplace at Shrek's place and is something one might have on in the background while doing other things around the house. The additional bonus features were lack luster and boring. And I had to constantly come back and select each one to play. The entire disc was like some bonus features disc that should have come with the feature length film I expected with the 98 min. runtime.

Sorry I ever checked this out at the library and glad I spent zero dollars on it.

Dreamworks Animation show that you can flog a jiving donkey as we have Yuletide Shrek spin off with a 6 minute cartoon short.

Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and other Shrek characters sing Christmas tunes with a version of Jingle Bells, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year and Jingle Bell Rock all with the usual Shrek trimmings.

Puss in Boots sings Feliz Navidad although he titles it as Fleas Navidad.

Dreamworks brings Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas, Cameron Diaz and other regulars together. The animation is good and it zips along well to keep everyone in the festive spirit.

This movie, even for such short time, has been funny enough, interesting enough, and good enough. It has christmas atmosphere, topic, and many unpredictable stunts. Better than most long movies, and better than most short movies. Similar to all other Shrek sequels.

There's little to be said about 'Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular', as it is merely a swift celebration of the 'Shrek' universe. Unlike the films, which have an emotional tie for Shrek's character, this short is lacking a sense of story progression, which is a small shame in some way because 'Christmas-tacular' marks a return to eccentric, unrelenting humour in the manner of the original film and the first sequel; that is, a constant barrage of visual and verbal puns that the producers behind the third and fourth movies could not quite replicate, despite their best efforts.

Every one is catered for with screen time shared equally between Shrek's ever-popular family and friends, the joy of which is found in discovering the festive season through the perspective of a flea-ridden cat, or a living party snack. It is characterisation like this that contributes to the endearing nature of the series.

'Christmas-tacular' doesn't quite hit a home run like 'Shrek the Halls' before it, as that short successfully intertwined a simple plot that added the necessary weight to contain the sheer madness that punctuates nearly every moment of this franchise. However, Donkey's festivities are a great way to kick-start your own Christmas season.

8/10