A Garfield Christmas Special (1987) on Netflix
Jon Arbuckle takes Garfield and Odie to the Arbuckle family farm in the Indiana countryside for Christmas. Garfield is annoyed that the holiday trips are always to the farm.
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Plot summary
On Christmas Eve morning, Jon Arbuckle wakes Garfield to say they are driving to the Arbuckle family farm in the Indiana countryside to spend Christmas with his parents, his brother Doc Boy and Grandma. Garfield is annoyed that the visits always go to the farm. On the drive, Jon recalls the Christmases of his boyhood and Garfield listens cynically. At the farm, Garfield and Grandma form a bond, and she puts chili powder in Mom's sausage gravy.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
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- Although Jim Davis called the teleplay "very autobiographical", saying "That was my Christmas on the farm", Grandma was an entirely fictional character, created for a subplot about spending time with loved ones at Christmas.
- Jim Davis based the teleplay on his own Christmases with his family on their Indiana farm, and many of the Arbuckles were modeled on his relatives; his real-life brother was known as Doc Boy.
