• BAH, HUMDUCK! A LOONEY TUNES CHRISTMAS (Warner, 2006, $19.98). This is a new one, a featurette (about 45 minutes) that does a "Looney Tunes" version of "A Christmas Carol." Or maybe it's an unofficial remake of "Mickey's Christmas Carol."

Only in the "Looney" version, since Scrooge McDuck was taken, the Scrooge character here is Daffy Duck, as a mogul department-store owner who works his staff to death, thereby providing an excuse for every character in the Warner Bros. universe to show up — Bugs, Porky, Tweety, Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, the Tasmanian Devil, the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote ... even Marvin the Martian.

Not as funny as any of the classic six-minute shorts, but kids will likely have fun with it.

Points, however, for using traditional animation instead of so-called 3-D computer animation.

Extras: Full frame, deleted scenes.

• MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE: MICKEY SAVES SANTA AND OTHER MOUSEKETALES (Disney, 2006, $19.99). The Disney gang gets together for this one, under the "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" cable-show banner.

The computer animation is OK for this 20-minute short (there are two other "Clubhouse" episodes as well), but the script could have been better. Mickey is asked for help by Mrs. Claus and gets Donald Duck to be his co-pilot. Mrs. Claus has to keep chiding Donald to behave or he won't get any presents. Hmm.

Extras: Full frame, dance-along, interactive puzzle game.

• ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS/TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS (CBS/Paramount, 2000/2001, G, $25.90). This two-pack has a pair of made-for-TV romantic-comic fantasies, the second being a sequel and both starring John Dye ("Touched By an Angel") and former supermodel Kathy Ireland.

Both have Santa about to call it quits for various reasons, when his good daughter (Ireland) steps in to save the day, with help from a workaholic widower (Dye) and his two young children. But Ireland's evil sister (Mary Donnelly-Haskell) has selfish plans of her own and nearly harpoons the holiday.

Not great, but mildly entertaining live-action alternatives for family watching this time of year.

Extras: Full frame. (Also available separate, $12.99 each.)

• MR. CHRISTMAS (Luminous, 2005, G, $14.98). Sincere but so-so featurette about a dog that saves Christmas for a destitute family during the Depression.

Extras: Full frame, audio commentary, bloopers, photo gallery, text production notes.

• CHRISTMAS TOONS (ThingamaKid, 2006, two discs, $9.99). One disc is animated songs on a DVD, the other is songs on a CD — "Over the River and Through the Woods," "Away in a Manger," "The Twelve Days of Christmas," etc., aimed at small fry.