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A Garfield Christmas Special is a 1987 American animated television special based on the Garfield comic strip . It once again featured Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield . The special was first broadcast December 21 , 1987 on CBS and was rebroadcast on CBS every year thereafter until 2000 . It was only recently rebroadcast again in 2008 and 2009 on ABC Family . It has been released on both VHS and DVD home video . TV Guide ranked the special number 10 on its 10 Best Family Holiday Specials list . Bethlehem (" House of Meat "; "", , " House of ___MASK5___ "; ) is a Palestinian ___MASK97___ located in the central West Bank , Palestine , about south of Jerusalem . Its population is approximately 25 , 000 people . It is the capital of the Bethlehem Governorate . The economy is primarily tourist - driven . Odie is a fictional character , who appears in the ___MASK42___ comic strip " Garfield ". He has also appeared in Garfield and Friends , The Garfield Show , as well as two live - action / computer - animated feature films , and three fully CGI films . The Nativity Fast is a period of abstinence and penance practiced by the Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , and Eastern Catholic Churches , in preparation for the Nativity of Christ , ( December 25 ). The corresponding Western season of preparation for Christmas , which also has been called the Nativity Fast and St . Martin ' s Lent , has taken the name of Advent . The Eastern fast runs for 40 days instead of four ( Roman rite ) or six weeks ( Ambrosian rite ) and thematically focuses on proclamation and glorification of the Incarnation of God , whereas the Western Advent focuses on the two comings ( or " advents ") of ___MASK74___ : his birth and his Second Coming or " Parousia ". Gerald David " Lorenzo " Music ( May 2 , 1937  August 4 , 2001 ) was an American actor , voice actor , writer , producer , and musician . His best - known roles include voicing the animated cartoon cat Garfield , and Carlton the doorman on the CBS sitcom " Rhoda ". He is also known for his work as Tummi Gummi in " Disney ' s Adventures of the Gummi Bears ", the original voice of Peter Venkman in DIC ' s " The Real Ghostbusters ", and Larry the Crash Test Dummy in a series of United States Department of Transportation public service announcements that promoted the use of seat belts from 1985 to 1998 . Garfield is an American comic strip created by ___MASK42___ . Published since 1978 , it chronicles the life of the title character , the cat Garfield , Jon , his owner , and Jon ' s dog , Odie . As of 2013 , it was syndicated in roughly 2 , 580 newspapers and journals , and held the Guinness World Record for being the world ' s most widely syndicated comic strip . Rhoda was an American sitcom starring Valerie Harper which aired a total of 109 half - hour episodes and one hour - long episode over five seasons from September 9 , 1974 to December 9 , 1978 . The show was a spin - off of " The Mary Tyler Moore Show ", in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role of Rhoda Morgenstern , a spunky , weight - conscious , flamboyantly fashioned Jewish neighbor and native New Yorker in the role of Mary Richards ' best friend . After four seasons , Rhoda left Minneapolis and returned to her original hometown of New York ___MASK97___ . The series is noted for breaking two television records , and was the winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmy Awards . A television special is a television program which temporarily interrupts programming normally scheduled for a given time slot . Sometimes , however , the term is given to a telecast of a theatrical film , such as " The Wizard of Oz ", which is not part of a regular television anthology series such as " ___MASK23___ Saturday Night at the Movies " ( 1961  1978 ). Christmas or Christmas Day ( meaning " Christ ' s Mass ") is an annual festival commemorating the birth of ___MASK74___ , observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world . A feast central to the Christian liturgical year , it is prepared for by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide , which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night ; in some traditions , Christmastide includes an Octave . The traditional Christmas narrative , the Nativity of Jesus , delineated in the New Testament says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem , in accordance with messianic prophecies ; when Joseph and Mary arrived in the ___MASK97___ , the inn had no room and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born , with angels proclaiming this news to shepherds who then disseminated the message furthermore . Christmas Day is a public holiday in many of the world ' s nations , is celebrated religiously by the vast majority of Christians , as well as culturally by a number of non - Christian people , and is an integral part of the holiday season , while some Christian groups reject the celebration . In several countries , celebrating Christmas Eve on December 24 has the main focus rather than December 25 , with gift - giving and sharing a traditional meal with the family . CBS ( an initialism of the network ' s former name , the Columbia Broadcasting System ) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation . The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York ___MASK97___ with major production facilities and operations in New York ___MASK97___ ( at the CBS Broadcast Center ) and Los Angeles ( at CBS Television ___MASK97___ and the CBS Studio Center ). The Christ Child , also known as ___MASK64___ Infant , Baby Jesus , Infant Jesus , Child Jesus , the Holy Child , and Santo Niño , refers to Jesus Christ from his nativity to age 12 . Upon reaching 13 years - old he was considered to be an adult in accordance with Jewish custom . The canonical Gospels lack any narration of the years between Jesus ' infancy and the Finding in the Temple when he was twelve . Disney ' s Adventures of the Gummi Bears is a Disney animated television series that first aired in the United States from 1985 to 1991 . The series was the first animated production by ___MASK53___ Animation Television , and loosely inspired by the gummy bear candies ; Disney CEO Michael Eisner was struck with inspiration for the show when his son requested the candies one day . The series premiered on ___MASK23___ on September 14 , 1985 , and aired there for four seasons . The series moved to ABC for one season from 1989 to 1990 ( airing alongside " The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh " as the " Gummi Bears - Winnie the Pooh Hour "), and concluded on September 6 , 1991 as part of the Disney Afternoon television syndication package . Of the series ' 65 shows , 30 were double - features , consisting of two 11 - minute cartoons , thereby bringing the series total to 94 distinct episodes overall . The show is well - remembered for its theme music , written by Michael and Patty Silversher and creation of " gummiberry juice " which was a type of magic potion , gaining abilities , which allowed them to bounce away from their hunters .