
Tangie is a sweetheart despite his perpetual frown, though he does frequently complain and get down in the dumps. It has a great message of recognizing that you’re special and can find love and family just the way you are, even if you’re different. Winkle’s (originally) grumpy pet guard dog, Virgil. The Tangerine Bear: Home in Time for Christmas! is an adorable and heartwarming tale of a sweet teddy bear who wants nothing more than to find a family until he realizes that he has already found a family right there in that store with the other things that are a little off like Jack, the Jack-in-the-Box whose bells don’t work and is afraid of going into his box, Bird the bird of a coo-coo clock who has a busted beak and is afraid of coming out of his house without ensuring the coast is clear so he won’t run into anything, and Mr. All Tangie wants is to be sold to a nice family for Christmas, but no one wants a tangerine bear with a frowning mouth.īreakdown: This is another one of those Christmas movies I definitely remember watching as a kid and was glad to rediscover. Over time, the little bear’s fur became bleached out from the sun, giving him such a bright orange coloring that he became known as the tangerine bear or Tangie for short.

He bounced from the discount bin of a big department store to a little secondhand shop called Winkle’s on a street with little traffic. Plot: A little teddy bear accidentally had his mouth sewn on upside down, giving him a frown instead of that signature teddy bear smile.
