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Released	October 16, 2001 (VHS) October 22, 2001 (VHS) December 4, 2001 (DVD) October 22, 2002 (VHS/DVD) November 21, 2005 (DVD) October 9, 2007 (DVD re-release) July 23, 2010 (DVD)
Written by	The Wiggles
Directed by	Chisholm McTavish
Video Special Guide
Previous	Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001)
Next	Wiggly Safari (2002)

Yule Be Wiggling is the eleventh Wiggles video special released on October 22, 2001 in Australia, after an earlier release in the United States and Canada on October 16, 2001. It's also the second Christmas special, after Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas and before Santa's Rockin'!.

Overview

It's Christmas time in Wiggle World and it's such a special time! Help decorate Captain Feathersword just like a Christmas tree! Travel to Bethlehem and sing the Carol of the Birds to the Baby Jesus. Dance with Santa Claus as he does the Christmas Polka. Hey, let's do the Samba with Murray. Aye yie yie! Travel to the North Pole and meet our friend Jimmy the Elf. See Wags the Dog do the shake shake! Dorothy the Dinosaur and Henry the Octopus will be there too! So join Greg, Murray, Jeff and Anthony this Christmas and we know you'll have fun, you'll be singing and dancing and Yule Be Wiggling!

Production

The video was filmed in December 2000 at the Sydney Entertainment Centre. This video was filmed during the Yule Be Wiggling Christmas Show Tour.

This video was filmed 1 year before Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party, but released afterwards, and is technically the last video to be directed by Chisholm McTavish.

Song List

• Note: All songs taken from the album of the same name, except where noted otherwise.

1. Doing a Dance
2. Just Can't Wait For Christmas Day
3. Here Come The Reindeer
4. And the World Is One On A Christmas Morning
5. Murray's Christmas Samba
6. Jimmy The Elf
7. Curoo Curoo
8. Christmas Around The World
9. Wags Loves To Shake Shake
10. Jingle Bells (performed in the introduction scene)
11. Angels We Have Heard On High
12. Christmas Polka
13. Decorate The Tree
14. A Scottish Christmas
15. Come On Everybody (We'll Tap For You) (new song)
16. Yule Be Wiggling

Plot

The video starts when The Wiggles logo spins around from larger to smaller. Santa pulling his reindeer from his sleigh while yellow sparkles appear as the video title appears. A present falls of from Santa's sleigh and make a parachute. The Wiggles arrived at the show by falling from the sky in a giant gift-box. The present opens when the balloons come out, until The Wiggles introduce themselves and wish a Merry Christmas to all.

Song #1: Doing a Dance

The Wiggles talked about why they can't wait for Christmas day, Anthony loves the food, Jeff's long sleep on Christmas day, Murray playing his guitar and sing lot of Christmas carols, and Greg spending the whole day with his family and friends.

Song #2: Just Can't Wait For Christmas Day

Song #3: Here Come The Reindeer

Song #4: And the World Is One On A Christmas Morning

Song #5: Murray's Christmas Samba

Murray introduced to a friend from North Pole named Jimmy the Elf. Jimmy's problem that he can't stop sneezing all day long and interrupt his work.

Song #6: Jimmy The Elf

Song #7: Curoo Curoo

Song #8: Christmas Around The World

Song #9: Wags Loves To Shake Shake

Song #10: Angels We Have Heard On High

Song #11: Christmas Polka

Song #12: Decorate The Tree

Song #13: A Scottish Christmas

Song #14: Come On Everybody (We'll Tap For You)

Song #15: Yule Be Wiggling

Album

The album Yule Be Wiggling was released the year before.

CD Songs

• The Little Drummer Boy
• The First Noel

TV Airdates

• Playhouse Disney:
  • December 8, 2002
  • December 20, 2002
  • December 24, 2002
  • December 11, 2003
  • December 14, 2003
  • December 20, 2003
  • December 21, 2003
  • December 25, 2003

Trivia

• This special was completed in post-production on April 2, 2001.
• The Playhouse Disney version of this video special omits the 2nd half of the Special Thanks credits to the endboard.
• This video marked:
  • The last appearance of Wags' 3rd costume.
  • The second and last video to have Tom King as the 3D animator before he became a storyboard director and writer for the Nickelodeon TV show, SpongeBob SquarePants from 2005-2015.
  • The last time The Wiggles would use their original BONDS long sleeved tees as their skivvies and plain black pants. Starting at the end of 2001, the pants would have a trim of the specific colour than on and the skivvies would have turtlenecks. In that case it's the second and last Wiggles Christmas video to have them, first being Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1997).
    • Their original BONDS skivvies were made out of cotton as experts warned the group that wearing these long sleeved tees over time could make tiny holes caused by their belts. This could mean according to Anthony during the 2022 Today Show interview he commented "We sweated so much in these skivvies, and at one show, Murray was sweating, and one child in the audience yelled out "Murray's melting!" and the other people in the audience thought that we might have to update them."
  • The last Wiggles video where Carolyn Ferrie and Elisha Burke provided Dorothy's voice, and one of the extras was the first where she is voiced by Emma Pask.
    • Ferrie, however, would return as Dorothy’s voice beginning with Santa's Rockin'! in 2004 and continue the role until 2009.
  • The last Wiggles video to have the bee and flower endboard from TV Series 2.
  • The first Christmas video of the 2000's.
  • The first Christmas video to have Santa Claus' voice by Paul Paddick.
• It's the third Wiggles video to have prologues on all the songs after Yummy Yummy in 1994 and It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! in 2000.
• "Here Come The Reindeer" and "Curoo Curoo" were first performed in the 2000 Carols in the Domain.
• Among the toys in "Jimmy The Elf" are a Big Red Car and Dorothy the Dinosaur.
• In "And the World Is One On A Christmas Morning", The Wiggles sing the song in the studio, with clips of various children and other relatives of The Wiggles and their staff. This includes Greg's daughter, Madison Page, Murray's daughter Georgia Munro-Cook, son Hamish Munro-Cook and many of Anthony's nieces and nephews.
• Angels We Have Heard On High and the closing scene were likely filmed back-to-back due to all of the same people being in the same location.
• The CGI animation for "Jimmy The Elf" is similar to that of "Caveland".
• This is the first Wiggles video to be released in North America the same year as the Australian release.
  • It's also the first Wiggles video to be released in North America before Australia.
  • The North American release was six days before the Australian release.
• It was the first holiday video released on DVD.
• The US VHS was re-released in October 2002 (alongside the reprint of Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas).
• It was the first non-concert video to be filmed at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.
• This was the first video to credit The Wiggles as individual characters.
• Like It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, this video had the same background animation as TV Series 2.
• The Red Starry Guitar was originally going to be in the video along with the Wine Red Takamine Guitar and the Black Takamine Guitar.
  • However in the Song selection menu of the DVD, the Red Starry Guitar is seen on the menu. This is also the second time that the guitar was seen on a dvd menu. The first time was Wiggly TV in the "Sing Along with The Wiggles" menu.
  • Even though The Wiggles got their own Maton guitars in 2000, they are still seen play Takamine guitars occasionally, and the Wine Red Takamine guitar is currently use at the Hot Potato Studios for the recordings of a lot of their music that requires acoustic instruments. The Wine Red Takamine guitar is the only Takamine guitar that The Wiggles still use on their albums every now and then, while most of their videos and TV Series has Maton Guitars.
• Like It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!, this video had numerous songs with sound effects, like during "Come On Everybody (We'll Tap For You)", in which the part with Santa tap-dancing had sound effects from Warner Bros, Series 2000 and Hanna-Barbera.
• Like the 1999 version of Wiggly Wiggly Christmas, the Bee and Flower logo in this video does not have any sound effects.
• In America, This was the first video to be released by HIT Entertainment, 2 months after it acquired Lyrick Studios.
• Dorothy the Dinosaur has two voices in this video: Carolyn Ferrie and Elisha Burke.
• During the intro of Christmas Polka, Santa Claus mentioned Little Greg from The Little Wiggles.
• The 2001 US VHS cover art uses the same picture from The Wiggly Big Show.
• In early new copies of the AUS video tape from select stores, you would receive a "Bonus Wiggly Christmas Growth Chart"
• The VHS inside cover advertises the following videos:
  • Left side
  • The Wiggly Big Show, Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party, It's a Wiggly Wiggly World!
  • Right side
  • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas, The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video, Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate
• The DVD inside cover advertises for Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party and Wiggly TV.
• This is the only North American Wiggles VHS to have different covers for both releases. In addition both use the same master.
• The 20th Century Fox reprint disc for the US DVD is black.
• This is HIT Entertainment's only Wiggles Christmas DVD to be re-released by 20th Century Fox in 2006.
• Wags' previous costume is seen in the video, due to it being filmed before Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party.
• This is the last Wiggles video where Anthony has brown hair.
• This is the only North American DVD to have narration for the menus.
• The Australian VHS was released on the same day Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party got released on DVD.
• The US 2002 reprint VHS reuses the font from the 2001 VHS on the tape label, but the Canadian copy doesn't.
• On November 22, 2023, this video was uploaded to The Wiggles' YouTube channel.
• In one scene, there was footage of Captain Feathersword running was reused from the TV Series 2 episode "Work", which was filmed in 1999.
• The Hong Kong DVD was released after Jeff Fatt's fifty-seventh birthday.

Goofs

• In the song credits, John Field's name is listed on "Just Can't Wait For Christmas Day", whereas Dominic Lindsay and Margaret Lindsay's are listed on "Murray's Christmas Samba".
• In the song credits, "Wags Loves To Shake Shake" is not included.
• During "Decorate The Tree", the star on Captain Feathersword's hat after he puts it on falls off. The following shot shows it on again.
• The back cover of the Hong Kong DVD mentions there are DVD-Rom games but there are not any.

Video

References

The Wiggles Videography Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Greg (1993-2006, 2012, 2018) Wiggle Time! (1993) • Yummy Yummy (1994) • Big Red Car (1995) • Wake Up Jeff! (1996) • Wiggledance! (1997) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas (1997) • Wiggle Time! (remake, 1998) • Yummy Yummy (remake, 1998) • Toot Toot! (1998) • The Wiggly Big Show (1999) • It's a Wiggly Wiggly World! (2000) • Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party (2001) • Yule Be Wiggling (2001) • Wiggly Safari (2002) • Wiggle Bay (2002) • Space Dancing! (2003) • Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins! (2003) • Top of the Tots (2004) • Cold Spaghetti Western (2004) • Santa's Rockin'! (2004) • LIVE Hot Potatoes! (2005) • Sailing Around the World (2005) • Here Comes The Big Red Car (2006) • It's Time to Wake Up Jeff! (2006) • Splish Splash Big Red Boat (2006) • Wiggledancing! Live In The U.S.A. (2006) • Racing to the Rainbow (2006) • Surfer Jeff (2012) • Celebration! (2012) • The Wiggles Reunion Show (2018) Feature Film The Wiggles Movie (1997) Spin-Offs The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video (1999) • Captain Feathersword the Friendly Pirate (2000) Other Dorothy the Dinosaur Goes to Hospital (Promo video, 1999) • Bonus Sampler Video (Promo video, 2004) • 15 Years of Wiggly Fun! (Documentary, 2006) Murray, Jeff, Anthony and Sam (2007-2011) Wiggledancing! Live In Concert (2007) • Getting Strong! (2007) • Pop Go The Wiggles! (2007) • You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (2008) • Sing a Song of Wiggles (2008) • The Wiggles Go Bananas! (2009) • The Wiggles Big, Big Show! (2009) • Hot Poppin' Popcorn (2009) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (2010) • Let's Eat! (2010) • Ukulele Baby! (2011) • The Wiggles' Big Birthday! (2011) • It's Always Christmas With You! (2011) Other On The Road With The Wiggles (Documentary, 2008) • Wiggle Treats! (Promo video, 2011) • Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing! (Documentary, 2011) Anthony, Lachy, Simon and Emma (2013-2021) Taking Off! (2013) • Furry Tales (2013) • Pumpkin Face (2013) • Go Santa Go! (2013) • Hot Potatoes! The Best of The Wiggles (new version, 2014) • Apples & Bananas (2014) • Wiggle House (2014) • Rock & Roll Preschool (2015) • The Wiggles Meet The Orchestra! (2015) • Wiggle Town! (2016) • Dance Dance! (2016) • Wiggle Around Australia (2017) • Duets (2017) • Nursery Rhymes featuring CinderEmma! A Musical Fairytale! (2017) • Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas! (2017) • The Best of The Wiggles (2018) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) • Wiggle Pop! (2018) • The Wiggles' Big Ballet Day! (2019) • Party Time! (2019) • Fun and Games (2020) • Choo Choo Trains, Propeller Planes & Toot Toot Chugga Chugga Big Red Car! (2020) • We're All Fruit Salad!: The Wiggles' Greatest Hits (2021) • Lullabies with Love (2021) • Halloween Party (2021) YouTube videos Nursery Rhymes (2016) • Emma's Bowtiful Ballet Studio (2017) • Nursery Rhymes 2 (2018) Spin-Offs Dial E For Emma! (2016) • Lachy! (2017) • The Emma! & Lachy! Show (2018) Anthony, Lachy, Tsehay and Simon (2022-present) Super Wiggles (2022) • Wiggly Nursery Rhymes (2022) • Fruit Salad Big Show (2022) • The Sound of Halloween (2023) • The Sound of Christmas (2023) Dorothy the Dinosaur (2007-2012) Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party (2007) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Memory Book (2008) • Dorothy the Dinosaur Meets Santa Claus (2009) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Rockin' Christmas (2010) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Travelling Show! (2011) • Dorothy the Dinosaur's Beach Party! (2012) More from The Wiggles ABC For Kids Video Hits (1991) • Video Hits Volume 2 (1992) • Live In Concert (1993) • Featuring Banana Holiday and Lots of Other Great Songs (1994) The Kingdom of Paramithi Cinderella Pantomime (2011)