Looks like Captain Yuletide actually has some help this year.
I’ve mentioned Spidey & His Amazing Friends before, usually mentioning how Miles Morales gets to have a superhero name of his own instead of white boy hand-me-downs. Sure, “Spin” isn’t exactly scarring the bad guys but this is a show for little kids. We don’t want to scare them either, especially at Christmas.
This episode, made during Season 7, the “waterwebs” themed season. They get a pirate ship because somebody doesn’t understand what pirates are. They also get Hydro-Man. Sort of. Look, if you’re expecting heavy action you chose the wrong show. This is about deaged versions of Spider-Man, second back-up Spider-Man, and Ghost Spider being turned into Spider-Kids to fight troublemakers. Episode 4 contains two Christmas themed episodes, and while of course religion has nothing to do with a special about the recognized day of tribute to Christ’s birth (this is 2025’s Disney Junior–I’m surprised they even SAY “Christmas” as often as they do and don’t try to shoehorn Kwanzaa in there somehow or even Hanukkah, which ISN’T Jewish Christmas) there are some Christmas themes in there, plus a “save Santa Claus” story.
First is “The Candlelight Walk”, in which Miles’ dad gets to walk a candy from the festivities to the Christmas tree in the park as part of a unity event. Since this is the LITTLE kids show, Green Goblin, Rhino, and Hydro-Man just want to ruin the festival by putting the candle out. Then we have “The Santa Trap”, only it’s deaged gender-swapped Trapster (still modern Disney) trapping Santa and the Spiders…and maybe learning a little something about helping others. Enjoy. Or maybe a little kid in your life will enjoy. I’m good either way. It’s on the Christmas special playlist despite the annoying ad watermark. No, that’s not a “waterwebs” reference. You’ll see.
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