- Donald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).
- A large box arrives for Donald on his birthday, three gifts inside. He unwraps one at a time, and each takes him on an adventure. The first is a movie projector with a film about the birds of South America; Donald watches two cartoons, one tells of a penguin who longs to live on a tropical isle and the other about a gaucho boy who hunts the wild ostrich. The second gift is a pop-up book about Brazil. Inside is Jose Carioca, who takes Donald to Brazil's Bahia for a mix of animation and live action: the two cartoon birds sing and dance with natives. The third gift is a piñata, accompanied by Panchito. A ride on a magic serape takes the three amigos singing and dancing across Mexico. ¡Olé!—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
- A large box arrives for Donald on his birthday, three gifts inside from his friends in Latin America. He unwraps one at a time, and each takes him on an adventure. The first is a movie projector with a film about the birds of South American: Donald watches two cartoons, one tells of a penguin Pablo who longs to live on a tropical isle (as he finds it very cold in Antarctica). Pablo makes several attempts to leave Antarctica, but could never get far enough from his stove, without freezing over. So, finally he makes a boat from the glacier he lives on and takes his stove with him. Pablo makes a journey halfway around the world (He travels up the coast of Chile, across Vina Del Mar, through Lima, across the equator) on a glacier made boat to Galapagos Island only to want to go back to his friends & family in Antarctica. The next segment details some of the odd birds of Latin America. During this part documentary, he learns about the Aracuan Bird, who received his name because of his eccentric song.
The other video is about a young gaucho boy who goes on his first hunt alone to look for condor birds in the mountains & finds a flying donkey. He thinks he can make a lot of money by racing the donkey at the spring festival. He trains the donkey & enters the race. He ties the wings at first to escape inspection but unleashes them in the middle of the race & comfortably wins it. But the crowd sees the wings & accuses the gaucho of cheating. The gaucho flies away on the donkey & is never seen again.
The second gift is a pop-up book about Brazil. Inside is Jose Carioca a native of Brazil, who takes Donald to Brazil's Bahia for a mix of animation and live action. Jose shrinks them both down so that they can enter the book. Bahia is a beautiful country with breathtaking natural views. The two cartoon birds sing and dance with natives. They travel the train to get to Bahia & meet several natives like the Ya-Ya girls who sell cookies. Donald falls in love with the Ya-Ya girl when she dances & entertains the whole town. He gives her flowers & is rewarded with a kiss. 2 local men enact a cock fight over the Ya-Ya girl.
Upon returning, Donald realizes that he is too small to open his third present. Jose shows Donald how to use "black magic" to return himself to the proper size. After opening the present, he meets Panchito, a native of Mexico. The trio take the name "The Three Caballeros" and have a short celebration.
The third gift is a pinata. A ride on a magic serape takes the three amigos singing and dancing across Mexico. Ole!. Panchito gives Jose & Donald a sombrero & takes them on a ride of Mexico. Panchito tells them of the Mexican Christmas tradition where in each of the 9 days before Christmas, children carry the images of Mary & Joseph from house to house, symbolizing their journey from Jerusalem to Bethlehem.
It was foretold hundreds of years ago to build a city in Mexico where they find an eagle a serpent. When they found that eagle, it was sitting in a tree, on a rock, in the middle of a lake. That lake was then drained to become what is today Mexico City. On a magic carpet they visit the Mexican fishing communities, their folk dances. They visit Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico & dance with the natives. Then visit the Acapulco beach, the Riviera of Mexico, The night life of Mexico city.
Throughout the film, the Aracuan Bird appears at random moments. He usually taunts everyone with his madcap antics, sometimes stealing Jose's cigar and trying to make Jose jealous. His most famous gag is when he re-routes a train that Donald and José are riding on by drawing new tracks, causing the train to disassemble.
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