Favorite Christmas TV Special? — Page 2

Aw, Rudolph and Clarice are adorable.

Hey, does anyone remember Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas?

Updated On: 12/8/07 at 12:20 AM

Emmett Otter's Jugband Christmas

Heat Miser/Snow Miser & Shirley Booth top the list

Mickey Rooney & Burger Meister Meister Burger

Charlie Brown

A Christmas Story

The Homecoming

Twas the Night Before Christmas (Joel Grey/Tammy Grimes)

Mrs. Claus (Angela Lansbury/Michael Jeter)

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Charlie Brown

The Homecoming

and an old gem, rarely if ever shown anymore:

The House Without A Christmas Tree.

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DG---I love The Littlest Angel, and haven't seen it in years!



I also think it's funny that several of you said A Christmas Story, when that's a feature film. But I think I was one of the three people who actually saw it in a movie theatre. The rest of the world seems to have discovered it on TV.

And Glebby---Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is one of my favorites too. The music is so terrific!

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*blinks at Mister Matt*


Waiter, I'll have what he's smoking.

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I could have sworn it was Bernadette Peters, but maybe I'm wrong. I do remember seeing that Christmas special.

Friends of mine thought I was lying about Best of the West and Far Out Space Nuts, but those were real. Real, I tell you! So no, I'm not always on crack.

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Updated On: 12/8/07 at 10:55 AM

"Aww, come on Ed, that's a lot of bull and you know it." :) - Scary Christmas

The special below has the best score of them all in my opinion.

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"Nestor, The Long Eared Christmas Donkey" is my all time favorite. I cried the first time I saw it too, but I loved it still.

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"I also think it's funny that several of you said A Christmas Story, when that's a feature film. But I think I was one of the three people who actually saw it in a movie theatre. The rest of the world seems to have discovered it on TV."

For some reason, it didn't do well in its original run. They must not have advertised it very well. In the mid 1980s, everyone I knew talked about how funny this movie was and the frozen flagpole scene. It got to a point where you either "had" seen it or you "had not". Those of us who "had not" felt like shunned Amish. Finally in 1988, I bought my very first VCR (in the month of July) and the first movie I rented was "A Christmas Story". I got a strange look from the video clerk (A Christmas Story in July?) but I had to see what was so funny.

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Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol with the Jule Styne music and Bob Merrill lyrics. I have the tape. Great songs.

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Films and TV specials:
The Santa Experience-Rugrats
Babies In Toyland-Rugrats(it's in the later seasons with Dil, Kimmi and Kira, and Grampa's wife)
Rocko's Modern Christmas
Christmas Who?-Spongebob Squarepants
Billy and Mandy Save Christmas(Santa is bitten by a vampire)
Christmas With The Joker-Batman The Animated Series
How The Grinch Stole Christmas(both the animated version and the film)
The Charlie Brown Christmas Special
The Hey Arnold Christmas Special
Doug's Christmas special
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
The Santa Clause
The Santa Clause 2
The Santa Clause 3
Scoorged
Ren and Stimpy's Yaksmas special
The Worst Christmas Ever-Invader Zim(I think that's the name of the title)
The Futurama Christmas specials
The Simpsons Christmas specials

I love the Santa Experience episode of Rugrats.

Does anyone remember Mickey's Nutcracker? It was live action, performed on stage, was originally presented on the Disney Channel? It's charming, and is now available on youtube! But be sure to watch the one that's from the actual telecast.