It's nice that the last post was about "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol", because my two cents worth is about two other Christmas specials with scores by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
I have an old VHS tape of "The Dangerous Christmas of Little Red Riding Hood" starring Liza Minelli and Cyril Ritchard that I love! I'm not sure when it was done, but they make a joke about the song "People" in it. It's not all that good and very cheesy (the special guest stars are Vic Damone and the justifiably forgotten British pop band The Animals), but I love it! As far as I know, it is not on DVD and not on YouTube escept for one cut from the soundtrack album, "I'm Naive"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jST8sa-MaJE (which later got recycled into the revised national tour of "Sugar") and a clip of Liza and Cyril singing "I Feel So Christmasy" with LOUSY sound quality
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKm1zRywsuI (Which I love. Old and new showbusiness complimenting each other perfectly!)
The other was "The Night the Animals Talked" with lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Which I remember seeing on ABC way back when. It is on YouTube, but I haven't bothered watching all of it. It is HEAVILY Christian. I'm surprised that it's not shown on religious television stations.
"A coherent existance after so many years of muddle" - Desiree' Armfelt, A Little Night Music
"Life keeps happening everyday, Say Yes" - 70, Girls, 70
"Life is what you do while you're waiting to die" - Zorba