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MotorCityMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:45 PM
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Favorite Christmas special?
Can't pick a favorite. There are three that I try to catch every year;

1) A Charlie Brown Christmas
2) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
3) Santa Claus is Coming to Town

I also used to love the Norelco commercials they always showed during "Santa..." with Santa riding a razor (even our name says Merry Christmas).

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KensPen Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:47 PM
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1. I like...
the one with Heat Miser....

and there was a special that's not on anymore, it was animated, took place in Harlem I think. Aliens came down looking for the meaning of Christmas. very wierd, yet very touching.
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:47 PM
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2. I have 2 that I watch on tape every year...
because they almost never show them on tv any more.

1. A Wish for Wings That Work
2. The Claymation Christmas special
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:49 PM
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3. I got A Charlie Brown Christmas on DVD ...
there's an extra scene on there I don't recall seeing on TV. It's great but there's no Dolly Madison cakes commercials on it either.
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:00 PM
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7. I have it on DVD too, what's the scene that is extra?
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:32 PM
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22. I don't recall ...
haven't seen it yet this season. But when I saw it on DVD, there was a scene that I never recall seeing on TV.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:50 PM
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4. A Child's Christmas in Wales
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 03:52 PM by bif
None by the BBC and shown on CBC every year. It's wonderful. Denholm Elliot plays the Grandpa, telling the story of Christmases of his youth. Written by Dylan Thomas of course. I read it to my two daughters every Christmas Eve.
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MiddleRiverRefugee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:05 PM
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13. "Let's post a snow-ball in Mr. Daniel's letterbox..."
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 04:08 PM by unidentifiedbassplay
I have a cassette of Thomas himself reading that. It gets airplay every year when we go up to Baltimore to see my mom + family.
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:12 PM
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15. Mr. Daniel looks like a spaniel!"
Dylan's reading of it is a classic. They play that on CBC radio every year too! I'm lucky to live across the river from Windsor!
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 03:52 PM
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5. Charlie Brown Christmas
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 03:53 PM by jpgray
I transcribed the jazz piano stuff to my guitar--gotta love the music there.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:02 PM
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10. "Skating" is just an all time jazz classic
I request it all the time even in summer.......
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:03 PM
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11. "Skating" is just an all time jazz classic
I request it all the time even in summer.......
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catzies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:00 PM
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6. Olive The Other Reindeer. A "new classic."
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:00 PM
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8. PULEEEZZZ Everyone knows it is 'It's a Wonderful Life'...hands down
With out that movie...would there even be Christmas???? Of course Miracle on 34'th Street is a close second. The new stuff cannot wrench a heart like the old stuff!! :bounce:
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:03 PM
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12. Aren't those called "Movies?" As opposed to "Specials?"
n/t
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:23 PM
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20. Call it a special....when it is a movie...or call a movie a special
It's all the same...can't we just get along? :evilgrin:
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:01 PM
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9. Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Grinch and Nat'l Lampoon's Christmas Vacay
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MiddleRiverRefugee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:07 PM
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14. The GOOD (i.e. 1951 Alistair Sim) Christmas Carol
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 04:17 PM by unidentifiedbassplay
Doesn't play on TV much anymore, but I have the video.

There was also a version with George C. Scott I saw once, and it was quite good. I liked his portrayal of Scrooge as more of a smart-ass.
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DivinBreuvage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:18 PM
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16. The Year Without a Santa Claus!
Cold Miser and Heat Miser rock da HOUSE! (I prefer Cold Miser, BTW)

Other things I like about it are the comic stylings of Jingle Bells and Jangle Bells (heavily based on Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall of "Bowery Boys" fame), and the surpisingly moving song "I believe in Santa Claus" that Iggy's Dad and Santa sing to him. Even today it manages to bring a tear.

Has anyone else ever noticed the celebrity cameo among the parade bystanders when the mayor of Southtown comes out to sing "It's gonna snow-ho-ho right here in Dixie?"

It has innuendo too. Jingle and Jangle get busted for "riding a vixen the wrong way down a one-way street"!
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Loonman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:20 PM
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17. Charlie Brown and Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Classics.
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Faygo Kid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:20 PM
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18. George C. Scott's "A Christmas Carol"
Not just a great Christmas special, a great movie, period.
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:22 PM
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19. A Christmas Story
Edited on Wed Dec-10-03 04:22 PM by kmla
"...Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuudddddddgggggeeeeeeee. Except I didn't say fudge......

"Flick. Flick Who?"

"Fra-GEEE-lay. Must be Italian..."

Watch it every year.
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:25 PM
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21. I love that one! Santa kicking him down the slide is pricless!
:D
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BigBen Donating Member (65 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 04:40 PM
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23. Mickey's Christmas Carol
Goofy as Jacob Marley = Oscar worthy.
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salinen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-10-03 06:39 PM
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24. "How the Grinch stole Christmas"
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