A BetaMaXmas

Korou — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 00:10:38 -0800

80s era holiday television complete with antenna, TV guide, and remote.

"You know Rudolph and Frosty, Kris Kringle and Ralphie . . . "

Kibbutz — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:22:50 -0800

Park your carcass in front of the TV for the next six weeks. Here is the upcoming broadcast schedule for every show that has even the tiniest connection to The Most Wonderful Time of the Year.

Isn't there anyone out there who can tell me what Christmas is all about?

sleepy pete — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 06:55:36 -0800

The Lonely Tree: The Story of a Charlie Brown Christmas (via largehearted boy)

There must have been some magic in that old silk they found...

Smart Dalek — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:40:55 -0800

Merry Christmas, Interweb! Though it's become part of a larger media conglomerate, the Chicago T.V. station famous for Bozo the Clown has dusted off some old footage from its archives. Among the goodies converted to Flash format are a Frosty the Snowman cartoon which inspired a bit of online detective work, as well as a more recent holiday favorite, The Yule Log.

A Muppet Christmas with Zbigniew Brzezinski (1978)

apathy0o0 — Sat, 04 Dec 2004 13:23:16 -0800

The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time. From An Algonquin Round Table Christmas to Noam Chomsky: Deconstructing Christmas, these are the worst Christmas specials ever. I'd pay good money to see the Ayn Rand one for real.

Have a holly, jolly Christmas....

anastasiav — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 09:48:10 -0800

'tis the season for ... Rankin-Bass TV specials! The Enchanted World of Rankin/Bass is a fan-site devoted to the distinctive animation of Arthur Rankin, Jr and Jules Bass. In addition to extensive and interesting background information on your favorite Christmas specials (like Rudolph), you can also learn about lesser-known specials such as The Ballad of Smokey the Bear. The site also includes some rare video clips, including a pencil-test from Frosty the Snowman. There is also a very complete section on the Rankin-Bass TV series, Thundercats. Please also see additional note inside....

The Best Thing on Television in 2002

ZenMasterThis — Mon, 30 Dec 2002 07:16:20 -0800

The Best Thing on Television in 2002 The WPIX Yule Log makes its triumphant return.

mragreeable — Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:22:00 -0800

Commentary on the state of morning TV? A New York TV station ran a two hour video of a burning piece of wood on Christmas day and it beat Good Morning America, etc. in the Nielsens.

feelinglistless — Mon, 24 Dec 2001 04:44:54 -0800

Was Christmas TV really ever all that special? 'Off The Telly' reviews three decades of Christmas Day television in Britain. "It's funny...that Christmas time is actually an excuse for some of the worst TV atrocities of the year to be inflicted upon us. Christmas telly does not equate with quality. And yet, never does TV become a more integral part of our own family or personal routines and traditions. And never are we so receptive to a gathering of disparate middle-of-the-road celebrities and their stale party pieces." And for the ultra-cynic, TV-Go-Home's Charlie Booker presents an alternative schedule.

meep — Tue, 18 Dec 2001 08:38:33 -0800

Christmas movies: I have noticed that Christmas movies, especially made-for-TV Christmas movies, come in two flavors: someone discovering the "true meaning of Christmas", or somebody saving Christmas. Sometimes the two are combined. Are there Christmas movies out there without these plots?

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