The time is ticking down in the
Christmas season, with six more days left until Christmas and that means we
have about five more shopping days left to Christmas. Needless to say, you
should get right to that Christmas shopping if you can, as soon as possible. If
you haven’t, then there is no used to speaking to you. Still I’d like to talk
about Christmas Specials right now, some of the holiday classics that remain
timeless tradition.
Essential
Holiday Viewing for the Christmas Season
There are countless Christmas
specials out there, and obviously some are better than others. Here are a few
of those that tend to be required holiday viewing for many of us. Granted this
is by no means a full list of the most prominent Christmas specials as there
are countless out there. Here we go, the ultimate Christmas special checklist.
Consider it a bucket list of things to watch for this holiday season and any
further holiday season. Many of them we have seen so many times that we can
recite these Christmas classics by heart.
Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The holiday tradition that has
aired on CBS every year lock clock work once a year but in recent years twice.
Sadly the CBS version tends to be cut up. But if you can locate the full
version of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, the it is a joy.
A
Charlie Brown Christmas
Animation is not the best in the
world, but the message and the heart is in fact there. Charlie Brown’s
Christmas is a great special and required holiday viewing.
How
the Grinch Stole Christmas
The half hour special made by
Chuck Jones of Looney Tunes fame, of the book of Dr. Seuss fame. A special that
I can personally recite with my eyes closed but nevertheless one that I can
watch five(or more) times a year without getting bored.
It’s
a Wonderful Life
Granted not my favorite movie in
the world, but really it is one of those movies that can be essential holiday
viewing for many, so it goes on the list.
Married…With
Children: It’s a Bundyful Life
And there is in fact the parody
done as only Married…With Children can in fact do, where if Al Bundy wasn’t born,
the world would be better. There were many Christmas episodes of Married…With
Children, but this was my favorite.
Miracle
on 34th Street
The original thank you very much.
Miracle on 34th Street is a timeless classic for sure.
A
Christmas Carol
Really any of the versions of the
Christmas Carol that play it straight or any of the various knock offs, the
Dickens tale never gets old, no matter how many times it has been told.
Spongebob
Squarpants: Christmas Who
A delightfully fun Christmas
episode with everyone’s favorite Cartoon Sponge, Spongebob Squarepants in
Christmas Who is a delightful holiday episode.
Darkwing
Duck: It’s a Wonderful Leaf
A favorite of mine, featuring the
Terror that Flaps in the night, but Darkwing Duck’s Christmas special is a
charming holiday special.
Justice
League: Comfort and Joy
A fun half hour episode of
Justice League, which was originally wedged between some epic story arcs, but
still Justice League Comfort and Joy is a wonderful episode.
Batman
the Animated Series: Christmas with the Joker
Not the best episode of Batman the
Animated Series, but a sentimental favorite around the holiday season. A joyous
romp with the Joker, featuring a stirring rendition of that old holiday classic,
“Jingle Bells, Batman Smells.”
Ernest
Saves Christmas
The Ernest Movies are a bit of an
acquired taste, but Ernest Saves Christmas has a soft spot in my heart so it
will go on this list.
The
Santa Clause
The original starring Tim Allen
back in 1994, although the two sequels do have some kind of a charm, but as
sequels often do, they fall short.
Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Christmas Aliens
Adapted from a comic book, this
is the only Christmas special involving the TMNT. Well the only one that won’t
make you blow chunks and do not have horrible looking like action turtles that
is. Part of the 2003 TMNT series.
And no doubt I’m missing a few,
but there are just some of the great holiday favorites to watch. Perhaps you
have watched a few and there is still time to watch a few more.
P.S. Get your Christmas shopping done if you haven't already.
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