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Rudolph, Frosty, Muppets, the Grinch ... What's your favorite holiday special?
Posted by:
Mayor Melissa on
December 1, 2008 at
1:15PM CST
Awesome. My coworker, Janet Hill, just brought over a calendar of all the network TV holiday specials for December to me and a few other parents of young children in the newsroom. Tonight is "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
I remember when I was a kid looking forward to these annual specials, and not just around Christmas. There was "Mickey's Valentine" in February, with scenes from classic Disney cartoons set to contemporary songs like, "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart" by Elton John or "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" by Wham! The Garfield Halloween special where he and Odie dress up as pirates was one of my favorites, along with - of course - "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown." But there are iconic moments of childhood associated with the annual showings of the claymation "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" or "Frosty the Snowman." It wasn't until college that I realized how bizarre this take on "Rudolph" is. And I still haven't figured out why Karen wears a skirt to build a snowman. My mother never let me out of the house without snowpants, coat, boots, hat, mittens and a scarf wrapped around half my face. I now associate snow forts with the smell of yarn. My absolute favorite Christmas special was "A Muppet Family Christmas." This combines "The Muppet Show" and "Sesame Street" Muppets, along with the Fraggles. I still giggle when I think of the part when the Swedish Chef spies Big Bird as he's making Christmas dinner preparations ("Oje! Da beeg gobbler gobbler!" *spatulas fly up in air*). Even though we don't watch much television at my house, I probably will be flipping on the tube to catch a few of these. There's something about watching them as they air on television in a dark living room lit only by the Christmas tree or candles that just doesn't compare to popping them in any old time on a DVD. Do you have any holiday TV-viewing rituals? A movie you always watch as a family? A favorite holiday special from your childhood? Reminisce below. And don't forget: "Watch out for the icy patch!"
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