Favorite Classic Christmas Special

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These are the classic christmas specials we grew up watching.  They air them every year.

I grew up watching most of these specials and it's these shows that Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, Futurama and others make fun of with their specials.


Most of them were made by Rankin-Bass.  A company that would influence things like Pixar and Tim Burton's The Nightmare before Christmas.

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I'm thinking Santa and his Jolly boots of DOOM!

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No Star Wars Christmas Special? Come on!

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That's because if anyone said that was their favourite they would immediately be hung, drawn and quarter, and rightly so!

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Pffft, people don't appreciate the camp value. I'd give my right foot to see it on Mystery Science Theatre.

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Chuck Jones' "Grinch" short. Sorry, Jim Carrey, Nixon accent or not, nothing beats the original "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch..."

The rest of those specials are ones I can't stand.

And where the hell's He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (I'm not making that up, it just got released on DVD)?

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Where's KISS Saves Christmas? 

On a serious note, I vote the British one that isn't there: The Snowman. I watch it every year, it's class.

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Wow, I'm surprised you all remembered He-man and She Ra's Christmas special?  I thought I was the only one, since they don't air it every Christmas anymore.  All this specials always air every Christmas.

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is it me or does most of them suck?

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I like the Grinch.

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The Snowman and Father Christmas (both Raymond Briggs and both sadly lacking in this year's Christmas schedules ... again   ).

No, I was wrong. They're both there, and on Christmas Day no less!!

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Of the choices listed, I'd go with How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Of the Rankin/Bass specials, my favorites are Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey and Jack Frost.

 

Originally posted by Nurdbot:
No Star Wars Christmas Special? Come on!

Funny, the last time someone mentioned it, you were disparaging it.

 

Originally posted by RavenStar:
And where the hell's He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special (I'm not making that up, it just got released on DVD)?

I'm sure that I must have seen that when it originally aired, but I really can't remember it.

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Other: The Snowman

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David A: It's crap, but that is what makes it a hilarious sell out in the first place. Like Christmas in Japan.

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Not a classic, and exactly a christmas special, but I quite enjoy The Hebrew Hammer. I know I shouldn't but I find it funny. It does involve christmas, so my post is justified.

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Duh, Father Ted Christmas Special. 

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OK, what happened to "A Christmas Carol"?

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Ah, Christmas Specials. I hate the stop-motion Christmas specials, like Rudolph and the such. I also remember the PBS show Auther's Christmas Special. Watched it every year. I'd have to say the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, just because of their dancing and the music. So, Other it is.

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Myster Science Theater 3000's Santa Conquers the Martains, The Simpsons Christmas Special, Futurama's X-Mas episodes and the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes "Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future" and "T-Shirt of the Dead" all are becoming holiday favorites of mine.
But I picked Rudolph because that snow monster in it scared the s#!t out of me as a kid.

Santa Claus: It's the middle of f*cking July! I was sleeping! Those faggoty elves don't even come in until September!
-ATHF, "T-Shirt of the Dead"

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It's not a classic yet, but I liked "A Very Venture Chrismas".

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Welcome to PEEL, Spawn_3005. Enjoy your stay at Nerd-world. Read the PEELer's FAQ if you haven't yet. I see you're from Federalsburg. I live outside of Denton.

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The Grinch and Olive the Other Reindeer. I like both the cartoon Grinch and Jim Carrey's one.

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HA! Father Teds Chrismassy special won number 2 position in Channel 4's Top 100 Christmas Moments! 

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Originally posted by i_c_weiner:
Welcome to PEEL, Spawn_3005. Enjoy your stay at Nerd-world. Read the PEELer's FAQ if you haven't yet. I see you're from Federalsburg. I live outside of Denton.

Cool.

I was Lrrr_2004, but after I moved, I changed my email, so they were supposed to send me a new password, and I must of screwed my email up because I never got a new password. So I know how everything works.

Back on topic. I also love the episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force with the egyption t-shirt. I watch it everytime it comes on.

Shake: (Shake is a reindeer and the other reindeer are sniffing his rear) I thought we were gonna be trading off on this.
Meatwad: We gotta finish up America, then we do Europe and then we lock up the Middle East.
Shake: (One of the reindeer mounts him and begins humping him) F*** you!
Meatwad: Cry me a river, bitch.

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Matt Groening's "Olive the Other Reindeer" has the makings to be a future Classic Christmas Special.  I wish he produced more specials like that.

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SNOOPY! i mean... PEANUTS!

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A Christmassy Ted!!! A Christmassy Ted!!!

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Originally posted by Arkan:
A Christmassy Ted!!! A Christmassy Ted!!!

I can agree with that and british veiwers can see it on Channel 4 tonight at 10. I did like Futurama's X-mas episodes though.

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I LOVE Santa Clause is Comin' to Town. That has to be the single most badass Christmas special ever. (No christmas song can ever beat "Put One Foot in Front of the Other".)

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I just saw the Looney Tunes A Christmas Carol and I loved it.  It's great seeing the traditional looney tunes characters and it was very funny.

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Woodland Critter Christmas: Blood Orgy

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Does A Garfield Christmas Special count as classic?  That was always my favorite when I was younger.

If not, then I have to go with Grinch as well.

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Peanuts Christmas because nothing is better than a self-pitying 10 year old.

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Jingle all the Way. Best christmas movie ever.

But since that's not a choice...
I'm going with the Rudolph. That's the claymation one, right?

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*coughs* The Muppets Christmas Carol always puts me in the Xmassy mood...

Robbie the Reindeer was good, that was claymation too.

Cant beat Wallace and Gromit either. Theyre ALWAYS on at Xmas.

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They used to have this local thing on NTV where they would track Santa's progress vis radar throughout the night, and they had an elf who would take kids phone calls. I used to really like that when I was a kid, because they had all this realistic looking, but still fake, gear for tracking Santa.

On that list, I've always like the claymation Rudolph one.

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Hmm...I wanted to give Mickey's Christmas Carol a pity vote, as that was the first Christmas Carol version I ever saw and have many nostalgic memories of it.  However, if we take into account nostalgia and quality, you can't beat the Grinch.

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A Claymation Christmas Celebration and Helter Skelter. 

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I vote other.  I've for some reason always watched A Christmas Story every year for as long as I can remember. 

Leg lamp

"You'll shoot your eye out" Red Ryder BB Gun

Ralphie beating the shit outta the bully

The kid getting his tongue stuck on a pole

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine. Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!"

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Christmas Father Ted was a classic. They should put it on TV again this year. I cannot think of any other Christmas moment but I am looking forward for the two-part Little Britain Christmas special and Doctor Who – The Runaway Bride