Holiday Specials & Music

[Nerfed]

So, what's on your list of holiday entertainment? Is it a Charlie Brown Christmas for you, or something else? Are you a classic Christmas carol listener, or is Christmas in Hollywood more your thing?


The only Christmas show I miss is the Bloom County special, A Wish For Wings That Work. I made my own Christmas DVD with Batman: TAS season 1 episode Christmas With the Joker (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-2ZKr2VGx4), the Venture Bros Christmas special, Justice League season 2 episode Comfort and Joy (http://www.broadcaster.com/clip/25699), and Batman: TAS season 4 episode "Holiday Knights" (part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXlgQCy6bJA), part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYBXF46vwo4&feature=related), part 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpbEB8DS4NY&feature=related))... and I'll throw in Scrooged and Better Off Dead for fun, too.


For music, its anything but the classics for me... I like Weird Al songs like Christmas at Ground Zero and The Night Santa Went Crazy, and other silly songs like I Am Santa Claus, and my all time favorite Chipmunks song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY2C8kP3cUE). :shinner:

But for me, its not Christmas without this gem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juBEue3L4LE :cool:

[iggy880]

I forgot that Batman:TAS episode, but don't forget A Colbert Christmas, that was great

[Gaia]

The old Claymation animation special, Rudolf (gotta see all of the Rankin and Bass, especially after seeing a behind the scenes tour of a local animation studio last year--they made the Afleck commercial and the reindeer with cellphones, so much detail that you miss on tv), Charlie Brown Christmas, animated Grinch, and I would be shot if we did not watch The Polar Express 5000 times in a row.

Music: I like weird stuff. Texas Chainsaw Christmas, Nature Trail to Hell, Christmas at Ground Zero, Wreck the Malls, Oh Tannenbaum (on chainsaws), The Under Tree World of Jaque Cousto, I am Santa Claus, The Restroom Door Said Gentlemen.

Of course I like to listen to Trans-Siberian Orchestra (one year I'll actually see them in concert!) in particular Mad Russian's Christmas and Wizards in Winter. On another weird note, Carol of the Old Ones is quite good, along with Its Starting to Look a Lot Like Fishmen.

I do make a guarantee on my radio show you will hear only a few songs for the holidays until after the 21st then all bets are off. :)

[thebluecanary]

I am watching the Hogfather (http://www.amazon.com/Hogfather-Neil-Pearson/dp/B0010X741Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1228700422&sr=8-1) on X-Mas eve, and eating a traditional bowl of homemade chili.

[FrostyPox]

It's all about "A Christmas Story" for me. Ah, that nutty kid and his "Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle BB Gun With A Compass In The Stock And This Thing Which Tells Time". Good times.

[Galactoman]

The only Christmas show I miss is the Bloom County special, A Wish For Wings That Work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5QI4ESioUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7T70O7GgwU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3emUZ64OeY&feature=related

It's out on DVD as well. ACK!

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My usual X-Mas go-to videos are "Elf", the "Invader Zim: Most Horrible X-Mas Ever" special, all the Robot Santa episodes of "Futurama", the aforementioned "Bloom County" special, the MST3K version of "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians", and both "A Muppet Family Christmas" (though the DVD release is missing a few of the musical numbers from the original TV broadcast due to mind-numbing legal precedents) and "A Muppet Christmas Carol".

I don't really listen to much X-Mas music, though.

[Gaia]

And who can forget The Kids Next Door: Operation N.A.U.G.H.T.Y. you have to watch it for all the X-Men references :) and the 12 Days of Christmas attack.

[Bitter Babe]

For me I love Year Without a Santa Clause, just love the heat and snow misers. I guess ABC family has done a new special that will be on Saturday night so I'll try to check it out.

[Grae Knight]

I watch all the classics every year.

Miracle on 34th Street
White Christmas
Its a Wonder Life
Christmas Story
National Lampoon: Christmas Vacation
Elf
Bad Santa (not really a classic but funny as hell, R.I.P. Bernie Mac)

I also listen to Christmas Music in my office from Thanksgiving until the New Year. Helps me stay in a great mood.

[Stec]

I like a lot of the cartoons, as well as some of the more traditional specials and movies.

The Claymation Rudolph Gaia mentioned
Polar Express
Grinch (The one with Jim Carrey is good too)
A Christmas Carol (Again, I like the non-animated version as well)
Merry Christmas Charlie Brown

Heck, I even like Grandma got run Over by a Reindeer and Scooby Doo Christmas. There are probably more that I've forgotten about.