Finally Updated: Twelve Days of Christmas Top TV Specials

I apologize for not posting a daily update with a different Christmas TV special, but the holidays happened, and I got a little busy. So, I'm listing the remaining top ones on my personal list here. I already mentioned The Brady Bunch, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer

Next on the list is a favorite of so many generations—Charlie Brown Christmas. It first aired in 1965.



I have seen this one many times, and I have it on VHS and DVD, but there is still something magical about watching it live each year when it airs on ABC. It used to only air once per season, but now ABC airs it twice during the holidays.

Switching to Christmas movies, I have a couple of favorites. I still enjoy watching the original Home Alone made in 1990.



I can't believe it's 20 years old this year. I remember seeing it in the theater with my mom and brother after Christmas and on the Sunday before school started again Monday.

Another favorite movie that I love watching every year on TV is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation made in 1989.



I have many favorite scenes in the movie, but my favorite is the singing of the National Anthem near the end.



A new favorite from this year is Glee's Christmas episode on TV. Only in its second season, this show has soared in the ratings.



I am a huge fan of The Golden Girls, and I've probably seen every episode multiple times. There were a couple of Christmas shows, and I like "Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas," in which Rose is working at a counseling center, and a man dressed as Santa Claus comes in on Christmas Eve and holds Rose, Blanche and Dorothy hostage since he wants to spend Christmas with others and not alone. The girls are trying to make it the airport in time for their flights to visit family members, and in classic Sophia fashion, she walks into the counseling center after waiting in the car for a while and takes the gun out of the man's hands since it was a toy gun.

Thinking the day is saved, the women rush to the airport just in time to make their flights, but due to a storm, all the flights out of Miami are canceled, so they end up at a diner, eating their favorite dessert, cheesecake. To make it a great Christmas episode, it starts snowing in Miami during the last scene of the episode.



I've also seen every episode of the original Beverly Hills 90210, and in this Christmas episode, Brenda brings home a Santa Claus who she thinks is homeless to spend Christmas Eve with the gang.



Thanks for reading until the end. My all-time favorite Christmas TV special/movie is The Best Christmas Pageant Ever based on a book. It's a great story of the unruly Herdman children who show up to a church service in early December because they think there are free snacks, and end up taking over most of the parts in the annual Christmas pageant. The TV special was made in 1986, and I have a copy on VHS that I watch every Christmas. It's still the best!



Hope you enjoyed reading this list and watching all of these Christmas specials and others on television. Merry Christmas!

More posts soon...

Sorry I haven't kept up my daily posting of the top TV Christmas specials. I promise to complete them all before Santa arrives later this week. It's been a busy holiday season. :) Merry Christmas!

UPDATED: Twelve Days of Top TV Christmas Specials—Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer

Update: It's hard to believe this song is more than 30 years old. The video above is the original music video for the song. The song spawned an animated cartoon movie that was released in 2000. It has aired on the Cartoon Network and The CW network.

Watch this ABC news package about it that aired last December at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euX_YpU-tR8&feature=related

Also, this song inspired another holiday classic you might remember—New Kids Got Run Over By a Reindeer about popular 80s and 90s boy band, The New Kids on the Block.

Twelve Day of Christmas Top TV Specials—How the Grinch Stole Chrstimas

I don't mean to be a Grinch, but another great Christmas special is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which first aired in 1966. The story was first a book by the legendary Dr. Seuss and became an animated special with narration by Boris Karloff. I wouldn't touch the Grinch with a thirty nine and a half foot pole either, however, I think it might be a great time of year to live in Whoville and celebrate Christmas!

Twelve Day of Christmas Top TV specials—Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

According to CBS, Rudolph is the longest-running Christmas program on television and first aired in 1964. It is a classic with the island of misfit toys and the Abominable Snowmonster. Personally, I think Santa is a little too skinny in it. I'm all for a healthy life style, but I think he needs a few more cookies from Mrs. Claus to fill out his suit. (I forgot to post this yesterday, so expect another top special later today!)

Twelve Day of Christmas Top TV specials—Frosty the Snowman

I'm listing my top 12 Christmas TV specials, and today's pick is Frosty the Snowman, an animated cartoon that first aired on Dec. 7, 1969. It aired on CBS last night and will air again on December 17 at 8:30 p.m., Eastern Standard time. There is also Frosty Returns, but I still like the original version best.

We're getting some snow in Lexington, so maybe we can build a Frosty.

Twelve Days of Christmas Top TV Christmas Moments

I love Christmas TV specials, and from now until Christmas, I'm sharing some of my favorite television Christmas moments and episodes. For tonight, let's watch the amazing Florence Henderson from The Brady Bunch sing O Come All Ye Faithful in 1969. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LdJz_HxTM