Christmas Movies and Specials

When I was a kid, I could not wait to see those Christmas specials. Charlie Brown, Rudolph, Santa Claus Is ComingTo Town, Twas the Night Before Christmas, Frosty. I absolutely loved them! I'd know exactly which ones would be on when and I'd plan my schedule (not that it was too busy at eight years old) around them.

Yet, here I am an adult, and I still can't wait. Only now, I have them all on DVD or video and I can watch them whenever I want. Thank God, I married a woman who loves them as much as I do. We spend from Thanksgiving to Christmas watching specials and Christmas movies every night we are home.

I'm not sure if watching them brings back memories of being a kid, or if it is something else. Watching them brings a sense of peace, a sense of goodwill toward mankind, a sense of family. It's hard to explain why I enjoy watching the Christmas specials so much. I like to sing along with the songs: "Put One Foot in Front of the Other", "I'm Mr. Heatmeiser", "Holly, Jolly Christmas", "Silver and Gold", "Christmastime Is Calling", "Thank You Very Much", and many others.

Here are some of our favorite Christmas Specials:
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
The Year Without a Santa Claus
Twas The Night Before Christmas
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Fat Albert Christmas
Frosty The Snowman
How The Grinch Stole Christmas

Here are our favorite Christmas movies:
Scrooge (the musical version of A Christmas Carol)
Christmas Vacation
A Muppet Christmas Carol
Ernest Saves Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (with Jim Carrey)
It's a Wonderful Life
White Christmas
If You Believe
A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott version)
Polar Express (a new favorite of our's)

And finally, here are a few of our less thought of Christmas "things" we like to watch:
Are You Being Served Christmas video
The Night They Saved Christmas
Little House On the Prairie: Christmas At Plum Creek
Little House On the Prairie: A Christmas They Never Forgot
Roots: The Gift
West WIng Christmas episodes
White House Christmas (an annual Christmas show on HGTV)
Harry Connick Jr. Christmas Special
The Homecoming (the pilot movie for The Waltons tv series)

In closing, I have no idea why I love these shows and movies so much. But I do.