We all know that Christmas is about family and not the TV. But some precious memories and stories of Christmas are very appropriate to recall on the tube. Watching television in this wonderful season does not necessarily mean that you are missing all the fun. It is an old tradition in the most popular television [...]
Top 10 lists blog The List Universe recently published its list of the best and worst Christmas TV specials.
Here’s a small excerpt:
I’m sure most people have their favorite Christmas specials, but did you know that most of the five best were made in the 1960s, and all of the worst of the lot weren’t? [...]
Today we are going to review one of the absolute classics of Christmas DVDs: A Charlie Brown Christmas. This is one of the Christmas TV specials that you want to watch year after year. There’s almost no holiday movie that captures the essence of Christmas with such ease in a simple story.
A Charlie Brown Christmas [...]
After mainly writing about classic Christmas DVDs I want to take a look into the future and present an DVD that’s coming out on November 25th: A Colbert Christmas by comedian Stephen Colbert. According to Colbert himself this DVD contains more Christmas cheer than a reindeer hopped up on eggnogg making out with another reindeer [...]
Again a very nice review from Britt Gillette about another animated classic among Christmas DVDs: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
One of a handful of essential, must-see animated Christmas classics, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a Dr. Seuss holiday masterpiece. Created in 1966 on the heels of the phenomenal success surrounding such TV specials as [...]
Today I want to continue my journey through the vast landscape of Christmas DVDs with an article I found about the movie The Year Without a Santa Claus. Blogger Shanel Yang writes about her childhood memories with this movie:
When I was a kid, I always looked forward this time of year to the animated holiday [...]
Just found a beautiful review of Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the 1964 TV stop-motion classic. Based on the beloved song this is one of my favourite Christmas DVDs.
Here’s the plot:
Teased about his nose as a child, Rudolph runs away from Santa’s village and makes new friends along the way: Hermey, an elf who wants to [...]