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54. Thank you. I was able to watch it without commercials because of your post.

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I miss the way Christmas used to be [View all] CatWoman Dec 2022 OP

NYC. WPIX used to broadcast the "Christmas Yule Log." It was a loop of a fireplace without logs. 3Hotdogs Dec 2022 #1

You can watch Nick Offerman for 10 hours! LeftInTX Dec 2022 #5

I was not into it. But my father-in-law had it on every Xmas eve. I miss the poor bugger. 3Hotdogs Dec 2022 #29

I didn't how much that was embedded in my Christmas psyche until... SYFROYH Dec 2022 #49

Currently on "Great American Family Channel" until 9pm. Pathwalker Dec 2022 #50

Whatever, CW, lovya forever then/now UTUSN Dec 2022 #2

.... CatWoman Dec 2022 #3

Well, I'm sorta secular, but UTUSN Dec 2022 #6

the song i replied with is from the movie "The Odessa File" CatWoman Dec 2022 #7

I always miss the point, but my love is eternal UTUSN Dec 2022 #8

as is mine CatWoman Dec 2022 #10

So much "entertainment" is dark any more. cilla4progress Dec 2022 #4

This!!! Peacetrain Dec 2022 #40

Right? cilla4progress Dec 2022 #41

We were just talking about this a couple of weeks ago Peacetrain Dec 2022 #42

Bad Santa. Billy Bob was great. twodogsbarking Dec 2022 #9

the only Christmas movie I like Skittles Dec 2022 #11

Halloween movies are better. twodogsbarking Dec 2022 #28

Here ya go. Warning: A B&W movie TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #12

i love that movie CatWoman Dec 2022 #13

Oh! Ty! My favorite "A Christmas Carol". (I don't have a TV at the moment) Second fav is the Bill electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #25

Firefox with the "Enhancer for YouTube" plug-in. No more ads, ever again. TheBlackAdder Dec 2022 #34

Cool. Ty. electric_blue68 Dec 2022 #51

Thank you. I was able to watch it without commercials because of your post. scipan Dec 2022 #54

You mean stuff like this? The Andy Williams Christmas Show (1966) GReedDiamond Dec 2022 #14

IIRC, CBS sold the cartoons specials I loved Rhiannon12866 Dec 2022 #15

And practically none of the traditional Christmas carols. Disaffected Dec 2022 #16

ever hear Temptations' Silent Night? CatWoman Dec 2022 #39

A whole lot better than the version I heard Disaffected Dec 2022 #43

that recording is at least 30 years old, if not older CatWoman Dec 2022 #44

And I'm a lot older than that, if not older. Disaffected Dec 2022 #47

Also too you could walk into a store and not give a shit about what the greeter said. Initech Dec 2022 #17

Probably because people don't watch TV like they use to JI7 Dec 2022 #18

In 1966 you watched what the parents wanted to. ABC, NBC, CBS. PERIOD... czarjak Dec 2022 #19

I HATE THE .... you must pay cable companies especially Apple. I would NEVER watch apple Trueblue1968 Dec 2022 #20

I don't own a regular TV, so I'm totally insulated from whatever Christmas specials PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2022 #21

You can stream anything on the web these days. ItsjustMe Dec 2022 #22

Amahl and the Night Visitors, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Buns_of_Fire Dec 2022 #23

Mr. Magoo (1962) John1956PA Dec 2022 #24

you can stream Magoo's Christmas Carol on Peacock CatWoman Dec 2022 #35

Thanks. Peacock probably presents the original "play-within-a-play" version. John1956PA Dec 2022 #37

and Magoo knocks down everything and the director gets whacked in the head CatWoman Dec 2022 #45

Thank you for refreshing my pleasant 1960s memory. John1956PA Dec 2022 #46

I agree, the networks hardly have any holidays shows left. Raine Dec 2022 #26

I watch old Christmas specials on YouTube. Those are fun. Much more of the money used brewens Dec 2022 #27

I guess I'm the opposite tavernier Dec 2022 #30

I like YouTube for that reason. llmart Dec 2022 #33

go to any goodwill or salvation army store and check the dvd section dembotoz Dec 2022 #31

In Rod Serling's update of Charles Dickens, HAB911 Dec 2022 #32

The Alistair Sim Scrooge... ProfessorGAC Dec 2022 #36

Bad Santa was playing today on one of the channels. Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #38

network TV is no longer that relevant at all, has not been for ages Celerity Dec 2022 #48

Because nothing good is on it. GoodRaisin Dec 2022 #52

No, it's because there are a vast multiplicity of other options out there via the internet, cable, & Celerity Dec 2022 #53