My dad recorded a bunch of old Christmas specials off of TV back in the day, and I still watch the tape every year on Christmas Eve. It's about six hours long, and contains everything from Rudolph and Frosty to Claymation Christmas and Winnie the Pooh.
One of the specials that remains strong in my childhood memories is “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street.” First aired in 1978, it was re-aired for several Christmases after that, and I always looked forward to it; the songs are great, and seeing a human sized Oscar the Grouch running around as a literal garbage can with feet cracked me up as a little kid. I should hunt it down to watch this year. :)
Going back quite a few more years I remember in the early 60's watching "The Wizard Of Oz" on our first color TV. This was aired and watched by my family almost every year around Christmas time for more years than I can remember. I believe it is still broadcast from time to time to this very day. A timeless classic that we never got tired of watching.
Here's a fun fact for you Rhett: One of my cousins on my dad's side was the Art Director for Mickey's Christmas Carol. He actually mentored me when I was learning art and design in school. I was planning to follow in his footsteps and become a Disney illustrator, but I ended up going a different direction. He and I still keep in contact, though, and we're both still doing art on a professional level.
The Christmas specials on TV every year, were the official kick-off of Christmas. My favorite is The Peanuts Christmas special!!! It was meaningful, a lesson and a way of getting everyone together for Christmas. This was so interesting and fun. Thank you❣️ 🎄☃️🕊️❄️🎄
A chipmunk Christmas album..... We listened to that every year while setting up the tree. Will always be Christmas for me....... No matter how much it annoys my husband 😂
I remembered a few of these. As a kid I remember how after Thanksgiving we started checking the TV guide to when our favorite Christmas shows would be on. Claymation was great, even better than animation in my opinion. Remember those great commercials, like the Norelco razor one? Great times. I have to admit, that even as a 59 year old man, I generally watch the original Charley Brown Christmas every year as well as some of the other old specials. I also love A Christmas Carol, although my favorite version is the 1951 version with Alastair Sim, but the George C. Scott version is right up there also. Thanks for taking us back Rhetty.
Hi Rhett! In Sweden about half of the total population (approx 4,5 million people) will gather around the TV at 3 pm on Christmas eve (the day we celebrate christmas here) and watch the show ”From All of Us to All of You”. This swedish christmas ritual has been going strong since 1960. 👍
The Garfield: Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas specials are still popular. All three are on TH-cam and were also released together on a DVD collection.
I was born in 1981 so some of theses 80’s Christmas specials mean a lot to me as a kid like Garfield Christmas, Claymation Christmas Celebration, A Disney Channel Christmas, Welcome to Pooh Corner Christmas Special, A Muppet Family Christmas & Mickey’s Christmas Carol All of those I loved as a kid The 80’s was a wonderful time to be a kid Thank you Rhett
Hi Rhett. I can remember an animated Christmas special call The Tiny Tree which aired in the 80's . I can't recall the exact year and I've never seen it since. It was narrated by Buddy Ebsen . It was about a sick little girl who saw this little pine tree in the distance and the gist of the story is the animals in the forest cut it down and moved it near her window and decorated it . I would like to see this again but have never been able to find it.
🎉 greetings from coastal Mississippi. I remember alot of these. Garfield was my favourite. Another favourite was the movie Christmas Eve. Thanks for the memories and research. Wishing you success in future endeavors
The version of A Christmas Carol in which George C. Scott plays Scrooge is my favorite. It follows Dickens' original story very closely. George C. Scott's portrayal of Scrooge was fantastic.
I miss seeing the California Raisins Christmas Special. It was truly fun claymation and the music was wonderful. I wish they brought it back for the newer generations.
I know nothing about the 80's Christmas specials but being a child in the 60's, I love all the classics! You know the ones! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Thank you for another year of wonderful memories!
When I was a kid in the 1950s, my favorite Christmas special aired on TV was "The March Of The Wooden Soldiers" with Laurel and Hardy. It was so captivating to a 6 - and 7-year-old !
Babe’s in Toyland is a a huge piece of my Christmas childhood. We rewatched it over 200x since my dad taped it😂. I still watch it. It was my first Keanu film.
I was in HS and an undergrad during the 80s, so I wasn't into watching the Christmas specials like I was in the 70s. I do remember some of them. I vaguely remember the B.C. special only because I read the comic strip in the paper. The George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol" was excellent. I was at my grandparent's house when it first aired. I don't remember the Ziggy Christmas special at all, and almost forgot about the comic completely. It was very popular back in the 80s. And it is hard to believe that it is almost forgotten today!
Hey, Rhett. It's been a while since I made a commitment on your channel. This has brought back many memories of our family enjoying Christmas. I miss the different "A Christmas Carols" that would play and especially the Charlie Brown specials that started around Halloween through Christmas. Thank you, my dear friend for all your hard work that you put into these. Merry Christmas, my dear friend.
Hi, Rhett, I remember a lot of these specials but some of them I had never seen. I wish I had seen them. My son was a big He Man fan but I don't remember that one, he would have loved it. We lived out of the country for several years in the 80's so I think that is why we never saw it. I still love the old classics and just watched Rudolph a few days ago. Thank you for another enjoyable video and I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
I remember Cabbage Patch Kids First Christmas. It came out in 1984. I was so excited to watch it. I watched it with my Cabbage Patch Kid named Bonnie Anastasia.
A Garfield Christmas, George C Scott version of a Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas are three of my favorite Christmas shows from the 80s. I also remember the raisins as they played their songs from their commercials all the time. Especially i heard it through the grapevine. Plus I think they had a regular Saturday morning show I'm not sure can't remember now. I also remember how bad the He Man special was because I just found it on TH-cam the other day. I loved the Muppets Christmas plus their version of the Christmas Carol. Plus all of the Christmas episodes the major network shows had on for Christmas that are too many to mention here. For example, MASH, Happy Days, oh yeah the Bugs Bunny Christmas special among others. Thank you for the videos and the memories of my favorite shows.
I was a 1991 baby, my parents had a vhs full of old Christmas gold recorded off the antenna TV. My favourites were Garfield Christmas, Charlie Brown (Hockey Stick!), and the British “Father Christmas” with Mel Smith.
They were fun but so many from the 80’s didn’t pass the test of time like those from the 60’s. George C. Scott was my favorite version of Scrooge. Hi Jodie! 👋😁🇦🇺
"The City that Forgot About Christmas" is one I haven't seen in years but I still remember the song. It first aired in 1974 but was broadcast for several years after. I'm going to see if it's available online somewhere.
I watch George C. Scott's version of A Christmas Carol every year. My family has it on DVD. Mickey's Christmas Carol was my first introduction to that story. I don't think I saw many of the others on this list, but I remember Claymation Christmas and I had found it on TH-cam a few years ago. I also remember watching the Simpson's Christmas with my fourth grade class in 1989 when it had just come out. I think one of my classmates had taped it and brought it to school.
Rhett, I enjoyed your 80's Forgotten Christmas Specials video. It brought back a lot of memories, I personally enjoyed some of the shows that you mentioned. I also enjoyed Andy Williams, Perry Como and Judy Garland, too. Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎
All of yours are great. All of these comments are great. The Flintstones Christmas Carol is my Flintstones Christmas Special of choice. However, Twas the Night Before Christmas by Rankin and Bass is my absolute favorite Christmas Special. It’s about a mouse family with a mouse child that doesn’t believe in Santa and a human family whose father builds a giant clock that plays a song to make an extremely odd looking Santa to come to their town on Christmas.
One year, I showed my fourth grade class 'The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold' and it gave one of the kids nightmares. Oh, good times! She's an adult now and whenever we see each other, she reminds me of the trauma I inflicted :)
A lot of people still watch the Garfiels Christmas special. I watch it every year and I'm 33. The Disney Christmas Carol too. They may not be widely airing anymore, but I wouldn't say they are forgotten. Pretty sure the Rinkin and Bass Santa Story is also on TV every year.
The kids today are really missing out. One of the most favorite part of Christmas was getting the Sears and JC Penny Christmas catalogs. They were dissected daily. Lol
Hi! I remember a lot of these, thanks Rhetty! You are fun! My husband wants to know if you could do something about Fourth of July? He was raised on Route 66 in the 70's and misses all the fantastically dangerous fireworks- LOL!
Back in 1987, there was a short-lived American version of the popular British music show Top of the Pops and that same year they put out a Christmas special featuring artists who appeared on the compilation album A Very Special Christmas, including Run DMC who performed their classic holiday rap, It's Christmas Time in Hollis Queens
Just realized I probably quit watching television in my teen years and didn't pick it up for many years later. Now in my 60's I am back to never watching it again. I do enjoy reminiscing the years I did watch.
My favs going way back are The House Without A Christmas Tree, Andy Williams Christmas, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, The Snowman/narrated by David Bowie
A really nice festive look into the 1980’s. I’ve seen a good chunk of the specials that were made in the 80’s and some of them I have reviewed. A leprechaun’s Christmas is one of my favorite Rankin Bass specials and Mickey’s A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite animated Christmas specials of all time. Christmas comes to PacLand was a real interesting special. I find it weird that Santa travels around the world and he has never heard of PacLand. Plus he had a negative attitude when the ghosts took Santa’s stuff. Basically Christmas comes to PacLand is a special I recommend people check out. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a really interesting take on Santa’s origin story. It’s like a mixture between The Lord of the Rings and Santa Claus is comin to town. That special is something that I totally recommend.
It’s from Christmas 1979, but I always liked An American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler. As a kid, it was weird to see him in another role besides the Fonz, especially as an old man.
I grew up in the 90s and miss watching the Rankin Bass specials every year. I remember that claymation Carol of the Bells Mickey's Christmas Carol is a childhood favorite of mine In terms of He-Man I'll stick to the New Adventures I have never seen the Scott movie. One you forgot: The Christmas Toy It was a huge part of my childhood
Weird thing is I have everyone of these on video tape and more including family circle christmas etc. Some i have on DVD or Bluray now. Thanks for the reminder and now i will go dig them up. Lol
BC is it a newspapers anymore? Guess that goes to show how long it's been since I looked at the comic section in an actual newspaper😂 I used to have the BC game to play on my Commodore 128! Thanks for this video it's nice to see the old Christmas classics from the '80s.
Oh my heck so many memories are all coming back to me! There was also a Smurf Christmas special. My husband found it on dvd for me a few years ago. I still like it but I’ve never been able to get my kids to fully appreciate the original Smurfs. 😅 There was also a great special “The Christmas Toy” made in the late 80’s that we loved. And “Santa’s Magic Toy Bag” was another great one.
Ha ha!! I had a pair of California raisins/Santa Claus boxers in the late 80s lol. I remember the Simpsons from the Tracy Ullman show before the Christmas special. It was too funny. No way it wasn't gonna get as huge as it is.
I love PeeWees Christmas special. My favourite part was the opening sequence with the men's choir. And my favourite Christmas Carol was the one with George C Scott! So happy to see that one included!
You are so right. When the networks started airing these, it really confirmed Christmas is here! Thanks for the memories. 😊
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Back when Christmas felt like Christmas and it truly was special.
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My dad recorded a bunch of old Christmas specials off of TV back in the day, and I still watch the tape every year on Christmas Eve. It's about six hours long, and contains everything from Rudolph and Frosty to Claymation Christmas and Winnie the Pooh.
Wish i had it!!! You are luckey!!! ☮️ Merry Christmas!!!!
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I have one of those too. Glad I did because some years I couldn’t find Magoo or White Christmas 🎄
Ok, that sounds fun!!
I don’t know big dawg. I might have to send you a vcr tape and get a copy of that if you have two vcrs. I know how to hook em up too!
One of the specials that remains strong in my childhood memories is “Christmas Eve on Sesame Street.” First aired in 1978, it was re-aired for several Christmases after that, and I always looked forward to it; the songs are great, and seeing a human sized Oscar the Grouch running around as a literal garbage can with feet cracked me up as a little kid. I should hunt it down to watch this year. :)
Born in the late 80's grew up in the 90's and I remember a great number of these and still watch them.
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I remember most of these, They were just so enjoyable. I love the George C Scott "A Christmas Carol" he nailed it
Going back quite a few more years I remember in the early 60's watching "The Wizard Of Oz" on our first color TV. This was aired and watched by my family almost every year around Christmas time for more years than I can remember. I believe it is still broadcast from time to time to this very day. A timeless classic that we never got tired of watching.
What a nostalgia bomb! 🎄 Babes In Toyland was quite a viewing to my young eyes and having watched it as an adult...what a treat being an 80s kid!
I'm going to watch that, it's on you tube. Love the 1984 Christmas Carol too.
Here's a fun fact for you Rhett: One of my cousins on my dad's side was the Art Director for Mickey's Christmas Carol. He actually mentored me when I was learning art and design in school. I was planning to follow in his footsteps and become a Disney illustrator, but I ended up going a different direction. He and I still keep in contact, though, and we're both still doing art on a professional level.
1977's Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas was always one of my favorites.😊
We have it on DVD. It's an adorable adaptation of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi."
this is the one I remember every year
I think why that one wasn't mentioned because they are talking about Christmas specials that were released in the 1980s.
The Christmas specials on TV every year, were the official kick-off of Christmas. My favorite is The Peanuts Christmas special!!! It was meaningful, a lesson and a way of getting everyone together for Christmas. This was so interesting and fun. Thank you❣️
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I think i see most of the cartoon Christmas specials! I do miss them. Thank you for remind me what some of the good day were! Miss those!
You're welcome and thank you for watching. There really are a lot of great ones!
We always watch Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas every year! Brought that tradition to my son. May Pee-wee rest in peace 🥲
Good Morning Rhett 🙋🏽. Merry Christmas to you and your Family and Friends ✝️🎄
Hello Caroleroseburgh1344! Merry Christmas to you as well!
A chipmunk Christmas album..... We listened to that every year while setting up the tree. Will always be Christmas for me....... No matter how much it annoys my husband 😂
Christmas, Christmas time is near. Time for toys and time for cheer...🎵🎶🎵
@@jenniferhansen3622 We've been good, but we can't last, hurry Christmas hurry fast🎶
Legend has it that Alvin is still wanting a hula hoop 😂.
I remembered a few of these. As a kid I remember how after Thanksgiving we started checking the TV guide to when our favorite Christmas shows would be on. Claymation was great, even better than animation in my opinion. Remember those great commercials, like the Norelco razor one? Great times. I have to admit, that even as a 59 year old man, I generally watch the original Charley Brown Christmas every year as well as some of the other old specials. I also love A Christmas Carol, although my favorite version is the 1951 version with Alastair Sim, but the George C. Scott version is right up there also. Thanks for taking us back Rhetty.
I agree. Alastair Sim is my favorite scrooge too and there is just something about it being in black and white that i love.
Jim Henson's- A Christmas Toy is a good one from the 80's and one of my faves growing up. :)
Hi Rhett! In Sweden about half of the total population (approx 4,5 million people) will gather around the TV at 3 pm on Christmas eve (the day we celebrate christmas here) and watch the show ”From All of Us to All of You”. This swedish christmas ritual has been going strong since 1960. 👍
The Garfield: Halloween, Thanksgiving, & Christmas specials are still popular. All three are on TH-cam and were also released together on a DVD collection.
All of the Garfield holiday specials are brilliant.
I loved the Christmas one the best because of getting to know Jon's family and their Christmas traditions.
They are also on Peacock this year.
I was born in 1981 so some of theses 80’s Christmas specials mean a lot to me as a kid like Garfield Christmas, Claymation Christmas Celebration, A Disney Channel Christmas, Welcome to Pooh Corner Christmas Special, A Muppet Family Christmas & Mickey’s Christmas Carol
All of those I loved as a kid
The 80’s was a wonderful time to be a kid
Thank you Rhett
Hi Rhett. I can remember an animated Christmas special call The Tiny Tree which aired in the 80's . I can't recall the exact year and I've never seen it since. It was narrated by Buddy Ebsen . It was about a sick little girl who saw this little pine tree in the distance and the gist of the story is the animals in the forest cut it down and moved it near her window and decorated it . I would like to see this again but have never been able to find it.
I Googled The Tiny Tree and was able to watch it on TH-cam. Hope this helps you. Merry Christmas
I had forgotten that one but I remember it now. Thanks.
🎉 greetings from coastal Mississippi. I remember alot of these. Garfield was my favourite. Another favourite was the movie Christmas Eve. Thanks for the memories and research. Wishing you success in future endeavors
The version of A Christmas Carol in which George C. Scott plays Scrooge is my favorite. It follows Dickens' original story very closely. George C. Scott's portrayal of Scrooge was fantastic.
It was a great one, though my favorite is from 1999 where Sir Patrick Stewart played Scrooge!
My favorite also!
I miss seeing the California Raisins Christmas Special. It was truly fun claymation and the music was wonderful. I wish they brought it back for the newer generations.
Kids wouldn't watch it cause the Raisins don't rap. They did Motown & kids today don't want ANYTHING thats not rap.
I know nothing about the 80's Christmas specials but being a child in the 60's, I love all the classics! You know the ones! Merry Christmas to you and yours! Thank you for another year of wonderful memories!
George C. Scott's Christmas Carol is my favorite one. He's terrific in it.
I think so too! Thank you for watching Luther!
Claymation Christmas….my favorite segment will forever be We Three Kings…with the soul singing camels. LOL
Oh my goodness, these were the best days growing up. I enjoyed all the cartoons as a child. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you Rhetty for History for all the memories you bring back. I still have the Claymation Christmas dvd and watch it every year.
Thank you for watching and sharing what you have Mikey!
When I was a kid in the 1950s, my favorite Christmas special aired on TV was "The March Of The Wooden Soldiers" with Laurel and Hardy. It was so captivating to a 6 - and 7-year-old !
That was always on Thanksgiving for us. WPIX 11 NYC
This is beautiful! Thank you, Rhett ❤
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Babe’s in Toyland is a a huge piece of my Christmas childhood. We rewatched it over 200x since my dad taped it😂. I still watch it. It was my first Keanu film.
Thank you for watching and sharing which one you have enjoyed.
I remember seeing most of these. I also recall seeing Christmas specials for Raggedy Ann and Andy, Smurfs, and Fat Albert.
Thank you for watching and sharing a little more you remember Julie!
I was in HS and an undergrad during the 80s, so I wasn't into watching the Christmas specials like I was in the 70s. I do remember some of them. I vaguely remember the B.C. special only because I read the comic strip in the paper. The George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol" was excellent. I was at my grandparent's house when it first aired. I don't remember the Ziggy Christmas special at all, and almost forgot about the comic completely. It was very popular back in the 80s. And it is hard to believe that it is almost forgotten today!
You're bringing back the good old memories days of our lives!
What a wonderful trip down "memory lane" 😊 !
Merry Christmas 🎅❄️🎄 !
Happy Holidays 🎄❄️🎅 !
Happy New Year 🎉🥳🎉 !
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Ziggy’s gift was my favorite! I loved Ziggy. He was my favorite! Garfield too.
Thank you for watching and letting us know your favorite MakeupMobster!
I got most of these. Ziggy's and garfield are favorites of mine.
Thank you for watching and sharing a couple of your favorites!
Hey, Rhett. It's been a while since I made a commitment on your channel.
This has brought back many memories of our family enjoying Christmas.
I miss the different "A Christmas Carols" that would play and especially the Charlie Brown specials that started around Halloween through Christmas.
Thank you, my dear friend for all your hard work that you put into these.
Merry Christmas, my dear friend.
Hi, Rhett, I remember a lot of these specials but some of them I had never seen. I wish I had seen them. My son was a big He Man fan but I don't remember that one, he would have loved it. We lived out of the country for several years in the 80's so I think that is why we never saw it. I still love the old classics and just watched Rudolph a few days ago. Thank you for another enjoyable video and I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas.
I remember pee wee's christmas special when i was a kid. I made it a point to watch it this year to honor Paul Rubens life.
Watching this brought back some of my best memories of my childhood😁
I remember Cabbage Patch Kids First Christmas. It came out in 1984. I was so excited to watch it. I watched it with my Cabbage Patch Kid named Bonnie Anastasia.
A Garfield Christmas, George C Scott version of a Christmas Carol, Mickey's Christmas are three of my favorite Christmas shows from the 80s. I also remember the raisins as they played their songs from their commercials all the time. Especially i heard it through the grapevine. Plus I think they had a regular Saturday morning show I'm not sure can't remember now. I also remember how bad the He Man special was because I just found it on TH-cam the other day. I loved the Muppets Christmas plus their version of the Christmas Carol. Plus all of the Christmas episodes the major network shows had on for Christmas that are too many to mention here. For example, MASH, Happy Days, oh yeah the Bugs Bunny Christmas special among others. Thank you for the videos and the memories of my favorite shows.
The Garfield Christmas special is one of my all-time favorites, I bought the holiday specials DVD just for it. And I love A Very Brady Christmas.
I've watched the Pee-wee special a handful of times already this year. That one is definitely not forgotten to me.
I really love the George C Scott version of Scrooge. I still make it a habit to watch it every year.
Great collection of 80's specials. It is hilarious that even "B.C." had a "Christmas" special! 😂
I remember The Family Circus had a Christmas special too.
I was a 1991 baby, my parents had a vhs full of old Christmas gold recorded off the antenna TV. My favourites were Garfield Christmas, Charlie Brown (Hockey Stick!), and the British “Father Christmas” with Mel Smith.
The Bloom County special was so great, but I only remember it airing one time.
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Thanks for the Video (and the memories) 😀
Merry Christmas 🌲
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I love Christmas and those classic Christmas movies, episodes, shows and specials were always amazing and fun to watch. cool video. ^_^
I love the 80s and 90s And 2000s Christmases and movies and shows and music
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They were fun but so many from the 80’s didn’t pass the test of time like those from the 60’s. George C. Scott was my favorite version of Scrooge.
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Hi 👋 my friend. ☃️😁🇺🇸
I always preferred the Albert Finney version of Scrooge, but both are great.
You're right about that Paul. There were some great ones from the 60s and probably some of the best of all. Thank you for watching!
"The City that Forgot About Christmas" is one I haven't seen in years but I still remember the song. It first aired in 1974 but was broadcast for several years after. I'm going to see if it's available online somewhere.
Thank you for watching and mentioning one you enjoyed Nancy!
I watch George C. Scott's version of A Christmas Carol every year. My family has it on DVD. Mickey's Christmas Carol was my first introduction to that story. I don't think I saw many of the others on this list, but I remember Claymation Christmas and I had found it on TH-cam a few years ago. I also remember watching the Simpson's Christmas with my fourth grade class in 1989 when it had just come out. I think one of my classmates had taped it and brought it to school.
Rhett, I enjoyed your 80's Forgotten Christmas Specials video. It brought back a lot of memories, I personally enjoyed some of the shows that you mentioned. I also enjoyed Andy Williams, Perry Como and Judy Garland, too. Have a fantastic weekend. Take care 🐎
All of yours are great. All of these comments are great. The Flintstones Christmas Carol is my Flintstones Christmas Special of choice. However, Twas the Night Before Christmas by Rankin and Bass is my absolute favorite Christmas Special. It’s about a mouse family with a mouse child that doesn’t believe in Santa and a human family whose father builds a giant clock that plays a song to make an extremely odd looking Santa to come to their town on Christmas.
I loved the Garfield special!! It was funny, but also incredibly heartwarming!
This reminded me of the great comics we hwd back then, too!
We did have some great ones and it was fun to read the funnies section. Thank you for watching nicki!
One year, I showed my fourth grade class 'The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold' and it gave one of the kids nightmares. Oh, good times! She's an adult now and whenever we see each other, she reminds me of the trauma I inflicted :)
Pee Wee’s Christmas Special was fabulous!!!
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Garfield Christmas, Mickey's Christmas Carol, and Frosty the Snowman were my favorites!
Family Circus had a Christmas special, too, but I don't remember it being on television when I was a kid.
Ohhhh, yeah I remember that Garfield Christmas episode, it was heartwarming 😢❤
Some of these Christmas movies were enjoyable to watch
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A lot of people still watch the Garfiels Christmas special. I watch it every year and I'm 33. The Disney Christmas Carol too. They may not be widely airing anymore, but I wouldn't say they are forgotten. Pretty sure the Rinkin and Bass Santa Story is also on TV every year.
Garfield and Mickey’s CC I remember so much. MCC used to make me sad when they showed the future I would literally cry every time.
Anything with the Muppets oh yes one of my fav movies yes. Especially Muppets Christmas Carol. ❤
The Ziggy special I hadn't known about. We loved Garfield.♥️🐈
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The kids today are really missing out. One of the most favorite part of Christmas was getting the Sears and JC Penny Christmas catalogs. They were dissected daily. Lol
*You are so right. When the networks started airing these, it really confirmed Christmas is here! Thanks for the memories*
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Hi! I remember a lot of these, thanks Rhetty! You are fun! My husband wants to know if you could do something about Fourth of July? He was raised on Route 66 in the 70's and misses all the fantastically dangerous fireworks- LOL!
I don't know if it was the 70's or 80's, but Nester the Long Eared Donkey was one of my favorites! It was very sad!
And I also rediscovered "Prancer" 1989 I liked this one too. I wish I'd enjoyed when I was younger..
I do remember that one and it was a pretty big one. Thank you for watching!
Claymation Christmas is still one of my favorites. 🥰
Back in 1987, there was a short-lived American version of the popular British music show Top of the Pops and that same year they put out a Christmas special featuring artists who appeared on the compilation album A Very Special Christmas, including Run DMC who performed their classic holiday rap, It's Christmas Time in Hollis Queens
Just realized I probably quit watching television in my teen years and didn't pick it up for many years later. Now in my 60's I am back to never watching it again. I do enjoy reminiscing the years I did watch.
I’m 44. We watched all of them lol. That’s what you did when you didn’t have cable and like one tv in the house
He Man. Where Skeletor saves the kids was amazing.
Thank you Rhetty😊 enjoyed this one very much ❤️🎅❤️🎅
You're welcome Monika and thank you for watching!
Loll. At the 4:57 mark, it says in the TV Guide ad, "Central Virginia Edition." I live in VA so that's interesting!!!!
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I've seen a good chunk of these, some more than once.
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The Life And Adventures of Santa Claus is my favorite Christmas movie 🎄💜
Thank you for watching and sharing your favorite!
Babes in Toyland was released, on Blu-ray, a few weeks ago. So I'll be watchin' it!
My favs going way back are The House Without A Christmas Tree, Andy Williams Christmas, Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, The Snowman/narrated by David Bowie
Thank you for watching and sharing your favorites Carole!
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A really nice festive look into the 1980’s. I’ve seen a good chunk of the specials that were made in the 80’s and some of them I have reviewed. A leprechaun’s Christmas is one of my favorite Rankin Bass specials and Mickey’s A Christmas Carol is one of my favorite animated Christmas specials of all time. Christmas comes to PacLand was a real interesting special. I find it weird that Santa travels around the world and he has never heard of PacLand. Plus he had a negative attitude when the ghosts took Santa’s stuff. Basically Christmas comes to PacLand is a special I recommend people check out. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is a really interesting take on Santa’s origin story. It’s like a mixture between The Lord of the Rings and Santa Claus is comin to town. That special is something that I totally recommend.
It’s from Christmas 1979, but I always liked An American Christmas Carol with Henry Winkler. As a kid, it was weird to see him in another role besides the Fonz, especially as an old man.
A Muppet Family Christmas is just so awesome and the ending is just so perfect.
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I grew up in the 90s and miss watching the Rankin Bass specials every year.
I remember that claymation Carol of the Bells
Mickey's Christmas Carol is a childhood favorite of mine
In terms of He-Man I'll stick to the New Adventures
I have never seen the Scott movie.
One you forgot: The Christmas Toy
It was a huge part of my childhood
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Mickeys Christmas Carol was so cute!
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Weird thing is I have everyone of these on video tape and more including family circle christmas etc. Some i have on DVD or Bluray now. Thanks for the reminder and now i will go dig them up. Lol
Dean Martin, Shamu the Whale, and Buck Owens...now that says "Christmas!"
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BC is it a newspapers anymore? Guess that goes to show how long it's been since I looked at the comic section in an actual newspaper😂
I used to have the BC game to play on my Commodore 128!
Thanks for this video it's nice to see the old Christmas classics from the '80s.
You're welcome and thank you for watching. I haven't even looked at the funny section in awhile.
Thank you for these warm memories. I remember watching many of these!!!!
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Oh my heck so many memories are all coming back to me! There was also a Smurf Christmas special. My husband found it on dvd for me a few years ago. I still like it but I’ve never been able to get my kids to fully appreciate the original Smurfs. 😅 There was also a great special “The Christmas Toy” made in the late 80’s that we loved. And “Santa’s Magic Toy Bag” was another great one.
Ha ha!! I had a pair of California raisins/Santa Claus boxers in the late 80s lol.
I remember the Simpsons from the Tracy Ullman show before the Christmas special. It was too funny. No way it wasn't gonna get as huge as it is.
I love PeeWees Christmas special. My favourite part was the opening sequence with the men's choir. And my favourite Christmas Carol was the one with George C Scott! So happy to see that one included!
A Garfield Christmas Special and the 1984 Version of A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott were My Mom's Favorites
I Love Mickey's Christmas Carol
Merry Christmas 2023🎄 My absolute favorite was the Claymation Christmas Special🎄
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Mr. Magoo's A Christmas Carol!
That's a great 60s one!