I never thought I would ever see this show, and here it is, complete with commercials. Thank you very much for posting it. Do you have the 1983 show with Andy Williams and the one from 1984 with Nell Carter, by any chance? Or the 1988 one with Jimmy Stewart? It was great to see the first show and it was a little different and a bit less polished than the ones that came after it. Much different opening and no herald trumpets. But very enjoyable.
Yes I have those shows. In fact the only one I'm lacking from the first decade is the 1989 show which remains maddeningly elusive in complete form and is the only one from 84-92 I missed taping myself (82 and 83 I found in later years). I won't be uploading new ones until the next Christmas season though when its more appropriate. Absolutely loved this every year when the opening with the Naval Academy Glee Club and the Herald Trumpets was always part of the season for me.
@@jonathan_nc If you do I'd be happy to work out a trade if it can be transferred to DVD or digital. My e-mail just add AOL.com to my user name. All of mine are on DVD. The 1985 one my version was deteriorating on a bad tape so I combined mine with a better quality version on YT that was missing sections so it's complete but in a patched together state.
Those of you who miss quality programming like this, raise your hand.
The very FIRST Christmas in Washington. Glad to see this on TH-cam.
I think the girl in the Atari commercial is the actress who played young Christina in the 1981 movie Mommie Dearest.
Very Nice! My Mom LOVED watching these!! I don't know if she watched this first one, but she saw many of them over the years!
What a great anecdote at the end by President Reagan!
Dinah Shore was a cool lady!
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I never thought I would ever see this show, and here it is, complete with commercials. Thank you very much for posting it. Do you have the 1983 show with Andy Williams and the one from 1984 with Nell Carter, by any chance? Or the 1988 one with Jimmy Stewart? It was great to see the first show and it was a little different and a bit less polished than the ones that came after it. Much different opening and no herald trumpets. But very enjoyable.
Yes I have those shows. In fact the only one I'm lacking from the first decade is the 1989 show which remains maddeningly elusive in complete form and is the only one from 84-92 I missed taping myself (82 and 83 I found in later years). I won't be uploading new ones until the next Christmas season though when its more appropriate. Absolutely loved this every year when the opening with the Naval Academy Glee Club and the Herald Trumpets was always part of the season for me.
@@epaddon I'll look through my tapes. I may have the 1989 show on tape.
@@jonathan_nc If you do I'd be happy to work out a trade if it can be transferred to DVD or digital. My e-mail just add AOL.com to my user name. All of mine are on DVD. The 1985 one my version was deteriorating on a bad tape so I combined mine with a better quality version on YT that was missing sections so it's complete but in a patched together state.
Who is the announcer
Season 1
When they weren’t afraid to call Christmas….. Christmas
And a "Happy Holidays" to you too.
@@WarioBarker Merry Christmas to all.
Ummmm. I think it's still called Christmas.
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