Christmas TelevisionChristmas on television has become more than a modern tradition — for some the season isn’t the same without it.

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Grandfather Transforms Scooter for Christmas Charity

Here's a great Christmas story: Barrie Hall, 73, has spent eight months converting the second-hand 7mph disabled carriage into the iconic red wagon to raise money for a cancer charity. The ten-wheel imitation truck comes complete with…
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Review: MoTab with the Muppets Christmas Concert

The annual Christmas concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has become a staple of Christmas television on PBS and has provided release after release of reliably solid Christmas entertainment on both DVD and CD for years now. But I will…
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A Very Murray Christmas Trailer

One of the earliest announced television specials for 2015 now has a trailer -- A Very Murray Christmas is Bill Murray's idea of a Christmas special and it is produced by and coming to Netflix this December 4th: Set inside New York City’s…
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Bob Ross Paints Christmas Eve Snow

Remember Bob Ross? He's the guy who could paint anything. We used to watch on PBS him when we were kids. We would groan whenever we were told we had to watch him then we'd sit there mesmerized as he did his magic all while speaking in the monotone…
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The History of Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Eddie Cantor, a comedian from the 1930s was given a new Christmas song to sing for his radio audience in 1934. Targeted at kids, the songwriters were frustrated at their inability to get it recorded and sold. Record labels thought the appeal…
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A Masterful Telling of Luke 2

There is not a Christmas lover anywhere who does not know well the text of the Christmas story from Luke Chapter 2, from the New Testament. But never have you heard it with such precise storytelling ability as we see in this video of John Rhys-Davies…
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Glen Campbell’s Christmas Variety Shows Coming to DVD

Two Christmas specials of the Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Variety Show dating from the 1970s will be made available on DVD this fall. The shows originally aired in December 1969 and December 1970, and featured a mix of sketches and musical…
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Kristen Bell to Host Charlie Brown 50th Christmas Special

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the beloved PEANUTS animated tale, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Kristen Bell will host a special holiday retrospective, “It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown,” Monday, November 30 (9:00--10:00…
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Hallmark Christmas Movie Countdown Begins on Halloween

Hallmark's traditional Countdown to Christmas kicks off on Halloween as part of their drive to bring 16 new Christmas movies to television audiences this holiday season. Thanksgiving weekend will see five new movies make their debut: Tis…
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Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas to Debut on BluRay

In mid-December 2014 NBC aired a stop motion animated special called Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, based on the 2003 hit movie titled Elf. The television special was well received by critics and seen by millions. The holiday musical movie…
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Bill Murray Teases Christmas Special

Bill Murray is hyping his 2015 Netflix Christmas "special" early, for whatever reason and today released a teaser (seen below). This is not your garden variety television Christmas special -- or even a comedy. Murray himself calls it "a…
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Bill Murray Christmas Special Coming for 2015

It's Bill Murray, it's Netflix and it's all Christmas. And it appears to have captured all the early buzz for Christmas on television 2015. Coming to Netflix and produced in conjunction with director Sofia Coppola the special reported stars…
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Downton Abbey Christmas Album Coming

The cast of Downton Abbey are recording a Christmas album. For the non-television watcher Downton Abbey is a British television drama series about a well-to-do family living on an English country estate. The series has been wildly popular…
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Mythical Beginnings of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

By Jeff Westover It is a sad story. As his wife lay terminally ill on the couch next to the family Christmas tree Robert May held his young daughter in his lap as they gazed upon a snowy December scene out the window of their Chicago…