THOSE GREAT CHRISTMAS TV SPECIALS!

I don't really know which was the very first Christmas TV special but, as far as I can remember, the first one I saw was "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol".     Ever since then, there have been hundreds of them through the years, but only a few have become classics and of those, I have just a chosen few which I never tire of watching during the holidays . 

These are my favorite Christmas TV Specials, in chronological order: 

MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1962)

RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER (1964)

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965)

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1966)

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN  (1969)

SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN (1970)

A PINK CHRISTMAS (1978) 

 

BUGS BUNNY'S LOONEY CHRISTMAS TALES (1979)

MICKEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL  (1983)

 Other Christmas favorite viewing treats are the hundreds of Yuletide cartoons and shorts that are featured on every TV channel, streaming service and internet pages and which are easily accessed today by anyone.

I will list a few of these in one of my next blog entries.

THE IMMORTAL CHRISTMAS SPECIALS!

MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL was first shown on NBC, on December, 1962, starring the voice of Jim Backus as Mr. Magoo

 RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER  was released on NBC on December, 1964

 starring the voice of Burl Ives as Sam the Snowman.

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS  premiered on CBS on December, 1965.

HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS  was shown on CBS on December, 1966 starring the voice of Boris Karloff.

FROSTY THE SNOWMAN premiered  on CBS on December, 1969, narrated by Jimmy Durante.

And for me, that was the last of the Great Christmas Specials from the Golden Age of Television.