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Bless you Sir.

But probably not in the States. --jthree

Nice to hear your opinions Polbroth. What appeals to you personally about the Snow Queen? I've given you some of my reasons. There is some thing very interesting in the SQ about the heroine's chasing after Hans. The Snow Queen herself seems a force of nature, rather than something human. She's...

Know one of its adaptations plays on EWTN. Have the CD of the soundtrack, but I confess I need more time to absorb opera music. Hope to set down and watch Amahl completely in the future. In the fifties and sixties, one of the networks did a new version of Amahl every year. --jthree

Sorry, but we have a few hours of Christmas week left. As for me and my family, everyone's been sick and no one has even opened up all the presents under the tree. With so many sick, and so many gone, all the Christmas joy seemed to be gone. --jthree

Yes, I remember the Snow Queen, the one with the introduction by Art Linkletter. I should try to track down a version with the original Russian. It probably loses something with the English. Interesting film, from my childhood memory, it had a grandeur that probably wasn't there. But it was...

Did you enjoy them Polbroth? They have their appeal, and infinitely preferable to material today. But I also have to acknowledge back in the late sixties, and early seventies there was a lack of channels and sometimes those Lutheran specials were the only thing playing in rural areas with only...

Beautiful. Wish Hollywood still did things like this? In 1982, NBC had a NBC Christmas Party hosted by the Cheers people. The NBC stars did things like this. That was before the great darkness and cynicism overtook Hollywood, and became what it is now. --jthree

Is "PD" public domain? --jthree

How about these two gems: Hanna Barbara's mid sixties Silent Night and Twas the Night Before Christmas. They were half hour specials in the HB house style. Silent Night was a version how the the famous carol was written in mid Europe two centuries ago. The latter was a story how Moore came up...

How about this one? The Night the Animals Talked. Premiered on ABC in the early 70's, along with the Richard Williams version of A Christmas Carol. Shown twice, and than showed up a few times on the Family Channel and another cable system. Animation so-so, possibly European but it had a nice...

Know it's been on youtube, but I really wish the Great Santa Switch had a proper DVD and/or Blu Ray release. Never seen it in its entirety. --jthree

What does everything think of the CBS Kenner hour long version of A Christmas Carol, that aired for almost a decade on Saturday afternoons before Christmas. Some consider it to be the worst animated version, but these days I think it has its charms, and the music kind of sticks in your mind. It...

I hope your Coming of Christ makes it out to a better audience someday. Those old classics really hit the heart, don't they? Alexander Scourby had such a voice. --jthree

Anybody remember? The Tiny Tree (narrated by Buddy Ebsen). Cute little folksy cartoon about a small tree (like Charlie Brown's) who grows up in a forest surrounded by little animals that do its best to make sure it becomes a Christmas tree. How does that rank up there compared to the classics...

Dear Guys There have been many Christmas specials on television in the past sixty years. We all know the famous ones: Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph, Grinch, etc. But what about the ones that were shown decades ago and have been semi forgotten? Some of them made it to DVD or digital and...