Christmas specials

Hubert, Deuteronomy and Louis Duck (full names retconned as Hubert, Dewford Dingus, and Llewellyn Duck in the 2017 DuckTales reboot), better known as Huey, Dewey and Louie, are Donald Duck's triplet nephews featured in the character's cartoons and comics. First appearing in the Donald Duck newspaper comic strip, they are the sons of Donald's rarely-seen sister, Della. In animation, the three boys are often seen pulling pranks on their uncle. In comics, however, as developed by Al Taliaferro…

KILLEEN, Texas – First, an Oregon school urged staff not to put up Santa decorations. Now, a Texas principal has ordered a staff member to remove a Charlie Brown Christmas display. The latest crazy holiday controversy involves Charles E. Patterson Middle School clinic aide Dedra Shannon, who placed a large poster of Linus on her ...

The holiday season in Montgomery County officially kicks off Friday, November 4th at the Montgomery Mall with the regions first visit from Santa.

Last year we had a look at Christmas specials of the past via some old issues of TV Guide. This time let’s take a more in-depth look at the holiday lineups in selected issues, and really get a feel for what Christmastime programming looked like back in the day in the US. Enjoy. TV Guide … Continue reading "A Very TV Guide Christmas: Holiday Season Television in the 1970s-1980s"

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I've combed through a few back issues of TV Guide to bring you some memories of Christmas past.

"Christmas Who?" (also known as The SpongeBob Christmas Special in the opening sequence and Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special on some cable and satellite listings) is the first Christmas episode of the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, produced as the eighth episode of the show's second season. It is also the show's first double-length episode. It originally aired on December 7, 2000, and has been shown on Nickelodeon and NickToons every…

A Garfield Christmas Special (also called A Garfield Christmas for short) is an animated Christmas special based on the newspaper comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis, originally broadcast along with A Claymation Christmas Celebration on CBS on December 21, 1987. Davis based the story on his experiences of celebrating Christmas with his family on their farm in Indiana. The special was nominated for the 1988 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, but lost to, oddly…

He optimistically called his new animation technique “Animagic”. It’s been almost 50 years since writer/director/producer Arthur Rankin Jr. launched his improbably successful career with little more than the rights to a Christmas novelty song, a felt-covered, lightbulb-nosed reindeer puppet and the sort of boundless faith which marks his most famous characters. But ”Animagic” continues to …