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    Major Spoilers Question of the Day: Holiday Special Edition

    Matthew PetersonBy 9 Comments1 Min Read

    Yesterday, entirely by accident, I watched my first holiday special of the year (It was ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’, in case you wondering, featuring some of the best Chuck Jones animation of his storied career), which reminds me once again how much I love the idea of the holiday special.  The idea that certain shows should be saved for certain time of year is one of those archaic ideas that would never fly today, were it not for tradition, and many of them are incredibly charming.  I am looking forward to this year’s viewing of ‘A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving’, one of the traditional things Widget and I watch together to kick off the winter holidays at our house, leading to today’s seasonal query…

    The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) would have a difficult time choosing, but probably falls on the side of stop motion ‘Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer’, asking: What’s your favorite holiday special of all?

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    4. Cody Dixon on

      How the Grinch Stole Christmas cartoon not the live action is for sure my favorite of the holiday specials. Futurama’s “X-mas Story” is a favorite of mine I try to watch every year.

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    6. Slappy on

      Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is a Christmas Tradition going back to when I was a kid.
      Me and some cousins would watch it in their basement on Christmas Day. When younger cousins were old enough to join us, a stipulation was that they needed to be ready to sing along with us.
      Travis showed up at my house the day after Thanksgiving that year to get the video so he and his brother could prepare.

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    7. Kevin Codner on

      Animated Grinch edges out Charlie Brown Christmas & Rudolph. Best song from the specials is ‘Little Birdie’ from Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

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    8. Hannah on

      The Nightmare Before Christmas, because I’m a terrible, terrible person who wants spooky pretty much all the time.

      And then the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving because it’s just the perfect movie to drift off too when you’re in a turkey-induced coma.

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