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The Christmas Special Catalogue
December 25, 2007
Way back in 1986, my family was still enthralled with the technological
development of the VCR. When Christmas came, my mother was hit with a
brainstorm: let's tape the Christmas specials! The first one was
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. I really ran with this idea of taping
Christmas specials. Whenever one came on, I'd tape it. I finally
decided to end this collection around 1998, when I filled a third video tape
with Christmas specials.
Naturally, as this collection was building, I needed some way to keep track of
everything I had taped. So, around every second holiday season, I'd sit
down, go through the tapes, and catalogue everything I had already recorded.
I did it every second year because something would always happen in those two
years and I'd lose my catalogue. But not this year! I'm breaking out
the tapes and I'm making one last catalogue. And this time, it's going on
the website, so I'll always be able to pull it up.
I don't know if I'll always need to pull this up. You just know that as
soon as DVD-R technology becomes widespread and affordable, I'll start all over
with DVD. So, let's get to it!
Tape I
| Name |
Counter Reading |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer |
0:00:00 |
| Babar and Father Christmas |
0:55:05 |
| The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus |
1:24:45 |
| For Better or For Worse: The Bestest Present |
2:11:10 |
| The Nightingale |
2:33:46 |
| A Muppet Family Christmas |
2:56:50 |
| A Mouse, A Mystery, and Me |
3:43:44 |
| Frosty the Snowman |
4:08:00 |
| Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales |
4:31:32 |
| 'Twas the Night Before Christmas |
4:54:10 |
| Bluetoes the Christmas Elf |
5:17:05 |
| A Wish for Wings That Work (first half) |
5:25:14 |
A Wish for Wings That Work is spread over two tapes because improper
cataloguing led me to believe that I didn't have enough room on the tape.
And such happy memories as I catalogue! How long has it been since you've
heard a TV announcer say, "Next, on an all new episode of The Campbells,"
or "Tune in tomorrow night for a very special episode of Degrassi Junior High."
Tape II
| Name |
Counter Reading |
| A Claymation Christmas Celebration |
0:00:00 |
| The Night the Animals Talked |
0:25:35 |
| Happy New Year, Charlie Brown |
0:54:42 |
| A Flintstone Christmas |
1:17:55 |
| A Disney Christmas Gift |
2:05:25 |
| Alf's Special Christmas |
2:49:22 |
| Rich Little's A Christmas Carol |
3:40:04 |
| A Charlie Brown Christmas |
4:29:10 |
| A Garfield Christmas |
4:58:28 |
| A Wish for Wings That Work (second half) |
5:21:00 |
Is it just me, or are there not as many animated Christmas specials as there
used to be? That, or they're just not showing them anymore. Too bad,
because there's a lot of great animation in some of these.
And now, the final tape. This last one was made in one big push in the
mid-90s.
Tape III
| Name |
Counter Reading |
| Winnie the Pooh and Christmas, Too |
0:00:00 |
| The Making of Aladdin (What?) |
0:26:10 |
| O Christmas Tree |
0:46:38 |
| For Better or For Worse: A Christmas Angel |
1:09:24 |
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas |
1:32:20 |
| Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean |
1:55:55 |
| Frosty the Snowman (again?) |
2:23:38 |
| Frosty Returns |
2:51:25 |
| Ace Ventura: The Reindeer Hunter |
3:14:35 |
| A Pinky and the Brain Christmas |
3:37:08 |
| Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree |
4:01:25 |
| Santa Claus is Coming to Town |
4:32:27 |
| The Nanny: Oy to the World |
5:32:31 |
And that's the complete list, folks! 18 hours of holiday goodness compiled
over 15 years! Merry Christmas, dudes!
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