Christmas Television

Tonight is the Monday night sitcoms: How I Met Your Mother, Two Broke Girls, Mike and Molly. They are all Christmas themed. They made me giggle. How I Met Your Mother made my cute hubby misty-eyed (ok, me too). Hawaii 5-O is Christmas themed, too.

Yeah - I watch a lot of television. It's what we do around here. DAMN IT!!! We need a life.

Anyway, the point is:

I grew up in a time of Christmas specials. Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Dean Martin. I loved the Christmas specials. Lots of songs, lots of skits, lots of fun. It was the age of variety. It was fun. Carol Burnett, Donny and Marie. I can't even bring myself to watch the ones now - they aren't fun.

It was time of the classic cartoons. You looked forward to them every year. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Charlie Brown (the message of the tree), How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Frosty the Snowman. One of my favorites and was not shown very often, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. The story of the story; young girl sick and in bed and her father who is away from home writes the story and rushes home to read it to her in her delirium - she gets better for Christmas.

I love the movies. Scrooge (the old versions), White Christmas, It's a Wonderful Life.

Just like I like the old music for Christmas, I love the old shows. Tradition. It's what the holidays really are about.

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