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A Complete Guide To Christmas TV Favorites

Matt Herkimer — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:39:57 +0000

It started early this year, October 22 to be exact, when TBS ran a "Home Improvement" episode called "Home For the Holidays" and the pace will be be picking up quickly starting this weekend. I'm talking about Christmas TV, specials, movies and holiday themed episodes of regularly scheduled shows. Not only will favorites like "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's A Wonderful Life" return but, yes, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" will pop up from time to time. Check out the full schedule.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving – Broadcast Twice This Year

Greg Splashin' McShea — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:13:39 +0000

In the Greg “Splashin’” McShea household, we love all those Charlie Brown holiday TV shows, and ’tis the season for “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”. The show was first broadcast in 1973, and it’s back twice this year! According to ABC-TV: “ABC Television Network will celebrate the start of the holiday season with the classic half-hour [...]

It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Greg Splashin' McShea — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:10:11 +0000

You know it's fall when apple cider is in season, football is back, and the leaves on the Greg "Splashin'" McShea lawn need raking (I'll get to it, I'll get to it). And, you know it's fall when "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" featuring the "Peanuts" gang starts showing up on TV. It was first broadcast in 1966 and has been on TV every year since. It's one of our favorite Halloween-themed TV shows.

10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'

Danny Gallagher — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:11:02 +0000

Charles Schulz's 'Peanuts' characters have become timeless classics, thanks to their long-lasting presence in newspapers and their many animated TV specials. (“It's Arbor Day Again, Charlie Brown!”) A big part of the characters' success is thanks to the classic 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' TV special.

Since it first aired in 1965, the beloved special has practically become required viewing for families celebrating the holiday season. It’s message of anti-commercialism and good will towards man mixed with Schulz’s trademark humor of caustic kids in a cynical world is a perfect remedy for the holidays that can get sappier than your aunt’s homemade egg nog.