# Does Anyone Remember This Xmas special?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-xmas-special/706709>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 9, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-xmas-special/706709 "2014-12-09T00:52:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-xmas-special/706709/1 "2014-12-09T00:52:09Z")

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It was about a boy who was trying to get his dad to let the family have a Christmas tree, but the father had some sort issue about it. If I remember correctly, it was live-action. Back in the early 70s it came on after the Peanuts special.

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-xmas-special/706709/2 "2014-12-09T00:53:39Z")

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[The House Without a Christmas Tree](http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0068720/), starring Jason Robards.

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**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-xmas-special/706709/3 "2014-12-09T00:57:16Z")

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Goddess I love The Dope! Thanks AB! That’s the one!

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**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-xmas-special/706709/4 "2014-12-09T00:57:57Z")

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One minute? _One minute??!!_ Awesome, **AB**!

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**Author:** ![BaldDudePeekskill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@BaldDudePeekskill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaldDudePeekskill)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2014, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-this-xmas-special/706709/5 "2014-12-09T12:29:56Z")

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But it was a little girl, incidentally. And one of my favorite books and tv shows for Christmas