# Favorite Holiday Special? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 21, 2004, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393 "2004-10-21T12:58:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/21 "2004-10-22T04:19:44Z")
The second _Futurama_ special had a parental advisory for violent content, which automatically puts it at the top of my list. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/22 "2004-10-22T04:34:25Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > The second _Futurama_ special had a parental advisory for violent content, which automatically puts it at the top of my list. The classic Xmas song from that episode is great too: Bender: I should give you all a beating but I really have to fly! Santa: If I wasn’t stuck here frozen I’d harpoon you in the eye! Neptunians: Now it’s back into our tenements to drown ourselves in rye! Leela: You did the best you could, I guess, and some of these gorillas are OK Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/23 "2004-10-22T04:59:41Z")
Mr. Magoo’s _Christmas Carol_ I know every song and own the video and dvd. This is the cartoon that made Mr. Magoo a household name. :eek: :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tamarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tamarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamarin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/24 "2004-10-22T05:10:53Z")
_A Wish For Wings That Work_ I also love _How the Grinch Stole Christmas_ and the original _Rudolph_ and _Frosty the Snowman_ ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/25 "2004-10-22T11:50:03Z")
For Halloween, I like the animated _Legend of Sleepy Hollow_, made sometime in the 60s with Bing Crosby as the narrator. I also like the Garfield Halloween special. (“Yes, we dooooooooooooo!”) I’m a bit disappointed that there aren’t more Thanksgiving specials, but I still like the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. At Christmas, we must watch _Rudolph_, _Santa Claus is Coming to Town_, _A Charlie Brown Christmas_, _White Christmas_, and _It’s A Wonderful Life_. Optional but fun are _Frosty the Snowman, Mr. Willoughby’s Christmas_, and _Garfield’s Christmas_. Half the fun for me of watching some of these shows is that most of them were videotaped from TV nearly 20 years ago, so we have all the original commercials, weather warnings, and added features (Jonathon Winters as Mr. Pumpkinhead on _The Wonderful World of Disney_ ) to enjoy along with the shows. Then, for Severe Weather Awareness Week in March, our annual showing of _Twister_. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/26 "2004-10-22T13:00:29Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Mr. Magoo’s _Christmas Carol_ > > I know every song and own the video and dvd. > This is the cartoon that made Mr. Magoo a household name. > > :eek: :eek: 😃 Yes, that is a good one. I love the song where the family is singing about what they want for Christmas dinner. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/27 "2004-10-22T14:25:34Z")
> [@Suse](#): > > I’m a bit disappointed that there aren’t more Thanksgiving specials, but I still like the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. That’s a good one but I think Garfield’s Thanksgiving is better. For live action there’s the movie _Planes, Trains, and Automobiles_. ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/28 "2004-10-22T14:57:51Z")
I love holiday shows– Halloween: _The Worst Witch_ _It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!_ and now, of course, the Harry Potter moview Christmas: _A Charlie Brown Christmas_ ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/29 "2004-10-22T15:04:15Z")
My favorite is “Claymation Christmas”. Which it appears is now out on DVD. Woo. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2004, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/30 "2004-10-22T15:28:15Z")
Just thought of another one: _Yogi’s First Christmas_, primarily for the music. ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393/31 "2004-10-24T03:23:03Z")
> [@pasunejen](#): > > Dunno why, but that **[Linus’s speech in _A Charlie Brown Christmas]_** was always one of my favorite parts. I think it’s supposed to be received that way. I’m a bit odd in getting put off by it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-holiday-special/270393.md?page=1)