# Old Commercial: CBS seasons greetings-Can you help me find it?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 15, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-commercial-cbs-seasons-greetings-can-you-help-me-find-it/477279 "2008-12-15T19:56:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-commercial-cbs-seasons-greetings-can-you-help-me-find-it/477279/1 "2008-12-15T19:56:49Z")

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Up till about 1980, give or take, CBS used to have a Christmas commercial. Cartoon characters, birds in a tree singing, and then a man comes up with a saw. The birds stop singing and the man pulls out a bow, and starts playing "God rest ye merry gentlemen’ on it, birds start singing again. Then “Seasons greetings from CBS.”  
I loved this commercial, and they don’t show it anymore. Can anybody help me find it? I’m at a loss Youtube wise.

Thanks,  
greatshakes

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**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-commercial-cbs-seasons-greetings-can-you-help-me-find-it/477279/2 "2008-12-15T20:00:01Z")

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disregard. Just found it.  
thanks,  
greatshakes

Check it out. I love it.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MUWMjUjit_U/hqdefault.jpg "R.O. Blechman CBS Christmas Message (1966)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUWMjUjit_U)

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-commercial-cbs-seasons-greetings-can-you-help-me-find-it/477279/3 "2008-12-15T21:24:24Z")

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Just yesterday I remembered this and found it. I was thinking of posting it so everyone could see it.

It’s a really good little film. Simple and direct, yet eloquent.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-commercial-cbs-seasons-greetings-can-you-help-me-find-it/477279/4 "2008-12-15T21:27:53Z")

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This is the one that used to get me all excited: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPhhu7e0bE&feature=related](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLPhhu7e0bE&feature=related)

You knew Charlie Brown was coming right up!

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**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-commercial-cbs-seasons-greetings-can-you-help-me-find-it/477279/5 "2008-12-15T21:39:52Z")

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> [@rowrrbazzle](#):
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> Just yesterday I remembered this and found it. I was thinking of posting it so everyone could see it.
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> It’s a really good little film. Simple and direct, yet eloquent.

In spite of that, I love it! It is quite sappy, and I get that way this time of year!