Your Favorite Holiday Special

[rem24601]

I'm gonna go with Charlie Brown Christmas, and the Invader Zim christmas episode. I watch the Zim episode every year.

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

Reviving this for Christmas 2025. My vote goes to The Snowman. The children's book that led to this is brilliant... not a single word expressed. This 40 plus year old production took an incredible story, transferred it to a different medium, and created something equally beautiful. Amazing.

 

[Deset Gled]

Reviving this for Christmas 2025. My vote goes to The Snowman. The children's book that led to this is brilliant... not a single word expressed. This 40 plus year old production took an incredible story, transferred it to a different medium, and created something equally beautiful. Amazing.

I love the animation; it's a classic you couldn't get made today. The sequel is pretty good, too, athough not quite as good as the original. Worth watching.

Somewhat related, I'm surprised The Gruffalo and it's sequel never made it to this discussion.

 

[TiQuinn]

One of my favorites that you just don’t see anymore was another Rankin/Bass special called The Stingiest Man in Town that had Walter Matthau voicing Scrooge and Tom Bosley as “The Humbug”. It’s a pretty straightforward retelling of A Christmas Carol (with the Humbug serving as the narrator) but the animation was always the selling point for me as a kid.

You can still find the video online:

 

[Tonguez]

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
Doctor Who: Christmas Carol

and as much as it shames me to admit it, the Donny and Marie Christmas Special always sticks in my head

 

[pukunui]

Still Hawkeye for me!