NationStates Jolt Archive

They are all the same. They feature 3 main character types:

1) The "unknowing people trying to embrace the holidays"
2) The "religous-type people helping Type 1 people embrace the holidays"
3) The "heathen" character who almost spoils the holidays; often Types 1 and 2 people must team up to "beat" this person (IE force the holidays upon them)

And few to none of the X-mas specials in particuar truly deal w/what the holiday is about (instead of discussing the birth of Christ they all rant about how ya have to be good 'coz Santa's coming). And I don't think I've ever seen any Ramadan religious specials . . .



Plus, holiday specials have to go and bump regular *good* programming off the air for the week (like Gundam SEED on CTN, The Daily Show on Comedy Central, etc)

If the Christmas special doesn't have Snoopy in it, I'm not watching it... :)

Over here in the UK, the meaning of christmas special is somewhat different.

Gernerally, take something thats pretty awful, like a soap for instance. Take all of these people in said soap and put them into either:

a) a variety show (singing, dancing awfully acted parodies of dickensian classics)
or
b) quiz shows (ie the weakest link).

One thing that is common between our two cases however is the fact that said specials usually bump decent shows off the air.

besides that being totally not understanble, it barely applies to a single movie, much less every movie.

class 2 and 3 characters NEVER appear in the movies. i think that MIGHT apply to that ONE holiday movie with Bill Murry (the same guy that was the body for Osmosis Jones, i think thats his name)

Scrooge, thats it

Oh come on.....nothing beats The Christmas Story that plays every Christmas......

"You'll shoot your eye out."

:D

Sorry, had to say that......


;)

Oh come on.....nothing beats The Christmas Story that plays every Christmas......

"You'll shoot your eye out."

:D

Sorry, had to say that......


;)
man that never airs around here. i guess its too violent and crap for christmas. we get the Miracle on 34th street about 5 times a day, It's Christmas Charlie Brown if we are lucky.

man that never airs around here. i guess its too violent and crap for christmas. we get the Miracle on 34th street about 5 times a day, It's Christmas Charlie Brown if we are lucky.

Really......WHAT!? Where I grew up, every Christmas, all day long, the one channel played it nonstop!

No way......you are deprived......poor poor person.

*hugs*

The Jew and a talking piece of poo...

My tip is not to watch the telly on Christmas; me I'm gonna watch as much of season 3 of 24 as I can then get drunk and pretend to be Jack Bower.