I always try to watch as many of the animated Christmas specials as I can each year.
They were part of the thrill of the Christmas season growing up, and when you see them each year, you're suddenly 8 years old again.
In 1998, I went to a video store and rented:
- SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN,
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER,
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS,
THE GRINCH WHO STOLE CHRISTMAS,
THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
A SIMPSONS CHRISTMAS,
and
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
And I collected them all on one 6-hour tape.
And each year, the woman next door to me borrows it to show her kids. She says her two daughters are just glued to the set every minute the video plays.
One of the great pleasures of Christmas is providing all the little decorations, music, festivities and atmosphere to a new generation of children, keeping the season's magic alive. For children, and for the adult children as well (like me).
