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Ahh Christmas. The tree, the stockings, the mistletoe and - of course - the holiday televisie programming.

Some of my fondest Christmas memories were spent in front a of televisie watching such classics as the animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer of one of the myriad versions of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'.

So without further ado, I am presenting u with my big, big lijst of holiday specials. I've tried to categorize the lijst into subsections to make it a little meer bearable and consumable. The...

Back when I was a kid watching Christmas specials on TV, Mrs. Claus was invariably portrayed as a sweet but dowdy older woman of slightly plump stature. She could cook a mean pie and reminded u of your Grandma. Of course, we loved her and so did Santa.

But did u ever wonder what Mrs. Claus might have looked like when she was younger? I mean, I assume she must've be smokin' (natch).

So why is it that so many of the classic holiday programs toon us a Santa Claus surrounded door androgynous little elves and a matronly Mrs. Claus? I mean, it's cold up at the North Pole. Surely Santa isn't adverse...