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Bah Humbug! Why Are Most Christmas TV Specials So Bad?
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Posted on 12/07/2016 6:59:08 PM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 12/07/2016 6:59:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Romeo Muller is long deceased.

And the powers that be in the entertainment industry are now all anti-Christ.


2 posted on 12/07/2016 7:01:13 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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because leftards want abortions, fags and obama on the specials?


3 posted on 12/07/2016 7:01:16 PM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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Oh, not all of them are bad...


4 posted on 12/07/2016 7:02:10 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Leftards, fags and Obama? Isn’t that quite redundant?


5 posted on 12/07/2016 7:04:07 PM PST by Bullish (The fly on Hillary's forehead knows)
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To: BenLurkin

I reard carrie fischer did this totally high on coke.

I dont blame her though, as one could only watch this totally high on coke. I couldnt get through two minutes of it.


6 posted on 12/07/2016 7:04:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: max americana
Bah Humbug! Why Are Most Christmas TV Specials So Bad?

Because they don't even come close to acknowledging the miraculous birth and promise of Our Saviour

7 posted on 12/07/2016 7:04:47 PM PST by Castlebar
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To: Secret Agent Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_mmWCuYS0o


8 posted on 12/07/2016 7:05:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

For those who have seen it they can never forget it. :)


9 posted on 12/07/2016 7:05:34 PM PST by xp38
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To: nickcarraway

The three words that best describes you are as follows and I quote:
Stink
Stank
Stunk!
(Not you, Nick!)
Best line from the Grinch.


10 posted on 12/07/2016 7:06:14 PM PST by karatemom
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About Thurl Ravenscroft.

“His lifelong dream, which he shared in an interview in 1999 with Peter Anthony Holder, was to record the entire Bible on tape, but a big name actor “beat him out”. However, being a devoted Christian, he appeared on many religious television shows such as The Hour of Power. In 1970, he recorded an album called “Great Hymns in Story and Song”, which featured him singing 10 hymns, each prefaced with the stories of how each hymn came to be, with the background vocals and instrumentals arranged and conducted by Ralph Carmichael.”


11 posted on 12/07/2016 7:07:25 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: karatemom
Your brain is full of spiders, You've got garlic in your soul

LOL

12 posted on 12/07/2016 7:07:29 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: BenLurkin

Dude....


13 posted on 12/07/2016 7:09:32 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Most modern Christmas Specials feel it’s necessary to ‘balance’ anything good, sweet and peaceful with something bad, sour and chaotic. Why? Supposedly to ‘humanize’ the protagonist. Make them more obviously flawed, just like us.
The thing is, most folks want to see portrayals of ideal behavior, unlike us. This portrayal of good quality is to remind us what we can/should aspire to become or to possess, if not just for one day out of the whole cynical year.


14 posted on 12/07/2016 7:09:38 PM PST by lee martell
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To: BenLurkin
Star Wars Holiday Special

Now buried in the deepest section of the Disney vault under copies of Song of the South.

15 posted on 12/07/2016 7:10:57 PM PST by KarlInOhio (" T'was the witch of November come stealin' " And who could the stealing Witch of November be? Hmm?)
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The Holiday Special aired November 17 1978. The very next day Jim Jones led over 900 to suicide in the Guyana jungle. Coincidence?


16 posted on 12/07/2016 7:11:09 PM PST by Sybeck1 (The Reason for the Season)
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Oh my!


17 posted on 12/07/2016 7:12:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: karatemom
This is Thurl Ravenscroft, who sings that song singing as an Orc:

Where there's a whip, there's a way!

18 posted on 12/07/2016 7:12:35 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Awww. You sweet talker you!!!

The Hallmark movies are sweetly predictable. Same romantic plot, pretend snow, Christmas decorations. We watch every Saturday night because, well , we are just old fashioned enough to appreciate the clean language and romance of it all.


19 posted on 12/07/2016 7:14:08 PM PST by karatemom
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MSM has attempted to extinguish the REASON for the SEASON.
However, the LIGHT that shines in darkness can never be put out.

Christ, the Eternal Word

1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2
He existed in the beginning with God.
3
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
4
The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.
5
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.


20 posted on 12/07/2016 7:14:43 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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