When I was a kid, I loved Christmas television. Oh, I was a fan of the classic television specials, of course. I loved Frosty the Snowman because it was so exciting. Is Frosty going to save Karen from hypothermia? Will it come at the cost of his own life? What will happen?! Rudolph was always a hoot with the abominable snowman and the island of misfit toys. My favorite was The Year Without a Santa Claus, the story that had the Heat Miser and Snow Miser. Best characters ever. I loved Heat Miser's little furry 'fro and Snow Miser's basher hat and tap dancing. Plus, the tiny girl singing Blue Christmas always made me weepy.
Of course, there was also Christmas movies to watch a mixture of new and old classics that make you want to curl up under covers and watch by the light of the tree. It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas, The Santa Clause, Babes in Toyland, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Muppet Christmas Carol, Miracle on 34th Street, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever! Those are just the ones I try and watch whenever they play during the season. Every year there are ones that I discover that I love and become a new tradition.
These days, I'm more of a fan of holiday-themed episodes of regular shows. The episodes of Bones where they celebrate Christmas in jail and Booth and Parker bring a tree. Supernatural's episode had the boys decorating a hotel room and exchanging gifts of oil and shaving cream. The Psych specials that come not only with holiday cheer but awesome carol-fied theme song. ER always had Christmas episodes that made me cry, so did the West Wing (Josh!). Scrubs, Designing Women, and Friends all made me laugh (although some more than others). It seems like every tv show did a Christmas episode, and there are a lot of the same concepts.
The last few years my holiday tradition is a bit British. I get embarrassingly excited about the Christmas special of Doctor Who. What can I say? I'm a total geek and having the Doctor around on Christmas is never a bad thing! Whether he is battling Sycorax or saving brides or driving the Titanic with Kylie Minogue or giant robots. Of course the 10th Doctor's goodbye was enough to break my heart last Christmas and I'm hoping that 11's special is much more upbeat this year. Doesn't matter though, I'll be glued to my computer (and tv since BBC America is finally airing the special on Christmas day this year!) after the presents have been opened in order to get my Christmas fix of my favorite Time Lord.
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