Advent Calendar House - TV Holiday & Christmas Specials

We try to make more accurate donkeys in Nativity displays catch on like a certain elf on a certain shelf by revisiting t... Read more

Let’s have a good, old-fashioned Christmas down on the farm in 1987’s A Garfield Christmas Special, featuring the voices... Read more

Part 2 of our Christmas donkey double feature takes a deep dive into Don Bluth’s last Disney project, a short film relea... Read more

It’s mime time at the Most Magical Place on Earth in 1978’s Christmas at Walt Disney World, featuring Shields and Yarnel... Read more

Rankin/Bass goes off the rails in its last-ever stop motion animated Christmas special, 1985’s The Life and Adventures o... Read more

Trudge back to 1974 as we dig up a rare gem, The Gift of Winter, which introduces a colorful cast of characters better k... Read more

We blur the lines of reality, time, and space and practice peace on Earth and good will to men, women, chickens, bears, ... Read more

In 1987, the California Raisins missed their bus, then made a sleigh out of garbage and flew it into space in the greate... Read more

We dig down like dogs to the bottom of the VHS bargain bin for an overlooked special from 1991 that had all the potentia... Read more

Lace up your ice skates for a look at 3 classic holiday commercials starring McDonald’s clown in charge:   1. Happy Holi... Read more

Ho-ho-ho, I’m hu-hu-hungry! Fill your soul with season’s greetings as we revisit a collection of Fruity and Cocoa Pebble... Read more

Nobody can’t say no to this 30-second portrayal of Scrooge in a Christmastime commercial for Honey Nut Cheerios. Officia... Read more

Hanukkah is here, so here’s a 1995 special starring sock puppets hanging out with Mr. Miyagi, the dad from Growing Pains... Read more

Turn back the clock till it goes kerplunk — or kerplooey — to make some time for Rankin/Bass’s 1974 retelling of ’Twas t... Read more

Get ready to blast off for Space Church as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Star Wars Holiday Special, the farth... Read more

It’s time once again to count down to Christmas Eve, starting with 3 versions of Dr. Seuss’s classic Christmas tale from... Read more

It’s time to dust off the cobwebs and get the Advent Calendar House ready for Season 2, featuring a new episode every da... Read more

The Advent Calendar House presents a dazzling display of magical mischief as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Witch’... Read more

We’re back for a surprise summertime episode on the 1986 animated movie, The Adventures of the American Rabbit, a star-s... Read more

We’re back! This surprise bonus episode covers the 1976 Rankin/Bass special, The First Easter Rabbit, which despite its ... Read more