tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984964138092970663.post599611277586658178..comments2024-02-29T05:15:17.460-05:00Comments on Christmas TV History: Christmas in July 2018: Jim RandleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984964138092970663.post-1313780683582796952018-08-02T13:45:42.458-04:002018-08-02T13:45:42.458-04:00I like your choice in "It's a Very Merry ...I like your choice in "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie." I've always loved all the Christmas references--as you point out--made within that story. Great responses :)Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06332977249074073942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984964138092970663.post-46667192598494827302018-07-30T07:56:06.814-04:002018-07-30T07:56:06.814-04:00Tom, I'm with you--I wish HGTV would bring ba...Tom, I'm with you--I wish HGTV would bring back the show about the decoration of the dept. store windows for Christmas. Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250608597541200372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984964138092970663.post-58818148117689259632018-07-30T07:54:34.492-04:002018-07-30T07:54:34.492-04:00The Mabel Beaton Marionettes, hooray! Good for you...The Mabel Beaton Marionettes, hooray! Good for you, Jim. And I like you made the offbeat choice of Its a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17250608597541200372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984964138092970663.post-10139887008797126522018-07-24T21:27:35.128-04:002018-07-24T21:27:35.128-04:00I like your idea about the department stores. They...I like your idea about the department stores. They did something similar with a UK store Liberty of London - https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/03/liberty-of-london-tv-review - it was fascinating!<br /><br />Love your sitcom picks too!Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281613973525096378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984964138092970663.post-90275421580182847212018-07-24T11:23:12.588-04:002018-07-24T11:23:12.588-04:00I didn't miss those History Channel shows and ...I didn't miss those History Channel shows and recorded them. The show about the 1960s even showed the same hand-knit Christmas stockings that we've used ever since about 1965. I never knew that was a popular stocking pattern across the US.<br /><br />A show about what the retailers did would be nice to see, and especially about how they put together the Sears Christmas Wish Book. In those years before the internet, and for those of us who had to travel a long way to see a downtown or a Sears, those catalogs were gold. I still have three of those Sears Christmas catalogs from my childhood--that's how important they were to me.<br /><br />I also remember going to different cities back in the 1960s and seeing their Christmas display windows downtown and their streets decorated for Christmas. That's something that went away when shopping malls became popular in the 1970s.JSowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861951820274833865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3984964138092970663.post-6860358924004132052018-07-24T09:06:13.826-04:002018-07-24T09:06:13.826-04:00>Many years ago the History Channel spent the w...>Many years ago the History Channel spent the week of Christmas each <br />>night with a one hour program showcasing the history of a major <br />>department store. <br />How did I miss that?! I would have loved to have seen that. And, I'd love to see specials done on department stores as you propose. I think it was HGTV that used to have a mini-series each year about the decoration of the store windows for Christmas at various department stores. I always enjoyed that. Wish they'd bring that back.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.com