Christmas Episodes
Silent Night, TV Night
Merry Christmas from Retrofit! If you’ve had it with Hallmark and you are looking for holiday love, actually, Mr and Mrs Claus have cooked up some great TV from the glory days. Turn it on, tune it in, bake the cookies and whatever needs a good baking.
Think Covid Christmases are tough on joy to the world? Judy and family had to put on a happy face 2 weeks after the JFK assassination that eventually aired Dec 22, 1963. So corny, slightly tipsy, truly Judy,
Quick Judy Garland Christmas Special, 1963
A little known Serling special from the Twilight Zone years. A modern take on the Dickens classic in a time of civil strife, changing times, and nuclear fear.
Carol for Another Christmas 1964 Rod Serling
The Patty Duke Show was so amazing because she played two roles, Patty Lane and her cousin Cathy. There are no computers, how did they do this? Aired Christmas night, 1963.
Patty Duke Show “The Christmas Present”
Clean cut Andy, Osmond Brothers, cotton candy colors!
Andy Williams 1966
Dino is drinking up our Christmas! Somebody light Santa a Lucky Strike! It’s a real TV family Christmas!
Dean Martin 1968
While Louise, Helen and Bentley go out caroling, George and Tom decline, asserting that the female name in it, Carol, proves it's for women. George and Tom spend the evening bonding, sharing poignant stories of their father's at Christmas.