Christmas Special Countdown #18

Scrooged

Scrooged is a crazy twist on the classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol. Frank Cross (played by Bill Murray) is a television program director who has become power hungry and fails to see the wonderful things that life can give. On the eve of his new live Christmas program broadcasting on televisions all over the country, Cross is visited by his long dead business partner who tells him how if he continues on his current path then he is heading for a future he will regret. In order for Cross to see the error of his ways he will be visited by three ghosts and from there the movie gets even crazier. Bill Murray is awesome and there a many laugh out loud moments. I've watched this film with friends every Christmas for many years and it still makes me laugh hysterically throughout the entire movie. The film is on DVD and Blu-ray as well as on Netflix, and will make for a wonderful night of Christmas magic.

Christmas Special Countdown #19

Santa’s Slay

After losing a bet with an angel, Santa was forced to deliver presents to children all over the world on the night of December 24th for one thousand years. In 2005, the thousand year bet is paid in full and Santa can finally get back to what he enjoys the most this time of year, KILLING! Santa descends upon the town of Hell and begins slaying the citizens in Christmas themed ways. This is an awesome/bad movie to watch with friends, and laughs will be had. The deaths aren't graphic but do have a somewhat comedic twist to them. Bill Goldberg plays Santa and does a pretty good job at playing an evil Saint Nick. This is one of those movies you can watch with a bunch of friends and laugh about; if you haven’t seen it I recommend it. Make a night of it.

Christmas Special Countdown #20

IT’S A WONDERFUL LEAF

Bushroot gets knocked around a bit at the mall doing some last minute Christmas shopping, and in his anger decides to make Christmas in St. Canard as awful as possible. Using his power over plants, Bushroot takes control over all the Christmas trees and uses them to take all the presents from homes and stores, around the city. As chaos spreads throughout St. Canard, Drake Mallard dawns his mask and heads out into the night as St. Canards protector Darkwing Duck, and sets on out a mission to save Christmas. This is another awesome cartoon Christmas special from the Disney Afternoon block from the early 90’s, and should be revisited by everyone. Say it with me, LET’S GET DANGEROUS!

Christmas Special Countdown #21

A Chipmunk Christmas

Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are working hard in the recording studio practicing for their Christmas program that they are performing at Carnegie Hall on Christmas Eve. Alvin spends most of the time distracted by the thoughts of presents and wants nothing more than to go Christmas shopping. While Dave is setting up the studio Alvin and his brothers set out to see what wonderful items are in stores this year. Alvin makes his way to a music store and overhears a mother talking about her ill son, Tommy, to her daughter. The two are looking at the Golden Echo Harmonica, and thinking about how much better Tommy would feel if they could get it for him, but sadly the price was too high. Alvin, getting into the spirit of Christmas decides to give his Golden Echo Harmonica to Tommy as a gift. Returning home, Alvin and the Chipmunks are greeted by Dave, who has wonderful news for Alvin. Carnegie Hall wants him to do a Harmonica solo during the program and they want him to use his Golden Echo Harmonica. Now Alvin sets out to try and raise enough money to purchase the music stores harmonica before Christmas Eve. This special has a few tear jerk moments but overall is a wonderful and happy Christmas special with awesome music. I highly recommend checking this out this year, right Alvin?......Alvin?...... ALLLVVIIIINN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Christmas Countdown Special #22

Ernest Saves Christmas

A magical story about a kindhearted, loving, caring, idiot who only has other peoples well being in mind. Christmas is hours away from being destroyed and Santa has only hours to find a worthy successor to take his magical powers and take up the mantel of Santa Clause. Santa befriends Ernest, a carefree taxi driver, and together with Pamela, their teenage friend whom Ernest picked up off the street, set out on a mission to save Christmas. Santa has until 7:00pm on Christmas Eve to transfer his powers to his successor and before that can happen he must convenes Joe Carruthers that he is the next Santa Clause. Meanwhile, Pamela (you remember her; the teenager Ernest befriends and then takes on a road trip and offers her to stay at his house. You could never get away with this in a movie today, and still call it a family holiday special) decides to steal Santa’s sack (minds out of the gutter people). So here we are, Santa has to convince some one he just met to become Santa Clause, his magic sack has been stolen, and his reindeer and sleigh are locked up at the airport (which is where Ernest comes in.) This is one of my favorite Christmas movies to watch this time of year and it’s a film that doesn’t get the love it deserves. If you haven’t watched Ernest Saves Christmas this holiday season…or even this week, then do yourselves a favor and check it out. Know What I Mean?

Christmas Countdown Special #23

A Garfield Christmas Special

This is a classic Christmas tale about everyone’s favorite fat cat, Garfield.  I love this special and it still holds up pretty well after so many years. The musical intro at the beginning is pretty great and I wish I had that present machine. This special is about Garfield, Odie, and Jon heading to Jon’s parent’s house for the holiday. Here we get to see Garfield get in to some trouble, we get to meet Jon’s awesome grandmother, and the scene between Garfield and Odie’s gift exchange is great.  Grab some lasagna and check out this holiday classic.

Christmas Specials Countdown #24

Holiday in Handcuffs

This is my Christmas special countdown. For the next 24 days I'll be talking about Christmas specials I think should be seen by all. Let's begin. Holiday in Handcuffs is a fun little Christmas movie that my wife and I watch every year at the beginning of the holiday season. The movie is about Trudie (Melissa Joan Heart), whose family is expecting her to finally bring a boyfriend with her to Christmas dinner. When Trudie is dumped just hours before leaving for her family’s holiday cabin, she panics and kidnaps David (Mario Lopez) at gun point and forces him to attend her families Christmas dinner as her boyfriend. Things get better when David decides to play along so that when he is finally rescued by the police, Trudies humiliation will be even greater. This is a funny, stupid, awesome ABC Family original movie that is great to watch with family and friends. Enjoy and Happy Holidays.