specials starts with the grinch who stole christmas. >> annual christmas specials were an event. >> frosty the snow man returns. >> this was on once, if you missed it. you were screwed. >> mom, mom, can we watch this. >> sunday december 4 birl yves tells story of rudolph the red nosed reindeer. >> i was obsessed with clay claymation. >> tells story of rudolph, an outsider. >> burl yves as the snow man, hermie the e.l.f. the cast off. >> i want to be a dentist. >> it say lucrative business. give than your boss, santa gets paid in cookies. you and scariest claymation thing. the abombable snow man. >> rudolph has run every year since 1964. >> the message circumstance bullying works. would rudolph had gotten his life together if not for all of the name-calling. >> be prepared for cancel culture too come for rudolph. >> isn't there anyone who knows what christmas is all about? >> charlie brown and the peanuts gang. >> in 1965, a year after rudolph, cbs aired another christmas classic. >> we love charlie brown christmas. >> i love the feel of it with great sound track. >> someone pared jazz with a christmas special for kids. >> every time you hear it. >> charlie brown is a strange hero for kids, appears to suffer from depression, he goes to therapy. >> even though his therapist is lucy and she charges 5 cents. >> he was against the commercialism of christmas. >> charlie brown wrestles with the issues, and linus turns to him, shocking for the time, he site scripture. >> for you. >> not about charlie brown. >> a public school play. >> school board was probably against it. but no one was understand them anyway it was wawawa . >> there is no way that charlie brown special gets made today and does not end with department of justice policing a school board meeting. >> something about simplicity of children that makes it easier to know the simplicity of the message of christmas, that is what charlie brown nails. >> you hope that is still on. until the end of time. >> there are many christmas traditions that invoke a sense of joy, happiness, one tradition is met with anger and distaste. >> that is annual fruitcake. >> i have not met a soul that likes it. it only place that americans have common ground, i do. how did christmas get saddled with a ridiculous dessert. >> i think if i were christmas, i would trade it to easter. >> fruitcake goes back centuries, it makes sense. you taste a fruitcake, it tastes leak something that was invented before refigeration. >> johnny carson said he thinks there was one fruitcake and they passed it around. >> the whole regifting thing started with fruitcake. >> no one plays hot pat -- but you do. >> you put thought into a fruitcake. it would be great if they spent 3 days in a bathroom. >> oh, this is -- this is what is in? >> would you honestly look forward to something like this, yes. >> that is not good. there is an off putting smell to it. oh,. >> i never had fruitcake before. >> it tastes like -- >> people chopped up pieces of fruit roll up and put it in there. >> do we have water. can i have some. >> there is no the reason. we don't have to keep every tradition. tradition. ♪ ♪ i love cheryling it is a -- chair oling. >> i don't have a great singing voice. >> no one wants to hear me sing. >> it is your ploy to get me to sing it is working ♪ ♪ deck the halls ♪ ♪ >> back in old days caroling was was eling. like the song, the original pan handling, people knocking on doors, i know you are rich, you can give us any wine or whatever bottom rack swill you can get your hands on, they say we petition you a merry christmas, now bring us from figgy pudding, they are demanding figgy pudding whatever that is. >> what is that? >> who has it. >> they used to be every where, at shops. at grocery stores in your neighborhood from door-to-door, at first when you are a kid, you see carolers come, they seem happy. >> they are drunk on the best bar crawl in the neighborhood. >> always a good idea to have a drink or two beforehand. >> there is a social awkwardness with caroling. >> that house down the road that we've never been to, we have no idea, you knock on the door, you see the guy with the worst day of his life, he is really, you start with deck the halls. >> they are slurred voice of amateurs. they go on and on. they do 12 days of christmas. nothing against the song. >> but it is 9 minute and 12 seconds long that say hostage situation. >> like at the heart, it is a wonderful thing. better than a door-to-door salesman. >> listen. you don't have to open the door. >> what animated christmas special was based on a book that won the book of the year award, and toy of the year award? ium 24hr to treat her frequent heartburn... claire could only imagine enjoying chocolate cake. now, she can have her cake and eat it too. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? ♪ ♪ what won the book of the year, best toy, the answer, elf on the shelf. legend has it elf reports back to santa every night. it appears against the next morning. >> i'm surprised we elf tolerant, he is a narc, he is ratting you out. >> ♪ ♪ yule logs. one of my fondest memories it was bizarre. >> in 1966, wpis in new york started broadcasting a yule log on the tv, so people without a fireplace would have a fireplace. >> a 17 second loop they played over and over. >> commercial-free, added benefit of station employees of wpix, spending time with their family. >> you are changing channels then there is a fireplace in your living room, you are watch a log burn on tv. >> a christmas tradition. they would show it of christmas eve and christmas day, people loved it. >> a nice way to turn your tv to something worth watching. >> that caught fire. and stations did the same thing. did was brilliant. >> different channels, you have competing fireplace fires. >> that is san american phenomenon. i think. >> channel 7. is better this year. >> turn off that lame channel 4 and give me the channel search goodness. >> i think yule log was baby einstein for people who drank too much egg nog. >> what bothered me, hey when they have a gas powered rule log. >> in 1990s you would buy video of the yule log on vhs on high-definition. blu-ray, dvd. >> you need to get to make your apartment be like christmas. >> it is waning days is right you had to have i yule log. >> -- yule log has gone high-tech, if you go to youtube, type in u in -- yule log there is pretty much something for everyone. a fire burning on the beach in florida. >> 66 million views for that. >> my god, that is like super bowl numbers. >> one with nick, sitting by the fire, you can watch your fire and nick offer man at the same time, i don't know who would want to do that but maybe a million people. >> america. god bless you. >> i'm old fashion. i like my video fireplace simple. ♪ ♪ it started. >> a few lights, very tasteful, the season. >> my memories of my dad putting up lights in our house. you didn't want to be around him. >> this is what happens michael, have to wrap around an old paper towel thing. >> have to use every part of your body when you untangle christmas lights. and throw it over an arm. >> wait. there was always that one house on the neighborhood block that really did it up for christmas. what started as one house, then is more houses. and more houses, i don't know where we made the turn to crazy town on christmas lights. >> they started having the inflatable santas. >> frosty next on rudolph. next to santa, stuff on the roof, nobody would think about. what the yards look like in the morning, little kids walking to school and the inflatables are dead, there has been a rash of drive by shootings in your neighborhood. >> hang on. >> well. okay. so, come back later. and i'll have this done, okay? >> now neighborhoods have become tourist attractions. >> there are houses that put up light displays you can set your radio too and broadcast the timing. >> you have lasers, a smoke machine, or 6 tour buss on the block. >> seems less christmas, more like a edm concert. >> 7 billion dollar spent on christmas decorations. >> and my parents could not get me that big wheel. >> i think our obsession with choice christmas lights and decorations is what charlie brown was trying to warn us about. >> wait. >> now who could forget presents michael on neighborhood christmas light battles. >> i'm into it, i'm a capitalist, when people compete, it makes it better for me, i want everyone on the block to compete, that way i can drive by and go woo, looky, looky, it is tough. yes, is miller's house too darn bright while you are trying to sleep, yes, it will be over after news years. new years. >> if you don't want to be involved, don't, then people are hey, jim, why don't you do your house. it would take away from your house. that how i celebrate christmas. spirit of giving, i am giving you the attention. how did you shut your hole, get back in your car. 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think that pickle ornament concept is made up, a conspiracy by people of hallmark. just like valentine's day. >> now back to the holiday countdown. ♪ ♪ >> they say, seeing a kid's face on christmas morning. the appreciation the love. it makes it worth while. i think it is a different story if you are the parent that had to go out and find that toy. >> r2-d2. chewbacca, luke and princessly leia. >> that is not the hot toy. it is the only toy. >> kenner was caught with their pants down they did not anticipate how much demand they would have for "star wars" toys at christmastime. >> the action figures are not yet available. >> you could pay $7.99 and get a box decorated with "star wars" figures on it. it opens into a dia ramma. >> i did not imagine how unhappy children must have been, tearing open the wrapping paper. > kids love the dia ramma. >> a set of figures by mail, they will be sent to you at home between january february 1 and june 1. >> i got rock 'em sock 'em robots, what did you get? an iou . i was jealous of my friends who got an empty box for christmas. >> you heard about cabbage patch dolls, a near riot in miami beach when the store sold out early. >> i don't think there was a bigger insighter of violence. than battle to get cabbage patch dolls. >> in 1983, a line of soft dolls with their own birth certificate and adoption papers, everyone had to have it. >> i remember my mom telling me that my father wait the in line for hours and hours and hour. >> i remember my dad, going out to the mall, they were getting a shipment of cabbage patch, he was padded up like he was playing dallas on sunday. >> it was like the oil crisis of 1970s but it was a doll. >> that year, my sister got 2. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. i think it just tooted. >> do you know the trouble you caused. >> you love the attention. >> we get in a time machine tonight, we go back to the right year, we're rich. >> elmo, tickle me elmo. elmo. oh,. >> you think about cabbage patch craze, tickle me elmo is like, hold my beer. >> they had 400,000 units head to go there rosie o'donnell, she had a popular daytime talk show, she was the queen. >> she featured tickle me elmo on the show, and crowd went wild. >> bryant gumbel bought elmo out and made it more popular. >> my thanksgiving you could not find a tickle me elmo on the self anywhere about. >> quiet, the adults are talking. >> like a black market item, people put out advertisements selling theirs for a $1,000. >> meet me behind the bowling alley, only bring cash. >> we have to to make money, they are like fix the basketball game. rob a bank? no, elmo dolls. >> are you worth $7,000. >> almost like it is taunting you. >> you spend a fortune on me, [ laughter ] >> ready for another christmas pop quiz? what classic holiday song has been banned from some radio stations due to the content? the answer, and more christmas memories when we return. such tree-mendous views. i'm at a moss for words. when a cough tries to steal dad's 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friday for many retailers is the first day the first day of the year they are operating in the black. >> in my household we call it diversity friday. but sure, whatever you want. >> it started innocently enough. the day off of work, day after thanksgiving. kids are with you, let's head downtown in the car, and see the christmas decorations. take in the sights. maybe do shopping. >> common from -- practice for stores in open at 6 a.m. the day after thanksgiving. >> then 4:00 a.m., then people were camping out. >> the most innocent way to let people know you hate your family. >> i can't help you with the dishes, i have to go shopping, i'll be back tomorrow. >> i wish i could stay and help you clean, but, i have to go sleep on the sidewalk tonight. >> maybe these people are outdoor type, maybe they like camping. >> nothing makes humans act more responsible than gathering together in large groups in freezing cold winter in dead of night to fight for cheap items. >> it was black and blew 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>> a lot has been said lies. >> hands across america. >> what i remember about mondale, walter is virtually nothing. >> the last thing that big to come out of the united kingdom of the the united states. >> scandal. american posed news. >> super bowl shuffle was the worst song ever but really catchy. >> it was morning in america. >> guess what, i'm just getting started. >> don't miss who can forget totally 80s new seen, january on phoenix nation. fox nation. ♪ the new gmc sierra with hands-free driving offers the most advanced and luxurious pick-up in its class. ♪ yeah, it rocks. >> mr. and mrs. martini, welcome home. >> this is what i wished for. >> there are certain movies that become stamped intoed season. it's a wonderful life is one of them. >> it is a classic. >> no matter how young or old you are, it just plays. >> every time a bell rings, an angel get his wings. >> unusual story for christmas because. the main character played by jimmy stewart attempts to commit suicide. >> then there is a intersession from heaven. guardian angel coming to help him so what his life would be like if he never existed. >> what made this movie so powerful is james stewart's performance. >> mary, dog gone to, i'll lasso the moon for. >> it is interesting how it became a part of christmas culture. >> in 70s the copyright of the not renewed. >> by early 80, eve tv station in america, could put it on, it became a staple. >> it brings a tear on your eye and realize what is important in life. >> you could have a lousy day in the christmas rush, you come home and watch it's a wonderful life and wall all with right. >> too many people lost sight of the true meaning of christmas. >> hush. >> shut up ralphy. and a christmas story is the greatest christmas movie ever made. >> a must watch. >> he reached into every american's head, took out their best christmas memory and threw it into the script. >> ralphy wants a red rider bbgun. >> father getsa leg lamp. he insists to putting in the window. >> you see what it looks like. >> not a box arrives on my doorstep that says fragile, that i don't say out loud. >> fragil-e, it must be italian in we tried it. it does freeze to the pole. >> i triple dog dare you. >> it of a triple dog dare, you can have to do it. >> i'm an elf. well, i'm a human but i was raised by elves. >> i love elf. >> probably my favorite pris christmas move, this solidified will farrell as a movie star, he embraces this car, like nothing i have seen. >> does he ever wear real clothes. >> his uncanny excitement go everything christmas. >> i know him. >> you sit on a throne of lies. >> like snot came out of my nose i was laughing so hard, the casting was so great. >> bob newhart. the late great edasner. >> we have a christmas class classic from 2003 in this short of time, become such a popular film. >> and while we're weighing in on movies, yes, die hard is a christmas tblik. flick. >> what classic christmas song was recorded by the von trap family? as a 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was santa as for as surveilling kids. >> his ability to manufacture toys throughout the year, he has a grip on that workforce of his. >> if jeff bezos could get his hands on santa's elves a guarantee he would do it. >> and the amazing amount of duplicate santas he hand-picked to go out and sit in malls and the street corners. >> the smelly kids with their runny noses, we deserve them a debt of gratitude. >> santa is magic. how does he get the toys to every kid on christmas eve? >> the sheer volume of toys he has to deliver in such a short amount of time that puts fedex to shame. >> santa makes it around the world in one night, he is tracked by norad. >> norad is receiving reports from air force pace command that santa has started his journey. >> norad santa track ser my favorite thing about the christmas holiday, seeing where santa circumstance how many people he has delivered toys to. >> important to federal government know where santa claus is. >> can you imagine the first time this happened during the cube missile crisis. >> i could not imagine santa did what he did and was not starving by the time he got to my house. >> my kids, the modern world, we leave cheese and crackers. you would think to your little 8-year-old self, this is the year, i will stay up all night. >> you wake up and you -- how did i fall asleep. >> we never caught santa, there is still hope, as technology getting better we're upping our game. >> maybe i have seen him. where do you think i got this suit. >> if you are friends with santa. you call him on december 26, you go straight to voicemail. >> after the night of delivering presents, he deserves a vacation. >> he is going to florida with a beach cocktail. with an umbrella in it. >> getting a massage, soaking his fight, getting in a relaxation day. >> i don't know what santa does on december 26, it probably involved bourbon or titos. >> people talk about christmas traditions. and there is a lot of secular traditions, greatest is going to church. >> i think that is tens of millions of others that is what christmas is to us. >> i love christmas eve service. there is there is something very special go-getting dressed up in change. >> i love how the church is packed. >> you see the nativity scene and hear the stories about what, why are we're here now, what brought us to this holiday. >> the kids, get really quiet. and listen. it was really beautiful. always a beautiful service. >> christmas eve night is when music of the best, the a-choir came out to sing. >> beautiful christmas songs, it goes through your soul. >> something wonderful with entire congregation sings joy to the world or o holy night. >> silent night was last song. >> silence night, holy night, all is calm. all is bright. it is enough to give you goose bumps every time. >> there is a time there, on christmas eve in particular, where there is a solis you can't describe, it comes from. the true means of christmas. >> as a kid, it always, siting to get the 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