tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post7631928985532509366..comments2024-03-27T08:23:33.621-04:00Comments on Go Retro!: The End of the Christmas ClassicPamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122952408610512684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-34738893567190757062012-12-27T09:33:38.491-05:002012-12-27T09:33:38.491-05:00While I agree with you on most of these points, I ...While I agree with you on most of these points, I must recommend you give some of <b>the Killers</b> Christmas tunes a listen. <br />They've had one every year since 05, and some of them are a tad forgetable (<i>Boots, Happy Birthday Guadalupe</i>, that song they did with Elton John) and others are kinda out there (<i>Don't Shoot Me Santa, I Feel It In My Bones</i>) but <i>"The Cowboy's Christmas Ball"</i> never fails to put a smile on my face, and "<i>Great Big Sled</i>" in my mind, is already a "new classic".<br /><br />As for newer specials, they may be loud and intrusive, and don't really have classic potential, but I love both <b>the Fairly Odd Parents</b> Christmas specials, and <b>the Grim Adventures Of Billy and Mandy</b> one.<br />The <b>Class of 3000</b> one may have had classic potential, it if it wasn't treated as if it never existed.Jazzhttp://dramaticaholmes.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-76634637240017659242012-12-26T16:26:41.734-05:002012-12-26T16:26:41.734-05:00Have to disagree with you on "Christmas Shoes...Have to disagree with you on "Christmas Shoes." It is a reminder of what we want Christmas to be, while standing in some line to get that "special gift" for someone this year. <br /><br />As for the "specials" you mentioned, the problem is that the "classic" Christmas movies were not made as Christmas movies, but as good movies with Christmas themes. It is like when you set out to make a "classic" movie. It always bombs. You need to make a good movie and it becomes a classic. <br /><br />One "recent" movies that is morphing into a Christmas favorite is "Love Actually." It has more continuity problems than my Christmas dinners, but it is a movie I watch every time it is on. SO there is hope for the current generation yet.<br /><br />Marry Christmas and keep up the good work. Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15518371151074926960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-17885626275118803802012-12-23T20:58:01.484-05:002012-12-23T20:58:01.484-05:00Awesome piece here Pam, I couldn't agree more....Awesome piece here Pam, I couldn't agree more. Y'know, I really think you were born 10 years too late or something, because I'm a decade older than you & this sounds like something from someone my age! Besides the 'classics' like Charlie Brown & Rudolph, one of my favorite memories of being a 70s kid was all the network holiday specials hosted by groups like the Osmonds or the Carpenters. Oh they were cheesy as hell but STILL loved 'em!<br /><br />Well Pam, as long as I'm on here--thanks for a great year of retro fun & I hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas :)ApacheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05520433539816634566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15023065.post-83383650287557465822012-12-23T20:53:12.445-05:002012-12-23T20:53:12.445-05:00I like Shonen Knife's "All I Want For Chr... I like Shonen Knife's "All I Want For Christmas" as a newer song, myself. It's on youtube.Cliffnoreply@blogger.com