T.V. Club Advent Calendar

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar A Charlie Brown Christmas

  TV’s most famous holiday special isn’t necessarily about Jesus.

  December 25, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Lost, “The Constant”

  A Christmas phone call is at the center of one of Lost’s defining episodes. 

  December 24, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Three Christmas Carols 

  Three takes on a Dickens classic take different routes to the same destination.

  December 23, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas 

  When Jim Henson explored the joys of a handmade Christmas. 

  December 22, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Christmas on MTV 

  How MTV kept the past alive one day a year. 

  December 21, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Chrismukkah in The O.C.

  A mash-up holiday allows a teen drama to explore what family means. 

  December 20, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar A Claymation Christmas Celebration

  Rendering the timeless and ephemeral qualities of Christmas in clay.

  December 19, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar The Star Wars Holiday Special 

  Happy Life Day, one and all! 

  December 18, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Ziggy’s Gift 

  Oh Ziggy, will you ever win? 

  December 17, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar The Simpsons: “’Tis The Fifteenth Season”

  The show finds sharp holiday satire and genuine heart in a standout episode from a later season.

  December 16, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar How The Grinch Stole Christmas 

  Why The Grinch holds a grip on even the hardest of hearts. 

  December 15, 2011 | 11:59am -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar The Snowman 

  What Raymond Briggs’ wistful book and animated adaptation bring to the holidays.

  December 14, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale 

  There’s not a lot of Christmas in this Extras postscript. Or is there? 

  December 13, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Gilmore Girls, “Forgiveness And Stuff”

  A first-season episode captures the thorny, rewarding necessity of holiday togetherness.

  December 12, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Thirtysomething “The Mike Van Dyke Show”

  How a signature ’80s show used classic television to reflect on what we want from the holidays (and from life). 

  December 11, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Two Saturday Night Live Christmases: 1975 and 1976

  Two Candice Bergen-hosted episodes of SNL chart how the show grew, and what it lost.

  December 10, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar South Park, “Mr. Hankey, The Christmas Poo” 

  South Park’s first Christmas episode introduced a repugnant, but endearing, new Christmas mascot. 

  December 9, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar The Twilight Zone, “The Night Of The Meek”

  The grim twist in this Twilight Zone Christmas episode? The twist isn’t so grim.

  December 8, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar ’Twas The Night Before Christmas 

  One of the least-seen Rankin-Bass specials is also one of the strangest. 

  December 7, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Santa Vs. The Snowman

  The novelty of this holiday perennial’s computer animation has worn off, but not its appeal.

  December 6, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar A Muppet Family Christmas 

  One Christmas, the characters from The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and Sesame Street all got together.

  December 5, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Northern Exposure, “Seoul Mates” 

  What Christmas means to a remote Alaskan idyll and the misfits that live there. 

  December 4, 2011 | 12:00am -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar 30 Rock Christmas episodes 

  30 Rock’s Christmas tradition: Putting a twisted (but warm) spin on the holidays. 

  December 3, 2011 | 12:00pm -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar A Very Merry Cricket

  A forgotten Chuck Jones special captures a Christmas miracle.

  December 2, 2011 | 9:00am -

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  T.V. Club Advent Calendar Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 

  The beloved Rankin-Bass special has persisted for nearly four decades for a reason.

  December 1, 2011 | 3:00pm -