Friday, November 01, 2024
I bought some new decorations for my studio apartment at Dollarama & decided that I would do my post Thanksgiving Christmas show post today, since it is past Thanksgiving in Canada. For all my followers & friends who have internet, but not cable.
An old favourite of mine, Muppet family Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9qSKZuvC4
Christmas Eve on Sesame street: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF4XRQwzls8&t=4s
I still have this on VHS, copied to my computer. I remember watching Santa & the 3 bears with my kids more than 30 years ago!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLXyceT_j7M
Christopher the Christmas tree: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s51ne_Pis-I
The pink panther in "a very pink Christmas" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDrAKCf6_Sg
The Snowman (with David Bowie intro!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGmOiccZFJM
The sequel, The snowman & the snow dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypY03WjDsOA
An awesome Christmas show, with music by Valdy: BlueToes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKHp1g4qXSQ
the Smurf's Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDYXVPVvcFY&t=17s
Father Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc-FI2zGsAs
Frosty the snowman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oES_SytsaY
A Garfield Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbL-uxd4ZVw
Thomas saves Santa's sleigh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkV4L6yfd_g
Santa Claus is coming to town (1969): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEUeJcAI4uM
And while this isn't exactly holiday themed, I still think it fits here as being somewhat winter-y. Do you remember watching the Woody Woodpecker show & there was cute 5 minute short in between Woody's episodes, called "Chilly Willy", a little penguin? Well, you can check them out again, here: https://www.chillywillyfan.com/video.php
I have found that some companies make some pretty amazing holiday commercials, so I decided to post some of these as well. John Lewis has a number of delightful ones, starting here in 2013, the bear & the hare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCmvz8rDYVU
John Lewis's 2018 advert, starring Elton John: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DShEAPKV0EU
And the 2019 ad with John Lewis & Waitrose featuring Edgar the Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGW_M0O4xI
John Lewis's 2021 Christmas ad, the unexpected guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTttgc0DPA4
M & S (2016) Christmas with love from Mrs. Claus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5QPXhStb5I
M & S Christmas 2017 (with Paddington Bear!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfaSxIkLslE
And who can ever forget Sainsbury's 2015 Christmas ad, Mog's Christmas calamity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuRn2S7iPNU&t=13s
A new one from Posten, the Norwegian postal service "When Santa met Harry" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDLumk_rQQw&t=1s
Amazon Christmas ad (2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYXfgfKfHig
One of my personal favourites, Lily & the snowman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9vB5AUU2M
It just occurred to me that I should also post here, how to watch TV without cable.
Speaking of saving money, have you ever considered giving up cable? I did & it ain't that bad. If you are in Canada, CBC, CTV, & Global all have shows online that you can watch for free the day after they come out on TV. Links are here:
https://www.globaltv.com/shows/
https://www.ctv.ca/shows/all-shows#/
CTV also has a list of older shows available free online, as well as movies:
For CBC, go here: https://gem.cbc.ca/ & create a login account. They will of course, try to sell you a premium membership, you can just ignore it. You'll need to do some digging after that, but they have some interesting shows, including Coroner & Endlings.
In the US, CBS, & NBC also do this. ABC has something similar, but you have to wait a week after the broadcast date. Fox gives you a free hour, I think. Netflix is still under $10 a month I think, & in the US, Hulu is $7.99 a month & it also has a free trial & optional add-ons for HBO, Showtime & Cinemax (at an extra cost, of course). You can also watch Crackle free online, but it is no longer available in Canada, sorry.
A really wonderful free streaming site, is PlutoTV: https://pluto.tv/
