HOT GALLERY: 10 of Our Favorite Celebrity Christmas Specials, Past and Present
Ah, the holidays. Time for glad tidings, mistletoe... and television. Back in the day, there were more celebrities on TV during the holidays than there are now in a single episode of TMZ. We picked a few of our favorite Christmas specials from the past umpteen years—Bob Hope, Captain and Tennille, the Muppets, even Stephen Colbert. We've even got a way for you to get a new Christmas song from Donny Osmond for free via e-mail, and news about Chewbacca making an appearance on Glee. Merry Christmas, television fans! By Brett SingerIn 1997, Hanson broke out in a big way with a little ditty called “MMMBop.” That same year, ABC aired a special called Meet Hanson, which featured a Christmas theme. While many young pop stars go on to become more infamous than famous, Hanson has gone the opposite route. Mark Hudson, who produced Hanson’s holiday album Snowed In and also worked on the TV special, thinks he knows why. “The Hanson Boys rock!” he tells Snakkle via e-mail. “[They are] not just another ‘pop’ band. They grew with their audience, and became great musicians and songwriters.” As for Snowed In, Hudson—who first found fame in the ’70s with his own siblings, the Hudson Brothers—tells Snakkle, “I hear it every year in department stores all over the world! Now THAT’S a Christmas gift!” The brothers Hanson have grown up; they even have their own beer, called—wait for it—MMMHop.
March 16, 2014 at 9:25 am, Eva said:
Anonymous – I totally agree. Some of my fitvraoe photographs of my kids are ones where they are pensive and even a little unhappy. Those kinds of pictures let me really see into their eyes and remind me of who they really are. But those kinds of pictures are not to everyone’s taste. I get some strange looks sometimes when I show them to people.