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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 Singer
Star Wars Holiday Special
Wow. Where to start? Bea Arthur singing in the Cantina? Carrie Fisher singing the finale? Yes, there was singing in the Star Wars Holiday Special (1978), which George Lucas reportedly considers so awful he barely acknowledges that it exists. Yet it does, and we kind of love it. Apparently we’re not the only ones—it was just announced that Glee will pay tribute to the special in the upcoming episode “Extraordinary Merry Christmas,” airing on December 13, 2011. You know who’s going to make an appearance? Chewbacca. We’ll be watching.
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