I may sound a bit of a grump, which I am not, but I have become increasingly bored and disappointed with all those TV Christmas specials. They rarely measure up to the originals and usually fail to be much good. I suspect they are cobbled together quickly just to fill-in the yawning spaces in the Christmas schedules.
In fact, if you were to ignore the all the specials and endless repeats, most Christmas TV is becoming a bit of a bore, of use mainly as comfort material for the lonely. Perhaps there are just too many channels and not enough stuff with which to fill them, but where are all those good old family comedy shows of the past? I'm thinking of taking up knitting at Christmas in future, or even talking to my wife. If that fails I may even have to consider getting out of bed!