Images, clockwise from left: The Everett Collection, Hanna-Barbera, CBS
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Nothing says Christmas like singing raisins and glow-in-the-dark larvae. Well, at least in the Eighties. Television networks aired holiday specials inspired by the popular toys, video games, newspaper comic strips and even commercials of the era. Which is how you ended up with Pac-Man meeting St. Nick and Hasbro dolls saving Santa.
There were some more serious live-action affairs based on the classics, too.
Take a trip backwards in time through some overlooked Christmas specials from the '80s. Do you remember watching these?
A Garfield Christmas Special
1987
The lasagna-loving feline begins his Christmas carol singing the praises of presents and precious gems. (Lou Rawls was singing, too.) A trip to the Arbuckle farm — inspired by creator Jim Davis' own Christmas past in Indiana — taught Garfield the true meaning of the holiday. Typically bundled alongside A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Garfield Christmas Special aired on CBS up until about the turn of the millennium.
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A Claymation Christmas Celebration
1987
The California Raisins went from dried fruit mascot to collectible toy to pop-culture sensation. This special, which premiered on the same night as A Garfield Christmas, saw the singing, stop-motion Raisins performing 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,' but the segment most likely remembered was a clever 'Carol of the Bells' played by the bells themselves, whacking their noggins with mallets.
Image: CBS
Babes in Toyland
1986
The made-for-TV movie gathered an unlikely assortment of talent — in hindsight, at least. Drew Barrymore, hot off cinematic horror hits Firestarter and Cat's Eye, starred in this retelling of the traditional operetta. Oh, and it had Keanu Reeves, in one of his earliest lead roles, not to mention a scary cyclops bird monster that sticks in our memories/nightmares. These budding stars were under the direction of Clive Donner, who had helmed Woody Allen's What's New Pussycat? (1965) and The Nude Bomb (1980), the Get Smart movie. Oh, he also directed the film two spots below…
Image: The Everett Collection
The GLO Friends Save Christmas
1985
A hot Christmas present at the time — perhaps you remember the stuffed green larvae with little sleeping caps — the popular Glo Worm dolls got a Christmas special, which led to a regular cartoon series, that aired as a segment in My Little Pony. In this Yuletide tale, a witch named Blanche (perhaps someone at Hasbro disliked The Golden Girls?) locks Santa in a cage of ice.
Image: Hasbro
A Christmas Carol
1984
If you can play Patton, you can play Scrooge. George C. Scott starred as the 'Bah, Humbug!' icon in this umpteenth retelling of the Dickens classic, that actually stays remarkably true to the source material.
Image: The Everett Collection
Christmas Comes to Pac-Land
1983
It ain't exactly Charles Dickens, but it was at least animated by the pros at Hanna-Barbera. Marty Ingels, a sitcom legend who had starred in I'm Dickens, He's Fenster with John Astin back in 1962, voiced the yellow arcade hero.
Image: Hanna-Barbera
Ziggy's Gift
1982
Ziggy, the little bald comic strip character known for his misfortunes, helped those less fortunate in his charming cartoon special. Written by the character's creator Tom Wilson, the first and only Ziggy specialsaw Ziggy and his pooch Fuzz play Santa on the street to raise money for the poor. Ziggy may never speak, but there was delightful music from Harry Nilsson. The special won an Emmy.
Image: ABC / Universal Press Syndicate
A Chipmunk Christmas
1981
Alvin, Simon and Theodore first celebrated Christmas way back in 1958, when the high-pitched novelty song 'The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late),' reached No. 1 on the Billboard pop charts and garnered three Grammys. (That really all happened.) Surprisingly, it took 23 years to turn that pop success into an animated special, a decade after the death of Chipmunks creator Ross Bagdasarian. Chuck Jones, the brilliant Looney Tunes cartoonist, crafted this special for NBC.
Image: The Everett Collection
B.C.: A Special Christmas
1981
Yep, another special from the pages of the newspaper funnies. These cavemen beat Ziggy and Garfield to Christmas special status. It's easy to forget how huge B.C. was at the time. Arby's even sold collectible B.C. glasses in 1981.
Image: Cinera Productions Limited
A Snow White Christmas
1980
We'renot in Disneyland anymore. This special was a sequel to the classic fairy tale, and had no relation to the 1937 Disney film, though the Evil Queen looked rather similar. In this tale, the original Snow White is now queen — and mother to a daughter also named Snow White. The young Snow White actually has white hair, because I suppose that name was confusing to kids before?
Image: Filmation
Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.As someone who has studied and practiced family therapy for 37 years, I am repeatedly struck by a secret’s impact on a family. With the best intentions, parents often strive to protect a child from a shameful or painful event that happened in the past. But keeping a secret usually has the opposite effect. It can take a toll on bearers and their families for years, even generations.
One way a secret surfaces is via an “anniversary reaction,” a physical or emotional response to a calendar date. A study of Hurricane Katrina survivors shows a rise in depression, headaches, and stomachaches every August, the month of the 2005 tragedy. When recognized in a supportive social context of family and community, these symptoms tend to be of short duration. But anniversary reactions stirred by private events last longer. Their origins are harder to uncover and explain, and portend long-held family secrets the keeper finds too traumatic to reveal.
We each carry an inner calendar, just at the edge of awareness. Anniversary reactions might be experienced by the secret bearer or another family member. Either way a secret exacts a steep price on family relationships and individual identity. But just as I have been struck by the damage done by secrets, I have been repeatedly struck by the healing power of exposing them. It’s an insight that was impressed on me by two families in particular.
1. Carol
Several years ago, I worked with a family where the mother compulsively washed her hands several dozen times a day. I’ll call her Carol to protect her real identity. In her early 70s, Carol was a healthy and energetic woman who refused to leave the house, except for doctor’s visits. Her husband, Bill, complained of feeling like a prisoner. Grown children and grandchildren were exiled from her home. He and Carol had fruitless arguments centering on her hand washing. Her symptoms handicapped her life.
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