Saturday Christmas Lineup

**Posting after midnight – this will replace “In Search of Saturday” for today.**

Saturday Christmas Lineup

(All times are Central Standard Time)

After yesterday’s tragedy here is a nice way to spend some good quality family time. Have some hot chocolate, make some popcorn and homemade pizzas, watch some good old-fashioned “cartoons” and hug your children a little tighter.

Family Channel

6AM – Cat in the hat – 1971

6:30AM – The Grinch / Cat in the Hat – 1982

7AM – Little Drummer Boy – 1968

7:30AM – Little Drummer Boy Book II

8AM – Nester the Christmas Donkey – 1977

8:30AM – Pinocchio’s Christmas

9:30AM – Miser Brother’s Christmas – 2008

10:30AM – 1^st Christmas Snow – 1975

11AM – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas – 1974

11:30AM – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland – 1976

12Noon – Jack Frost – 1979

1PM – Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July – 1979

3PM – Disney’s A Christmas Carol – 2009

5PM – Toy Story – 1995

7PM – Toy Story 2 – 1999

9PM – Santa Claus is Commin to Town – 1970

10PM – Year Without A Santa Claus – 1974

On Nickelodeon

5PM – Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh! – 2007

At Walmart

I love it when I get to bring yall updates on new Classic Nick stuff and this one is very exciting for me, especially when my, or rather my Mom’s, discovery was so unexpected.

Okay so ya know you’re bored and you’re walking through Walmart with nothing to do, you’re just kinda killin’ time and looking at everything just to have something to do. And one of the things you like to do is kinda walk by the $5 movie bin, or in this case the 4-way, and casually look through the movies, not really expecting to find anything of any great impertinence, when low and behold you find a jewel in the mist of stupid movies. Well that’s what happened to Mamma and me a couple of weeks ago.

My Mom and I were over by the $5 movie display and I wasn’t looking through them b/c I figured why bother right? It’s the same movies they always have. Then all of the sudden my Mom picks up a DVD and says, “Isn’t this that cartoon of the snowman that you like?”, and she handed it to me.

I took one look at it and almost screamed my head off. She handed me the DVD version of Raymond Briggs’ “The Snowman” from 1982!!!!!!!!!!

Alright so the next question you’re going to ask is, “Why should we, the Classic Nickelodeon community care about this?” I’ll tell you why. This classic cartoon was showed on Nickelodeon as one of their Special Delivery movies!!!

This is a true holiday classic with the most beautiful animation I think I’ve ever seen in any movie and the musical score is just as lovely. And I think we all remember the beautiful “Walking In The Air” that was sung as the snowman and the little boy fly through the night sky.

If you’re looking for a true holiday classic, which also just happens to be a Classic Nickelodeon Special Delivery as well, then pick up a copy of Raymond Briggs’ “The Snowman” on DVD and fall in love with your childhood all over again.