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Christmas Tv Animated Special Late Shows Rudolph Santa

Id ESLPod_0854_CN
Episode Id ESLPod 854
Episode Title Singing Christmas Carols
Title Animated Christmas TV Specials
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Many Americans "eagerly" (with a lot of excitement and enthusiasm) look forward to "Christmastime" (the time before and during Christmas, from late November to late December) traditions. For many people, these traditions include watching the Christmas movies and TV specials. There are certain films and shows that are shown on TV every year around Christmas, and some people watch them every year.

One of the more "popular" (liked by many people) "animated" (with drawings, not with actors) Christmas TV specials is Rudolph the Red-Nosed "Reindeer" (a large animal like a deer, but with heavy antlers or horns on its head). The TV special shows how Rudolph was chosen to "guide" (lead) Santa's "sleigh" (the vehicle Santa travels in) because his red nose served as a light through the "fog" (heavy clouds low to the ground).

Charlie Brown Christmas is an animated special showing a popular cartoon character and his friends as they look for the perfect Christmas tree and end up with a very small, "scrawny" (skinny, without many branches) tree. Frosty the Snowman is an animated TV special about a "snowman" (a figure made from snow) named Frosty who "comes to life" (becomes alive) and needs to find a way to the "North Pole" (the cold place where Santa lives) before he "melts" (warms up and turns into a liquid).

Another popular animated Christmas TV special is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, based on a children's book by Dr. Seuss. It is about the "Grinch" (a green, monster-like character) who hates Christmas and tries to stop Christmas celebrations in a small town.

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