The head of NBC took notice of Grant's performance and called her manager to book her for her own Christmas special.

* The first Christmas special featured the pair sitting in front of the television providing crude commentary on various aspects of Christmas, and commenting on Christmas-themed music videos from various artists.

* The second Christmas special was simply titled " Beavis and Butt-Head Christmas Special ," or alternately " Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas.

" It consisted of two segments that parodied A Christmas Carol directed by Tony Kluck and It's a Wonderful Life directed by former DreamWorks Animation director Mike deSeve, as well as Christmas-themed music videos ( taken from the first Christmas special ) and several segments in which Butt-Head answered fan mail dressed as Santa Claus while whipping a reindeer-costumed Beavis.

Bock is historically associated with special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent.

As a way to earn a bit of money in the 1890s, Beatrix and her brother began to print Christmas cards of their own design, as well as cards for special occasions.

The issues were numbered, and the first one was a Dennis and Friends special, the last a Christmas reprint special.

In some areas, Black Cake, a derivative of English Christmas pudding may be served, especially on special occasions ..

Viewership peaked on Christmas Day 1987 when an average of 28. 5 million viewers tuned in to see Hilda Ogden leave the street to start a new life as a housekeeper for long term friend Dr Lowther ( although there is some confusion as to whether or not this was actually the highest rating episode due to a special omnibus repeat of that week's episodes being combined with the original airing ).

Among the special tasks carried out i private homes during Advent ( a time of waiting for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus ) is the baking of the Christmas piernik ( gingerbread ), and the making of Christmas decorations.

In 1966, he produced and directed the TV special How the Grinch Stole Christmas !, featuring the voice and facial models based on the readings by Boris Karloff.

Jones was the creative consultant and character designer for two Raggedy Ann animated specials and the first Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas special " A Chipmunk Christmas ".

Towards the end of the year, Bowie performed the song for Marc Bolan's television show Marc, and again two days later for Bing Crosby's televised Christmas special, when he joined Crosby in " Peace on Earth / Little Drummer Boy ", a version of " The Little Drummer Boy " with a new, contrapuntal verse.

He has produced numerous movies, television shows, and specials through his production company, Apostle ; these include Comedy Central's Shorties Watchin ' Shorties, the stand-up special Denis Leary's Merry F #$% in ' Christmas, and the movie Blow.

She did not have the opportunity to see her sons very often during her imprisonment, though she was released for special occasions such as Christmas.

Radio collaborations include Euroclassic Notturno – an overnight classical music stream, produced by BBC Radio 3 and broadcast in the United Kingdom as Through the Night – and special theme days, such as the annual Christmas music relays from around Europe.

In the TV Series Doctor Who, the character in the 2009 Christmas special, Jackson Lake, suffers a fugue state after witnessing the death of his wife by a Cyberman attack.

An Irish-British co-production, written jointly by Irish writers Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan and starring a predominantly Irish cast, it originally aired over three series from 21 April 1995 until 1 May 1998, including a Christmas special, for a total of 25 episodes.

Carl and Paula met in Milwaukee in 1907 during Paula's Christmas holiday visit to her parents.

Handmade Christmas wreaths and trees often contain a variety of seeds collected during the year.

She stayed for two years, winning a good-conduct medal in December 1836, and returning home only during Christmas and summer holidays.

For the next five years, Anne spent no more than five or six weeks a year with her family, during holidays at Christmas and in June.

The Electron was developed during 1983 as a cheap sibling for the BBC Micro with the intention of capturing the low-cost Christmas sales market for that year.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Bethlehem's chief economic sector is tourism which peaks during the Christmas season when Christian pilgrims throng to the Church of the Nativity.

Believing Jed to be dead, Tony hid his body in the Christmas hamper during the party.

General Krulak attracted some attention during his tenure as commandant by his custom of delivering Christmas cookies to each marine duty post in the Washington area.

A decisive factor in winning general popularity was the German army's decision to place Christmas trees in its barracks and military hospitals during the 1870-1871 war.

Titled Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow, the British theatrical version was released on a double bill with The Sword in the Stone, and ran during the 1963 Christmas season ( advertised in the January 1964 issue of Photoplay ).

Other chart hits during this period included Parton's chart-topping cover of the 1969 First Edition hit " But You Know I Love You " and " The House of the Rising Sun " ( both 1981 ), " Single Women ", " Heartbreak Express " and " Hard Candy Christmas " ( 1982 ) and 1983's " Potential New Boyfriend ", which was accompanied by one of Parton's first music videos, and which also reached the U. S. dance charts.

They have also included holiday shows during the Christmas season.

The " Christmas elves " of contemporary popular culture are of relatively recent tradition, popularized during the late 19th century in the United States, in publications such as Godey's Lady's Book.

In his history of the game, historian David Nelson concluded that the first forward passes were thrown on Christmas Day 1905 in a match between two small colleges in Kansas: " Although Cochems was the premier passing coach during the first year of the rule, the first forward passes were thrown at the end of the 1905 season in a game between Fairmount and Washburn colleges in Kansas.

Father Christmas-The Chicago Years, Father Christmas is shown to be heavily involved in gangland Chicago during the Prohibition era.

He is also known for his love of the Eucharist, his sorrow during the Stations of the Cross and for the creation of the Christmas creche or Nativity Scene.

Christopher Columbus arrived at the island during his first voyage to America in 1492, where his flagship, the Santa Maria, sank after running aground on Christmas Day.

Christian hymns are often written with special or seasonal themes and these are used on holy days such as Christmas, Easter and the Feast of All Saints, or during particular seasons such as Advent and Lent.

In Sweden, julmust outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season ; in fact, the consumption of Coca-Cola drops by as much as 50 % over Christmas.

* Horrid Henry Shows Who's Boss ( 2010 ): Stories comprise: Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch, Horrid Henry's Arch Enemy, Moody Margaret's Makeover, Horrid Henry's Newspaper, Horrid Henry's Author Visit, Horrid Henry and The TV Remote, Horrid Henry's School Election, Moody Margaret's School, Horrid Henry's Bedtime, Horrid Henry's Diary.

When Margaret's second husband is killed in a car accident, Chacko invites her and Sophie to spend Christmas in Ayemenem.

Tony and Mureen are Margaret's parents, who are always seen putting her down many times, however they greatly respect Bob for marrying Margaret, thinking that no one else would want ot marry their daughter due to physical characteristics, they seem to characterize Margaret as a " mentally ill monkey " which was shown at the series finale of Bob and Margaret in " A Very Fishy Christmas "