Christmas Wonders

Love Christmas? Hate Christmas? Not sure exactly what to think about the whole thing?? Well, you wouldn't be the first or be alone. The following is the summary of a television Christmas special which attempted to do something "a little different" to honor this holiday:

A Muppet Christmas with Zbigniew Brzezinski (1978)
A year before their rather more successful Christmas pairing with John Denver, the Muppets joined Carter Administration National Security Advisor Brezezinski for an evening of fun, song, and anticommunist rhetoric. While those who remember the show recall the pairing of Brzezinki and Miss Piggy for a duet of "Winter Wonderland" as winsomely enchanting, the scenes where the NSA head explains the true meaning of Christmas to an assemblage of Muppets dressed as Afghan mujahideen was incongruous and disturbing even then. Washington rumor, unsupported by any Carter administration member, suggests that President Carter had this Christmas special on a repeating loop while he drafted his infamous "Malaise" speech.

Nine more howlers like this, including a particularly awful Star Trek episode and a stab at a swinging swinger Santa, can be found at: "The Ten Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time."