Christmas has me thinking back to tv specials I loved as a kid. Yes, I watched the Grinch and the others, but I loved when my favorite tv shows had Christmas themed episodes. One I was thinking of today was an episode of the ABC drama Eight is Enough. I was too young to have watched this show when it aired, but I had an aunt who shoved in her VHS copies of the show whenever we visited. I remember asking her for the tape of the Christmas episode that she reluctantly let me 'borrow'. She never got it back. The episode featured a cranky old Santa (Will Geer from The Waltons) who stole all of the Bradfords Christmas gifts. I had a minor crush on Willie Aames and Grant Goodeve at the time. Today this show would not hold up to the shows currently on the air, but when it aired it as great family drama.
