Good Times, Great People, Excellent Programs

 Do you ever score a kiss under the mistletoe? "I Love Lucy" Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz as Lucy and Ricky Ricardo (kiss) and Vivian Vance as Ethel Mertz (watching)

 Celebrating the 39th anniversary of this classic episode! pictured above (l-r): Betty White, Terry Kiser, Rue McClanahan and Beatrice Arthur

 Happy Anniversary! "The Andy Griffith Show" - "The Christmas Story" December 19, 1960 - 65 years! pictured above:  back row: Andy Griffith (left) and Elinor Donahue (right) center: Ron Howard front row: Frances Bavier (left) and Don Knotts (right) "The Beverly Hillbillies" - "Home for Christmas" December 19, 1962 - 63 years! pictured above (l-r): Donna Douglas, Max Baer, Jr., Buddy Ebsen and Bea Benaderet The body actor playing Jetherine Bodine is uncredited, but her voice was provided by Linda Kaye Henning. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" - "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid II" December 19, 1970 - 55 years! pictured above: Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Richards "Dynasty" - "The Holiday Spirit" December 19, 1984 - 41 years! pictured above: back row (l-r): John James, Diahann Carroll, Jack Coleman, Pamela Bellwood and Gordon Thomson front row (l-r): Michael Nader, Dame Joan Collins, John Forsythe, Linda Evans and Cat...

 Celebrating the anniversary of these special programs! "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" - December 18, 1966 59 years! pictured above: Boris Karloff with the Grinch "The Simpsons" - "Simpsons Christmas Stories" December 18, 2005 - 20 years!

Happy 36th Anniversary to this classic series!  This was the first episode to air on weekly television.  The show is still on air and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight....

 Happy Anniversary to these classic shows! "Dragnet" - "The Human Bomb" December 16, 1951 - 74 years pictured above: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday The series had started on radio in 1949 "Mickey's Christmas Carol" - December 16, 1983 43 years! pictured above: Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge with a poor man asking for help "The Golden Girls" - "Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas" December 16, 1989 - 36 years! pictured above: Beatrice Arthur (left) as Dorothy Zbornak and Herb Edelman (right) as Stanley Zbornak Additional Photos From "Mickey's Christmas Carol" full credit goes to the rightful owner of these photos!

 God Bless!

  Happy 29th Anniversary to this classic episode! pictured above: Dean Cain (right) as Superman with Lane Smith (left) as Perry White (Santa Claus)

Two Christmas guardian angels! Dick Van Dyke (left) is credited simply as "The Angel" and Dame Angela Lansbury (right) played Rose

 Happy Anniversary! "The Lucy Show" - "Lucy the Choirmaster" December 13, 1965 - 60 years! pictured above: Lucille Ball (right) as Lucy Carmichael and Gale Gordon (left) as Mr. Mooney "Murder, She Wrote" - "The Christmas Secret" December 13, 1992 - 33 years! pictured above: Dame Angela Lansbury (left) as Jessica Fletcher and William Windom (right) as Dr. Seth Hazlitt

 Happy 50th Anniversary to this classic episode! pictured above: LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther Anderson

  The holiday season is the perfect time to appreciate the little moments with the ones we love! "Julia" pictured above: Diahann Carroll as Nurse Julia Baker with Marc Copage as Corey Baker

 How quickly do you start putting the packages under your tree?  The ones that aren't brought by Santa Claus of course! "The Lucy Show" pictured above: Lucille Ball as Lucy Carmichael

 Is this your favorite Christmas movie? pictured above: James Stewart and Donna Reed as George and Mary Bailey pictured above: James Stewart and Donna Reed with other cast members pictured above: Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle and Natalie Wood as Susan Walker

 Happy 29th Anniversary to this classic film! pictured above: Dame Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Santa Claus with Charles Durning as Santa Claus "As long as you love one another, you'll have the best Christmas of all"

 Do you and your neighbors still go caroling during the holiday season? The Cast of "Dennis the Menace" pictured above (l-r): Joseph Kearns, Gloria Henry, Jay North and Herbert Anderson full credit goes to the rightful owner of the photo used above

 Is it a Christmas movie? Batman Returns was released in June of 1992, and the film is set during Christmastime pictured above: Michael Keaton as Batman with the Batmobile

 Please travel safely when going to holiday parties and gatherings! Don't accept rides from super villains! pictured above (l-r): Bruce Wayne, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn in the episode "Holiday Knights"

 Celebrating the 44th anniversary of this classic series! pictured above (l-r): Robert Foxworth, Jamie Rose, Susan Sullivan, Jane Wyman, William R. Moses, Abby Dalton and Lorenzo Lamas The series also starred Margaret Ladd, David Selby, Ana-Alicia, Chao-Li Chi, Brett Cullen, Dana Sparks, John Callahan, Mel Ferrer, Laura Johnson, Ken Olin, Cesar Romero, Sarah Douglas, Paul Freeman, Simon MacCorkindale, Kristian Alfonso, David Beecroft, Wendy Phillips, Andrea Thompson, Rod Taylor and Gregory Harrison.

 When do you usually finish your shopping? pictured above: The ladies of "Designing Women" back row (l-r): Delta Burke and Dixie Carter front row (l-r): Jean Smart and Annie Potts

 When do your decorations go up? full credit goes to the rightful owner of this beautiful photo! Lucy (Lucille Ball) and Ethel (Vivian Vance) decorating in "Christmas Show" on "I Love Lucy" Ralph (Jackie Gleason) and Ed (Art Carney) decorating in "Twas the Night Before Christmas" on "The Honeymooners" In My Home: The Bat Family enjoying a sleigh ride The ladies of "The Golden Palace" take a sleigh ride with Venom and the 1966 Batmobile close by The Simpson family along with Aunt Patty and Aunt Selma take a sleigh ride 

 December Birthdays! December 1st - Keith Thibodeaux (75) December 1st - Charlene Tilton (67) pictured above as Lucy Ewing on "Dallas" December 2nd - Lucy Liu (57) December 2nd - Dan Gauthier (62) December 4th - Max Baer, Jr. (88) pictured above as Jethro Bodine on "The Beverly Hillbillies" December 5th - Morgan Brittany (74) December 6th - Cintia Dicker (39) December 8th - Kim Basinger (72) December 8th - Teri Hatcher (61) pictured above as Lois Lane on "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" December 11th - Donna Mills (85) December 11th - Rider Strong (46) December 12th - Ana-Alicia (69) December 12th - Sarah Douglas (73) December 13th - Dick Van Dyke (100) pictured above as Dr. Mark Sloan on "Diagnosis Murder" December 15th - Helen Slater (62) pictured above as Supergirl December 18th - Katie Holmes (47) December 21st - Jane Fonda (88) pictured above as Grace Hanson on "Grace and Frankie" December 22nd - Hector Elizondo (...