That time of year

Christmas special time. I'm a sucker for bunch of different Christmas TV specials, especially Nightmare Before Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Dr. Seuss, Boris Karloff, and Chuck Jones as a team. Dude.), but a bunch of them leave me cold, too. Not just the cheesy smarmy "And a bunch of plucky kids save Christmas and learn Important Lessons about Sharing and Caring and Blah Blah Blah. No, some of the favorite ones just leave me cold. Like I mentioned last year, a Christmas Story just feels mean, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation isn't all that funny, either. There's some funny bits, but most of the funny bits are the kind that are funnier in memory, or when quoting, then when actually watching the movie.

I don't know what it is about these two in particular that leaves me cold, especially since they're two of my dad's favorite movies. So, I dunno. But they just don't work for me.