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Hard Candy x Wednesday Collection at Walmart- In Store Photographs

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While on a shopping trip to Walmart earlier this fall, I found the Hard Candy collaboration with the TV series Wednesday for sale. I have many friends that are Tim Burton fans. Because of them, I knew about Wednesday, which is a TV series about Wednesday Addams, from the Addams Family. In the series, she learns to master her psychic abilities at the Nevermore Academy. Four out of the eight episodes from the first season were directed by Tim Burton, who is also an executive producer for the series.

For Halloween 2023, Hard Candy released a makeup collaboration collection inspired by Wednesday. Some of the products I saw in Walmart could be purchased at Walmart only. Others are still available and can be purchased off Hard Candy’s official website.

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Thoughts On A Charlie Brown Christmas Not On TV This Year

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Every Christmas, I always look forward to watching Christmas movies and TV specials. This year, one of my favorite Christmas specials will not be airing. The special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, as well it’s Halloween and Thanksgiving specials, did not/will not be airing on TV.

The reason is because Apple holds all copyrights to air the Peanuts specials. For the past two years, Apple aired the specials on PBS. This year, they will not be allowing the specials to be aired on TV at all. Instead, they can be found exclusively on Apple’s streaming service, Apple TV.

To be honest, I’m not happy about this. I heard about this prior to the pandemic in 2020, but it seemed like nobody cared like I hoped they would. Even though I didn’t say much if anything online, I felt really upset about it. I was happy when Apple decided to allow the specials to air on PBS. Now that they are no longer on the air, I’m now back to feeling upset.

To me, it feels like a loss of an important American Christmas tradition. I always looked forward to the special. When I was a child, I would get upset if I missed the show or someone interrupted me watching it. As I became an older child, I didn’t feel so upset about it, but I still looked forward to it. As an adult, I began to care for the special more than before. It was a way to subtlety resist and rebel against the urge to grow up too much too fast.

Now that the show is no longer airing on TV, I am upset. Yet, as the Christmas season moves forward, I feel more at peace about it. I’m still unhappy about it, but I am a peace because I own the DVD versions of the specials. I can watch them anytime I want, not matter what the season. If I miss the show too much, I can just watch the DVD. It’s not the same, but it is better than nothing.

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

TV Show Review: Reindeer in Here (2022)

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On November 29, 2022, CBS aired Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Even though I owned the show on DVD, I watched this year’s broadcast due to an overwhelming need for Christmas nostalgic. After the show ended, a new, one hour show premiered on CBS. The show, called Reindeer in Here, was a new show for 2022. Since it was new, I decided to watch it. After watching it, I decided to write a review about it for Blogmas. Continue reading “TV Show Review: Reindeer in Here (2022)” →

TV Show Review: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)

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Every year for many decades, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer airs on TV. Since I was a little girl, I really enjoyed watching it. There were a few years when I didn’t want to watch it, but this year, I felt like I needed to watch it. On November 29, 2022, CBS aired the beloved Christmas special. Even though I own the show on DVD, I wanted to watch it on TV. I needed to watch it this way due to nostalgic reasons.

I wanted to write more posts about classic Christmas specials for Blogmas. Since I felt it was very important to watch Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer this year, I decided to write a review post this year. Continue reading “TV Show Review: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964)” →

MeTV’s Charles Shultz 100 Birthday Celebration & Two Peanuts Movies To Air

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Well, it’s official. None of the best known Carlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang holiday specials will be airing on TV this year. Even though Halloween has already passed, there was no airing of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. There will be no airing of A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving next week and there will be no airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas next month.

Three or so years ago, Apple acquired exclusive rights to the specials and all the Peanuts specials. For the past two years, Apple allowed the specials have aired on PBS stations. This year, they will not be airing on TV at all.

Even though this is sad for Peanuts fans, like myself, I still wanted to mention an over-the-air TV station that will air two Peanuts specials during the holiday season.

The TV station is MeTV and is an over-the-air TV station that can be view in most, if not all, parts of the United Sates. The station focuses mainly on broadcasting reruns of TV shows from the 1930’s to the 1990’s. In addition to the old, classic TV programs, they also have original shows that work well with their programing.

Recently, MeTV started advertising their holiday schedule. One of their ads caught my attention because it mentioned a Peanuts special would air on their station. After doing some research on their website, which lead me to a video announcement, I discovered it was true! They would air a Peanuts special. Except it isn’t a special. It is the first two full length films of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang.

The films and their air times are as followed…

  • A Boy Named Charlie Brown- November 20th at 8PM/7PM Central
  • Snoopy, Come Home- November 27th at 8PM/7PM Central

MeTV is airing these specials as part of their celebration of Charles Schultz’s (The creator of the Peanuts comic) 100th birthday. Even though these movies are not the holiday specials, they will fill the void left from the absence of the holiday specials.

So, if you miss the holiday specials on TV like I do, please look into watching these two movies on MeTv! If you don’t know where to watch MeTV, pease look at MeTV’s website for how and where to watch it.

That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

How to Watch It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown on PBS

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Tonight, PBS will show It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown on their TV stations. This will be the first time since 2019 the show has aired on TV. I really liked the show growing up and watched it every year, but I was disappointed and upset when it didn’t air on TV in 2020. Fortunately, I already own my own copy of the show on DVD, so I could still watch it. I’m very excited to watch the show again, except on TV instead of on DVD.

Last week, while researching what time the show will be on, I discovered not all PBS platforms will carry it. The PBS stations for over the air TV and cable will air the special. The channels are the original PBS station and on their station that airs only children’s programs, PBS Kids. Even the over the air and cable PBS channels will air the show, the online streaming services and apps for PBS and PBS Kids will not be showing it. And this is why I’m writing this post!

In order to make sure you will be able to watch the show, please read this article on PBS’ website. Also, check the times when the show will air. Last year, I learned that the hard way when I tried to watch the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special. Some stations will air the show at different times on different channels. So, make sure to pick a channel to watch and double check what time the show will air.

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for watching!

TV Show Review- Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

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A few weeks ago, NBC aired Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The version they showed is the original 1966 cartoon version of the Dr. Seuss children story. It’s been years since I watched it so I decided to watch it and review it for Blogmas. Continue reading “TV Show Review- Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)” →

What I Learned From Watching Educational TV While Under Quarantine

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Since Arizona’s stay at home order went into place on March 31, I stayed home, worked my day job, worked on my pile of sewing projects, and watched very boring TV. Even though I was bored, and scared if I watched the news, one of the highlights of watching TV was the educational programing the PBS stations in Arizona aired for students that can no longer go to school for the rest of the school year. After watching a month of this programing, I learned a few things. Actually, I learned nothing from the educational programing because I already saw the shows that aired, but I wanted to share some of the interesting things I heard while watching educational programing. Continue reading “What I Learned From Watching Educational TV While Under Quarantine” →