User blog:JeremyCreek/The Great Christmas Specials Bracket Tournament

Well, folks, Thanksgiving has passed, thousands of us tuned in to watch  the day after, and the Christmas season is already underway. And since this year marked the 10th anniversary of when Danny "Toughpigs" Horn founded the Christmas Specials Wiki, I decided to commemorate the occasion with a bracket tournament, inspired by the Cartoon All-Stars Madness tournament that Saturday Morning Rewind and Disney Afternoon Forever hosted on Facebook earlier this year.

I have picked out 64 classic Christmas television specials and episodes from the past 55 years, grouped in the graphic seen below. The criteria for the specials chosen were that 1) no 7- or 15-minute shorts would be used, 2) no movies would be used either, because I may want to do a similar tournament for movies next year, and 3) only one special per franchise would be used. Each special will be voted on with the winner of each match being the one that gets the most votes from users like you.



After every three days, the next round will start with the winners of the previous round going up against each other. As of this writing, the tournament is currently in Round 1, and Round 2 will begin on December 12th, so vote while you can! Will A Charlie Brown Christmas come out in the number-one spot like always, or will the Peanuts gang more characteristically suffer defeat at the hands of an unexpected challenger? You decide!

Bracket 1: Round 1
Match 8: The Miser Brothers VS Chowder The Year Without a Santa Claus Hey, Hey It's Knishmas!

Bracket 2: Round 1
Match 8: Mickey Mouse and Friends VS Harvey Beaks Mickey's Christmas Carol It's Christmas, You Dorks!

Bracket 3: Round 1
Match 8: Futurama VS TaleSpin Xmas Story Jolly Molly Christmas

Bracket 4: Round 1
Match 8: The Town Santa Forgot VS The Jetsons The Town Santa Forgot A Jetson Christmas Carol