{"id":4999,"date":"2009-12-11T06:00:11","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=4999"},"modified":"2009-11-25T14:15:37","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T20:15:37","slug":"the-best-christmas-special-ev-er","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-best-christmas-special-ev-er\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Christmas Special Ev&#8230;er"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Lynn wraps up our week of holiday recommendations with a favorite for kids ages 2-92.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/Heat-Miser.jpg?resize=274%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Heat Miser\" width=\"274\" height=\"225\" \/>During the Christmas season, appointment\u00a0tv for me is <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1061643\" target=\"_blank\">The Year Without a\u00a0 Santa Claus<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (the original 1974 Shirley Booth version).<\/p>\n<p>Kids can really relate to the story, which is\u00a0based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|593603\" target=\"_blank\">Phyllis McGinley<\/a> book. Among other things, it\u00a0features sibling rivalry in the form of\u00a0brothers, Heat and Snow Miser, fighting\u00a0over the earth&#8217;s climate.\u00a0Their mother, (Mother Nature) is constantly mediating their feuds. Also cool, the brothers each have super powers (melting and freezing objects).<\/p>\n<p>But, really, it&#8217;s the catchy tunes and the chorus lines of\u00a0miser dancing that I\u00a0 love. Just try to get his out of your head now:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s Mr. White Christmas, he&#8217;s Mr. Snow. He&#8217;s Mr. Icicle, He&#8217;s Mr. 10 below.&#8221; and &#8220;He&#8217;s Mr. Green Christmas. He&#8217;s Mr. Sun. He&#8217;s Mr. HeatBlister. He&#8217;s Mr. Hundred-and-One&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"qt0175129\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynn wraps up our week of holiday recommendations with a favorite for kids ages 2-92. During the Christmas season, appointment\u00a0tv for me is The Year Without a\u00a0 Santa Claus (the original 1974 Shirley Booth version). Kids can really relate to the story, which is\u00a0based on the Phyllis McGinley book. Among<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-best-christmas-special-ev-er\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12,1],"tags":[351],"class_list":["post-4999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-dvds","category-reference","tag-christmas"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-1iD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4999"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5007,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4999\/revisions\/5007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}