ARE YOU LETTING THE GRINCH STEAL YOUR CHRISTMAS? (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Luke 1:39-45
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Are You Letting the Grinch Steal Your Christmas? (3 of 4)
The Thrill of Hope
Jeff Schreve
Luke 1:39-45
When I was a kid growing up back in the day, we didn't have cable TV. We didn't have Bluray. No such thing as tapes or CDs or DVDs. We didn't have any of that stuff. We didn't have YouTube. We didn't have streaming. We had network television, CBS, ABC, NBC, a couple of UHF stations. If you were totally desperate, PBS, but you didn't want to watch that. That was terrible. But it was appointment TV. You know, we have this stuff called On Demand. Whenever you want, you can watch what you want on demand. Back in the 60s, 70s, it wasn't on demand. It was appointment television. And the network told you, "This is when we're airing X." And if you don't watch it when it comes on at 7:30, you didn't get to see it. And so, as a little kid growing up and excited about Christmastime, we would look through the TV Guide. They would print it in the newspaper, and then you could buy a magazine - it was TV Guide - it would show you all the things that were on and when they were on, because it was appointment television.
Well, as a kid, we looked and zeroed in on the cartoon Christmas movies that we never got to see. They only showed them one time a year at Christmastime, and so they were the epic, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" cartoon, and for a little kid that was a lot of fun to watch. And then, "Frosty, the Snowman," that was a lot of fun to watch. And the "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown," we watched that. But probably the number one Christmas cartoon movie was, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." That was the best. Dr. Seuss. And that show was what we looked forward to seeing. You only saw it once a year, and so you really looked forward to it. And if you remember, Dr. Seuss', "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," was all about this mean, old, cruel, crusty Grinch that lived way up in a cave above Whoville, and he hated Christmas. And he wanted to stop Ch ...
The Thrill of Hope
Jeff Schreve
Luke 1:39-45
When I was a kid growing up back in the day, we didn't have cable TV. We didn't have Bluray. No such thing as tapes or CDs or DVDs. We didn't have any of that stuff. We didn't have YouTube. We didn't have streaming. We had network television, CBS, ABC, NBC, a couple of UHF stations. If you were totally desperate, PBS, but you didn't want to watch that. That was terrible. But it was appointment TV. You know, we have this stuff called On Demand. Whenever you want, you can watch what you want on demand. Back in the 60s, 70s, it wasn't on demand. It was appointment television. And the network told you, "This is when we're airing X." And if you don't watch it when it comes on at 7:30, you didn't get to see it. And so, as a little kid growing up and excited about Christmastime, we would look through the TV Guide. They would print it in the newspaper, and then you could buy a magazine - it was TV Guide - it would show you all the things that were on and when they were on, because it was appointment television.
Well, as a kid, we looked and zeroed in on the cartoon Christmas movies that we never got to see. They only showed them one time a year at Christmastime, and so they were the epic, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" cartoon, and for a little kid that was a lot of fun to watch. And then, "Frosty, the Snowman," that was a lot of fun to watch. And the "Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown," we watched that. But probably the number one Christmas cartoon movie was, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas." That was the best. Dr. Seuss. And that show was what we looked forward to seeing. You only saw it once a year, and so you really looked forward to it. And if you remember, Dr. Seuss', "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," was all about this mean, old, cruel, crusty Grinch that lived way up in a cave above Whoville, and he hated Christmas. And he wanted to stop Ch ...
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