Linus Van Pelt..."Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate... thanks Apple+

[spiders]

We already owned a digital copy of It’s the Great Pumpkin that we can still stream through Amazon. We never did watch Thanksgiving but we did watch Christmas. I bought a blu-ray yesterday of Christmas when I heard the news.

I don’t really want to subscribe to Apple+. I preordered an iPhone 12 and I think it comes with something free for a while but I still don’t want/need another streaming service.

 

[Farro]

Are you referring to Battle of the Nutcracker on Ovation channel? That's something we wait for each year and last year they only broadcast weekday mornings at like seven a.m. -- very disappointed. We've seen some phenomenal productions over the years, and some that are so incredibly bizarre you watch because you can't take your eyes off of it and yet cannot believe what you're seeing.

I don't even know if our Apple TV trial is still valid. Unless they invest heavily in content we would never subscribe. From what we saw they really didn't offer anything we were interested in.

Is that still on??? I loved that and couldn't find it last year!

 

[Karin1984]

I didn't know that you could be entitled to a free viewing of a Christmas special.
Live and learn, I guess.

 

[skeeter31]

Apple + has ruined Christmas for many improvised children and fixed income adults. Announced yesterday, Apple + has purchased the cherished tradition of children sitting in winter pjs and robes, a bowl of popcorn, all the family gathered for a peaceful 30 minutes of Christmas cheer, in front of a TV that has free viewing of Charlie Brown holiday specials. Now you need a subscription, hardware and cash....because Apple owns the broadcast rights to listening Vince Guaraldi this holiday season.

I am 64 years old and for all of my memory....Charlie Brown Christmas was the one peace to find in the rush of putting all the Christmas pieces together. Sure i catch fragments on this tiny screen on Youtube. listen to the music. But I want to sit on the sofa, fingers full of butter and listen to yuletide joy from a louder speaker and wide picture. Even my hard boiled wife will watch with me..... just as my father did those decades ago December nights.....family around the joy of one tiny tree...perhaps the most referenced TV pop culture moment....that life is gonna to be fine after all.

The number one complaint this year about Covid on line education......there are surprisingly many students who do not have a internet culture in their home.

I believe you mean impoverished.

Also, Apple+ has announced that if you don’t have a subscription to Apple+, you can sing up for an account and watch each of the Halloween and Christmas specials for free for a limited period of time at each holiday time.

 

[sam_gordon]

I have a similar story. We wanted to watch Young Frankenstein. Apparently, the only way to stream that is with Starz?? You can add Starz to Amazon Prime or Hulu, but you still have to separately buy Starz. You can't even BUY it digitally through Amazon! You can buy a physical copy, but not digitally.

We were so annoyed

But if you buy a physical copy, you can make a digital copy.

 

[superme80]

I saw this. I am so glad I purchased the Holiday Specials a few years ago on dvd.

 

[chickapin parterre]

I believe you mean impoverished.

Also, Apple+ has announced that if you don’t have a subscription to Apple+, you can sing up for an account and watch each of the Halloween and Christmas specials for free for a limited period of time at each holiday time.

.....but I flunked choir in junior high and cancer has taken away my oratory voice , let alone any chance at caroling ....so now what are my onions??

but the whole direction of my thread is that if Covid education is not working because families don't have the means to even provide for their students...how are they going to have tools to subscribe for any programing?

 

[shh]

haven't seen this mentioned yet, but many local libraries rent DVDs for free - and you can reserve a copy in advance. That's what I did for some of my favorites that aren't on free TV - my library has all the popular holiday classics. (Mine is Planes/Trains/Auto for Thanksgiving and Christmas Vacation in Dec- it's not the holidays without watching both!

 

[SaintsManiac]

Bought it 10 years ago at Walmart. It’s not hard to find. It’s probably on YouTube.

 

[Hikergirl]

We have never watched any of the Charlie Brown specials because we think they stink

 

[chickapin parterre]

Bought it 10 years ago at Walmart. It’s not hard to find. It’s probably on YouTube.

Youtube is where I pick it up when I work nights and for music in the house....but still I will miss the ceremony of sitting in the front room, tree and lights, baking fragrance, ...there is no Christmas in my computer room.

 

[SaintsManiac]

Youtube is where I pick it up when I work nights and for music in the house....but still I will miss the ceremony of sitting in the front room, tree and lights, baking fragrance, ...there is no Christmas in my computer room.

I watch YouTube on my living room TV. We use our Xbox.

 

[chickapin parterre]

I watch YouTube on my living room TV. We use our Xbox.

Our Daughter uses her whole wall in the very narrow living room. long but narrow...but they don't watch over air TV anyhow...so does not crimp her lifestyle...we just don't understand the whole process...so content in our antenna life style

 

[Jennasis]

What?

 

[chickapin parterre]

they use the whole wall as a screen to use their XBOX, or like device thru a computer...son in law is a tech geek and is always trying to help us seniors, but al the movies cost money and the free ones....well...if they are free...there is a reason. so we just watch what the antenna brings to our attention....a whole category today on jeopardy on antenna watching.

What?

🗑🗑🗑

 

[mom2rtk]

My DD loves these specials so we bought them a few years ago. I refuse to subscribe to a bunch of different services. Content ownership is the way to go.

 

[disneychrista]

As broadcast and streaming services make it more difficult to view our favorites, I find myself buying more physical media.

All part of their evil plan

 

[AndreaDM]

I believe you mean impoverished.

Also, Apple+ has announced that if you don’t have a subscription to Apple+, you can sing up for an account and watch each of the Halloween and Christmas specials for free for a limited period of time at each holiday time.

I believe you mean sign.

 

[Diznygrl]

Well, you won't find any of them on youtube, at least not in their entirety. They're pretty strict with the copyright laws. You CAN watch Great Pumpkin, but of course it has been manipulated in order to "fool" the copyright bot so it's a lesser experience than a normal viewing.

Honestly Apple, of all the years to do this....did it HAVE to be 2020? I really believe that a lot of people were looking forward to the comfortable "normalcy" that these Charlie Brown specials give. Like, "Well, the world might be imploding but at least I can still watch The Great Pumpkin this Halloween!" Almost 60 years of annual airing and of course THIS is the year it stops. Good Grief!

They should really start airing the Garfield Halloween special again (that you CAN watch on youtube, legally from the Garfield channel itself). I LOVED that one as a kid and never understood why they stopped showing it. Too scary for today's kids?

 

[MillauFr]

We have a Samsung TV and we have the Youtube, Netflix, Disney +, and Amazon apps on the TV to watch streaming content. Any of the android apps work.