Holiday Specials On-Demand
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The Al Walser Christmas Special
The Television Christmas Special with Al Walser (a most recent TELLY AWARD Winner in Entertainment) features the GRAMMY® Winner in a timeless epic Christmas-Holiday TV Special showcasing a truly electrifying performance that transports viewers to a magical place set in heaven. The family concert TV Special was recorded in front of a multi racial-diverse live audience in the heart of Hollywood.
All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914
The Western Front, Christmas, 1914. Out of the violence a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man’s Land singing “Stille Nacht.” Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music, peace. A remarkable true story, told in the words and songs of the men who lived it.
Any Road with Brick Briscoe Holiday Special
Brick Briscoe shares holiday music and memories with special guests.
Call the Midwife Holiday Specials
Binge classic CALL THE MIDWIFE HOLIDAY SPECIALS and get ready for the all-new episode.
Christmas at Belmont 2021
Christmas at Belmont 2021 features Belmont University students performing holiday favorites in the new Fisher Center for the Performing Arts in Nashville. This celebration of the season includes holiday favorites and classic songs.
Christmas at DePaul
Join Chicago's DePaul University as the story of the birth of Christ is retold in word and song. CHRISTMAS AT DEPAUL invites viewers to the holiday celebration, which features the talents of DePaul faculty, staff, students, and alumni. The concert includes song performances of "Mary Did You Know," "O Holy Night," "The Angel Gabriel," "Silent Night," "The First Noel," and more.
MPB Classics
Christmas at Merrehope (1985)
World-renowned classical guitarist, Giovanni De Chiaro, performs classic holiday songs from Merrehope house. The historic mansion is one of Meridian's only remaining Antebellum homes. This program originally aired in 1985.
MPB Classics
Christmas at Merrehope (2022)
In 1985, renowned classical guitarist Giovanni de Chiaro visited the historic Merrehope mansion in Meridian and composed a beautiful concert of Christmas favorites. Every holiday season since, MPB viewers have enjoyed his exquisite renditions of joyous and sacred melodies. In 2022, de Chiaro returned to Merrehope with a joyous arrangement of carols, in the all new Christmas at Merrehope.
Christmas at Westminster: An Evening of Readings and Carols
An Evening of Readings and Carols is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States and boasts more than 450 students from Westminster's renowned choirs and orchestra. Featuring familiar carols and beloved choral works, a diverse array of holiday standards and new premieres, are explored through words and music in this annual tradition.
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Christmas Celebrations Around the Globe
Celebrating the world through their festivals is a great way to experience a country and its people. This episode begins in Venice, California at the annual holiday boat parade. Then Joseph returns to San Antonio's world-famous riverwalk and the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland for their Christmas celebration. Joseph shows that Christmas is about more than twinkling lights and cups of cheer.
Christmas in New Orleans
While the celebrations of Christmas is universal, local traditions helped set an already unique city apart. Canal Street and Mr. Bingle, the decorated Centanni Home, bonfires along the Mississippi River levees and a semi-tropical city under a rare blanket of snow — all part of Christmas in New Orleans.
Joseph Rosendo’s Travelscope
Christmas in Switzerland
TRAVELSCOPE heads to Lausanne, Montreux and Basel, Switzerland to bask in the glow of a Swiss-style Christmas. Joseph visits a Christmas ornament artist, samples Swiss culinary specialties, journeys to old St. Nick’s village for a close encounter with Father Christmas himself and his trusty companion the Schmutzli, who’s been checking his list to find out who’s been naughty or nice.
Smart Travels—Europe with Rudy Maxa
Christmas in Switzerland
Rudy Maxa finds plenty of good cheer in the bright Christmas markets and toasty ski lodges of Switzerland. He takes in Zurich's glittering trees and festive music before veering off the beaten path to Bremgarten for a visit with St. Nicholas. Finally, he discovers a winter paradise in glamorous St. Moritz ski resort.
WPSU Shorts
Christmas on Display
Jim and Sheri Vuccolo don’t do anything on a small scale. So when they started collecting Christmas decorations for their front yard, they quickly amassed more than they knew what to do with. Now, the Vuccolos are locally famous for their award-winning, self-proclaimed “outrageous” Christmas display.
The Dooky Chase Kitchen: Leah's Legacy
Christmas Traditions
The Chase family established Christmas traditions that evolved around Dooky Chase’s Restaurant. The festivity continued with a Christmas Eve pajama party that included festive dishes like Stuffed Mirliton and Poached Redfish from Chefs Dook Chase and Cleo Robinson. Also in this episode, Chef Dook and Eve Marie Haydel join forces to make Spiked Eggnog.
Our Wyoming
A Christmas Tree Adventure
Cutting down the family Christmas tree is a beloved winter adventure across Wyoming. Find out what happens when this holiday tradition is put into the hands of a 12 year-old.
Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir
The Choir Christmas concerts on PBS have been an annual tradition since 2004 and have been a Choir tradition for decades. Enjoy previous concerts on PBS Western Reserve Passport.
CLOWN by Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake’s Clown is a half-hour animated special that brings to life the adventures of a little toy clown who has been thrown away. On Christmas Eve, Clown goes on an exciting journey to find a new home for himself and his friends.
A Concordia Christmas
The vocal and instrumental musical ensembles of Concordia University Irvine and friends invite you to join us for a festive collection of music that brings light, hope, and joy to the season. Enjoy many concerts on PBS Western Reserve on-demand.
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
This documentary tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters — including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks — who wrote the soundtrack to the world's most musical holiday.
Detroit Remember When
Holidays at Hudsons
Return to Detroit holidays gone by, in a televised tribute to the famous Hudson’s Department store, and their lasting holiday legacy. For many children of the 20th century, the holiday season was synonymous with Hudson’s. Their elegant yearly displays, parades and devotion to making festivities special for the children of Michigan established Detroit as one of the holiday capitals of America.
Maryland Farm & Harvest
Holiday Episode
Join hosts Joanne Clendining and Al Spoler as they explore how Maryland farms contribute to holiday cheer. Visit a farm that creates handmade Christmas wreaths. Learn how one farmer is growing grain for a Hanukkah treat. Also, the history of holiday plants on Then & Now, and gingerbread cookies on The Local Buy.
J Schwanke’s Life In Bloom
Holidays for Blooms
In this special edition of Life in Bloom, J shows you ways to enjoy flowers for the Christmas holidays. J gives us a tour of his holiday decorations- show us how to decorate a mini boxwood tree, and create a triple berry centerpiece complete with floating cranberries. Learn to wrap presents the “J-way”, and a bouquet made with a few of J’s favorite things.
WQED Sessions
Holiday Sessions 2022
Start the season on a festive note with some of the best holiday music performed by local favorites. Performances by: Blind Colours, Byron Nash & Jacquea Olday, Chip & The Charge Ups & Guests, Chantal Braziel & Amy Kapp, Soulful Femme, The Polkamaniacs, and The Vindys.
Holiday Sounds of Fredonia
Holiday performance by the Fredonia Chamber Choir under the direction of Dr. Vernon Huff, the Fredonia College Choir under the direction of Dr. Adam Luebke, and the Fredonia Camerata directed by Lecturer Brent Weber. Among the works to be performed are "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day," "Joy to the World," "Five Sided S'vivon," and "Pat-a-pan."
Tennessee Life
Holiday Traditions
Tennessee Life brings you celebrations of the holiday season. We learn more about the history of Hanukkah and how some students are blending tradition and modern technology. We join a glassblower at the furnace as he crafts ornaments by the thousands. And meet a woman who teaches people how to make natural wreaths as part of her holiday tradition.
Hope College Christmas Vespers 2021
Hope College Christmas Vespers is a holiday tradition for many families from West Michigan and around the country. This program, produced by WGVU Public Media, is a celebration of the true spirit of Christmas and features some of the most beautiful choral and instrumental music of the season.
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Interfaith Holiday Traditions
When Christmas and the first night of Hanukkah fall on the same day, the growing number of interfaith families who observe both holidays face an unusual challenge. We visited the Miller family in Takoma Park, Maryland, to find out how they're handling this "December dilemma."
Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas
Mary Berry shares her ultimate Christmas feast with all the trimmings.
MPB Classics
Mississippi Roads: Christmas Special (1985)
Building wooden toys, baking delicious cakes, singing beautiful music, attending a festive parade, and putting up antique decorations are just some of the things Mississippians do to celebrate Christmas. Mike Morgan hosts this Season 3 episode of Mississippi Roads from 1985.
MPB Classics
Mississippi Roads: Holiday Special (2013)
On this special episode of Mississippi Roads, we visit an ice-skating rink in Madison, see how vintage decorations are being restored in Natchez, and learn about tiny Christmas villages and the folks who build them. Walt Grayson hosts this episode of Mississippi Roads from 2013
Music For The Holidays 2021
Music For The Holidays 2021 unites the Minnesota community through soul-stirring music while fostering togetherness. Each year, Minnesotans enjoy the musical stylings of local and national artists, musicians, choirs, and dance groups. What makes the event so special is that it unites individuals and families from all walks of life through shared uplifting moments of holiday music.
A St. Thomas Christmas
Reflections of Gratitude
A St. Thomas Christmas concert is a winter tradition for the entire University of St. Thomas community. This special celebrates the Advent and Christmas season by drawing from both the familiar traditional carols and innovative contemporary selections. Produced in partnership with the University of St. Thomas.
A Southwest Christmas
Captured with striking on-location photography by a multi-award-winning team, A SOUTHWEST CHRISTMAS is a high-quality, entertaining and educational celebration of four of the Southwest's most unique traditions. The religion and folk tales of the Spanish, Mexican, Native American and Anglo cultures, surrounding the Christmas season, are told through four stories.
Spirit of Holiday Traditions
WCTE PBS will show some of central Tennessee's favorite holiday traditions which include homes from the Merry and Bright Cookeville Christmas Tour of Lights. The show will feature a segment about Kwanzaa, and a segment for those looking to 'o come, all ye faithful' holiday table decorating ideas, featuring cultural traditions to reflect the joy and magic of the holiday season.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Celebrate Christmas with Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s allegorical rock opera, featuring Ossie Davis, Jewel and Michael Crawford in a story of a runaway girl who turns her life around on a snowy Christmas Eve.From TSO producer/writer/guitarist Paul O’Neill, along with long-time collaborators Jon Oliva and Bob Kinkel.
How She Rolls
A Very Carrie Christmas
Carrie and her mom are in the kitchen creating the original ham biscuits for a special holiday party. The holidays bring a new craze to the retail stores and home life. A car is towed, a cavity discovered, and husband John makes his special eggnog.
Crafts From the Past
Willow Christmas Trees
‘Tis the season for crafting, with basket weaver Jo Campbell-Amsler showing us how to weave decorative willow Christmas trees.
