Some time back, I wrote a piece where I spoke of my dread of the new ABC Family Christmas special, A Miser Brothers’ Christmas, based on the beloved characters from The Year Without a Santa Claus. Based on what I had seen of it, I predicted it would be dreadful. I also promised that if I was wrong and enjoyed it, I would write a glowing review.

I don’t have to write that review. This “new Holiday classic” was pretty lousy.

The plot was about Santa being disabled while testing a new sonic sled, and the Miser Brothers, Heat & Snow, being framed for it by their brother North Wind who, for reasons not disclosed during the special, wants Santa’s job for himself. The Misers then have to fill in for Santa.

For those of you who missed the show, I’ll save you the trouble; eventually, Christmas goes on as planned. By the way, some villain wanting Santa’s job is a staple of Holiday classics, and I’ve never understood it. Who wants to tear around the globe in the freezing cold and come home stinking of reindeer droppings and stale cookies? Is it because you only have to work one day a year?

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Spotlight Show of the Night

Cops (FOX, 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central) – We’ve all seen those sappy Christmas specials and movies and cartoons and it’s always the same thing. So why not tune into Christmas Cops style! How’s this for holiday cheer? The Minneapolis PD are setting up a prostitution string to catch a bunch of hookers.

“Christmas Christmas time is here.
Time for whores and time for beer.
For twenty bucks you make this last.
Wait, the cops are here, just make it fast.

I’ve had 12 beers, they can’t catch me,
I’ll run this way and then be free.
Oh shit, the curb, how’d that get there.
They’ve caught me now, this isn’t fair.”

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