{"id":2972,"date":"2012-12-19T10:38:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T15:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=2972"},"modified":"2012-12-19T10:42:21","modified_gmt":"2012-12-19T15:42:21","slug":"flashback-your-favorite-tv-characters-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2012\/12\/flashback-your-favorite-tv-characters-celebrate-christmas.html","title":{"rendered":"Flashbacks: Your favorite TV characters celebrate Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m taking off for the Christmas holiday. Till then, here are some some clips from some classic Christmas episodes from some TV shows.\u00a0 Enjoy\u00a0 and, of course, Merry Christmas and God bless everybody!<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Andy Griffith Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RBsarIO_suw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<iframe title=\"JAG clip- &quot; Merry christmas&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uj0VckJBYFk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<iframe title=\"Martin sings O Holy Night on Frasier - funny clip from Season 5 Episode 9: Perspectives on Christmas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7hKRe_vXW5g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uqc5sUyz_PU\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Uqc5sUyz_PU<\/a>\n<iframe title=\"TV Land&#039;s Top 10 Holiday Moments -All In The Family\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LVHtL7kWs4w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DKk9rv2hUfA\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DKk9rv2hUfA<\/a>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 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