The Dean Martin Christmas Show 1968 - FULL EPISODE

[@Sicilia928]

I was born in 1952 and I wouldn't trade growing up in the 50's and 60's with ANY generation. I teach English to kids in Italy now and I try to explain how exciting it was when we would wait all year for movies like "The Wizard of Oz" and "Miracle of 34th Street", or Mary Martin in "Peter Pan" to come on television. But how do you explain the excitement and anticipation when the kids today have so many options and can watch what they want, when they want, as many times as they want. It means that NOTHING is special. It's so sad.

[@OdeeOz]

Amen to that! you got 1 year on me, and I sorely miss those days

[@sharonh2991]

I was just telling my husband yesterday how exciting the holidays were when I was a kid. We’d start planning for Thanksgiving at the beginning of November, then of course came Christmas. My grandparents just lived around the corner and we saw them all the time but it was SO exciting and fun to be all together at the holidays.

[@weshunter_musicman]

That's great! I would have loved to grow up in the 50's! Wow! I loved the 80's so I guess that's as close as I will get to normal, fun and exciting

[@shetaz905]

I agree. It does seem that nothing is special to younger people these days.

[@douglassanders460]

So true I was just discussing this with my wife and yes we can look up any Christmas movie we want at anytime just doesn't have the same feeling of excitement or anticipation

[@karanapier9175]

Why cant christmas be like this again. Much more festive and fun. I miss the old days.

[@audreyh3357]

My sentiments, exactly!🥲Those were wonderful, joyous days.❤️

[@kimporter1744]

I totally agree...everyone is happy and caring!...miss those days and the shows!❤🎄❤

[@randyjames4713]

Commercialization killed Christmas. It now begins the day after Labor Day.

[@Richard-or2km]

Sounds like my Christmases of the past except we played aggravation instead of monopoly every Xmas. My grandma liked playing it, so it was just her and I playing most of the time up until she passed. Others got tired of playing it , but she never seemed to. Christmas just hasn't been the same since. I miss the old days we were busy going from relatives and neighbors houses back and forth throughout the whole holiday season into the New Year. Fun times back then.@@providahotwater7688

[@Richard-or2km]

I still have the old board I made back in the day in the basement.

[@bqkmg2037]

I'm 57 yrs old I remember growing up watching these family clean Christmas TV special shows from the 50s 60s 70s and 80s the good old days....great memories...totally different today.

[@annenunney9907]

Me to

[@southernbelle6108]

I am 71 and I remember watching all these as I was a kid

[@brutustantheiii8477]

@@miahsaint-georgesif you’re talking about the so called downsides of the old fashioned stuff like this, it’s still miles better than Cardi B’s WAP, obnoxious SJWs, Slow uncaring Pot Stoners, and a treasonous self hating populace

[@Candie-ub2yv]

Totally different equals totally sad how morals, values hard work ethic are disappearing.

[@martina21953]

The whole family watched these Christmas specials. There was something for everybody. Dean was such a handsome man and yet he was so self effacing. We recently lost Bob Newhart. He was a gem.

[@MarkMiller-i8q]

I watched this show in a dorm room at the University of Maryland, December 19, 1968. It was the Thursday before the Friday of winter break. What made it so special was the anticipation of seeing a special gal that I had met earlier in the month. We had had just one date on the Saturday before this show aired. We got on so well that our 4th date (January 1969) was an overnight trip to New York City. We returned to New York on New Year's, 1969, and stood in Times Square, watching the ball come down. Such great times, scarcely dimmed by the ravages of advancing age.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Thanks for sharing your story, I too miss those days now more than ever before. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family 🙏🎄🎉🥂

[@MarkMiller-i8q]

@@frankrizzo4460 thank you

[@xboxgamer7453]

Thanks for sharing your memory....Happy Christmas from the UK.

[@mikevarner3614]

Wish entertainers were still like this. They would bring us together not tear us apart.

[@GAF19577]

Isn't that the Truth. They'd Entertain us without shoving their Politics down our throats. Without looking all these Entertainers up you never knew what their Political Stances were. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@gemini62167]

You make a comment of which seems rampant throughout not just the interent, but our society on the whole these past five or more years. So, I’m taking the time to write some of the reasons why things are they are. But understand that this is by far a very incomplete and very short explanation as this is a complex and varied subject which entire college courses are taught. So, to expect my doing it complete justice here would be wrong. But, what I say below pretty much lies at the bottom (or the top) of why things are. And one thing to remember, that despite whom seems to have the power, it us as a society that are responsible, for desite whatever we choose to believe to the contrary, we had obligations to prevent this, but we didn’t. We let our increasing levels of comfortability due to the swift movement of the industrial age lull us into laziness. So, blaming those who took advantage of this for doing so is like blaming a tiger for hunting down the gazelle, killing it, and consuming it as that is it’s nature. It's a sad reality that this has occurred. Unfortunately it will get worse. We're in societal decline and have been for a few decades. Sociologists have marked where it first became noticeable to the average person as early as the 1980s and 70s, but it has sped up during the last two decades as would be expected. There are many markers that show this in a society, one of which is in its culture and art forms, of which entertainment in all its forms is ours. The U.S., is the most highly entertainment oriented culture in the world and almost all other nations both purchase it as well as try to emulate it. In fact, California is anywhere between the fifth and sixth largest economy in the world as well. One can try and point at any one sub group to try and blame for this, but most often that blame is mislaid and for many reasons. One of which is that we are purposely misled to do this so as to throw us off, confuse us, and keep us divided by what really contributes to such decline. And the decline usually comes from the top and in our case it is perpetuated (and has been for as long as human history has been recorded) by the wealthy and the ruling class who happen to always be one and the same. In our case it is in culture programming to keep us always in a state of want. Being the wealthiest and also the most materialistic and consumeristic culture, we are specifically told to keep shopping, to keep wanting, to keep striving for more, better, and more better. This keeps the wheels of economics (ours being a consumer based economy) very well greased, and thus the ownership of the stocks and companies by the top 8% of wealth holders who now own over 97% of all wealth, assets, and resources in the nation in a constant flow of income. This programming is in our media; tv, music, radio, advertising, etc. Much of it isn't even subtle any longer as it once was. It is quite obvious and blatant, if you are aware of it taking place. You can pick it out in everything from the outright voice over messaging telling you that you deserve this or that, building up your sense of self by telling you all the good or desired qualities you have then ending with a quiet sales pitch for some product or service... and on and on. However, this is just a very large tip of the ice burg. Unfortunately we as individuals are just as much at fault for having allowed this as those we tend to point fingers at. We can blame the wealthy, but they do what they've aways done. For anyone to expect otherwise would be silly. But we place them on a pedestal because of their wealth (even those we have no idea who they are). We worship their perceived or declared success (even though it's been proven to be based mostly on inheritance and not meritocracy) and on and on. We cannot blame politicians, because they too do as people who seek positions of power have always done. It is and always has been our obligation to pay close attention and understand exactly who we chose to represent us as it was outlined and expected by the founding fathers. But we chose to believe the messaging that all we need do is vote and that there ended our civic responsibilities. The truth is this could not have been more grievous on our part. For we gave the very people whom we fought a revolutionary war to free ourselves from back the control we rested from them. We are wrong to believe that it was just the King of England we were fighting against, for it was the entire wealthy ruling class that wanted the colonies to remain under the control of England. But that is a very long and detailed history lesson. Just as what I've mentioned earlier is, of which this is no place for. Nor do I expect anyone to give the time on KZbin to read about, even in the length and little info I've provided. Just know, that what you experience all about you regarding how society has changed and in such a short period of time these past four to five decades is to have been expected, but not necessarily inevitable. The unfortunate reality is this; no society that has ever entered into societal decline has ever pulled free from it or reversed the process. Instead that civilization came to an end, or transitioned into something far different and often nothing like what it was before. Their lack of cohesion made it very easy for the wealthy class to manipulate, control, and believe what they wanted them to believe while also making it much easier for outside influences to invade. Which they did. In our case, the transition has already occurred, but under guises we chose to believe in four decades ago. The idea that government should be run like a business, that we should strive for an ownership society, etc. Those all sound logical on the face of it, but that's the problem. These are barely 2 dimensional statements of overly simplistic nonsense. Because what they really are, are euphemisms for fascism. Which is defined by the handing over of government functions and processes over to private enterprise and corporate interests. Most Americans do not seem to understand this, but instead only focus on the authoritarian, militaristic, racist and nationalistic aspects of which is not necessary in our case. At least not at the moment. For the wealthy have long ago garnered control of those areas of our government from which they easily have access to the means of political power, financial gain, economic control, as well as political and sociological aspects as well. The wealthy are not stupid creatures, just greedy and very very selfish and self absorbed. Contrary to what we've been led to think of them as being just like us, they are not nor have ever been. Again, all of history demonstrates this and that their value system is nothing like your average person's. Instead it would be considered psychopathic in their lack of concern, compassion, and other more evolved aspects of humanity. So, we, unlike the rest of the world choose to believe the contrary to our own peril.

[@Paul-lm5gv]

What a great Christmas show! Sadly, nothing like this exists on TV anymore. But thanks to KZbin, even today's kids can experience what it was like back in 1968!

[@ApartmentKing66]

Yeah, nothing exists like this on TV these days because life itself is very little like the way it was in 1968.

[@lindatober9580]

I loved these holiday variety shows when I was a kid. Really felt like Christmas.

[@tommycash9]

He's drunk, but I loved him.

[@redpineapple9908]

Especially all the cameos at the end. That was when Hollywood was NOT full of aholes.

[@JaneBennett030514]

They can’t show them on TV today. To celebrate the birth of Jesus is politically incorrect. God gave us humor. Some people need to get over it.

[@jorgeespinosa6572]

Wow, how fortunate we were. I miss my parents, sitting around the TV, all those years ago.

[@edithdavis2848]

Those were the good fun days, when most families had fun. 72 years old and I remember these shows and the better days.

[@sharonrichard4019]

Miss shows like this. I remember my parents dancing to Dean Martin all the time. To this day I think he has the smoothest voice ever. And NO auto tune!!

[@JoeCosentino]

Great show

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

Back when kids and adults could watch the same show and have fun. Such wonderful and innocent times. The way life was meant to be.

[@johnp139]

Smoking and all

[@dbrown6941]

@@johnp139 Freedom

[@elecomize]

got that right

[@anneroselli161]

I adore dea.martin

[@kimberlywoodyard9027]

Yes, I agree. Even in the 80’s when i grew up. I still love the old classic Christmas movies.

[@senorkaboom]

Damn, where did the time go? Used to have a Dean Martin, Bob Hope, Perry Como, Andy Williams and other celebrities with a one hour Christmas special. Singing, dancing, laughing, got you into the Christmas spirit. Man, I miss that.

[@amy792]

And Bing Crosby .....they died

[@janinecox256]

Me too but I’m glad that it’s on KZbin and PBS and Get Tv from thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve!

[@andrewhiggins4505]

Comedy was more fun, when people didn't take themselves so damn seriously. I still miss Dom, Dean, and all the other real entertainers.

[@thejerseyj9422]

I think about that around this time of year. We didn't know it would be over so soon

[@sabinewindisch3479]

Ich auch,muss weinen

[@peggydawson3453]

I miss good Christmas variety shows, I grew up watching all of them. Dean Martin, Andy Williams and the Osmond family specials. Great time to grow up

[@mouchiecat1]

That’s so very true.

[@mr.classicalmusic5607]

Perry Como also had great Christmas shows....also Bob Hope.

[@jobuchner2563]

Yeah, and they were new ones every year. They didn't get recycled for 10 years like the Rita MacNeil one and others.

[@RoxanneM-]

And The Carpenters.

[@lindamoore1414]

I watched all of them tooo as a child and miss those days

[@andrewandstacieweller1927]

We gathered as a family to watch these Christmas specials. You had one chance per year. If you missed it, you waited another year. They are just magical.

[@charleskollin1221]

And you didn't have cell phones dividing the living room.

[@tavaramirez668]

Bob Newhart is the king of understated comedy.

[@kimporter1744]

Agreed!...love him!❤😂❤

[@fob1xxl]

There was NOTHING BETTER to watch than DEAN and ANDY during the Holidays.

[@lukeskywalker1840]

What about Frankie and Bing???

[@ashleighjaimaosborne3966]

I was 10 when this aired. I am 62 now. I always enjoyed the various Christmas shows of various stars. Merry Christmas everyone. 😊🇨🇦

[@jaminova_1969]

I was born in 68. I remember watching shows like this on my Grandparents 25" Zeinith console. Merry Christmas Ashliegh!

[@samanthab1923]

Jami Nova We had a Zenith also! First color TV my parents bought.

[@carolcox684]

Same age! Memories....

[@galemakutty]

Me too, I'll be 62 in March 😇 Merry Christmas

[@deborrastrom8559]

I.was just 13..in Dec..of that year..

[@chuckmalcolmjr1913]

When Dino opens the door and there's Bob Hope, it hit my heart and the tears came down my face. I'm 57 and hadn't seen a show like this since I was a child. Still love Bob and what he did for our servicemen and still listen to Deans music. Thanks for the memories and Merry Christmas world.

[@Awakened.for.good1967]

Same, I'm 53. There was a Sweetness in this show as well as so many others. We were lucky

[@selenaannesmith1604]

Same I'm 59 and I'm so saddened by today's world

[@lynnlegault9297]

I remember my parents loved Dean Martin

[@marilynschneider7691]

That's when TV had a code of decency. Gone are those days as many have embraced filth, and violence in video games. Great world we have....huh???

[@newmoon54]

You don't know what you're missing ............. until it's gone~!~ I just hope that some of ~the young and the tasteless~ lol, will realize what real talent, morals, and love will do for the world!

[@JohnQPublic345]

I was born in 67. Yes, the anticipation of waiting for "tv specials" to come on for the holidays. I guess it taught us patience! The youth today lack patience, especially. I've seen them buckle under minimal stress, like walking out on the job during the slightest stressful situation.

[@christophertracy2807]

Unfortunately, the youth of today have been made worthless and empty by technology and liberalism.

[@Vicki1951]

I’m 73 and it’s 2024. I was so lucky to grow up during the 50’s and 60’s and watch my children grow up during the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. I remember when it was exciting when grandparents came to visit or when we visited our grandparents. I remember how fun it was to get everything decorated and baked for Christmas. To have very large family gatherings for Christmas. Thank you for providing the Christmas specials.

[@sandy-pf9bb]

I'm 66 and it's 2024. I have outlived my family. These older shows are like family visits to me. I am mostly at home for financial and health reasons. These are truly a gift. It was a wonderful time, I wish we could go back for a little while.

[@Kerry-x1i]

I'm with you-- turning 69 next week. My gosh this was literally a lifetime ago. Tv was safe to watch for the whole family.

[@patriciacastaneda225]

Hola disfrute una hermosa Navidad 2024 con todos los suyos que ama .... Feliz Navidad 2024 !

[@elektrosaz5555]

I wish you a happy birthday.I hope everything is good. ​@@sandy-pf9bb

[@markwedge6205]

Back when Christmas shows were really special.

[@floatsting20]

When the atheist stayed quiet

[@floatsting20]

@Tessmage Tessera Yep. Lived it. Common sense parenting. Loony mentality was at a minimum.

[@kenmurphy6792]

Back when CHRISTMAS (itself) was special. Did you know .. there's a HUGE 'movement' to BAN Christmas in these United States of America ?? I think it's headed by atheists.

[@floatsting20]

@@kenmurphy6792 That is the Commiecrat party

[@philmabarak5421]

@@floatsting20 Atheist don't want to take away your mythical Christmas. We just don't want you to shove you FASCIST ideology and dogma in our face. We celebrate the holiday too, the returning of the SUN in the N. hemisphere. And we never had an issue with "MERRY CHRISTMAS." Your hate conservative/evangelical media tells you that!

[@gerrykubly8188]

When that Norelco Santa came sliding down that hill, words still escape me describing how it made this kid feel. I knew all these great Christmas shows would soon follow

[@rebeccabrinkley3238]

I'm in my mid-40s now and watching this makes me think that we have lost something. I guess it's the innocence we've lost. This is just a fun thing to watch. My dad is coming over tomorrow for dinner and I've collected a few of these shows for him to watch in the coming weeks. I also saved Christmas with the Martins and the Sinatras for him. I know he will really enjoy this.

[@coolioso808]

The rat race and competition in this world has accelerated a lot of problems without carefully and strategically making things better without losing that wholesome simplicity. I'm a mid-30s guy, and even growing up in the 90s, it was like the last era of simplicity until the techno-streaming-fast-paced change phase took over. Shows, even in the 90s, would get 30, 40, 50 or 60+ million viewers. There wasn't a million other channels and other media options to divert everyone's attention. I know we will never really go back, but I do hope we can return to some level of simplicity and try to use technology to increase the health and opportunity for families to have special time to spend together. I would love to see a time in the near future where all people are taken care of, they have time to sit with their families and the actual number of TV channels is reduced (it is WAY too many) and there is an understanding among people to keep it simple. Where we could all look forward to a Christmas Special variety show hosted by a charismatic, talented singer, dancer and comic with friends and musical guests and go to school or work the next day and share the common joy of having seen that together. Wishful thinking, I know. Maybe it is the time of year that has me hoping for a better world. Not going back in time but going forward, but learning from the successes of the past.

[@rebeccabrinkley3238]

@@coolioso808 Exactly. Not going back, but moving forward with the best qualities of the past. I try to keep things simple in my own life but, generally speaking, that seems to be a lost ambition for most.

[@fp5495]

@@coolioso808 See, you think the 90s were great, but to many people's observation, life was crappy for years already. Was it? Depends on who you were and what age you were when you lived it. Every generation thinks the last generation had it better and the current world is going to pot. EVERY era there's always a group of people who think it's over. Ya think when the Roman Empire finally fell, that generation didn't think the world was over? It's just ridiculous to think that in the tiny slice of history you or I are living in is that incredibly special compared to others and if not the same, then it will negatively change the course of society. People need to get over it and allow those to live and let live.

[@coolioso808]

F P I certainly don’t think the entire 90s was great. I was really just referring to an aspect of the 90s that I thought was part of a special era in time - but it wasn’t exclusive to the 90s, just the last years of it being that way. Society evolves and we don’t go back to certain things - for better or for worse sometimes. I’m sure you could find people from every generation that thinks it was the best and the future generations are screwed. However, this is a uniquely critical time in human history with mass communication, Internet, advanced machinery and technology - including the environmental damage that can be done to the plant that could never be done in times before this. In the fall of the Roman Empire they couldn’t pump mass amounts of co2 into the atmosphere and build nuclear or drone technology. Sure, let people live but those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

[@イッツアスモールワールド]

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[@scook5599]

When they all sang "Joy to the World" I got chills and tears.

[@UNAVAILABLE231]

Rest In Peace Dean Martin (Born on June 7th, 1917 in Steubenville, Ohio, U.S. - Died on December 25th, 1995 in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.) 🙏🎅❤️💚❄️

[@fabriziomarini443]

I'm 47 years old. I never seen this incredible show. It's wonderful.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Dean was a genius. He NEVER rehearsed the sketches, so his reactions are always genuine. Often made it difficult for the comedy guests to keep it together - but end result was televison gold.

[@bradsmack1]

Dean would just read the cue cards poised just beyond his skit partner's shoulder, presumably his first time seeing his lines!

[@MsFreedom4us]

Michael Muldowney always drunk 🍸🍸🍸🍸🍹🍹🍹🍹🍹🥂🥂🥂

[@peggyemerson4708]

NEVER drunk. Just playing drunk.

[@philipbonner6486]

@@MsFreedom4us Your so wrong there, Dean Martin was never drunk on any shows, also know was Oliver Reed.

[@evilgenius4488]

You're absolutely right, i heard an interview with Greg Garrison and he also said that Dean never rehearsed, he was playing golf or with his kids instead of rehearsals. Dean walked in and the Show starts.

[@bhays71]

Was thinking about the Vietnam veterans who couldn't come home when this aired, bless you guys and gals who served during that time.

[@cherylwilliams667]

Thank you for mentioning the Vietnam Nam veterans.

[@ashleighjaimaosborne3966]

May they RIP. 🇨🇦

[@elizabethpeterson7165]

@@ashleighjaimaosborne3966 All 68,000 of them. And my childhood friend. Needless war.

[@jaminova_1969]

My Uncle Joe didn't make it back, but I remember him stopping by on leave before he redeployed!

[@shetaz905]

Yes, bless them all. I had classmates and a cousin who had to serve during that time.

[@KellyCrapo]

I was born in 1960 and used to love these shows. I tell my young grandkids what it was like back then. My grandson's so jelous he wants a milkman and couldn't believe I

[@paulcaron3569]

I'm so glad I grew up with this and others like it, unlike this era.

[@Donnaploss]

Me too!!

[@thefreedomlass]

A common culture with common values still in tact ..... I remember it well and it was great despite the problems that existed at home and abroad. Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from Canada

[@grangrampa832]

Me too things were great kids don’t care about simple fun things anymore you can’t even watch tv as a family with kids anymore they don’t look forward to anything except expensive computer items they are materialistic and spoiled rotten

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

The blonde in the green would be a reason to wake up in the morning and go out.

[@lydialas8756]

@Hello Paul how are you doing

[@paxivet]

There will never, ever, be another entertainer like Dean Martin!

[@austinklein1172]

You got that right.

[@OdeeOz]

Or Andy Williams, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, and many more that have passed along.

[@sherrieanderson1235]

Watching Bing Crosby on TV.

[@mariocastello4349]

Si true

[@sillyrabbit7253]

​@Mike Miller You are really a douchebag.

[@sharonh2991]

OMG wasn’t it fun back in those days!!?? It would be a family event when these kinds of shows were on, we’d all gather and watch together. Just enough time to run to the bathroom during commercials. It was so exciting because you knew Santa was coming soon. We were lucky to have lived in those days.

[@reealitychick]

SHARON---- yes we were-- I feel so sorry for the kids today-- they missed out on so much fun and good time during Christmas Season.. today-- it is not as much excitement as it use to be on TV.. THANK GOD FOR RE-RUNS...

[@elderlypoodle9181]

@@reealitychick yes I hear you! And thank God for KZbin sometimes...

[@JustMe-vo9bq]

Sharon H c cc

[@hughkirkman5436]

loved those days

[@TheChaz747]

The greatest

[@buffdaddy2032]

Absolute classic. I miss those times 😢

[@christophertracy2807]

I bought this show on DVD years ago and bring it out every Christmas just for myself

[@dorothycollins2431]

Wow. When they started naming all the hospitals and orphanages, I choked up !! Wish they had shows like this today!!

[@celiagorleski2716]

I was born in 1953 and really miss all the Christmas specials from my youth. I always thought they were all in black and white. We were a late family to acquire color TV. My memories aren't any less coloful. My dad loved the Dean Martin show. "I'm gonna go to the couch now".

[@dinavelez8244]

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[@yanakey953]

Dean Martin has passed away 22 years ago, but it feels like he has never left us. In 2018 me and my husband bought his Christmas songs CD, and I was enjoying it this Christmas season thinking of how wonderful his interpretation of Christmas songs was! It is a pity that we do not have men in toxidos singing for us on TV any more during the holiday season. It is gone, just like a snow from our winters.

[@chuckmalcolmjr1913]

Yes a very beloved Dean "Dino" Martin passed on, of all the days of the year, Christmas day. I think the good Lord loved Dino too. I'm sure he's crooning "Silent Night" beside the manger every Christmas.

[@csaracho2009]

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[@noellewestfield6849]

Every Christmas morning we listen to Dean Martin music!!

[@bethdagan9349]

My daughter sent this to me, she was 8years old and used to sit up until dean came on. Still loves him. Miss these shows

[@depaola63]

I am now 54 and was 5 when this came on NBC in 1968 !! * I have tears in my eyes !! ...beautiful..God bless Dean who died on Christmas day....*

[@patriciabilinkas3911]

Nicky Depaola I was 15. I remember these shows really added to the season’s joy.

[@StevenTorrey]

I was 25 in 1968; sad to think of the passing of time and the people who passed on since 1968!

[@bettyjoegentry9280]

If any entertainer should be remembered on Christman Day it should be Dean Martin. Even when he didnt have a weekly show, he made a point of acknowledging Christmas

[@patriciabilinkas3911]

Betty Joe Gentry And Andy Williams

[@graceyjewels7148]

Dean is one class act.

[@telbon8869]

I watched this as a teenager back on 1968 with my mom. Thank you so much for posting this. It takes me back to much happier times, if only for a few minutes. I'm in my 70's now, and sadly all my loved ones have passed on. And even Dean and almost all of the people on this show are gone. For many people like me, Christmas is a bittersweet time, full of happy treasured memories, but so sad that all those wonderful people are gone, and we're left with a world that I hardly recognize anymore. But I'm very grateful I experienced those times when the world seemed much nicer. Yes, I know there was also much sadness, suffering, injustice, war and pain back then as there has ALWAYS been, but somehow in spite of it all , it just seems like it was a better world then. I guess I'm just a sentimental old fool . But I do hope and pray that you who are reading this , as well as everyone on this troubled earth can find a measure of love, peace and happiness especially this Christmas. Love to all, and may God bless you🙏

[@kenpoe685]

Thank you for your kind words, true times have definitely changed,...

[@tracy85777]

God bless you as well. And have a blessed beautiful Christmas. It's not far away. ❤

[@davidf3883]

so well said!

[@Nevada_Dan]

I'm glad I was alive back then to watch these wonderful Dean Martin shows every week. I miss those days... a lot.

[@SaltyMinorcan]

me too

[@crezzwell]

Wish I could have experienced these shows back then. Growing up in the UK we never seen these. Makes my hairs stand on end when I hear Dean Martin sing 'silent night'. Wish I was a kid during this time in America.

[@melodyluvsherhobbies9454]

Meee toooo!!!

[@ConfusedIceCave-ys5bl]

My awesome family in Seattle Washington watched it on TV every Christmas

[@welchit]

Watching in 2019. I am 50. Born 357 days after this aired. I could name most of those celebrities at the end. I could not give you the names of 5 popular celebrities now in 2019.

[@meredithlanterman554]

welchit here here!

[@daniellakarenina8634]

I am younger, but me the same, i know Dean Martin and most of them by name and i know none of the new celebs. And i am not even from the States. I am from the Netherlands.

[@abairstow6682]

I was 3 months old,.. also my mom's maiden name is Welch

[@curtisrush8872]

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[@annieh2900]

The little girl in the blue dress and blue bow,with the flute,that hugs dean first and tells the gentle Ben star that the flutes go first,,I really think she's Melissa Gilbert ( little house on the prairie,,, laura ingals ) what do you think?

[@georgemitchell-8809]

I can remember my first Christmas on Jekyll Island. We had just moved from Lemoore, California. My dad spent 3 years on aircraft carriers during the Vietnam War to get my mom back to Georgia where she is grew up. They didn’t have any Navy housing at the Brunswick Naval Air Station. So, for the first year, the Navy paid for us to live in a duplex on Jekyll Island, Georgia. I can remember watching this with my family in that duplex our first Christmas in Georgia. I can remember my daddy singing entertaining us with his ability to sound identical to Dean Martin.

[@tq644]

My mom was pregnant with me when this aired. She passed a little over a year ago and my Dad is 90 and we're 1000 mi apart. I might see if he'll zoom with me and watch it together. This was a tough time in history with Vietnam but a much simpler time, nonetheless. Such wonderful entertainers I grew up watching. I really miss those times. The world has changed so much.

[@TuyetNguyen-c3r]

Just watched this tonight and had same thoughts... my mom was pregnant with me too and I was born in Vietnam... never knew my dad 😢

[@willbetruckin3545]

The 50's,60's,70's,80's we're the best! The world started down the path we are in today from the 90's on! Best decades for creativity in our history!

[@DonaldGerbino]

The Clinton's, and thier corruption

[@moniquerobinson5206]

I have been bed ridden with sickness for 8 days & then I came across this show. Wow! What a wonderful way to put a smile on my face & laughter in my heart! ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@chuckmalcolmjr1913]

Hope your feeling much better now and Merry Christmas to you.

[@ashpasch6004]

Hope you get better soon Blessings Now and always be well stay strong and to the 4% that will ever read this same thing for you no matter where you're at no matter what you're going through right now just know that everything is going to be all right God's with us all and that's how we know.

[@robinsnest7627]

Hello Canada, during these COVID times a runny can’t put you down for a long time. A year pass and it’s almost Christmas again. Watching this show brought tears to my tears, very touching. Have a wonderful day!

[@Joker89SMILEBABES]

Long age papi

[@scook5599]

These guys were all amazing entertainers!

[@jenhall6184]

I wish we had more Dean Martins today. He was so funny & clean comedy. I used to watch his show every week. My dad used to laugh when Dean Martin came on.

[@lennomenno]

I was 4 years old when this first aired. I wouldn't trade my late 60`s 70`s childhood for anything kids have today.

[@horsewhatswrongwithnicksfi3050]

I was 3 1968...

[@Sammy-mp9xn]

I was 4 too. Agree with ya 100%!! Merry Christmas!🎄🎅

[@dianagruver5767]

I was 3 and I couldn’t agree with you more!

[@cindytrayer4279]

I was 5 yo in 1968 and I agree wholeheartedly!

[@rebeccagriggs3262]

I was 5, and thank you! Me either!!!

[@elizabethmencia6027]

Growing up on a golf course where Jackie Gleason had a golf tournament I met saw Dean Martin many times. He was always kind and funny to all. He took the time to interact and speak to everyone. 💙💙

[@carmenthivierge9452]

They don't make shows like this anymore....nice to stroll down memory lane

[@joyleenpoortier7496]

What a lovely man. I know he was a devoted father to his own children and helped so many more children all over. RIP Dean

[@patriciabilinkas3911]

Joyleen Poortier When Dean’s son died in a plane crash, he just fell apart. They had been very close.

[@margerodney9073]

There's nobody that can replace Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra they were the best

[@ashleighjaimaosborne3966]

May he R.I.P.

[@christinenelson5429]

I guess Dean Martin was devastated when his son Dino Martin was killed in the accident. Never was the same. That’ll do it… same with my husband when his son died of ALS…

[@allenjones3130]

Dean Martin was one of the greatest baritone pop crooners, and his TV variety series for NBC was a classic.

[@darrenw.alexander708]

Why don't make great TV specials such as this anymore? Watching this nearly brought me to tears. It was funny, sweet- I loved the Dennis Weaver segment when the children were just being themselves. No scolding from the adults. Everyone just having pure fun without the pervasive profanity we see today. They just don't make shows like this anymore. Thanks for the memories, Dean.

[@rosefitzgerald335]

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[@pce-sz1gi]

Darren W. Alexander this show brought me to tears also. I miss these people so much, especially Dean. Sometimes I wish for a time machine to go back to these days!

[@gencahill3258]

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[@gencahill3258]

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[@b3j8]

@@pce-sz1gi Let me know if you ever find that time machine...I'll be happy to go!

[@kevinw9073]

When entertainment was fun and enjoyable. Oh those were the days.

[@Maggiolino45cv]

W il 1968..

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

I was born in 1961 I can’t believe how old I am today

[@johnp139]

And boring. Not funny at all.

[@selenaannesmith1604]

@@johnp139 these were the best times ever the programmes we have today are rubbish and that goes for the so called talented of today

[@TS-ef2gv]

Even though I was only a kid in the '60s, I liked watching Dean's show with my family. Dean always seemed to be having the time of his life and even as a kid I appreciated his sense of humor. I've read that Dean didn't like to rehearse because he wanted the material to be fresh and as spontaneous as possible, I don't know how true that story is, but that quality really came through in the show. Dean seemed to be hearing a lot of the material for the first time right along with the audience. '60s and '70s TV variety shows like this one, Red Skelton, Andy Williams, Carol Burnett, Ed Sullivan, etc, were a family event. It was entertaining for people of all ages.

[@niferanne53]

Christmas in 1968 had my Dad in Vietnam. It was lonely without him. But there was a sense of normalcy in watching shows like this.

[@jojoc9240]

Young Folks probably don't remember that when conservatives and liberals and independents alike would work together and cared about one thing Americans

[@theshakter]

Its how they were brought up and raised.

[@QueenRenne]

💯👀💅🏾💙

[@silveraddict875]

They still do, but the media covers the .003% that are radical trying to manipulate all Americans to think this is 50% of the people. They wont cover the 99% who love America

[@Flo1918]

I remember but im no spring chicken..😂😂😂

[@DebbeDs]

At the end they named so many children’s hospitals and orphanages and didn’t forget the children. I was a baby during this year but miss these times.

[@acooper6956]

When you watch the lineup of celebrities at the end, it's pretty clear why that was one of the greatest times to be alive. And there were a bunch missing!

[@anneroy4560]

Dean not rehearsing the show was wonderful ... his laughing is natural & it makes the guests laugh as well ...

[@harleyblue999]

Its not Christmas in my home without playing his songs,thank God i lived when he was part of our lives,left a hole that will never be filled.

[@lydialas8756]

@Hello How are you doing dear

[@tambrosia9316]

I am over 7 decades old and LMAO with these shows. Thanks fo much for saving and sharing these grand shows today Amazing how much effort went into these variety shows WEEKLY

[@jamescress]

I remember watching these shows with my mom when I was just a kid. Mom passed away in 2004 but I still think of her every day. I was blessed.

[@tonyregina2239]

Truly the Golden Age of Television...

[@lloydrich522]

A classic time to have been a part of and I'm glad I was😊

[@julianndobbie846]

Love this special this was what we waited for as kids we just loved these specials this is real family time thanks for sharing 😊

[@marthamydear7499]

I always tear up during the last part of this special. 😭 God bless Dean Martin and all the rest who helped make kids’ lives a little better back then…. 🙏❤️🎄

[@thomasfaucette1660]

u wont find anymore legendary entertainers like these anymore

[@loribaumgarten6764]

Looking for someone to tell me who one of the ladies is. If you can tell me all of the ladies telling kids Santa is coming, I will recognize her name. Help please

[@dixierae3442]

​@@loribaumgarten6764If you could give me a description or tell me what organization she mentioned I'd be happy to help Lori. For some reason I have a feeling you might be asking about Barbra Feldon from Get Smart.

[@tessdurberville711]

My father worked with Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin's glass contained cold tea. He was an underrated actor. I loved his television show and the first thing I remember wanting to be when I grew up, was one of his Golddiggers. Sadly, I was too young then and by the time I grew up the show was no longer in production. Watching this brought back many happy memories.

[@OdeeOz]

What a sad shame they don't make shows like this anymore. Yeah, Dean was a very underrated actor, and marvelous singer. So glad I grew up to see him peak.

[@floatsting20]

@@OdeeOz Yes it is a shame

[@davidowenflores7737]

go-go boots 💫

[@peteypete1216]

Its overwhelming to me to think its over 50 years i was a kid with my family watching these shows and Christmas was so magical , Just great times that was suppose to go on forever. So much has changed , I wish i could go back to that time..

[@SueBeaWho]

I had JUST turned 7 years old when this came on. Our family NEVER missed Dean Martin's shows. Damn he was good looking :) I also did not realize how good looking Dennis Weaver was. This is fun. Great old time memories.

[@tinawelch5524]

I'm 59 & always thought he was goodlooking!

[@bobjordan5231]

Mom and dad watched these faithfully. How things have changed! Funny jokes, wholesome sex appeal, talent, fun, even smoking on TV... the good old days!

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

I'm doing my best to bring back smoking everywhere but people keep complaining. Bunch of losers.

[@timdonnelly8392]

The Best and most cheerful entertainment,The world needs this back😁

[@thomasmcdaniel6264]

Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end. (But they did. And now we have this sick world.)

[@fp5495]

Sure, nobody but you and your generation get to have a good life in what they perceive is a good world. Only YOU and YOUR generation were allowed. Bunch of d-bags.

[@mieleD]

Pffftt.

[@bonnieinthespirit6373]

Great. Shows. We were kids , sent to bed early for mom n dad to watch . Laugh. And enjoy. Tv . The Friday nites family specials , shared around a great tv show , and a pizza ordered. Great memories. And to see the difference of what’s on tv now . And then the new laws of Biden peloski have put in place to take your Rights away ! And. More. To come . Look up for Jesus is coming SOON, he said.

[@EJDD1233]

@@fp5495 you’re the douchebag mate

[@lynnpayne9519]

I know plenty of good families who are making the best of the hard times brought about by your over consumption and greed. We are glad to have what we do and love to share. Why can't you show the Christmas spirit? Your Lord was born in a barn, not an all white suburb to rich people.

[@alwayssme]

i know i was living with my grandmom and her and i were watching this that night, great memories

[@LDrosophila]

Two years later and you brought tears to my eyes I lived with my Grandma too and I miss her so ❤

[@Paul-lm5gv]

We live today in an entertainment desert compared with people like Dino and the great variety shows back then! And the cameos from all the top stars at the end naming children's homes across the country for a visit from Santa was a special treat!

[@veronicakerr4920]

What was Christmas without Dean Martin growing up, this brings tears to my eyes

[@326656]

If I could travel back in time, it would be this Era... stay there and NEVER come back

[@Dulcimertunes]

How about it

[@kathytaylor1595]

Amen to that!

[@billdemarce1789]

So true

[@syl812577]

Yep, me too

[@Mr.White10-65]

Fun Fact: 1968 was the start of the Hong Kong Flu Pandemic. Do you all remember there being people in masks around this time?

[@enriqueaguilar4892]

Dean Martin's classic Christmas shows brings back the old vintage days n memories

[@paulzerbe9546]

Here I am, 37, and loving these old shows my grandparents watched. Where have the good times gone? Next up, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby Christmas!

[@frankmanno1584]

Was a time when you and your family watched these treasured Christmas specials together. Different world now.

[@kvernon1]

It was a lovely time when you could marvel at how beautifully downtown was decorated, sing Christmas songs in school, and say "Merry Christmas" without offending anybody. I wish everyone a Christmas exactly like the ones we used to know!

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

Yes America used to be quite a wonderful place in a sad world. Even in more cynical times like the 70s 80s and 90s people knew the Holidays were a time of healing.

[@FarmersAreDummies]

Happy Kwanzaa !

[@alexvaliansky7707]

And best of all-no mass shootings!

[@ronaldhouseknecht1947]

We could even get a group together from our church to walk through the neighborhoods singing christmas carols with no fears.

[@bc5299]

@@FarmersAreDummies about as important as festivus.

[@Alan5581]

I was 12 when this show aired. Now I'm 64. WOW!! Those were the days. Really had some wonderful Christmas shows back then.

[@terryharness1328]

I was 14 when it aired...The world is much different place now..Love the memories...

[@audreykennedy90]

I was born in 1973 and yes we were very lucky. The anticipation was everything. Not having everything you want, whenever you want it keeps the innocence. Those memories are priceless.

[@sm1734]

I am sitting here crying. Watching a by gone era.never to be seen again. R I p Dean

[@Classicrocker6119]

I had just turned 7 years old when this aired. I am filled with tears as it reminded me how Christmas used to be. And seeing all of those celebrities at the end was very special as well. Thanks for posting.

[@hanzonu2]

I was 11 years old and I'm crying watching this and remembering watching all these great Christmas specials with my family back in the day! I sure do miss those days and those times!!! Hard to belive it was 50 years ago.....

[@rogerquintanilla863]

Those were real Celebrities who loved this country and were real entertainers.

[@sheiladyck4768]

Me too - 7 years old!! Such fun, nostalgic memories!!

[@moonlanding-69]

NBC now says Thanksgiving is a 'white supremacy' holiday...Christmas will be under attack in a month.

[@janeyd5280]

@@rogerquintanilla863 very well said.xx

[@libertygiveme1987]

Thanks, I needed that. To see ALL of these WONDERFUL COMEDIANS SO YOUNG AND HAPPY, MADE ME SMILE!!!! I especially LOVED seeing Bob Newhart, as he recently passed, and HOPEFULLY is with his Lovely wife now!!!!

[@edwardanthony7283]

We'll never see entertainment as classy & good as this again. Thank god for the rerun!

[@techlover231]

Got to give credit to Dean Martin, he was totally comfortable living in his own skin, he made no excuses, he was very comfortable being who he was, had no worries what others thought, very admirable !!!!!

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

Exactly! I took up smoking just like him and I smoke everywhere I don't care what anyone thinks either. I'm going to start smoking on planes next, just like they did in 1968.

[@techlover231]

@@BigBadJerryRogers It's a different age now, 55 years later, smoking on planes is not cool. My comment posted about Dean Martin is still relevant in any age, Dean was just comfortably himself in a way that was always conviviale with others.

[@BigBadJerryRogers]

@@techlover231 Well I don't care what's cool, I have no worries about what others think

[@Gray_lemoncx]

I'm 19 and just stumbled across this show and im obsessed! They don't make shows like this anymore:')

[@markmiller4376]

I watched this in my dorm as a first year student at the University of Maryland (dorm - Cambridge B) right before school closed for winter break. The Beatles' White Album, another cultural happening, had just been released. Spent New year's Eve in Times Square, anticipating more time with a lovely coed (at another college in Baltimore) whom I met earlier that month. A year later, I returned to Times Square, lovely coed in tow. A heady time in the sweet prime of youth, a time lost forever, fleeting as youth itself.

[@ashburn47]

Bitter sweet memories for me too, Mark. Those times are lost 4ever. When did those good times go?😢😢😢

[@aktimm]

That is an awesome memory, mark miller! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!

[@anneoboyle426]

Did you marry the lovely co-ed?

[@markmiller4376]

@@anneoboyle426 No. We broke up on New Year's Eve 1970-1971. She married in 1972, and from what I see of her Facebook page, she's doing quite well. Me too, 50 years later. We're both married with kids and grand-kids. In fact, she lives w/i 10 miles of me. We last had contact (by email) in December 2001. The intensity of that memory compelled me to write a fictional short story of what might happen if we were no longer married and got back together after a romantic trip to the shore. Names changed, of course.

[@chuckmalcolmjr1913]

@@markmiller4376 How very sweet. Time...we never know what things it can bring us and how it has a peculiar way of making the past and present come full circle.

[@marciafrisella6868]

Interesting to see what was considered funny entertainment 50 years ago. But Dean was an all around talent. Comedian, singer, actor and a true humanitarian. What a shame he died on Christmas Day- Rip Dean

[@matogrujo233]

I think it was blessing......he give us so much sweet christmas sounds for next 100years. Best regards from Croatia.🎅🎅🎅🤶🤶🤶🎄🎄🎄

[@jeanmank6342]

During a difficult childhood, Christmas was one of the few happy times of the year. I watched all the Christmas shows!

[@chuckwagon5518]

It used to be great growing up and celebrating Christmas in the 60's! Christmas back then had a magical feeling about it that transcended all events and other holidays.

[@johnlegend3081]

“What can you give a guy who’s got everything”😂 Dean Martin was the greatest.

[@carolgray327]

Ah the GOOD old days. Nothing like them. Happy shows without being interupted every 5 minutes with 10-12-15 minutes of commercials. We actually enjoyed tv. 🎄😊

[@paultaurone5634]

Wow! I'm 57 and was just 7 years old when I saw this first broadcast. Haven't seen it since. I miss Dean and the gang.

[@petergapsis5526]

Dean showed what Christmas really meant back in 1968. It meant family and friends and good feelings. God bless you Dean.

[@blackmore4]

It still does. Don't let the more visible mayhem in the world tell you otherwise.

[@a.b.sproductionsllc]

Especially since 1968 was a very turbulent year. I bet something like this was exactly what America needed.

[@bertrobinson4535]

AMEN

[@jetu82]

Im born in 82 and from Finland. Still I get a warm and fuzzy feeling watching these.

[@Classicrocker6119]

To follow up from one year ago I would also have to point out that this Christmas special had more significance than I first thought. The US had been through a lot with two assassinations,the escalation of the war in Vietnam and an election in November. The celebrity line up announcing how various children's homes throughout the country would be benefitting from a special Santa visit was awesome. I was especially touched by the footage of Diahann Carroll as we lost her a few months ago. She was a hero of my late Mother who had closely followed her career. In spite of the adversity of 1968 people were or at least appeared to be kinder and gentler. Happy Holidays to everyone from a random guy in Western Canada.

[@sheilagravely5621]

Merry Christmas sir.🙏🙏🙏🎅🤶🍭🎄❄☃️⛄🌲

[@nadogrl]

Merry Christmas to you both, from San Diego.❤❤

[@james041]

I remember this show I was,17,takes me back when the family was all together. Miss you mom and dad they were wonderful and warm. Xmas .Hope heaven is as much warmth and fun as this was . It won't be long I guess before I come to visit. Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the family up there. James jr.

[@ronaldhouseknecht1947]

I was born in 1953 and I wouldn't give up a single day of those year's, the 1950s, 1960s and even the 70s. To most of us who were blessed to grow up through those year's, they will always be looked at by us as the good old days. I would go back and live those days over again, without changing a single thing.

[@paulinebales4399]

There,s no one can fill his shoes,a smile from ear to ear when deans on,miss you deano