A lament for those vanishing, star-studded Christmas TV specials

Stacia L. Brown
Fri, 25 Dec 2015 06:17:58 -0500

It’s late December, which means the season for televised holiday specials is drawing to a close. This year, amid annual staples such as “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and “It’s a Wonderful Life,” one type of programming seemed to be in scarcer supply: the “star-studded” concert special. During previous Christmas seasons, pop and country singers such...