T'was the night(s) before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring 'cept you and your mouse. Click, click, click to these 11 merry moments of TV Christmas specials past -- some classic, some bizarre -- preserved online and ready to be rediscovered on YouTube and Hulu.
Presenting ...
1. Dragnet, 1967. Detectives Friday and Gannon are on the case of a missing Baby Jesus stolen from a church crèche. The altar boys, including one played by a pre-Brady Bunch Barry Williams, have solid alibis. Pawn shops are notified. "We had a man to find," says the always terse Joe Friday (Jack Webb, who also produced and directed the show). "Our only clue: He'd been to church."