DVD Transfer 114 is a collection of Thanksgiving and Christmas specials recorded from CBS affiliate WKBT-TV (now WKBT-DT) 8 in La Crosse, WI and picked up via an eBay purchase. A few have been uploaded in other compilations (including local recordings of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" from the CBS affiliate nearest me, Norfolk's WTKR-TV 3); but all of these have the commercials included and the Rudolph recording has the commercials whereas most of that 1987 recording was accidentally taped over. Since all of the specials except for "It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown" have been uploaded in this account elsewhere, you can go to those uploads for additional information.

CONTENTS
1. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (the 1973 special {which won an Emmy for its initial broadcast})
2. It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown (the only one of these specials I had never seen before; this 1977 special is generally viewed as one of the more divisive Peanuts specials. The general plot involves Charlie Brown finding himself as part of the Homecoming court with the Little Red-Haired Girl {named Heather in this special even though she never officially appeared in the Peanuts comic strip proper. Other appearances gave her the last name Wold [a reference to a young woman named Donna Mae Wold that Charles Schulz dated for a time before creating "Peanuts"; only for her to announce as he was preparing to propose that she was already engaged. Despite the disappointment, the two ended up remaining friends]}. The biggest complaints in the original airing involved the football scenes; which had Charlie Brown blamed - particularly by Peppermint Patty - for not making the game-winning field goal and two extra-points even though on all of those occasions (plus a kickoff) Lucy did her usual "pull the ball away just as Charlie gets ready to kick" shenanigans (to say nothing of Charlie Brown getting piled on repeatedly and asking at one point what happened on a previous play twice; strongly implying Charlie Brown suffered a concussion), with there being enough criticism following the original 1977 airing that two of Peppermint Patty's lines blaming Charlie Brown ("Okay, Chuck, you really goofed up on that play!" and "Chuck, you can't do anything right!") were backmasked out; while Charles Schulz - who generally considered the specials in a separate continuity anyway - went out of his way to declare this specific special non-canon. Additionally; this was the first special {and 2nd overall project after the movie "Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown" - released 2 months earlier} to be produced following the death of composer Vince Guaraldi {who died from a massive heart attack in February 1976, shortly after finishing work on the special preceding this one "It's Arbor Day, Charlie Brown"}; with Ed Bogas and Judy Munsen taking over music responsibilities {with Bogas' future wife, Desiree Goyette, and later jazz pianist David Benoit joining the team by the time the 1980s arrived})
3. A Charlie Brown Christmas (the 1965 special that started it all)
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
5. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (the 1964 Rankin-Bass classic)

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