{"id":41747,"date":"2016-12-24T07:13:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/december-24-1934-the-first-traditional-christmas-special-debuts\/"},"modified":"2016-12-24T07:13:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T12:13:01","slug":"december-24-1934-the-first-traditional-christmas-special-debuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=41747","title":{"rendered":"December 24, 1934 &#8230;The First Traditional Christmas Special Debuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December 24, 1934 &#8230;The First Traditional Christmas Special Debuts<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6gDeZ4vuBCc\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6gDeZ4vuBCc<\/a><br \/>\nFrom 1934 till 1953, Lionel Barrymore played the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge on the annual holiday broadcast of &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; on CBS Radio. When what became a tradition started, it was a huge event as this was the movie star&#8217;s first ever radio performance. It&#8217;s popularity grew to imminence proportions over the years.<\/p>\n<p>At this link is a woderfully detailed page on the Barrymore\/Scrooge tradition that lasted 19 years, and even after, as many local stations played recordings of these shows&#8230;even to this day!  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaldeliftp.com\/DigitalDeliToo\/dd2jb-A-Christmas-Carol.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.digitaldeliftp.com\/DigitalDeliToo\/dd2jb-A-Christmas-Carol.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a very real sense, this was America&#8217;s first traditional Christmas media special. It was performed live Christmas Eve on coast to coast radio with Barrymore at CBS in Los Angeles. At the top is a link to the 1939 version directed by Orson Wells. The newspaper article is from 1934. <\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! -Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eyesofageneration\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/1181239871913560\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/december-24-1934-the-first-traditional-christmas-special-debuts.jpg\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eyesofageneration\/photos\/a.197108410326716.39183.189359747768249\/1181239871913560\/?type=3\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/december-24-1934-the-first-traditional-christmas-special-debuts.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/1181279941909553\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 24, 1934 &#8230;The First Traditional Christmas Special Debuts https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6gDeZ4vuBCc From 1934 till 1953, Lionel Barrymore played the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge on the annual holiday broadcast of &#8220;A Christmas Carol&#8221; on CBS Radio. When what became a tradition started, it was a huge event as this was the movie star&#8217;s first ever radio performance. 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