For as long as there have been televisions, there have been Christmas specials.

The variety programs that were ubiquitous in TV’s early years provided a perfect vehicle for stage-trained performers to entertain national audiences with holiday fare. These episodes typically aired during Christmas week, allowing viewers a chance to celebrate the season with their favorite hosts.

Some of country music’s greatest voices come together for A Nashville Christmas, getTV’s first original special! Wynonna, Emmylou Harris, Lorrie Morgan, and Pam Tillis headline the centerpiece of our “Most Wonderful Month Of The Year” celebration, performing a dozen traditional carols, pop hits, and songs of the season.

You may be familiar with the Jacksons and the Osmonds, but one iconic family of performers predates those acts by decades: The King Family.

This month getTV celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Christmas With The King Family special! We shared some interesting facts about the family itself on the getTV blog, and now we share more about one of the King Cousins - Tina Cole.

One of the most enduring Christmas songs of all time was actually written for a movie released in March. “Silver Bells” has been a holiday hit for everyone from Bing Crosby to Martina McBride, but the popular standard was penned for The Lemon Drop Kid, a Bob Hope comedy released in the spring of 1951.

On Christmas Eve in 1948, NBC aired a live television simulcast of The Chesterfield Supper Club, a popular radio program hosted by singer Perry Como. That broadcast launched an American tradition, as Como went on to grace TV screens during the holidays for nearly half a century – first as the host of a long-running weekly variety series and later as the star (and producer) of periodic specials.