12 Days of Youtube

If you're like me, you're sentimental for the days when Christmas specials like Rudolf the Rednosed Raindeer and How the Grinch Stole Christmas could be counted on to grace the airwaves. It just wasn't Christmas until you could sing along with the Heat Miser on NBC.

He's Mr. Heat Blister, He's Mr. Hundred and One.

It may be hard to find the Rankin Bass classics on network TV these days, but that doesn't mean you need to chip hard-earned cash out of your Christmas budget to find decent holiday entertainment. Here in the future, we have the internet!

So in the spirit of Christmas, Variety Photoplays offers the 12 Days of Youtube: a celebration of the wild, wonderful, and just plain weird holiday video that exists right at your fingertips on everyone's favorite free video platform.

(DISCLAIMER: Most of our picks are, frankly, geared to more adult tastes, but if you are ready to binge-watch the classics, here's where you can find them in their entirety:)

Grinch Who Stole Christmas: Dailymotion
Frosty the Snowman: Dailymotion
The Little Drummer Boy: Dailymotion
The Year Without a Santa Claus:  Dailymotion
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Raindeer: Dailymotion

Happy holidays, everyone!