festive cheer: a groovy 1960s Christmas
a very silly Very Special holiday episode of a TV classic
In honor of Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith, whose death at age 78 was announced today, herewith “The Monkees’ Christmas Show,” aka Season 2, Episode 15 of The Monkees, which first aired in the US on December 25th, 1967.
It is, as you might expect, silly in the extreme, as the guys teach the true meaning of Christmas to a Scrooge-like 12-yea…