{"id":4528,"date":"2018-11-13T16:40:17","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=4528"},"modified":"2018-11-13T16:40:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T21:40:17","slug":"i-love-lucy-christmas-special-features-two-episodes-of-the-classic-series-to-be-broadcast-friday-december-14-on-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/13\/i-love-lucy-christmas-special-features-two-episodes-of-the-classic-series-to-be-broadcast-friday-december-14-on-cbs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I Love Lucy Christmas Special,&#8221; Features Two Episodes of the Classic Series, To Be Broadcast Friday, December 14 on CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4529\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/i_love_lucy_christmas_special_CBS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/i_love_lucy_christmas_special_CBS.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/i_love_lucy_christmas_special_CBS-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/i_love_lucy_christmas_special_CBS-560x294.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/i_love_lucy_christmas_special_CBS-260x137.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/i_love_lucy_christmas_special_CBS-160x84.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I LOVE LUCY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL features &#8220;The Christmas Episode&#8221; and the newly colorized &#8220;Pioneer Women.&#8221; Both were colorized with a nod to the 1950s period in which they were filmed. The main titles and end credits are seamlessly combined into one set at the beginning and end of the hour, with no interruption between the episodes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4530 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401-560x415.jpg 560w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401-260x193.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401-160x119.jpg 160w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8d72de46586010d5a7a10487a2712401.jpg 1348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The Christmas Episode&#8221; finds the Ricardos and Mertzes decorating Lucy and Ricky&#8217;s Christmas tree and reminiscing about how their lives have changed since the arrival of the Ricardos&#8217; son, Little Ricky (Keith Thibodeaux). Flashbacks recall the night Lucy tells Ricky she is pregnant, the time Lucy shows up unexpectedly as part of a barbershop quartet, and the day Ricky and the Mertzes rehearse taking Lucy to the maternity ward.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2861034175\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The Christmas Episode&#8221; was first broadcast on CBS on Christmas Eve, 1956. The episode was not included in the series&#8217; long history of rebroadcasts, first on CBS Daytime and later in syndication. 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