don't parade in my rain: Newsday TV Book, Christmas Eve & Day, 1974 (with Celebrity Greetings).

Here it is, Christmas Eve! That's the night my family celebrated and opened presents back in the day, whoop-de-doo! Of course I didn't get to half of the projects I had planned for this season, as far as the nostalgic nonsense I savor, but what I did make was probably plenty--lots of TV guide scans in various Facebook groups devoted to the New York metro TV stations of my youth (WNEW 5, WOR 9, WPIX 11), stuff at the DPiMR FB page, some videos at my Hugo Faces YouTube channel. Do check those out when you have some time to waste!

Now here are the pages from the 1974 Newsday TV Book for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, but first enjoy their annual check-in with the television celebs (both network and local) for tidings of joy, clueless narcissism (I’m looking at you, Bruce Fairbairn) and shameless plugging...