Christmas Special

[JMAR5]

Does anyone know if there were 2 Carpenter Christmas specials? For some reason I always thought there were 2. Both on ABC

 

[Johnny Angel]

There were only two - The Carpenters at Christmas, which aired on ABC December 9, 1977 and The Carpenters - A Christmas Portrait which aired on ABC December 19, 1978. Karen and Richard also performed on Perry Como's Christmas Show December 18th, 1974, performing Santa Claus is Coming to Town, as well as Sleep Well Little Children with Perry Como.

Perry Como also recorded Christ Is Born on one of his Christmas albums. I can't recall if he performed the song on his show or not. But perhaps that is where Karen and Richard first heard the song...?