The most recent telecasts, filled with more commercials of course, often omit the segment about elf practice, where all the elves practice their Christmas song...Elf leader: "And remember, it's for Santa."
Also, in recent telecasts of "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," the segment where Lucy pulls the football up from a place-kicking Charlie Brown, a Peanuts classic, has lost out to more commercials...
I watch too much TV....