I'm not old enough to have been aroundin the early 80s heyday myself, but to me Star Wars was just as important as anything else when I was 8. No one i've met really seems to remember, but TBS used to show the Trilogy at Christmas time for about 3-4 years ('93-'96; perhaps longer, I can't remember when they stopped it) but I would always so thankful to have it during that time because no other Christmas movie on tv ever made me feel more like it really was Christmas time than Star Wars (I didn't have any of the VHS tapes; in fact, the only Star Wars VHS I have ever owned is recorded from those airings)

But one thing in particular will always be with me from that was that when it would cut back in from commercial, it would always say (in addition to a little graphic) in a loud and important voice, "...and now back to the Star Wars Trilogy"

That's the hardest part about Christmas now, today everything is different. There's no action. I have to sit around and watch old Christmas movies that everyone else watches. Can't even get Star Wars anymore. It's bad enough that if it is back on it's the special editions....but at least now, thanks to this forum, I can still ensure that Star Wars will always be on for the holidays.