I share DR Jrand62's disappointment in current day "specials". Recent DVD acquisitions:
An Old Fashioned Christmas (Bell Telephone Hour, 1959-1966, Florence Henderson, etc.)
Bing Crosby - The Television Specials (Vol. 2 - Christmas, 1957-1977)
I know the latter doesn't have an episode I really wish it had, that some channel showed several years back, but hey. It's Bing. And it has a Mary Martin special. I have no idea how interesting the former may be -- I believe we watched some of these but I don't have any solid impression of them. But I am a starving man.