The Funny Side of Christmas as Nurse Gladys Emmanuel The Funny Side of Christmas The Funny Side of Christmas is a Christmas special broadcast by BBC1 on 27 December 1982. Presented by Frank Muir, it comprised one comedy sketch each from 10 contemporaneous English comedy series: "Butterflies", "The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin", "Last of the Summer Wine", "The Les Dawson Show", "Only Fools and Horses", "Open All Hours", "Smith and Jones", "Sorry!", "Three of a Kind", and "Yes Minister". The sketches below are listed in the order in which they appear in the programme. It's Christmas Day, and no sooner than Reggie has
Crackers: The Christmas Party Album re-recorded their own past hits "Cum On Feel the Noize" and "Get Down and Get with It". The remaining eight tracks were previously recorded songs from the band's catalogue, including the new single "Do You Believe in Miracles". The album was a success in the UK, where it reached No. 34 and was certified Gold. The later 1999 release "Slade's Crazee Christmas" would chart several times on the UK Budget Albums Chart between 2001-05. Although Slade's label RCA released "Do You Believe in Miracles" as a single, a deal was struck with Telstar to include the song on "Crackers". After