Picks and Pans Review: A Country Christmas

UPDATED 12/17/1979 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/17/1979 at 01:00 AM EST

CBS (9-10 p.m. ET)

Judging by the number of holiday specials, the 12 days of Christmas will seem like 12 years. This one, Minnie Pearl's bash, is energetic if cornponey. Arriving at the Tulsa location by tractor, mule, hitchhiking, horseback, covered wagon and Jeep are Loretta Lynn, George Gobel, Barbi Benton, David Soul, Roy Clark and the Oak Ridge Boys.