Christmastime

The first three episodes premiere Thursday; the concluding three are due at Christmastime.

But that may be exactly what some viewers want, and need, at Christmastime, or whatever one calls the week before Thanksgiving.

“It gets really bad at Christmastime,” one long-suffering woman working at the pastry counter told me, noting that Yuletide season is fast upon us.

For 80-plus years, the customers of Greenberg Smoked Turkey turned to the Tyler, Texas, outfit at Christmastime.

Fake snow to make it actually look like Christmastime, decorations in every single frame and an overall production value that made some of their movies look almost decent enough to be released in theaters.