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December’s Best Holiday TV 

S M T W T F S 

7:00 p.m. 

ION A Golden Christmas 

8:00 p.m. 

HGTV Celebrity Holiday 

Homes 

9:00 p.m. 

ION A Golden Christmas 

2: The Second Tail 

7:05 p.m. 

TNT Four Christmases 

8:00 p.m. 

FAM 12 Dates of 

Christmas 

HALL The Christmas 

Pageant 

9:00 p.m. 

ION A Christmas Kiss 

7:00 p.m. 

GOSPEL Christmas 

With a Capital C 

8:00 p.m. 

TCM It Happened on 

5th Avenue 

9:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC The Santa 

Clause 3: The Escape 

Clause 

8:00 p.m. 

FAM The Polar Express 

USA Elf 

9:00 p.m. 

WNJT-PBS Christmas 

With the Mormon Tabernacle 

Choir Featuring 

David Archuleta and 

Michael York 

4 7:00 p.m. 

FAM Rudolph the Red- 

Nosed Reindeer & the 

Island of Misfit Toys 

8:00 p.m. 

AMC A Christmas Carol 

9:00 p.m. 

GOSPEL The Heart of 

Christmas 

11 7:00 p.m. 

WGTW Nativity: Art & 

Spirit of the Creche 

8:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC I Want a 

Dog for Christmas, Charlie 

Brown! 

9:00 p.m. 

FAM National Lampoon’s 

Christmas Vacation 

18 7:30 p.m. 

KYW-CBS WPSG-CW 

Joy of Sharing 

8:00 p.m. 


8:30 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC A Chipmunk 

Christmas 

10:00 p.m. 

LIFE Noel 

25 8:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC Rudolph’s 

Shiny New Year 

AMC The Polar Express 

HALL Silver Bells 

10:00 p.m. 


HALL A Christmas Wish 

5 8:00 p.m. 

6 

WCAU-NBC A Michael 

Bublé Christmas 

8:30 p.m. 

DISN The Nightmare Before 

Christmas 

9:00 p.m. 

TCM A Christmas Story 

12 7:00 p.m. 

WGTW Aaron Neville 

Christmas 

8:00 p.m. 

AMC White Christmas 

9:00 p.m. 

WHYY-PBS L.A. Holiday 

Celebration 2010 

19 8:00 p.m. 


9:00 p.m. 

WCAU-NBC Saturday 

Night Live Presents: A 

Very Gilly Christmas 

WHYY-PBS Christmas 

at St. Olaf: Rejoice, Give 

Thanks, and Sing 

26 8:00 p.m. 


HALL All I Want for 

Christmas 

10:00 p.m. 


HALL Debbie Macomber’s 

Mrs. Miracle 

8:00 p.m. 


8:30 p.m. 

DISN The Ultimate 

Christmas Present 

9:00 p.m. 

FAM National Lampoon’s 


13 7:00 p.m. 

WGTW Christmas Star 

8:00 p.m. 

HALL A Princess for 

Christmas 

10:00 p.m. 

HALL Lucky Christmas 

LIFE A Boyfriend for 

Christmas 

20 8:00 p.m. 

KYW-CBS The 13th 

Annual A Home for the 

Holidays 

FAM The Santa Clause 


LIFE Christmas Angel 

9:00 p.m. 

USA Elf 

27 8:00 p.m. 


HALL A Dog Named 

Christmas 

9:00 p.m. 

FAM Elf 

10:00 p.m. 


1 

7:00 p.m. 


8:30 p.m. 

DISN Santa Buddies 

9:00 p.m. 


9:30 p.m. 

WHYY-PBS The Spirit of 

Christmas 

7 7:00 p.m. 

FAM Frosty’s Winter 

Wonderland 

8:00 p.m. 

CMT Unlikely Angel 

9:00 p.m. 

FAM The Year Without 

a Santa Claus 

SYFY Elf 

14 8:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC A Charlie 

Brown Christmas 

AMC Miracle on 34th 

Street 

8:30 p.m. 

DISN Santa Buddies 

10:00 p.m. 

HALL The Most Wonderful 

Time of the Year 

21 8:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC Disney Prep 

& Landing 

8:30 p.m. WPVI-ABC 

Prep & Landing: Naughty 

vs. Nice 

9:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC I Want a 

Dog for Christmas, Charlie 

Brown! 

28 8:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC Happy New 

Year, Charlie Brown 


HALL Farewell Mr. 

Kringle 

10:00 p.m. 

HALL Mistletoe Over 

Manhattan 

7:00 p.m. 

HALL Hoops & Yoyo 

Ruin Christmas 

8:00 p.m. 

DISN Good Luck Charlie, 

It’s Christmas! 

10:00 p.m. 

HALL The Most Wonderful 

Time of the Year 

8 

8:00 p.m. 

KYW-CBS Frosty the 

Snowman 

8:30 p.m. 

KYW-CBS Frosty Returns 

9:00 p.m. 

KYW-CBS Yes, Virginia 

9:30 p.m. 

KYW-CBS The Elf on the 

Shelf: An Elf’s Story 

15 8:00 p.m. 

TNT Christmas in 

Washington 2011 

9:00 p.m. 

WTXF-FOX Ice Age: A 

Mammoth Christmas 

WGTW A Christian Ebner 

Christmas 

TNT Fred Claus 

22 8:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC Shrek the 

Halls 

WPSG-CW Olive, the 

Other Reindeer 

8:30 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC Phineas and 

Ferb 

29 8:00 p.m. 

HALL Debbie Macomber’s 

Trading Christmas 

10:00 p.m. 

FOOD Guy’s Disney 

Holiday 

HALL The Good 

Witch’s Gift 

2 7:00 p.m. 

3 

TLC Crazy Christmas 

Lights 

8:00 p.m. 

WCAU-NBC It’s a 

Wonderful Life 

9:00 p.m. TLC Invasion 

of the Christmas Lights 3: 

Europe 

9 7:00 p.m. 

10 

TLC More Crazy Christmas 

Lights 

8:00 p.m. 

KYW-CBS Rudolph the 

Red-Nosed Reindeer 

9:00 p.m. 

KYW-CBS The Flight 

Before Christmas 

16 8:00 p.m. 

KYW-CBS Frosty the 

Snowman 

17 

8:30 p.m. 

KYW-CBS Frosty Returns 

9:00 p.m. 

KYW-CBS The Story of 

Santa Claus 

WPVI-ABC CMA Country 

Christmas 

23 7:00 p.m. 

24 

FAM Santa Claus Is 

Comin’ to Town 

8:00 p.m. 

WCAU-NBC It’s a 

Wonderful Life 

8:30 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC Dr. Seuss’ 

How the Grinch Stole 

Christmas 

30 8:00 p.m. 

December 2, 2011 

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WPVI-ABC New Year’s 

Rockin’ Eve: The 40th 

Anniversary Party 

10:00 p.m. 

WPVI-ABC Dick Clark’s 

Primetime New Year’s 

Rockin’ Eve With Ryan 

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The Christmas Pageant 

12/11 Hallmark Channel 

Melissa Gilbert stars in this holiday 

heartwarmer about an overbearing 

Broadway director whose temper costs her 

a job. Her agent gets her a gig directing 

a small-town holiday production upstate, 

where she reconnects with an old flame and 

gets a few lessons in what’s really important 

in life. Robert Mailhouse also stars. 

Doctor Who 

Christmas Special 

12/25 BBC America 

Christmas brings a special kind of magic to 

a British mother and her two children who 

have been evacuated to a drafty old house 

during World War II, thanks to the home’s 

mysterious young caretaker and an equally 

mysterious package awaiting them under 

the tree. Matt Smith and Claire Skinner 

star in this latest holiday tale based on the 

long-running sci-fi series. 

The Flight 

Before Christmas 

12/10 CBS 

A flying squirrel shows a young 

reindeer, who believes his longlost 

father was part of Santa’s 

airborne sleigh team, how to soar 

into the sky in this surprisingly dark 

and emotionally complex onehour 

animated tale from Finland. 

The voice cast includes Emma 

Roberts (“Nancy Drew”) and Norm 

MacDonald (“Saturday Night Live”). 

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Deck the Halls 

12/20 TNT 

Detective Regan Reilly (Scottie 

Thompson) seeks the help of private 

investigator Alvirah Meegan (Kathy 

Najimy) when her father and his young 

female driver are kidnapped just before 

Christmas. Jane Alexander also stars 

in this new adaptation of a holiday 

mystery co-authored by mother and 

daughter Mary Higgins Clark and Carol 

Higgins Clark. 

Good Luck Charlie, 

It’s Christmas! 

12/2 Disney Channel 

During a road trip to visit Amy’s 

(Leigh-Allyn Baker) parents, the Duncans 

are stranded by a snowstorm. To add 

insult to injury, the family’s luggage goes 

missing. Bridgit Mendler, Jason Dolley, 

Bradley Steven Perry, Eric Allan Kramer 

and Mia Talerico also star in this featurelength 

spinoff of the hit family sitcom. 

12 Dates of Christmas 

12/11 ABC Family 

In this new variation on the “Groundhog 

Day” theme, a young woman (Amy Smart) 

is forced to relive her first date with a guy 

on Christmas Eve until she gets it right 

– defined as giving up the past and learning 

to open her heart and mind to new things. 

Mark-Paul Gosselaar (“Franklin & Bash”) 

and Richard Fitzpatrick also star.

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11:00 a.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Three canapés; 

Salmon tartare; sopresatta with cheese. 

11:30 a.m. FOOD Giada at Home Roasted prime 

rib with thyme and Marsala; mashed potatoes with 

kale, pistachio tart. 

Dec. 4 

8:00 p.m. FOOD Cupcake Wars Bakers compete 

to have their treats displayed at the New York City 

Ballet’s opening night party. 

10:00 p.m. FOOD Iron Chef America Holiday 

battle with chef Morimoto vs chef Symon. 

Dec. 5 

4:30 p.m. FOOD Giada at Home Roasted prime 



Dec. 6 

8:00 p.m. FOOD Cupcake Wars Bakers compete 

to have their treats displayed at the New York City 

Ballet’s opening night party. 

�� 

Peppermint Bark 

RECIPE COURTESY 

OF PAULA DEEN 

Total time: 1 hr 

Prep Time: 5 min 

Inactive: 45 min 

Cook Time: 10 min 

Servings: Approx. 2 

pounds 

Difficulty: Easy 

Ingredients 

Peppermint flavorings, optional (Paula 

says use about 2 teaspoons, to your 

taste); 2 lb white chocolate; crushed 

candy canes to yield 1 cup 

Directions 

Place candy canes in a plastic bag 

and hammer into 1/4-inch chunks or 

smaller. 

Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. 

Combine candy cane chunks with 

chocolate (add peppermint flavoring 

at this point if desired.). Pour mixture 

onto a cookie sheet layered with parchment 

or waxed paper and place in the 

refrigerator for 45 minutes or until 

firm. 

10:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Gingerbread houses 

in the appetizer round; prized meat and vegetable in 

the entree dish. 

Dec. 7 

10:00 a.m. FOOD Semi-Homemade Cooking 

With Sandra Lee Blue cheese with date spread; 

marmalade meatballs; shrimp. 

Dec. 9 

7:00 p.m. FOOD The Best Thing I Ever Ate Coconut 

gold bars; traditional fruit cake. 

Dec. 10 

5:00 p.m. FOOD Iron Chef America Holiday 

battle with chef Morimoto vs chef Symon. 

8:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Disney Holiday Guy 

explores the holiday-themed meals and treats at Disneyland. 

Dec. 11 

8:00 p.m. FOOD Cupcake Wars Cupcakes presented 

at the Hollywood Christmas Parade. 

Dec. 12 

1:30 p.m. FOOD Giada at Home Roasted prime 



3:00 p.m. FOOD Cooking for Real Cornish hens; 

apple, pear, and walnut salad. 

4:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Seafood 

gratin in a golden saffron sauce; pumpkin mousse; 

spiced mulled wine. 

4:30 p.m. FOOD Giada at Home Giada and her 

family celebrate Christmas. 

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cookies. 

8:00 p.m. FOOD Holidays Unwrapped Candy 

canes; whipped-cream dollop; Santa Claus’ image; 

the Butterball hotline. 

Dec. 13 

12:30 p.m. FOOD Down Home With the Neelys 

Honey-baked ham; sausage and leek breakfast casserole; 

buttermilk biscuits with sweet cinnamon spice 

butter; Christmas coconut coffee cake. 



Dec. 14 

10:00 a.m. FOOD Dear Food Network Host Tyler 

Florence and guest chefs explore holiday parties of all 

kinds. 

4:30 p.m. FOOD Giada at Home Giada hosts a 

holiday get-together with friends. 

Dec. 15 

3:30 p.m. FOOD 30-Minute Meals Roast broccolini 

and beans; herb-apricot chicken; risotto. 

4:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Three canapés; 

Salmon tartare; sopresatta with cheese. 

Dec. 16 

10:00 a.m. FOOD Semi-Homemade Cooking 

With Sandra Lee Building an edible snowman; 

gingerbread cookies. 

3:00 p.m. FOOD Cooking for Real Spiral ham 

with pumpkin spice; string bean casserole salad. 

3:30 p.m. FOOD 30-Minute Meals Gingerbread 

waffles; toffee hot chocolate; mulled maple syrup; 

chicken sausage patties. 

4:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Ina creates a 

holiday basket for friends to enjoy. 

Dec. 17 

10:00 a.m. FOOD Giada’s Family Christmas Giada 

and her family have good cheer with amazing food; 

Italian struffoli, Italian pot roast. 

4:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 

Guy heads to North Pole, Alaska, to visit local establishments. 

8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The chefs prepare holiday-themed 

dishes. 

9:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped Gingerbread houses in 

the appetizer round; prized meat and vegetable in the 

entree dish. 

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dishes. 

Dec. 19 

5:00 p.m. FOOD Deen Family Christmas 

Shrimp-stuffed potatoes; slow-cooked roast with 

herb sauce; popcorn nut balls; butter cake. 

8:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 

Guy heads to North Pole, Alaska, to visit local establishments. 

Dec. 20 






8:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS WLTV-PBS Lidia Celebrates 

America Italian Christmas Eve; Mexican- 

American Christmas; Chinese New Year; Jewish- 

American Passover. 

Dec. 21 

6:00 p.m. FOOD Giada’s Family Christmas Giada 



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Dec. 23 

1:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Ina creates a 

holiday basket for friends to enjoy. 



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explores the holiday-themed meals and treats at Disneyland.

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Dec. 1 

9:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC CMA Country Christmas 

Country music stars share their favorite holiday traditions 

and memories; Jennifer Nettles hosts. 

Dec. 6 

9:30 p.m. WHYY-PBS Straight No Chaser 

— Songs of the Decades: Holiday Edition The 

group journeys through the pop songbook, covering 

doo wop to contemporary pop. 

Dec. 11 




Dec. 13 

8:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS Christmas With the Mormon 

Tabernacle Choir Featuring David Archuleta 

and Michael York A holiday program combines 

dancing, musical performances and storytelling. 

9:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS L.A. Holiday Celebration 

2010 Highlights of the 50th-annual festivities feature 

performers representing the county’s cultures. 

Dec. 14 

10:30 p.m. CMT Larry the Cable Guy’s Star 

Studded Christmas Extravaganza Larry’s annual 

Christmas special with guests Terry Bradshaw, Lewis 

Black, Jeff Foxworthy and others. 

Dec. 16 

8:00 p.m. TNT Christmas in Washington 2011 

Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Jennifer Hudson, Victoria 

Justice and The Band Perry perform. 

Dec. 17 




Dec. 18 

9:00 p.m. WNJT-PBS Christmas With the Mormon 

Tabernacle Choir Featuring David Archul- 

CMA Country 

Christmas 

12/1 ABC 

Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland returns 

as host of this tuneful two-hour tribute 

to the holiday season, taped at the 

Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, 

Tenn., in November. Country stars 

share their favorite holiday traditions, 

memories and, of course, songs. 

eta and Michael York A holiday program combines 


Dec. 19 

5:00 p.m. EWTN The Word Is Born: Christmas 

With the Louisville Choir The Louisville Chorus 

celebrates the sounds of the holiday season from St. 

Martin of Tours Church. 

Dec. 20 

9:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, 

Give Thanks, and Sing The annual Christmas 

Festival from St. Olaf College. 

CMT Larry the Cable Guy’s Star Studded Christmas 

Extravaganza Larry’s annual Christmas special 

with guests Terry Bradshaw, Lewis Black, Jeff Foxworthy 

and others. 

Dec. 21 

8:00 p.m. KYW-CBS The 13th Annual A Home 

for the Holidays Inspirational stories of adoption; 

musical performers include Justin Bieber and Mary 

J. Blige. 

Dec. 22 

7:30 p.m. CMT Larry the Cable Guy’s Star 

Studded Christmas Extravaganza Larry’s annual 

Christmas special with guests Terry Bradshaw, Lewis 

Black, Jeff Foxworthy and others. 

10:00 p.m. WLTV-PBS Trans-Siberian Orchestra: 

Ghosts of Christmas Eve Jewel and Michael Crawford 

perform to a Christmas tale. 

Dec. 23 

9:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS WLTV-PBS Christmas 

With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring 

David Archuleta and Michael York A holiday pro- 

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The Canadian-born singer 

performs selections from his new 

holiday album, appropriately titled 

“Christmas,” in this new hourlong 

variety special, which is also slated 

to include comedy sketches and 

visits from special guests. 

gram combines dancing, musical performances and 

storytelling. 

10:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS A Bucknell Candlelight 

Christmas The Rooke Chapel Choir and Ringers 

perform for the holiday. 

WLTV-PBS Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, Give 

Thanks, and Sing The annual Christmas Festival 

from St. Olaf College. 

Dec. 24 

9:00 a.m. EWTN The Word Is Born: Christmas 

With the Louisville Choir The Louisville Chorus 

celebrates the sounds of the holiday season from St. 

Martin of Tours Church. 

3:00 p.m. WPSG-CW Gospel Superfest Holiday 

11 Performers include Kirk Franklin, Karen Clark 

Sheard, Hezekiah Walker, J. Moss and Ricky Dillard. 

5:00 p.m. WLTV-PBS Purdue Christmas Show 

The holiday celebration features sacred and secular 

holiday standards. 

6:00 p.m. WLTV-PBS Christmas With the Mormon 




7:00 p.m. WNJT-PBS Christmas at Belmont 

2011 The annual holiday concert of traditional carols, 

world music and seasonal favorites. 

Dec. 25 

12:30 p.m. WCAU-NBC Carols Then and Now 

Natalie Cole performs with the Mormon Tabernacle 

Choir. Songs include “Come, O Come.” 

1:30 p.m. WCAU-NBC Ring in the Season A 

holiday program features “A Festival of Carols,” and 

“Hallelujah Chorus.” 

2:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS WLTV-PBS Christmas at 

Belmont 2011 The annual holiday concert of traditional 

carols, world music and seasonal favorites. 

3:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS A Bucknell Candlelight 

Christmas The Rooke Chapel Choir and Ringers 

perform for the holiday. 

4:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS Christmas at St. Olaf: Rejoice, 

Give Thanks, and Sing The annual Christmas 

Festival from St. Olaf College. 

5:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS Christmas With the Mormon 




9:00 p.m. WNJT-PBS Christmas With the Mormon 




Dec. 26 

9:00 a.m. EWTN Cousins in Christ Family 

Christmas Christmas songs. 

9:00 p.m. EWTN Tajci: A Christmas Concert 

Dec. 27 

2:00 p.m. EWTN Catholic University of America 

Christmas Concert 2010 

Dec. 31 

7:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS WLTV-PBS The Lawrence 

Welk Show Holiday nostalgia includes a 

salute to the Rose Bowl and Rose Parade. 

8:00 p.m. WHYY-PBS Live From Lincoln Center 

New York Philharmonic’s New Year’s Eve Gala 

celebrates music Leonard Bernstein and George 

Gershwin. 

10:00 p.m. WCAU-NBC NBC’s New Year’s Eve 

With Carson Daly The countdown to 2012 begins 

in Times Square. 

11:30 p.m. WCAU-NBC NBC’s New Year’s Eve 

With Carson Daly The countdown to 2012 continues 

in Times Square.

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Dec. 1 

9:00 p.m. DIY Holiday, Inc. New York City 

landmarks are transformed overnight for the 

holidays. 

Dec. 3 

8:00 p.m. TLC Invasion of the Christmas 

Lights 2 Elaborate home displays of holiday 

lights and decorations. 

HGTV Design on a Dime Living room becomes 

a non-traditional holiday-inspired room. 


Lights 3: Europe Extreme Christmas lights 

across Europe. 

10:00 p.m. TLC More Crazy Christmas Lights 

Christmas-light displays across the country. 




Dec. 4 



holidays. 

8:00 p.m. HGTV Celebrity Holiday Homes 

Interior designers create a holiday decor for 

celebrities; Eva La Rue’s “Santa’s Workshop.” 




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Dec. 10 

8:00 a.m. DIY Holiday, Inc. New York City 


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4:00 p.m. HGTV Design on a Dime Living 

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8:30 p.m. HGTV The High Low Project A 

mother receives a surprise living room makeover. 

9:00 p.m. TLC Extreme Christmas Trees 

Christmas trees that are over the top. 

HGTV Room Crashers Shoppers who need 

help with holiday decorating. 







Dec. 11 

7:00 p.m. STYLE Holiday Fabulous Jeannie 

Mai presents gift ideas and entertainment tips. 

8:00 p.m. HGTV White House Christmas 

2011 Creating a fun and festive holiday season 

in “the people’s house”; decorating; volunteers. 

10:00 p.m. STYLE Holiday Fabulous Jeannie 

Mai presents gift ideas and entertainment tips. 




Dec. 13 

1:00 p.m. HGTV Radio City Holiday Transforming 

the Grand Foyer and Grand Lounge. 

Dec. 17 

1:00 p.m. HGTV Room Crashers Shoppers 

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9:00 p.m. HGTV Color Splash A home becomes 

a rustic winter wonderland. 




HGTV Donna Decorates Dallas Over-thetop 

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Lidia Celebrates 

America 

12/20 PBS 

TV chef Lidia Bastianich kicks off 

her new series with “Holiday Tables 

& Traditions,” an armchair tour of 

special occasion celebrations around 

the country, with the focus – of 

course – on the food. They include 

an Italian-American Christmas Eve 

and a Mexican-American Christmas 

celebration. It’s not all about 

Christmas, however; she also attends 

a Chinese New Year celebration and 

a Passover seder. 




Dec. 23 

1:00 p.m. HGTV All Out American Christmas 

Homeowners create over-the-top holiday 

displays. 


Brooke Burke; Sherri Shepherd; Trisha Yearwood. 




Dec. 24 

1:00 p.m. HGTV Holiday Block Party 2011 

Designers transform three homes on a cul-desac; 

a bold and shimmering design. 

2:00 p.m. HGTV All Out American Christmas 

Homeowners create over-the-top holiday 

displays. 


Brooke Burke; Sherri Shepherd; Trisha Yearwood. 

4:00 p.m. HGTV Radio City Holiday Transforming 

the Grand Foyer and Grand Lounge. 

5:00 p.m. HGTV Holiday, Inc. New York 

City landmarks are transformed overnight for 

the holidays. 






HGTV Celebrity Holiday Homes Interior 

designers create a holiday decor for celebrities; 

Eva La Rue’s “Santa’s Workshop.” 



celebrities. 

9:00 p.m. HGTV Design on a Dime Living 

room becomes a non-traditional holiday-inspired 

room. 

9:30 p.m. HGTV The High Low Project A 

mother receives a surprise living room makeover. 

10:00 p.m. HGTV Color Splash A home becomes 

a rustic winter wonderland.



From the moment the Peanuts gang skates, 

and Pigpen manages to raise a cloud of dust 

on ice in the opening of “A Charlie Brown 

Christmas,” a feeling of all is right with the 

world washes over viewers. 

Charlie Brown could well be a barometer 

for judging character: If people don’t like 

him, are they worth knowing? 

It’s not easy being honorable when your 

mom sounds like a trombone and even your 

dog doesn’t respect you. Yet Charlie Brown, 

he with the 

yellow sweater and dubious 

athletic abilities, is one of the 

most honorable characters ever 

drawn. For this we have the 

late great Charles M. Schulz to 

thank. 

Two new CD collections 

– “The Charlie Brown Collection” and “A 

Charlie Brown Christmas” are out, featuring 

the tree even more famous than the one at 

Rockefeller Center. 

Since 1965, the Christmas cartoon has 

become the standard for which all should be 

compared. There’s a solid plot, 

character development and lessons. When 

the story begins, Charlie Brown (he’s never 

just Charlie) explains to Linus that he’s sad. 

“I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel,” 

he says. 

Charlie Brown then talks to Lucy, posing 

as a psychiatrist, who advises, him quite correctly, 

that he needs to be involved and the 

group needs a director for its Christmas play. 

A perfect match is forged. 

Not that anyone really listens to Charlie 

Brown. Do they listen to him as baseball 

manager? No, he of the enormous head with 

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“I don’t care,” Charlie Brown says. “I think 

it needs me.” 

Indeed it does. We all do. 

What Charlie Brown realizes is that the real 

spirit of Christmas has been corrupted. It’s 

too commercial, too fast, and too flippant. 

As popular as this classic is, it’s difficult to 

imagine it landing on network TV as a new 

show today because of its forthright speech 

about Jesus. When Charlie Brown wonders if 

anyone knows the true meaning of Christmas, 

Linus volunteers that he does. 

“And there were in the same country, 

shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch 

over their flock by night. And lo, the angel of 

the Lord came upon them, and the glory of 

the Lord shone around them,” Linus says. 

“For unto you is born this day in the city 

of David a savior, which is Christ the Lord,” 

Linus says without fanfare. “And this shall 

be a sign onto you. Ye shall find the babe 

wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in the 

manger. And suddenly there was with the 

angel a multitude in the heavenly host, praising 

God and saying, ‘Glory to God in the 

highest, and on Earth peace goodwill toward 

men.” 

Linus takes his blanket and says, “That’s 

what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.”


DECEMBER 1 

6:00 p.m. FAM Mickey’s Christmas Carol 

Animated. A re-telling of the classic Dickens 

tale with Disney’s classic characters. 

HALL The Town Christmas Forgot A 

stranded family helps residents of a small town 

organize a Christmas pageant. 

6:30 p.m. FAM Winnie the Pooh and Christmas 

Too! Fearing that Santa may not get it in 

time, Pooh carries his friends’ wish list to the 

North Pole. Animated. 

7:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause An adman 

takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow 

after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC Santa Claus Is Comin’ 

to Town A mailman (the voice of Fred Astaire) 

explains why Santa has whiskers, lives at the 

North Pole and brings presents once a year. 

Animated. 

8:30 p.m. DISN Santa Buddies Talking puppies 

must save the day when the world forgets 

the meaning of Christmas. 




DIY Holiday, Inc. New York City landmarks, 

including the Time Warner Center, Lord & 

Taylor, and Macy’s on 34th Street, are transformed 

overnight for the holidays. 

9:30 p.m. WHYY-PBS The Spirit of Christmas 

The Mabel Beaton Marionettes perform 

“Twas the Night Before Christmas” and “The 

Greatest Story Ever Told.” 

10:00 p.m. HALL Finding John Christmas 

With help from a photographer, a nurse 

searches for a former firefighter who may be her 

long-lost brother. 

DECEMBER 2 

6:30 p.m. EWTN The Cloak of Juan Diego 

The story of Juan Diego and Our Lady of 

Guadalupe. Includes devotions at the Basilica of 

Guadalupe. 

7:00 p.m. HALL Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas 

On Christmas Eve, Hoops, Yoyo and 

their friend, Piddles, disrupt the time-space 

continuum after sneaking into Santa’s sleigh. 

8:00 p.m. DISN Good Luck Charlie, It’s 

Christmas! Chaos strikes when a woman and 

her daughter get separated from their family 

during the holidays. 

FAM Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole 

Christmas A curmudgeon living atop Mount 

Crumpit sets out to quash the yuletide preparations 

of the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. 

Anthony Hopkins narrates. 

HALL Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas 

Holiday travel leads to cross-country ro- 

mances when a man and a woman temporarily 

swap houses. 

10:00 p.m. HALL The Most Wonderful Time 

of the Year A snowbound stranger brightens 

the holidays for a retired police officer and his 

niece. 

10:30 p.m. FAM Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch 

Stole Christmas A curmudgeon living atop 

Mount Crumpit sets out to quash the yuletide 

preparations of the Christmas-loving Whos of 

Whoville. Anthony Hopkins narrates. 

11:00 p.m. TBS Surviving Christmas A lonely 

man returns to his childhood home and celebrates 

the holiday with the strangers who live 

there. 

DECEMBER 3 

9:00 a.m. TCM The Great Rupert A has-been 

acrobat and his daughter find a squirrel’s stash 

of cash in their home. 

10:00 a.m. ENC The Santa Clause 2 Santa must 

get married by Christmas Eve in order to save 

the holiday and keep his job. 

HALL Battle of the Bulbs Feuding neighbors 

go to extremes to win an annual Christmas 

decoration contest. 




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LIFE The Family Holiday To claim an inheritance, 

a con man must prove he can settle down 

and raise a family. 

1:55 p.m. TBS Surviving Christmas A lonely 

man returns to his childhood home and celebrates 

the holiday with the strangers who live 

there. 

2:00 p.m. HALL Debbie Macomber’s Trading 

Christmas Holiday travel leads to cross-country 

romances when a man and a woman temporarily 

swap houses. 

LIFE Recipe for a Perfect Christmas A fledgling 

food critic agrees to visit a struggling restaurant 

if its chef will date her meddling mother. 

4:00 p.m. LIFE The Road to Christmas A 

determined woman hitchhikes with a widower 

and his 12-year-old daughter to reach her wedding 

on Christmas Eve. 

6:00 p.m. ANPL Hercules Saves Christmas 

Santa’s pit bull, Hercules, challenges a mischievous 

young orphan to help spread Christmas 

spirit to a troubled soul. 

HALL Farewell Mr. Kringle A widowed 

writer for a magazine travels to the town of 

Mistletoe to meet a Santa Claus impersonator. 

LIFE A Christmas Proposal Two opposing 

lawyers — one-time sweethearts — battle over 

the development of a ski resort. 

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6:15 p.m. ENC Home Alone Accidentally left 

by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes 

mincemeat of two burglars in the house. 





7:00 p.m. TLC Crazy Christmas Lights Holiday 

decorating taken to the next level. 

8:00 p.m. WCAU-NBC It’s a Wonderful Life 

Ruined by a miser on Christmas Eve, a suicidal 

family man sees life anew thanks to his guardian 

angel. 

ENC The Santa Clause 2 Santa must get 

married by Christmas Eve in order to save the 

holiday and keep his job. 

TLC Invasion of the Christmas Lights 2 A 

crisscrossing of America chronicles elaborate 

home displays of holiday lights and decorations. 

HALL A Princess for Christmas A woman 

escorts her niece and nephew to spend the holidays 

with their grandfather, an English duke. 

LIFE Nothing Like the Holidays Secret 

revelations, major life-changes and inevitable 

bickering mark a Chicago family’s Christmas 

reunion. 





A search for the best Christmas-light displays 

spans the country. 




LIFE A Boyfriend for Christmas A strangely 

familiar man may be the answer to a 33-year- 

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a large version of his adoptive 

father (Bob Newhart). When 

Buddy finds out the truth about 

his parentage, he is crushed and 

goes out into the real world 

to find his birth father (James 

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and isn’t interested in rehashing 

the past. 

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Lights 2 A crisscrossing of America chronicles 

elaborate home displays of holiday lights and 

decorations. 

DECEMBER 4 

8:00 a.m. HALL A Dog Named Christmas A 

mentally challenged man embarks on a mission 

to find homes for dogs during the holidays. 

9:00 a.m. GOSPEL The Perfect Gift A stranger 

helps a teenage girl learn the meaning of Christmas. 

10:00 a.m. LIFE Together Again for the First 

Time A couple invite their extended family to 

visit for the holidays, but frustrating events occur, 

eventually revealing a sensitive secret. 

TCM The Bishop’s Wife A suave angel saves a 

woman and her Episcopal husband from spiritual 

doubt and marital woe. 

10:30 a.m. HALL Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas 

On Christmas Eve, Hoops, Yoyo and their 

friend, Piddles, disrupt the time-space continuum 

after sneaking into Santa’s sleigh. 

11:00 a.m. HALL A Season for Miracles A 

woman tries to save her sister’s children from 

foster care by taking them to a small town 

where she is mistaken for a missing heiress. 

12:00 p.m. LIFE Will You Merry Me? A Christian 

and his Jewish fiancee bring their diverse 

families together for the holidays. 

1:00 p.m. ION Mandie and the Forgotten 

Christmas During Christmastime, Mandie investigates 

the truth behind a mystery at a boarding 

school.

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GOSPEL Christmas in Connecticut A 

producer’s live TV show puts a forest-ranger 

hero in the home of a famous hostess, who 

can’t even cook. 

1:15 p.m. HALL Silver Bells A teenage 

runaway connects his widowed father and a 

woman who lost her husband during a past 

Christmas holiday. 

2:00 p.m. LIFE A Christmas Wedding A 

real-estate developer embarks on a wild crosscountry 

odyssey to get home in time for her 

wedding. 

2:05 p.m. STARZ Disney’s A Christmas Carol 

Animated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face 

uncomfortable truths when three Christmas 

spirits take him on a journey through his past, 

present and future. 

3:00 p.m. ION Holiday Heist College students 

try to thwart three thieves who target an art 

exhibit during Christmas. 

GOSPEL The Christmas Box Recurring 

dreams and a discovery follow when a businessman, 

his wife and daughter move in with an 

elderly widow who needs help. 

3:30 p.m. HALL A Dog Named Christmas A 



4:00 p.m. LIFE Under the Mistletoe A woman 

becomes the center of attention after she unwittingly 

enters a dating contest on a radio station. 

5:00 p.m. ION Christmas Town A woman 

discovers the spirit of Christmas while visiting 

her estranged father in a town that is decked 

out for the holidays. 





GOSPEL Christmas With a Capital C A 

lawyer wants the mayor of an Alaskan town to 

remove a Nativity scene from a city building. 

5:45 p.m. HALL November Christmas A 

community works together to help a couple 

bring an early Christmas to their sick 8-year-old 

daughter. 

6:00 p.m. LIFE Undercover Christmas Assigned 

to protect a waitress, a workaholic FBI 

agent brings her to his parents’ home for the 

holidays. 

7:00 p.m. ION A Golden Christmas A special 

dog helps a woman reunite with a friend that 

she met years earlier as a child. 

GOSPEL The Heart of Christmas Members 

of a community ban together to help a terminally 

ill boy celebrate Christmas. 





9:00 p.m. ION A Golden Christmas 2: The 

Second Tail Puppies play matchmaker for a 

woman and her engaged ex-boyfriend. 




10:00 p.m. LIFE Nothing Like the Holidays 

Secret revelations, major life-changes and inevitable 


reunion. 

11:00 p.m. ION Christmas Mail A mail carrier 

falls for a new employee, who answers 

children’s letters to Santa Claus. 

DECEMBER 5 

6:00 p.m. FAM Rudolph’s Shiny New Year 

Rudolph the reindeer comes to the rescue when 

an evil bird kidnaps the New Year baby. Voices 

of Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam. 

HALL The Santa Clause An adman takes over 

for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop 

mishap on Christmas Eve. 

7:00 p.m. FAM Rudolph the Red-Nosed 

Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys The 

famous reindeer and his friends must save 

Christmas when the evil Toy Taker steals all of 

Santa’s toys. 

Santa settles into an armchair. Mrs. Claus reminds him 

of his tight schedule, including that extra stop in Florida 

for the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade Sunday, 

Dec. 25, on ABC. 

Santa just laughs. And yes, he really does laugh, 

“Ho, ho, ho!” 

Mrs. Claus shuts the doors to the elves’ workshop, 

muffling the din. The big night is a few 

weeks off, but he’s unfazed. 

“Well, I have been doing this for an awful long 

time,” he says. 

It may seem surprising that Santa would sit 

for an interview during his busiest season, 

but he says, “With the economy in a 

tailspin, I felt I needed to reassure children 

that Christmas will come this year.” 

Rudolph pokes his head through a window, 

and Santa tells him to return to 

the stable. 

“Now where was I?” Santa says. 

“Oh yes, many parents worry 

they can’t keep their houses, 

never mind buy expensive toys. I 

want to tell everyone Christmas 

never goes away, though it may 

be a little different.” 

Santa leans forward, no mean 

feat considering that belly, 

and the twinkle leaves those blue 

eyes. This is the year to remember the 

holiday’s true meaning, he stresses. 

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He extracts a letter from a 

pile. The boy asks for so many 

pricey video games, it reads like 

a store inventory. “This is what I 

mean,” he says. “No one needs this 

much. I may bring him a game, 

but 37? No way!” 

“Now this letter,” he says, pulling 

a crumpled piece of paper from 

a pile, “this is what I’m talking 

about.” 

This little girl wants boxes of 

crayons for the hospital, where 

she does art projects with sick 

children. 

“She has the true spirit,” Santa 

says. “I’m hoping more people this 

year can ask just a little for themselves 

and more for others.” 

Also known as: St. Nicholas 

Birthplace: Asia Minor 

When: Fourth century 

Known for: Kindness to children; helping the sick 

How stockings by fireplace came about: Nicholas 

helped a man who had no dowries for his three 

daughters. Before each girl’s wedding, he tossed a 

bag of gold into the house. The third bag fell into a 

stocking hanging over the fire to dry, and the tradition 

began. 

Favorite food: Home-baked cookies 

Credits: “Miracle on 34th Street” and scores of 

other movies. Santa allows doubles to fill in for him 

because even he can’t be at every mall every day.


8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC A Charlie Brown 

Christmas The award-winning “Peanuts” 

special returns with Charlie Brown and Linus 

searching for the meaning of Christmas. 

AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’ London 

miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of 

Christmases past, present and yet to come. 

HALL The Good Witch’s Gift A criminal 

threatens the Christmas Eve wedding of an enchanting 

witch and a police chief. 

LIFE Holiday Switch A woman wonders if she 

married the wrong man when a former boyfriend 

returns to town. 

8:30 p.m. WPVI-ABC Prep & Landing: 

Naughty vs. Nice Lanny and Wayne race to recover 

classified North Pole technology that falls 

into the hands of a naughty kid. 

DISN The Santa Clause 3: The Escape 

Clause Scott Calvin, aka Santa, contends with 

visiting in-laws and a scheme by mischievous 

Jack Frost to freeze him out of Christmas. 

FAM The Polar Express Animated. The conductor 

of a train to the North Pole guides a boy 

who questions the existence of Santa Claus. 

9:00 p.m. GOSPEL The Heart of Christmas 

Members of a community ban together to help 

a terminally ill boy celebrate Christmas. 

9:45 p.m. TCM A Christmas Carol Dickens’ 

London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the 

ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to 

come. 

10:00 p.m. HALL The Three Gifts Three orphaned 

boys temporarily stay with a couple 








DECEMBER 6 

6:00 p.m. FAM ’Twas the Night Before 

Christmas Joel Grey narrates this animated 

musical adaptation of Clement Moore’s traditional 

holiday verse. Additional voices by 

Tammy Grimes, John McGiver and George 

Gobel. 

HALL A Carol Christmas An egomaniacal 

talk-show host has a chance to change. 

6:30 p.m. FAM The Polar Express Animated. 

The conductor of a train to the North Pole 

guides a boy who questions the existence of 

Santa Claus. 

8:00 p.m. WCAU-NBC A Michael Bublé 

Christmas The singer/songwriter performs 

songs from his latest holiday album; comedy 

sketches; features appearances by Justin Bieber, 

Kellie Pickler, Thalia, Oscar the Grouch, The 

Puppini Sisters, Naturally 7, Tracy Morgan and 

Ed Helms. 




HALL The Night Before the Night Before 

Christmas A family must save Christmas when 

Santa Claus lands on the roof and loses his 

magic bundle. 

8:30 p.m. DISN The Nightmare Before 

Christmas Animated. The Pumpkin King gives 

the yuletide season a touch of Halloween in an 

animated tale from the mind of Tim Burton. 

9:00 p.m. TCM A Christmas Story In the 

1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents 

to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB 

gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd. 

10:00 p.m. HALL Mistletoe Over Manhattan 

The wife of Santa Claus tries to help a divorcing 

couple rediscover their love for each other. 

10:30 p.m. AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’ 




DECEMBER 7 

6:00 p.m. FAM A Very Pink Christmas The 

Pink Panther tries to sell more Christmas trees 

then his nemesis. 




7:30 p.m. TOON Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch 

Stole Christmas Boris Karloff narrates an 

animated tale about a curmudgeon and merry 

Whoville. 

8:00 p.m. TOON Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker 

Tale Jerry wishes for his chance to dance. 





Holiday travel leads to cross-country romances 

when a man and a woman temporarily 

swap houses. 

LIFE An Accidental Christmas Two children 

scheme to reunite their estranged parents during 

a school holiday. 

8:30 p.m. DISN The Ultimate Christmas 

Present Two girls’ plan to close school by making 

it snow in Los Angeles jeopardizes Christmas. 

8:45 p.m. ENC The Santa Clause 2 Santa must 

get married by Christmas Eve in order to save 

the holiday and keep his job. 

9:00 p.m. FAM National Lampoon’s Christmas 

Vacation The Griswolds spend the holiday 

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Macaulay Culkin stars as 

Kevin, a resourceful youngster 

mistakenly left home alone 

when his family leaves for Paris 

at Christmas time. When two 

burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel 

Stern) break in, the boy foils 

their attempts to rob the house 

by constructing elaborate traps. 

This enduringly popular 1990 

comedy from director Chris 

Columbus and writer John 

Hughes also stars John Heard, 

Roberts Blossom, Catherine 

O’Hara and John Candy. 

10:00 p.m. HALL Farewell Mr. Kringle A widowed 

writer for a magazine travels to the town 

of Mistletoe to meet a Santa Claus impersonator. 

LIFE Comfort and Joy Knocked unconscious 

in a car accident, a woman awakens to learn she 

is married and has two children. 





DECEMBER 8 

6:00 p.m. FAM Jack Frost The icy little fellow 

falls in love and seeks Father Winter’s advice; 

voices of Buddy Hackett, Robert Morse; animated. 

HALL The Christmas Choir A homeless man 

inspires a workaholic accountant to start a choir 

at a shelter. 

6:30 p.m. EWTN Solemn Mass of the Immaculate 

Conception From the Basilica of the 

National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. 

7:00 p.m. FAM Frosty’s Winter Wonderland 

The magic snowman marries; Andy Griffith 

narrates the animated story. 





7:30 p.m. FAM Cranberry Christmas Maggie 

and her grandmother help Mr. Whiskers keep 

the local skating bog out of the hands of mean 

neighbor Cyrus Grape. 

8:00 p.m. FAM Santa Claus Is Comin’ to 

Town A mailman (the voice of Fred Astaire) 


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9:00 p.m. FAM The Year Without a Santa 

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the day off before Christmas; voices: Mickey 

Rooney, Shirley Booth; animated. 

SYFY Elf Adopted as a baby by one of Santa’s 

elves, a man leaves the workshop to search for 

his family in New York. 

10:00 p.m. FAM A Miser Brothers’ Christmas 

The battling Miser brothers, Heat and Snow, 

must put aside their differences and help save 

the holiday when injured Santa is unable to 

deliver gifts. 

HALL The Christmas Card Home on leave, 

a soldier visits a small town and falls for the 

woman who wrote a well-wishing card to the 

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“It has a life of its own,” says 

Jimmy Hawkins, who played 

Tommy Bailey, the youngest 

son of the film’s hero, George 

Bailey (Jimmy Stewart). “It’s 

part of the tradition. While 

people are making eggnog 

or trimming the tree or having people in, it’s 

always playing.” 

“It’s a Wonderful Life” took a circuitous path 

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historian Philip Van Doren Stern – which he 

self-published as a Christmas card for friends 

and family – that was bought by Republic 

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critics had derided for relying on a particular 

brand of sentimentality, dubbed “Capra-corn.” 

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Capra’s other films, it’s an unfair label to put on 

“It’s a Wonderful Life.” 

The film starts with many glowing scenes of 

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small town of Bedford Falls. But the misuse of 

power by town boss Mr. Potter (Lionel Barry- 

more) overshadows the Bailey family 

and its building-and-loan business. 

George longs to see the world, 

but Potter’s machinations and other 

circumstances thwart his dreams, 

trapping him in Bedford Falls. Outwardly 

he does the right things, but 

inwardly he nurses a deep well of 

frustration, anger and bitterness. 

On one fateful Christmas Eve, it 

all boils over. George contemplates 

suicide, until an angel (Henry 

Travers) shows him that he is not a 

failure after all. 

While the movie ends on a hopeful note, its 

unflinching look at the triumphs and heartaches 

of real life allows the film to be taken seriously 

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“He gets to see what life would have been 

like had he not been born,” Hawkins says. “He 

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hardly a hit, and it probably would have faded 

into obscurity had not a clerical error caused 

the copyright to expire in the early 1970s. Freed 

from paying royalties for the film, TV stations 

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“In Los Angeles, one time,” Hawkins says, 

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toy bag from crooks. 





Animated. 

8:00 p.m. KYW-CBS Frosty the Snowman An 

animated adaptation of Romeo Muller’s story. 

Narrated by Jimmy Durante. 

FAM The Santa Clause An adman takes over 






TNT Four Christmases When their plans for a 

holiday getaway fall apart, a couple must spend 

Christmas Day trudging to a quartet of family 

get-togethers. 

8:30 p.m. KYW-CBS Frosty Returns A snowremoval 

spray threatens magic Frosty (voice of 

John Goodman); narrator Jonathan Winters. 

9:00 p.m. KYW-CBS Yes, Virginia After being 

told by friends that Santa Claus does not exist, 

8-year-old Virginia writes a letter to the editor 

of The New York Sun asking if the jolly man is 

real. 




9:30 p.m. KYW-CBS The Elf on the Shelf: An 

Elf’s Story An elf named Chippey tries to help 

a young boy who is struggling to believe in the 

magic of Christmas. 

9:55 p.m. TNT Four Christmases When their 

plans for a holiday getaway fall apart, a couple 

must spend Christmas Day trudging to a quartet 

of family get-togethers. 

10:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape 

Clause Scott Calvin, aka Santa, contends 

with visiting in-laws and a scheme by mischievous 


HALL All I Want for Christmas A boy asks 

contest organizers to find a new husband for his 

widowed mother. 

11:00 p.m. TBS This Christmas A matriarch assembles 

her brood for their first holiday reunion 

in four years, but secrets come to light and family 

ties become strained. 








DECEMBER 10 

8:00 a.m. HALL The Most Wonderful Time 



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9:00 a.m. TCM Bush Christmas After thieves 

steal their father’s racehorse, three Australian 

children track the culprits through the bush 

country. 

9:30 a.m. FAM Snow 2 Brain Freeze When 

Santa lands in the hospital with amnesia, his 

wife must find a way to save Christmas. 

10:00 a.m. HALL Eve’s Christmas A lonely 

career woman gets a second chance to rethink 

a fateful decision after she makes a wish upon a 

Christmas Eve star. 

12:00 p.m. TOON Olive, the Other Reindeer 

Based on the children’s book. Learning that one 

of Santa’s reindeer is injured, a determined dog 

tries to save Christmas. Voices of Drew Barrymore, 

Dan Castellaneta, Peter MacNicol, Joe 

Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Ed Asner, Tim Meadows 

and Michael Stipe. 

HALL An Old-Fashioned Christmas While 

in Ireland, a woman meets a former suitor who 

can help her granddaughter’s writing career. 

LIFE Christmas Child A mysterious photograph 

leads a journalist to a small Texas town at 

Christmastime. 

1:00 p.m. USA Elf Adopted as a baby by one 

of Santa’s elves, a man leaves the workshop to 

search for his family in New York. 

2:00 p.m. FAM Unaccompanied Minors 

After a Christmas Eve blizzard shuts down the 

airport, stranded youths create holiday pandemonium 

for an uptight airport official and his 

assistant. 




LIFE Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage 

Inspired by his mentor, a young artist paints a 

mural of his hometown. 

4:00 p.m. FAM Jack Frost A man who died on 

Christmas Eve returns to his wife and son one 

year later in the form of a snowman. 




LIFE Noel A couple, a diner chef, an editor, an 

orphaned hustler and a former priest find unexpected 

happiness on the holidays. 

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Miracle on 34th Street 

In this 1947 classic, Edmund 

Gwenn stars as a Macy’s Santa who 

gets into trouble when he claims 

he’s the real Kriss Kringle. In a city 

full of imposters, he finds no one 

– not even a little girl 

(Natalie Wood) -- willing to 

believe in him. With skeptics 

ridiculing him at every turn, 

Kringle has no choice but to take 

his case to court. Only one young 

lawyer has enough faith to defend 

him. Maureen O’Hara and John 

Payne also star in the Academy 

Award winner. 




HALL Moonlight and Mistletoe Nick and his 

daughter Holly fight a real-estate developer to 

keep their Christmas theme park open. 

LIFE Home by Christmas A housewife must 

learn to make it on her own after her husband 

divorces her and she loses everything. 


A search for the best Christmas-light displays 

spans the country. 

8:00 p.m. KYW-CBS Rudolph the Red-Nosed 

Reindeer The reindeer with the incandescent 

nose guides Santa’s sleigh through a bad storm 

on Christmas Eve. Based on the song by Johnny 

Marks. 

ENC Jingle All the Way A crazed postman, a 

tough policeman and a shady Santa impede a 

workaholic seeking a coveted toy for his son. 

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FAM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 

Scott Calvin, aka Santa, contends with visiting 

in-laws and a scheme by mischievous Jack Frost 

to freeze him out of Christmas. 

TLC Invasion of the Christmas Lights 3: Europe 

Extreme Christmas lights across Europe. 

HALL Annie Claus Is Coming to Town As 

part of his master plan, an elf hires an actor to 

woo the daughter of Santa Claus. 

LIFE A Nanny for Christmas A career woman 

cares for the children of a Beverly Hills advertising 

executive during the holidays. 

TNT Fred Claus The yuletide season brings 

headaches for Santa Claus, who bails his ne’er- 

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him to work in his factory. 

9:00 p.m. KYW-CBS The Flight Before 

Christmas Animated. A flying squirrel shows a 

young reindeer how to soar into the sky. 

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trees that are over the top. 











LIFE Home for the Holidays A loving aunt 

struggles to adopt her young relatives after their 

parents die in a car accident. 

10:30 p.m. TNT Fred Claus The yuletide season 

brings headaches for Santa Claus, who bails his 

ne’er-do-well brother Fred out of trouble and 

puts him to work in his factory. 




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8:00 a.m. FAM Once Upon a Christmas The 

daughter of Santa Claus vows to transform a 

single father and his spoiled children to prove 

that the spirit of Christmas exists. 

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10:00 a.m. FAM Twice Upon a Christmas 

When a widower proposes to Santa’s daughter, 

his children try to discover the truth about her 

past. 

HALL The Santa Incident A family helps 

Santa Claus after the U.S. government shoots 

down his sleigh. 

TCM Christmas in Connecticut The publisher 

of a women’s magazine has his best columnist 

play holiday host to a Navy hero. 

11:00 a.m. DISN The Polar Express Animated. 



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12:00 p.m. FAM Snowglobe A snow globe transports 

a woman into a holiday winter wonderland. 

HALL The Case for Christmas Santa Claus 

must hire a lawyer when a man sues him for 

emotional distress. 

1:00 p.m. ION A Christmas Kiss Trapped in 

an elevator, a designer shares an impulsive kiss 

with the boyfriend of her new boss. 

LIFE A Holiday to Remember Returning to 

her South Carolina hometown reunites a recently 

divorced mother with her first love. 

2:00 p.m. FAM Santa Baby A business executive 

returns to the North Pole to help her father, 

Santa Claus, prepare for Christmas. 




3:00 p.m. ION 12 Wishes of Christmas A 

woman must set things right when her wishes 

magically come true for Christmas. 

LIFE Christmas in Paradise While vacationing 

in the Caribbean, bonds form among a man 

and his two children and a woman and her two 

children. 





4:35 p.m. TNT Fred Claus The yuletide season 

brings headaches for Santa Claus, who bails his 

ne’er-do-well brother Fred out of trouble and 

puts him to work in his factory. 

5:00 p.m. ION Christmas Mail A mail carrier 

falls for a new employee, who answers children’s 

letters to Santa Claus. 

LIFE The Holiday Two women, one from 

America and one from England, swap homes 

at Christmastime after bad breakups with their 

boyfriends. 

GOSPEL The Christmas Box Recurring 

dreams and a discovery follow when a businessman, 

his wife and daughter move in with an 

elderly widow who needs help. 

6:00 p.m. FAM Holiday in Handcuffs To fool 

her parents, a waitress kidnaps a customer and 

forces him to pretend to be her beau. 




7:00 p.m. ION The Christmas Clause Stressedout 

from work and family, a successful lawyer 

wishes that her vision of a new life would come 

true. 

STYLE Holiday Fabulous TV personality 

Jeannie Mai presents ideas for seasonal entertaining 

and the hottest gift ideas. 





8:00 p.m. FAM 12 Dates of Christmas A 

woman magically experiences Christmas Eve 

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Christmas for Whoville by dressing up as 

Santa Claus and stealing every last physical 

reminder of the holiday from the town. 

Eventually, he learns the true meaning of 

the holiday, his heart grows, and he returns 

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BET A Very BET Christmas The year’s hottest 

talent celebrates the holiday season with a 

charitable concert and surprise guests. 

HALL The Christmas Pageant An overbearing 

theater director gets a new outlook on life 

when she takes a small-town gig. 

LIFE On Strike for Christmas Neighborhood 

women band together when their families take 

them for granted during the holidays. 

8:30 p.m. DISN Shake It Up! CeCe buys a 

purse for herself instead of a Christmas gift for 

her mom. 

9:00 p.m. ION A Christmas Kiss Trapped in 

an elevator, a designer shares an impulsive kiss 

with the boyfriend of her new boss. 

9:30 p.m. WFMZ Day of Discovery Christmas 

in the land where Jesus was born. 

10:00 p.m. FAM 12 Dates of Christmas A 

woman magically experiences Christmas Eve 

over and over again. 







STYLE Holiday Fabulous TV personality 

Jeannie Mai presents ideas for seasonal entertaining 

and the hottest gift ideas. 

TNT Call Me Claus Facing mandatory retirement 

after 200 years, Santa Claus asks a television 

producer to replace him. 

11:00 p.m. ION A Golden Christmas A special 

dog helps a woman reunite with a friend that 

she met years earlier as a child. 

DECEMBER 12 

6:00 p.m. FAM A Flintstone Christmas Fred 

and Barney deliver toys after Santa sprains his 

ankle in Bedrock. 

HALL The Hollywood Christmas Parade 

The holiday parade features marching bands, 

live performances, character balloons and Hollywood 

celebrities. 

7:00 p.m. WGTW Nativity: Art & Spirit of 

the Creche Theologians and collectors discuss 

nativity scenes. 

FAM 12 Dates of Christmas A woman magically 

experiences Christmas Eve over and over 

again. 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC I Want a Dog for 

Christmas, Charlie Brown! Lucy and Linus’ 

little brother, ReRun, turns to Snoopy and 

Spike for holiday cheer. 

AMC White Christmas Former Army buddies 

put on a show with a sister act to save their 

general’s hotel in Vermont. 

HALL Santa Jr A public defender tries to help 

Saint Nick’s son after he is accused of stealing 

Christmas presents. 

LIFE Christmas in Paradise While vacationing 

in the Caribbean, bonds form among a 

man and his two children and a woman and 

her two children. 

TCM A Christmas Carol Dickens’ London 











10:00 p.m. HALL A Christmas Wedding Tail 

When two dogs fall in love, their respective 

owners find romance with each other. 




reunion. 

10:45 p.m. AMC White Christmas Former 

Army buddies put on a show with a sister act to 

save their general’s hotel in Vermont. 




DECEMBER 13 

6:00 p.m. FAM Merry Madagascar Alex, 

Marty, Melman and Gloria must deliver the 

presents to save Christmas when Santa gets amnesia 

following an accident on his sleigh. 




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AMC White Christmas Former Army buddies 

put on a show with a sister act to save their 

general’s hotel in Vermont. 

HALL Farewell Mr. Kringle A widowed 

writer for a magazine travels to the town of 

Mistletoe to meet a Santa Claus impersonator. 






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filmmaker John Hughes, the 

third installment in the 

movie-comedy series was a 

major hit of the 1989 holiday 

season. Chevy Chase returns 

as Griswold family patriarch 

Clark, who tries to ensure a 

traditional yuletide for his 

clan -- despite the considerable 

odds against it. Co-stars 

Beverly D’Angelo and Randy 

Quaid also are back. Juliette 

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DECEMBER 14 




HALL The Santa Suit A corporate bigwig 

learns valuable lessons when Santa Claus transforms 

him into his look-alike. 

7:00 p.m. WGTW Christmas Star A scientific 

and historical exploration of the Christmas Star. 










8:30 p.m. DISN Beauty and the Beast: The 

Enchanted Christmas Animated. A pipe organ 

hatches an evil plan as Belle attempts to fill the 

Beast’s gloomy castle with holiday cheer. 

TOON Ed, Edd ’n Eddy’s Jingle Jingle Jangle 

When Eddy discovers practical gifts, he tries 

to siphon off his friends’ Christmas payload. 

10:00 p.m. HALL Lucky Christmas A woman 

must retrieve her winning lottery ticket from 

the glove compartment of her stolen car. 


familiar man may be the answer to a 33-yearold 

woman’s long-ago holiday wish for true 

love. 

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DECEMBER 15 

6:00 p.m. FAM A Chipmunk Christmas Alvin 

and the Chipmunks are asked to perform at 

Carnegie Hall on Christmas. 

HALL Silver Bells A teenage runaway connects 

his widowed father and a woman who lost her 

husband during a past Christmas holiday. 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC A Charlie Brown 

Christmas Charlie Brown and Linus search for 

the meaning of Christmas; the short “Prep & 

Landing: Operation Secret Santa” accompanies 

the holiday classic. 

ENC Jingle All the Way A crazed postman, a 

tough policeman and a shady Santa impede a 

workaholic seeking a coveted toy for his son. 

AMC Miracle on 34th Street An adwoman’s 

lawyer boyfriend tries to prove that Macy’s 

Santa Claus is the real thing. 

8:30 p.m. DISN Santa Buddies Talking puppies 

must save the day when the world forgets 

the meaning of Christmas. 




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10:15 p.m. AMC Miracle on 34th Street An 

adwoman’s lawyer boyfriend tries to prove that 

Macy’s Santa Claus is the real thing. 

DECEMBER 16 

6:00 p.m. FAM Mickey’s Christmas Special 

Three holiday shorts,“Donald’s Snow Fight” 

“Pluto’s Christmas Tree” and “Toy Tinkers.” 

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FX Deck the Halls Neighbors in a New England 

town go to war after one adorns his house 

with enough Christmas lights to make it visible 

from space. 







8:00 p.m. FX Christmas With the Kranks A 

Chicago couple scramble to put together a holiday 

celebration after their daughter decides to 

come home for Christmas. 




TCM The Bishop’s Wife A suave angel saves a 

woman and her Episcopal husband from spiritual 

doubt and marital woe. 

9:00 p.m. WTXF-FOX Ice Age: A Mammoth 

Christmas When Manny convinces Sid that 

he is on the naughty list, Sid, Crash, Eddie 

and Peaches head to the North Pole to explain 

themselves to Santa Claus. 

WNJT-PBS Beyond Tomorrow Three tycoons 

play Cupid for a couple on Christmas 

Eve, then guide them from the hereafter. 

TNT Fred Claus The yuletide season brings 

headaches for Santa Claus, who bails his ne’erdo-well 

brother Fred out of trouble and puts 

him to work in his factory. 











TCM Christmas in Connecticut The publisher 

of a women’s magazine has his best columnist 

play holiday host to a Navy hero. 

DECEMBER 17 

8:00 a.m. FAM Pinocchio’s Christmas Pinocchio 

joins a puppet show to earn money for 

Geppetto’s Christmas gift. Voices: Alan King, 

George S. Irving. Animated. 

HALL When Angels Come to Town A holiday 

angel finds his job is in jeopardy when his 

supervisor arrives to punish him for contacting 

the wrong family. 

9:00 a.m. FAM Rudolph’s Shiny New Year 




10:00 a.m. FAM ’Twas the Night Before 





Gobel. 

HALL Gift of the Magi Financially strapped 

newlyweds make sacrifices to find special 

Christmas gifts. 

10:30 a.m. FAM Cranberry Christmas Maggie 




11:00 a.m. FAM Jack Frost The icy little fellow 



LIFE Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus Santa’s 

heir woos a widowed advertising executive who 

wants to use him in the biggest ad campaign of 

her career. 






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1:00 p.m. FAM A Miser Brothers’ Christmas 

The battling Miser brothers, Heat and Snow, 

must put aside their differences and help save 

the holiday when injured Santa is unable to 

deliver gifts. 

LIFE Will You Merry Me? A Christian and 

his Jewish fiancee bring their diverse families 

together for the holidays. 





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LIFE A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride A 

scheming wedding planner disapproves of her 

mother’s upcoming marriage. 

4:00 p.m. HALL The Christmas Pageant An 

overbearing theater director gets a new outlook 

on life when she takes a small-town gig. 





5:00 p.m. LIFE The Holiday Two women, 

one from America and one from England, swap 

homes at Christmastime after bad breakups 

with their boyfriends. 

6:00 p.m. HALL A Dog Named Christmas A 




Lights A crisscrossing of America chronicles 

elaborate home Christmas displays of lights and 

decorations. 

8:00 p.m. KYW-CBS Frosty the Snowman An 

animated adaptation of Romeo Muller’s story. 

Narrated by Jimmy Durante. 



HALL Christmas Comes Home to Canaan 

A man bonds with a woman who helps his son 

recover from surgery. 

LIFE Christmas Angel A woman assists a man 

who secretly helps others during the holidays. 

8:30 p.m. KYW-CBS Frosty Returns A snowremoval 

spray threatens magic Frosty (voice of 

John Goodman); narrator Jonathan Winters. 

9:00 p.m. KYW-CBS The Story of Santa 

Claus A jolly couple comes to live at the North 

Pole and begins a toy-giving tradition; voices of 

Ed Asner, Betty White, Tim Curry. 

TLC Crazy Christmas Lights Holiday decorating 

taken to the next level. 





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LIFE 12 Men of Christmas A public-relations 

executive uses her media savvy to stir excitement 

in a small Montana town. 



DECEMBER 18 

8:00 a.m. HALL Battle of the Bulbs Feuding 

neighbors go to extremes to win an annual 

Christmas decoration contest. 

TCM All Mine to Give An orphan raised by 

Scottish pioneers in Wisconsin seeks homes for 

his five younger siblings on Christmas. 

9:30 a.m. FAM The Search for Santa Paws A 

talking dog and an orphan must save Christmas 

after old Saint Nick loses his memory. 

10:00 a.m. HALL All I Want for Christmas A 

boy asks contest organizers to find a new husband 

for his widowed mother. 

11:30 a.m. FAM Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish 

Richie makes a wish and ends up in an alternate 

universe where his mean cousin Reggie is in 

charge and wants to cancel Christmas. 




1:00 p.m. TRAV Most Christmasy Places in 

America Touring America’s most festive locations. 

1:30 p.m. WNJT-PBS Nonna Tell Me a Story: 

Lidia’s Christmas Kitchen Lidia Bastianich 

tells her grandchildren about Christmas in her 

native Italy. 

2:00 p.m. WPSG-CW Holiday Festival on Ice 

Skaters Kurt Browning, Jamie Salé, David Pelletier, 

Jeffrey Buttle and others perform. 

TRAV Crazy for Christmas Six foot tall gingerbread 

replica of the Transamerica building; 

Christmas museum. 




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Toy company executive Scott Calvin 

(Tim Allen) makes a drastic 

career change in this heartwarming 

1994 Disney 

comedy. After killing the real Kriss 

Kringle by mistake, Scott tries on 

the red suit and is 

transformed into Santa, complete 

with white beard and round 

belly. In addition to the traditional 

duties, this Santa must convince 

his skeptical son (Eric Lloyd) that 

he’s the real thing. Wendy Crewson 

and Judge 

Reinhold also star. 

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6:00 p.m. HALL All I Want for Christmas A 

boy asks contest organizers to find a new husband 

for his widowed mother. 

LIFE A Dad for Christmas A young man 

takes his newborn out of the hospital to save 

him from adoption. 

7:00 p.m. GOSPEL Christmas With a Capital 

C A lawyer wants the mayor of an Alaskan 

town to remove a Nativity scene from a city 

building. 

8:00 p.m. TLC My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas 

Travelers celebrate Christmas, extravagant weddings 

and First Communions. 

HALL Christmas Magic To gain entry to 

heaven, a woman must help a man and his 

young daughter. 

LIFE The Christmas Hope A grieving woman 

bonds with an orphaned girl after the death of 

her son. 

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TCM It Happened on 5th Avenue A hobo 

shares a New York mansion with a veteran and 

others who need a wintertime place to stay. 

9:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC The Santa Clause 3: 

The Escape Clause Scott Calvin, aka Santa, 

contends with visiting in-laws and a scheme 

by mischievous Jack Frost to freeze him out of 

Christmas. 




9:30 p.m. WFMZ Day of Discovery Christma 


10:00 p.m. HALL Christmas Magic To gain 

entry to heaven, a woman must help a man and 

his young daughter. 






DECEMBER 19 

6:00 p.m. FAM Phineas and Ferb Christmas 

Vacation The boys must save Christmas when 

the holiday is canceled after Dr. Doofenshmirtz 

covers Danville in a cloud of naughtiness. 

HALL Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle A 

single man hires a nanny to help him care for 

his 6-year-old twins. 

6:15 p.m. ENC Home Alone Accidentally left 

by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes 

mincemeat of two burglars in the house. 

7:30 p.m. KYW-CBS WPSG-CW Joy of Shar 

ing Annual Salvation Army Christmas campaign 

for needy families. 


London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the





FX Christmas With the Kranks A Chicago 

couple scramble to put together a holiday celebration 

after their daughter decides to come 

home for Christmas. 

HALL Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. 

Miracle A new employee saves a department 

store in trouble during the Christmas season. 

LIFE The Christmas Blessing A medical resident 

falls in love with a young teacher and develops 

a special bond with one of her students. 

8:30 p.m. WPVI-ABC A Chipmunk Christmas 

Alvin and the Chipmunks are asked to 

perform at Carnegie Hall on Christmas. 

9:00 p.m. GOSPEL The Christmas Box Recurring 

dreams and a discovery follow when a 

businessman, his wife and daughter move in 

with an elderly widow who needs help. 




swap houses. 

LIFE Noel A couple, a diner chef, an editor, an 

orphaned hustler and a former priest find unexpected 

happiness on the holidays. 

10:15 p.m. TCM Scrooge Dickens’ London 







DECEMBER 20 

6:00 p.m. FAM Mickey’s Christmas Special 

Three holiday shorts,“Donald’s Snow Fight” 

“Pluto’s Christmas Tree” and “Toy Tinkers.” 

HALL Eve’s Christmas A lonely career woman 

gets a second chance to rethink a fateful decision 

after she makes a wish upon a Christmas 

Eve star. 

7:30 p.m. BET The Perfect Holiday Romance 

blooms when a little girl asks a department-store 

Santa to fulfill her divorced mother’s fondest 

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9:00 p.m. WCAU-NBC Saturday Night Live 

Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas Holiday 

sketches from past years include appearances by 

Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin and Justin Timberlake; 

Gilly (Kristen Wiig) appears in new 

sketches. 

FAM The Polar Express Animated. The conductor 



TNT Deck the Halls An amateur sleuth helps 

a private eye investigate the kidnapping of her 

father. 

















11:00 p.m. HIST The Real Story of Christmas 

Early versions of Santa Claus, Ebenezer Scrooge, 

Time again for the 

corn-cob pipe and button nose: 

‘Frosty the Snowman’ 

is back 

Just as everyone knows winter will come again, so will a snowman named 

Frosty. 

Since 1969, there hasn’t been a year when television has missed out on showing 

the animated special “Frosty the Snowman,” based on one of the holiday 

season’s most popular songs. This year is no different: 

It’s set to “thumpety-thump-thump” its way to CBS 

again Friday, Dec. 9, but “Frosty” fans don’t even have 

to wait that long. 

A Blu-ray edition of the show was released recently. 

“Frosty” also has been available on DVD for some time, 

both by itself and in combination packs that also include 

some of the other seasonal specials produced by genre 

titans Arthur Rankin Jr,. and Jules Bass, very notably 

“Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” 

The legend of “Frosty” actually owes a lot to “Rudolph,” which “singing cowboy” 

Gene Autry recorded in 1949. In a bid to replicate that success – surprise! 

– Autry released “Frosty,” created by songwriters Walter “Jack” Rollins and 

Steve Nelson, the next year. And, indeed. lightning struck twice. 

In fact, it struck many more times, considering the range of 

performers who put their own musical spins on “Frosty” … 

everyone from Bing Crosby and Ella Fitzgerald to the Beach Boys 

and the Jackson 5. Oh, and the Partridge Family and Alvin and the 

Chipmunks, too. 

Other than Autry’s version, though, the definitive “Frosty” 

arguably was recorded by comedian Jimmy Durante. It’s no surprise, 

then, that Rankin and Bass signed him up to participate in their cartoon 

representation of the tale that the tune tells. Like Autry, though, they needed 

“Rudolph” first. 

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CBS has had “Frosty” from the beginning. In the story narrated by Durante, 

youngster Karen (voice of cartoon veteran June Foray, who also spoke for several 

other characters in the show) foregoes the proposed name Oatmeal for the 

snowman that she and several friends build. What ultimately brings 

Frosty to life (with the voice of comic Jackie Vernon) 

is the special hat tossed aside by a magician (voice 

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of tears and Frosty in … well, just a puddle, until 

help arrives in the form on someone by the 

name of Santa Claus. 

All ends happily, as it has each Christmas 

season for more than 40 years. 

“Frosty Returns” and “The Legend of 

Frosty the Snowman” were done by different 

producers, but Rankin/Bass also 

turned out “Frosty’s Winter Wonderland” 

and “Rudolph and Frosty‘s Christmas in 

July.” Still, for the vast majority of “Frosty” 

followers, there’s nothing like the original. 

And as Frosty himself promises, “I’ll be back 

again some day.” In roughly 12 months, we 

predict.


George Bailey, the Grinch, and Rudolph accompany 

accounts of the origins of Christmas 

traditions. 

TCM Holiday Affair A war widow has a 6year-old 

son, and two men who want to marry 

her for Christmas. 

DECEMBER 21 




niece. 

7:00 p.m. FAM Disney Prep & Landing An 

elite unit of elves, Prep & Landing, ensures that 

homes around the world are properly prepared 

to be visited by Santa Claus each Christmas 

Eve. 

7:30 p.m. FAM Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. 

Nice Lanny and Wayne race to recover classified 

North Pole technology that falls into the 

hands of a naughty kid. 















EWTN Heralds of the Gospel: Christmas 

Special Heralds of the Gospel, an International 

Association of Pontifical Right, perform Christmas 

music. 

10:00 p.m. WGTW Ft. Lauderdale Christmas 

Pageant Holiday celebrations include Christmas 

music, contemporary inspirational songs 

by the Chancel Choir and Orchestra and a 

children’s revue. 

FAM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause 

Scott Calvin, aka Santa, contends with visiting 

in-laws and a scheme by mischievous Jack Frost 

to freeze him out of Christmas. 

HALL A Christmas Wish The owner of a 

diner helps a homeless woman and her children 


LIFE Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage 

Inspired by his mentor, a young artist paints a 

mural of his hometown. 





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6:00 p.m. HALL Lucky Christmas A woman 

must retrieve her winning lottery ticket from 

the glove compartment of her stolen car. 

EWTN Dana: Our Family Christmas Traditional 

customs of an old-fashioned Christmas. 

6:30 p.m. WGTW Christmas Star A scientific 

and historical exploration of the Christmas Star. 





TLC Invasion of the Christmas Lights A 


home Christmas displays of lights and decorations. 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC Disney Prep & Landing 

An elite unit of elves, Prep & Landing, 

ensures that homes around the world are properly 

prepared to be visited by Santa Claus each 

Christmas Eve. 











9:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC I Want a Dog for 

Christmas, Charlie Brown! Lucy and Linus’ 

little brother, ReRun, turns to Snoopy and 

Spike for holiday cheer. 

WLTV-PBS The National Christmas Tree 

Lighting 2011 A holiday concert culminates 

with the lighting of the national Christmas tree 

in President’s Park in Washington, D.C.; host 

Carson Daly. With performances by One Republic, 

Rodney Atkins and Marsha Ambrosius. 

FAM National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 

The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish 

way, especially when a country cousin pulls 

up in an RV. 

TLC Invasion of the Christmas Lights 3: Europe 

Extreme Christmas lights across Europe. 

10:00 p.m. WGTW Mary and Joseph: A Story 

of Faith Events move the biblical couple toward 

Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus. 






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to Town 

A lanky mailman with the voice 

of Fred Astaire explains Santa’s 

origins in this 1970 animated 

special, which sidesteps the St. 

Nicholas part. In this version, 

the future jolly old elf 

is a foundling adopted by the 

Kringles, a family of toymakers. 

He grows up with toys in 

his blood, so to speak, and feels 

called to give them away to the 

local youngsters, but mean old 

Burgermeister Meisterburger 

will have none of that. 

DECEMBER 23 





TCM Scrooge Dickens’ London miser Ebenezer 

Scrooge meets the ghosts of Christmases 

past, present and yet to come. 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC Shrek the Halls The 

ogre’s plans for a cozy family Christmas go awry 

when Donkey, Puss in Boots and the rest of the 

fairy-tale gang try to join in the fun. 

WPSG-CW Olive, the Other Reindeer Based 

on the children’s book. Learning that one of 

Santa’s reindeer is injured, a determined dog 

tries to save Christmas. Voices of Drew Barrymore, 

Dan Castellaneta, Peter MacNicol, Joe 

Pantoliano, Jay Mohr, Ed Asner, Tim Meadows 

and Michael Stipe. 

DISN The Search for Santa Paws A talking 

dog and an orphan must save Christmas after 

old Saint Nick loses his memory. 

FAM Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole 

Christmas A curmudgeon living atop Mount 

Crumpit sets out to quash the yuletide preparations 

of the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. 

Anthony Hopkins narrates. 

HALL The Night Before the Night Before 

Christmas A family must save Christmas when 

Santa Claus lands on the roof and loses his 

magic bundle. 

8:02 p.m. COM Jeff Dunham’s Very Special 

Christmas Special The comic performs. 

8:30 p.m. WPVI-ABC Phineas and Ferb 

Christmas Vacation The boys must save 

Christmas when the holiday is canceled after 

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WPSG-CW Grandma Got Run Over by a 

Reindeer A youth embarks on a journey to find 

his missing grandmother and prove that Santa 

Claus is real. 

TNT A Christmas Carol Dickens’ Ebenezer 

Scrooge receives visits from three Christmas 

spirits who show him his past, present and 

future. 




10:00 p.m. HALL Moonlight and Mistletoe 

Nick and his daughter Holly fight a real-estate 

developer to keep their Christmas theme park 

open. 






10:34 p.m. COM Jeff Dunham’s Very Special 

Christmas Special The comic performs. 

11:00 p.m. TBS Call Me Claus Facing mandatory 

retirement after 200 years, Santa Claus asks 

a television producer to replace him. 



father. 

EWTN Joyful Hour Actor Pat O’Brien and his 

family pray the rosary.



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Rudolph 

comes clean: 

The famous 

reindeer 

speaks out 




DECEMBER 24 

8:00 a.m. FAM Cranberry Christmas Maggie 




BET A Very BET Christmas The year’s hottest 

talent celebrates the holiday season with a charitable 

concert and surprise guests. 

HALL Three Wise Women Accompanied by 

her guardian angel, an engaged doctor visits the 

past and meets her one true love. 

9:00 a.m. TBS This Christmas A matriarch assembles 

her brood for their first holiday reunion 

in four years, but secrets come to light and family 

ties become strained. 

10:00 a.m. WHYY-PBS The Spirit of Christmas 




FAM Pinocchio’s Christmas Pinocchio joins 

a puppet show to earn money for Geppetto’s 

Christmas gift. Voices: Alan King, George S. 

Irving. Animated. 




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Q: Have you always liked the song 

named after you? 

A: I’ll admit it took some getting used to. I love 

the way it ends, since I guess I did “go down in 

history.” But I’m not too fond of being reminded 

how other reindeer “used to laugh and call (me) 

names.” Hey, how would YOU like hearing that 

year after year? I mean, it’s been more than 

40 years. Can’t we all just move on? 

Don’t get me wrong, though: I’m not 

bitter about the tune. Despite never 

having seen a single penny of the 

residuals. 

Q: Did you always have 

faith in Hermey’s dental 

potential? 

A: Listen. Anyone who’s that 

convinced he can do what he 

really wants to is going to be 

a success, whatever he sets his 

heart on. I haven’t seen him in 

awhile. I wonder if he still has 

that over-gelled flip in his hair. 

Always envied that. 

Q: How uncomfortable was 

that fake black nose you had to 

wear? 

A: Don’t get me started! As far as others were 

concerned, it got the job done for a while, but 

me? In my mind, I could still see it blinking. It’s 

like many people who have just lost a lot of 

weight; others may say you look slim, but in the 

mirror, you see the same old you. 

Q: What attracted you to Clarice? 

A: Have you ever seen the special? Sweet, 

pretty, compassionate, nonjudgmental – what 

wasn’t to like? I don’t mean to boast, but I think 

this reindeer got much luckier than a lot of 

humans do. 

Q: Did you like the job Sam the 

Snowman did in narrating your story? 

A: Certainly! What a warm, comforting 

presence. And the way he sang “Holly Jolly 

Christmas” and “Silver and Gold”? Why, the 

great Burl Ives couldn’t have done better! 

Q: Are things still the way they used to 

be in Santa’s Workshop? 

A: Toys have gotten unbelievably advanced. 

I mean, Barbie has a working cell phone now! 

Some of the elves had to take a computer-training 

course a few years back. They got strange 

looks from the other students – I guess it was like 

“Amish in the City” – but they came back ready 

to handle anything that came up. They do seem 

to play around with Xboxes way too much. That’s 

just my opinion, but I’m sticking to it. 

Q: What did you think when Santa finally 

asked you to guide his sleigh that 

foggy Christmas Eve? 

A: Are you kidding? It was like a minor-league 

ballplayer being called up to the majors. Or an 

understudy being given the lead in the play. As I 

told Kriss Kringle at the time, “It will be an honor, 

sir.” And it was! It was! 

Q: How did Santa’s sleigh manage to 

fly in the special without any evidence 

of wind shear? 

A: Oh, you are getting way too analytical. It’s 

magic! Or should I say “Animagic”? 

Q: What will you be doing this 

Christmas Eve? 

A: All you need to do is walk outside and look 

up. I wouldn’t miss it. 

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11:30 a.m. FAM Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas 

in July Animated. Santa must save the day 

when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and 

Frosty the Snowman encounter an evil wizard. 





HALL Moonlight and Mistletoe Nick and his 

daughter Holly fight a real-estate developer to 

keep their Christmas theme park open. 



father. 

12:30 p.m. TCM It Happened on 5th Avenue 

A hobo shares a New York mansion with a veteran 

and others who need a wintertime place to 

stay. 

1:00 p.m. DISN The Search for Santa Paws A 

talking dog and an orphan must save Christmas 

after old Saint Nick loses his memory. 

1:30 p.m. FAM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 

& the Island of Misfit Toys The famous 

reindeer and his friends must save Christmas 

when the evil Toy Taker steals all of Santa’s 

toys. 

TBS Call Me Claus Facing mandatory retirement 

after 200 years, Santa Claus asks a television 

producer to replace him. 

2:00 p.m. WPSG-CW Children’s Medical 

Center Holiday Parade Floats, giant balloons, 

costumed characters and celebrities fill the Dallas 

streets during the annual parade. 

HALL Eve’s Christmas A lonely career woman 

gets a second chance to rethink a fateful decision 

after she makes a wish upon a Christmas 

Eve star. 

LIFE The Christmas Hope A grieving woman 

bonds with an orphaned girl after the death of 

her son. 

2:30 p.m. TCM Holiday Affair A war widow 

has a 6-year-old son, and two men who want to 

marry her for Christmas. 




3:30 p.m. FAM Winnie the Pooh and Christmas 

Too! Fearing that Santa may not get it in 

time, Pooh carries his friends’ wish list to the 

North Pole. Animated. 

4:00 p.m. FAM Jack Frost The icy little fellow 



COM Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas 

Special The comic performs. 

HALL November Christmas A community 

works together to help a couple bring an early 

Christmas to their sick 8-year-old daughter. 

LIFE Home by Christmas A housewife must 

learn to make it on her own after her husband 

divorces her and she loses everything. 

5:00 p.m. FAM Disney Prep & Landing An 

elite unit of elves, Prep & Landing, ensures that 

homes around the world are properly prepared 

to be visited by Santa Claus each Christmas 

Eve. 

5:30 p.m. FAM Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. 

Nice Lanny and Wayne race to recover classified 

North Pole technology that falls into the 

hands of a naughty kid. 

6:00 p.m. FAM Rudolph’s Shiny New Year 




LIFE Home for the Holidays A loving aunt 

struggles to adopt her young relatives after their 

parents die in a car accident. 

6:20 p.m. DISN Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure 

Lovable dog Beethoven must rescue a 

Christmas elf and retrieve Santa Claus’ magic 

toy bag from crooks. 





Animated. 

TLC More Crazy Christmas Lights A search 

for the best Christmas-light displays spans the 

country. 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC Dr. Seuss’ How the 

Grinch Stole Christmas Boris Karloff narrates 

an animated tale about a curmudgeon and 

merry Whoville. 

WCAU-NBC It’s a Wonderful Life Ruined 

by a miser on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family 

man sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel. 

DISN Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! 

Chaos strikes when a woman and her daughter 

get separated from their family during the 

holidays. 

FAM The Year Without a Santa Claus Feeling 

sad and unwanted, Santa takes the day off 

before Christmas; voices: Mickey Rooney, Shirley 

Booth; animated. 

TLC My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas Travelers 

celebrate Christmas, extravagant weddings and 

First Communions. 




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Some purists may sniff that 

1942’s ``Holiday Inn,’’ of 

which this 1954 musical is 

a partial remake, is a superior 

piece of work. The fact 

remains that this latter vehicle 

for Bing Crosby, Rosemary 

Clooney, Danny Kaye and 

Vera-Ellen has become a 

compulsory part of the yuletide 

celebration for millions 

around the world. The classic 

title tune is just one of several 

memorable Irving Berlin melodies 

performed here with style, 

heart and panache. 

LIFE Undercover Christmas Assigned to protect 

a waitress, a workaholic FBI agent brings 

her to his parents’ home for the holidays. 

TBS A Christmas Story In the 1940s, little 

Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him 

a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas. 

Narrated by Jean Shepherd. 

TCM Miracle on 34th Street An adwoman’s 

lawyer boyfriend tries to prove that Macy’s 

Santa Claus is the real thing. 

EWTN Time to Remember A boy witnesses 

a miracle. 

8:30 p.m. WPVI-ABC Dr. Seuss’ How the 

Grinch Stole Christmas A curmudgeon living 

atop Mount Crumpit sets out to quash the 

yuletide preparations of the Christmas-loving 

Whos of Whoville. Anthony Hopkins narrates. 





TRAV Christmas to the Extreme Visiting 

those who take Christmas to the extreme. 

10:00 p.m. TRAV Most Christmasy Places in 

America Touring America’s most festive locations. 

HALL November Christmas A community 

works together to help a couple bring an early 

Christmas to their sick 8-year-old daughter. 

LIFE A Diva’s Christmas Carol When an 

ego-driven superstar loses her holiday spirit, the 

ghosts of Christmas past, present and future 

visit her. 



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10:30 p.m. EWTN Solemn Mass of Christmas 

Day From the Basilica of the National Shrine 

of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, 

D.C. 





TLC My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas Travelers 

celebrate Christmas, extravagant weddings and 

First Communions. 

TRAV Crazy for Christmas Six foot tall gingerbread 

replica of the Transamerica building; 

Christmas museum. 

11:29 p.m. WCAU-NBC Christmas Eve Mass 

At St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. 

DECEMBER 25 

8:00 a.m. WLTV-PBS Curious George: A 

Very Monkey Christmas The Man With 

the Yellow Hat and George are excited about 

Christmas, but neither can decide what to give 

the other for presents. 








8:30 a.m. FAM Pinocchio’s Christmas Pinocchio 

joins a puppet show to earn money for 

Geppetto’s Christmas gift. Voices: Alan King, 

George S. Irving. Animated.



9:00 a.m. WCAU-NBC The Present: Unwrapping 

the Gift of Christmas The Nativity; performances 

by Take 6, Jennifer LaMountain and 

Jaime Jorge. 

9:30 a.m. FAM Frosty’s Winter Wonderland 



9:40 a.m. TMC Shadow Island Mysteries: The 

Last Christmas A mystery writer must solve a 

puzzle that may explain the sudden death of her 

grandfather. 






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LIFE A Holiday to Remember Returning to 

her South Carolina hometown reunites a recently 

divorced mother with her first love. 





10:30 a.m. FAM Rudolph’s Shiny New Year 




11:15 a.m. TMC One Christmas An Alabama 

boy meets a noblewoman and other characters 

on a visit to his father in 1930 New Orleans. 

11:30 a.m. FAM Santa Claus Is Comin’ to 




Animated. 

12:00 p.m. KYW-CBS Holiday Festival on Ice 

Skaters Kurt Browning, Jamie Salé, David Pelletier, 

Jeffrey Buttle and others perform. 

TRAV Christmas Fun in the Sun Celebrating 

the holidays in warm weather. 


Holiday travel leads to cross-country romances 

when a man and a woman temporarily 

swap houses. 


familiar man may be the answer to a 33-yearold 

woman’s long-ago holiday wish for true 

love. 





EWTN Solemn Mass of Christmas Day Basilica 

of the National Shrine of the Immaculate 

Conception. 

12:30 p.m. WLTV-PBS Travelscope: Christmas 

in Switzerland A Swiss-style Christmas includes 

a scenic train ride to Rochers-de-Naye, a ferris 

wheel ride in Montreux, hand-blown glass ornaments 

and a 600-year-old clock tower tradition 

in Lausanne. 

FAM The Year Without a Santa Claus Feeling 

sad and unwanted, Santa takes the day off 

before Christmas; voices: Mickey Rooney, Shirley 

Booth; animated. 





WNJT-PBS Nonna Tell Me a Story: Lidia’s 

Christmas Kitchen Lidia Bastianich tells her 

grandchildren about Christmas in her native 

Italy. 

FAM The Santa Clause An adman takes over 



TCM The Greatest Story Ever Told The life 

of Jesus unfolds according to the Bible, from 

birth to the Resurrection, on an epic scale. 

2:00 p.m. WCAU-NBC The Present: Unwrapping 

the Gift of Christmas The Nativity; per- 

“Ocean’s Eleven” (1960): The 

lights go out throughout Las Vegas when 

midnight hits on New Year’s Eve, thanks 

to the ex-military buddies led by suave 

Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) in the 

ultimate “Rat Pack” movie. Dean Martin, 

Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford play 

some of the other pals who are in on the 

simultaneous robbery of several casinos. 

“The Poseidon Adventure” 

(1972): Not only does an enormous 

tidal wave overturn the S.S. Poseidon on 

New Year’s Eve, the cruise ship’s passengers 

are merrily crooning “Auld Lang 

Syne” at the moment the vessel begins to 

capsize. Like many other sites, the Poseidon 

hasn’t yet gotten rid of its Christmas 

tree, which comes in lucky for the survivors 

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“About Last Night ... ” (1986): As 

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(Rob Lowe, Demi Moore), whose live-in 

relationship hits the skids amid a huge holiday 

crowd at a favorite Chicago bar. While 

she wants to comfort a girlfriend who’s just 

suffered a trauma in love, he wants to party, 

and the rest pretty much spells itself out. 

“When Harry Met Sally ... ” 

(1989): Although the picture has a 

postscript beyond it, this comedy’s pivotal 

scene is set at a New Year’s Eve party 

where hopeless – and hapless – romantic 

Sally (Meg Ryan) isn’t feeling very 

celebratory, until longtime confidant 

Harry (Billy Crystal) shows up and finally 

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picture, which also features Hugh Laurie, 

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LIFE A Christmas Wedding A real-estate developer 

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2:30 p.m. WPSG-CW Home for the Holidays 

Fights and reconciliations mark a single mom’s 

Thanksgiving with her dysfunctional Baltimore 

clan. 

3:00 p.m. WPHL The Hollywood Christmas 

Parade The holiday parade features marching 

bands, live performances, character balloons and 

Hollywood celebrities. 

WLTV-PBS The National Christmas Tree 

Lighting 2011 A holiday concert culminates 

with the lighting of the national Christmas tree 

in President’s Park in Washington, D.C.; host 

Carson Daly. With performances by One Republic, 

Rodney Atkins and Marsha Ambrosius. 





4:00 p.m. WLTV-PBS Travelscope: Christmas 

in Switzerland A Swiss-style Christmas 

includes a scenic train ride to Rochers-de-Naye, 

a ferris wheel ride in Montreux, hand-blown 

glass ornaments and a 600-year-old clock tower 

tradition in Lausanne. 















5:00 p.m. TCM King of Kings Orson Welles 

narrates the story of Jesus including the Sermon 

on the Mount, the Last Supper, the Passion and 

the Resurrection. 

6:00 p.m. COM Bad Santa Two criminals 

disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob 

stores at Christmastime. 

HALL A Dog Named Christmas A mentally 

challenged man embarks on a mission to find 

homes for dogs during the holidays. 




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Santa Claus. 

LIFE 12 Men of Christmas A public-relations 

executive uses her media savvy to stir excitement 

in a small Montana town. 







9:30 p.m. WFMZ Day of Discovery Christmas 






HALL A Season for Miracles A woman tries 

to save her sister’s children from foster care by 

taking them to a small town where she is mistaken 

for a missing heiress. 

DECEMBER 26 

6:00 p.m. HALL Gift of the Magi Financially 

strapped newlyweds make sacrifices to find special 

Christmas gifts. 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC Rudolph’s Shiny New 

Year Rudolph the reindeer comes to the rescue 

when an evil bird kidnaps the New Year baby. 

Voices of Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey 

Amsterdam. 

AMC The Polar Express Animated. The conductor 



HALL Silver Bells A teenage runaway connects 

his widowed father and a woman who lost her 

husband during a past Christmas holiday. 

10:00 p.m. AMC The Polar Express Animated. 



Santa Claus. 

HALL A Christmas Wish The owner of a 

diner helps a homeless woman and her children 


11:00 p.m. EWTN Dana: Our Family Christmas 

Traditional customs of an old-fashioned 

Christmas. 

DECEMBER 27 




EWTN Heralds of the Gospel: Christmas 

Special Heralds of the Gospel, an International 

Association of Pontifical Right, perform Christmas 

music. 

6:30 p.m. EWTN A Star Shall Rise Raymond 

Burr stars in a tale about the birth of Christ. 




Santa Claus. 







Santa Claus. 




DECEMBER 28 

6:00 p.m. HALL Christmas Magic To gain 

entry to heaven, a woman must help a man and 

his young daughter. 




Santa Claus.



HALL A Dog Named Christmas A mentally 

challenged man embarks on a mission to find 

homes for dogs during the holidays. 

9:00 p.m. FAM Elf Adopted as a baby by one 






Santa Claus. 




DECEMBER 29 

8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC Happy New Year, 

Charlie Brown While other members of the 

Peanuts gang plan a holiday celebration, Charlie 

Brown struggles with “War and Peace”; a 

bonus cartoon is “She’s a Good Skate, Charlie 

Brown.” 

AMC The Polar Express Animated. The conductor 



HALL Farewell Mr. Kringle A widowed writer 

for a magazine travels to the town of Mistletoe 

to meet a Santa Claus impersonator. 




Santa Claus. 

HALL Mistletoe Over Manhattan The wife 

of Santa Claus tries to help a divorcing couple 

rediscover their love for each other. 

DECEMBER 30 




swap houses. 

10:00 p.m. HALL The Good Witch’s Gift A 

criminal threatens the Christmas Eve wedding 

of an enchanting witch and a police chief. 

DECEMBER 31 

10:00 a.m. HALL The Night Before the Night 

Before Christmas A family must save Christmas 

when Santa Claus lands on the roof and 

loses his magic bundle. 

12:00 p.m. HALL The Santa Suit A corporate 

bigwig learns valuable lessons when Santa Claus 

transforms him into his look-alike. 

2:00 p.m. HALL The Town Christmas Forgot 

A stranded family helps residents of a small 

town organize a Christmas pageant. 

4:00 p.m. HALL The Santa Incident A family 

helps Santa Claus after the U.S. government 

shoots down his sleigh. 

6:00 p.m. HALL The Santa Clause An adman 








8:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC New Year’s Rockin’ 

Eve: The 40th Anniversary Party A look back 

at memorable moments from past New Year’s 

Eve celebrations; popular artists perform. 

ANPL Felix the Cat Saves Christmas A cat 

must save Christmas when a professor wants to 

create a massive blizzard. Animated. 




10:00 p.m. WPVI-ABC Dick Clark’s Primetime 

New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan 

Seacrest 2012 A bicoastal celebration counts 

down to midnight and features special performances. 




11:00 p.m. ANPL Felix the Cat Saves Christmas 

A cat must save Christmas when a professor 

wants to create a massive blizzard. Animated. 

BY JOHN CROOK 

The Dickens you say! 

Questions: 

1) What Oscar-winning actor played Ebenezer Scrooge in a 

powerful 1984 CBS adaptation of “A Christmas Carol”? 

2) Who provided the voice of the title character in the 

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3) What beloved TV mom played Belinda Cratchit in 

the 1938 movie adaptation of “A Christmas Carol”? 

(Hint: Her real-life parents, Gene and Kathleen 

Lockhart, played her on-screen mom and dad as 

well.) 

4) What “Ugly Betty” cast member starred 

as high-maintenance pop singer Ebony 

Scrooge in the TV movie “A Diva’s Christmas 

Carol”? 

5) Also in that “Diva” remake, what redhaired 

“D-List” comic played the Ghost 

of Christmas Past? 

6) Bill Murray played cynical TV executive 

Frank Cross in what 1988 “Carol” remake? 

7) What former cast member of “Happy 

Days” starred as Scrooge-like Benedict Slade 

in 1979’s “An American Christmas Carol”? 

8) “Roseanne” did its own parody of “A Christmas 

Carol,” but this episode was set around what 

other holiday? 

9) What Emmy-winning CBS comedy series featured an episode in 

which its main character is visited by the Ghosts of Yom Kippur Past, 

Present and Future? 

10) In a second season episode of “Family Ties,” what cranky character is 

visited by three Christmas Eve spirits? 

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