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% 10 Greater Philadelphia Newspapers Holiday Guide 2011 December Tribune Media 2, Services 2011
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
during the holidays.
10:30 p.m. FAM Mickey’s Christmas Carol
Animated. A re-telling of the classic Dickens
tale with Disney’s classic characters.
AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’ London
miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of
Christmases past, present and yet to come.
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.
AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’ London
miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of
Christmases past, present and yet to come.
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’
London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the
ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to
come.
DECEMBER 7
6:00 p.m. FAM A Very Pink Christmas The
Pink Panther tries to sell more Christmas trees
then his nemesis.
HALL Battle of the Bulbs Feuding neighbors
go to extremes to win an annual Christmas
decoration contest.
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.
AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’ London
miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of
Christmases past, present and yet to come.
HALL Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas
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
in a garish way, especially when a country
cousin pulls up in an RV.
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Home Alone
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.
10:30 p.m. AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’
London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the
ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to
come.
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.
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.
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)
explains why Santa has whiskers, lives at the
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North Pole and brings presents once a year.
Animated.
8:30 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.
9:00 p.m. FAM The Year Without a Santa
Claus Feeling sad and unwanted, Santa takes
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
troops.
DECEMBER 9
6:00 p.m. FAM The Year Without a Santa
Claus Feeling sad and unwanted, Santa takes
the day off before Christmas; voices: Mickey
Rooney, Shirley Booth; animated.
HALL A Christmas Wedding Tail When two
dogs fall in love, their respective owners find
romance with each other.
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.
6:50 p.m. DISN Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
Lovable dog Beethoven must rescue a
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