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% 12 Greater Philadelphia Newspapers Holiday Guide 2011 December Tribune Media 2, Services 2011
Christmas elf and retrieve Santa Claus’ magic
toy bag from crooks.
7:00 p.m. FAM Santa Claus Is Comin’ to
Town A mailman (the voice of Fred Astaire)
explains why Santa has whiskers, lives at the
North Pole and brings presents once a year.
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
for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop
mishap on Christmas Eve.
HALL A Princess for Christmas A woman
escorts her niece and nephew to spend the holidays
with their grandfather, an English duke.
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.
GOSPEL The Heart of Christmas Members
of a community ban together to help a terminally
ill boy celebrate Christmas.
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
Jack Frost to freeze him out of Christmas.
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.
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.
GOSPEL The Heart of Christmas Members
of a community ban together to help a terminally
ill boy celebrate Christmas.
DECEMBER 10
8:00 a.m. HALL The Most Wonderful Time
of the Year A snowbound stranger brightens
the holidays for a retired police officer and his
niece.
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.
9:00 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.
HALL A Princess for Christmas A woman
escorts her niece and nephew to spend the holidays
with their grandfather, an English duke.
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.
HALL All I Want for Christmas A boy asks
contest organizers to find a new husband for his
widowed mother.
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.
6:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause An adman
takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow
after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve.
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.
7:00 p.m. TLC More Crazy Christmas Lights
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.
DISN The Polar Express Animated. The conductor
of a train to the North Pole guides a boy
who questions the existence of Santa Claus.
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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do-well brother Fred out of trouble and puts
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.
TLC Extreme Christmas Trees Christmas
trees that are over the top.
10:00 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.
TLC Invasion of the Christmas Lights 2 A
crisscrossing of America chronicles elaborate
home displays of holiday lights and decorations.
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 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.
11:00 p.m. TLC Invasion of the Christmas
Lights 3: Europe Extreme Christmas lights
across Europe.
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.
DECEMBER 11
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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