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% 8 Greater Philadelphia Newspapers Holiday Guide 2011 December Tribune Media 2, Services 2011
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.
9:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause An adman
takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow
after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve.
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.
12:00 p.m. HALL The Most Wonderful Time
of the Year A snowbound stranger brightens
the holidays for a retired police officer and his
niece.
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.
6:30 p.m. WHYY-PBS The Spirit of Christmas
The Mabel Beaton Marionettes perform
“Twas the Night Before Christmas” and “The
Greatest Story Ever Told.”
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.
9:00 p.m. TLC Invasion of the Christmas
Lights 3: Europe Extreme Christmas lights
across Europe.
10:00 p.m. TLC More Crazy Christmas Lights
A search for the best Christmas-light displays
spans the country.
HALL A Princess for Christmas A woman
escorts her niece and nephew to spend the holidays
with their grandfather, an English duke.
LIFE A Boyfriend for Christmas A strangely
familiar man may be the answer to a 33-year-
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Elf
Surprisingly sweeter than you
might expect from the premise
and the casting, this 2003
comedy stars Will Ferrell as
Buddy, a human who was
adopted by elves as an infant
and grows up thinking he’s just
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
Caan), who has his own family
and isn’t interested in rehashing
the past.
old woman’s long-ago holiday wish for true
love.
11:00 p.m. TLC Invasion of the Christmas
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.