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By Jacqueline SpendloveTV Media

Christmas is a time of warmth, familytogetherness and goodwill towards one’sfellow man. It’s also inarguably a time for

shiny new toys, as any kid on the “nice” list will bequick to inform you.

What franchise could transfer more readily intothe season of giving (and getting!) than “Toy Story?”Since the first film in the Pixar trilogy broughtsmiles to the faces of children and adults alikenearly 20 years ago, young Andy’s toys have goneon to feature in two sequels, three animated shorts,an animated spinoff film and series, a pile of videogames and, as of this holiday season, two televisionspecials.

The first of these specials, “Toy Story of Terror!”,is Halloween-based and first aired last October onABC. Like the films, the special was well-receivedby audiences and drew in favorable reviews fromcritics, proving that, 18 years after the original filmwas released, the “Toy Story” franchise still hadn’trun out of steam.

By all reports, the upcoming television specialpromises to deliver the same high quality of hu-mor, story and character development as its ever-growing list of forerunners. “Toy Story That TimeForgot” places the playthings we’ve come to knowand love right where toys belong: the Christmasseason. This eagerly anticipated latest installmentin the “Toy Story” world premieres Tuesday, Dec. 2,on ABC.

“Toy Story That Time Forgot” actually takes placeshortly after Christmas, when Bonnie (Emily Hahn,“Wreck-It Ralph,” 2012), the little girl who becamethe new owner of Andy’s toys at the end of “ToyStory 3” (2010), heads to a playdate at a pal’s house.Here, the “Toy Story” gang encounters a line ofgladiator-like dinosaur action figures called Battle-saurs, which come with impressive playsets andare led by the confident and sophisticated ReptillusMaximus (Kevin McKidd, “Grey’s Anatomy”).

Unfortunately, the Battlesaurs harbor BuzzLightyear-esque delusions and don’t realize they’retoys — despite their recently opened packagingstrewn about the room, still festooned with bitsof hastily-torn wrapping paper. Though hostile to-wards the majority of the interlopers, the cool newaction figures recognize Bonnie’s dinosaur toys Rexthe T-Rex (Wallace Shawn, “The Princess Bride,”

1987) and Trixie the triceratops (Kristen Schaal, “30Rock”) as members of their own kind, going so faras to suit them up in some of their rad battle gear.

It’s really Trixie who takes the forefront in thisstory, so it’ll be great to see one of the previoussupporting characters in a leading role. It’s up tothe quirky triceratops to get herself and her friendsaway from the Battlesaurs’ clutches and back to thesafety of Bonnie’s room.

Old favorites will be back as well, including Buzz(Tim Allen, “Home Improvement”), Woody (TomHanks, “The Green Mile,” 1997), Jessie (Joan Cusack,“High Fidelity,” 2000) and Mr. Potato Head (DonRickles, “CPO Sharkey”), plus another new character,a Christmas ornament called Angel Kitty (Cusack).

Downright prehistoric‘Toy Story’ faces fearsome presents in ABC’s new Christmas special

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“Why am I such a misfit? I am notjust a nitwit. Just because my noseglows... why don’t I fit in?”

Rudolph heartbreakingly laments his friendshiptroubles outside his den after the Reindeer Gamessaw him laughed at and shunned because of hisbright, shiny nose. It has turned out to be some-what ironic that Rudolph had difficulty makingfriends early in life, as millions of people over fivedecades have fallen in love with one of television’smost iconic Christmas characters.

The oddball reindeer actually came from humblebeginnings on the pages of a Montgomery Wardcoloring book in 1939. Penned by staff copywriterRobert L. May, the plucky reindeer went throughmultiple names — Rollo and Reginald, to name acouple — before he became Rudolph, and Mont-gomery Ward ended up selling over two millioncopies of the coloring book that year.

Rudolph didn’t make the jump to television rightaway, though. Ten years after May wrote the story,he approached his brother-in-law, songwriter JohnnyMarks, who then adapted it into a song. It was duringthe 1949 holiday season that Gene Autry’s “Rudolphthe Red-Nosed Reindeer” topped charts, marking thefirst step in Rudolph’s ascension to popularity.

Enter Rankin/Bass Productions. Founded in Sep-tember 1960 by Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass,

the film production company got to work rightaway, pitching Hollywood bigwigs their animationtechnique called “Animagic.”

Their first project was “Rudolph,” and it was thespecial that launched Rankin/Bass to success in theholiday television market. Oddly enough though,“Rudolph” almost didn’t happen.

“In America they used to say ‘Go West, young

man’ to people seeking their fortunes,” Rankin saidonce, as reported by Bernews.com. “Well, I followedthat advice — and had every door in Hollywoodclosed in my face when I pitched the concept of‘Rudolph’ back in the early ‘60s. No one was inter-ested.”

So Rankin/Bass kept going West and ended upin Japan, where “Rudolph” and many of their other

A nose so bright‘Rudolph’ celebrates 50 years of fun

Feature: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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holiday specials were crafted. The studio in Japanhad the technology available to make “Rudolph”the way Rankin/Bass wanted to create it, and therest went down in history.

Now, 50 years later, “Rudolph the Red-NosedReindeer” is a Christmas institution. The 55-min-ute production is the highest-rated and longest-running television special of all time, airing mostlyon CBS and its affiliates multiple times over theholiday season.

Of course, everyone knows the story of Santa’sninth reindeer, so there’s no need to rehash it. Butwhen you look at the narrative and really dissectits meaning, you can see how this account of acouple of misfits has stood the test of time.

Rankin/Bass Productions used Rudolph, Hermeyand their eccentricities to send a message to kidsof all ages that it’s ok to be different. It’s possible toachieve great things even if you’re the underdog.

“I think all kids are looking for guidance,”Rankin said in an interview with the Archive ofAmerican Television. “I think all kids feel slightlyinferior. Kids have problems, whatever they maybe, and to see other characters that also have prob-lems, they can associate with them.”

“Kids love to see someone of their own stripe,their own age or their own inferiority achievethings. It makes them feel good,” he continued. “Ithink that’s probably the reason these films lastso long because in all our films that happens. Thebad guy becomes the good guy at the end, he’sreformed, and the underdog fulfills his quest.”

While the universal feel-good story does definite-ly lend to “Rudolph’s” longevity, it’s also the catchymusic sprinkled throughout the show that makes ita timeless classic.

Johnny Marks, the writer of the original “Ru-dolph” song and Rankin’s neighbor when theyboth lived in Greenwich Village, was brought in by

Rankin/Bass to compose the entire soundtrack forthe TV special. From the love ballad “There’s Al-ways Tomorrow” to the perky “A Holly Jolly Christ-mas,” the songs are as enduring as the show itself.

It also helps the music when you have a name likeBurl Ives belting out tunes and narrating the story.The legendary American actor and singer brought acertain life to the words and melody of the special’scarols, including “Silver and Gold” and “A Holly JollyChristmas,” and his character — Sam the Snowman— even bears a striking resemblance to him.

Another thing that made “Rudolph” stand out,especially at the time, was the use of what Rankin/Bass coined as “Animagic.” Typically in stop mo-tion, filmmakers would use clay to create charac-ters and settings, animating them by molding andshaping the different pieces. With Animagic, wire-jointed dolls were used instead, with each piecemoved on the joint for each frame.

Because of the nature of stop-motion animation,the filming of “Rudolph” took quite a while to com-plete. Animagic was new and exciting at the time,but in an interview with the “Washington Post” in2004, Rankin insisted the show was about morethan just the animation technique, saying, “It’s thestory, the characters, the music. We knew what weneeded: warmth. ‘Rudolph’ showed us that.”

Undoubtedly, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”has shown us many things. First and foremost, ithas proven that even a spunky, misfit reindeer cancapture the hearts and minds of children of all agesfor five decades.

Sadly, with time comes some sorrow, and thisChristmas will be a little duller after Arthur RankinJr. passed away in January, but his legacy lives oneach time Rudolph and the gang spring onto our TVsets. For Rankin, he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I’m always pleased by success, and I’m alwayssurprised by it,” he told the Archive of American

Television in 2005. “Why has ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ been on the air for more than40 years? The longest-running, highest-rated filmin the history of the medium? I don’t know theanswer to that. But over the last few years, I’vebecome very honored by that... I guess that is mylegacy. Longevity is the answer for art.”

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HolidayTV | Holiday Movie Facts

Lovely longhand: Love Actually (2003)Towards the end of the movie,

Mark (Andrew Lincoln) poses as agroup of carolers and professeshis love to the recently mar-ried Juliet (Keira Knightley)with a series of poster boards.The messages — such as “Tome, you are perfect” and “Mywasted heart will love you” —were actually handwritten byLincoln, so that’s his own chickenscratch on the posters.

Accidental improvement: It’s aWonderful Life(1946)

This Oscar nominated holiday classic has stood the testof time, but at one point in the movie, an inebriated UncleBilly (Thomas Mitchell) is having a bit of trouble stand-ing himself. As he wishes George (James Stewart) a goodnight and stumbles off screen, you hear a crash and thenUncle Billy says, “I’m alright.” It turns out that the crashwas actually a crew member dropping equipment duringfilming, but director Frank Capra thought it “improvedthe sound” so he kept it in.

Wings ‘n’ things: It’s aWonderful Life (1946)The line “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings”

is arguably one of the most iconic quotes from a Christ-mas movie ever. George (James Stewart) smiles when hisdaughter says it at the end of the film, as it means Clar-ence (Henry Travers) finally got his guardian angel wingsafter over 200 years without them. If you listen closelyover the course of the entire movie, you’ll actually hear 42bells ringing, meaning 42 angels got their wings.

Sisters?:White Christmas (1954)Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye play Bob and Phil, respec-

tively, in this timeless musical movie, and the “Sisters”comedy act they performed in the film was not initially inthe script. The director caught Crosby and Kaye goofingaround on the set and wrote it in because he thought itwas so funny.

I know you...: Elf (2003)Though he went uncredited, at the beginning of the

movie Peter Billingsley — a.k.a Ralphie from “A ChristmasStory” (1983) — plays Ming Ming the elf in Santa’s work-shop. Peter Dinklage also makes an appearance as MilesFinch, a bestselling children’s writer, better known as“The Angry Elf.”

Watch yourmouth!: HomeAlone (1990)

Joe Pesci had one heckuvatime trying to control histongue in this family comedy.Known for far more seriousroles like Tommy DeVito in“Goodfellas” (1990), Pesci wouldregularly, unintentionally swearwhile filming the angrier scenes. Di-rector Chris Columbus eventually suggested Pesci use theword “fridge” instead of the other F-word.

All aboard: The Polar Express (2004)Two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks voiced

six characters in the movie: Father, Hero Boy, Conductor,Scrooge, Hobo and Santa Claus. The Conductor even bearsa slight resemblance to Hanks.

Fun holidaymovie facts by Cassie Dresch

One of the best things about the holidays is all of the classic Christmas movies that start airing on TV, and it wouldn’t be the most wonderful time of theyear without them. So the next time you’re sitting down to catch a Yuletide flick, be ready to impress your family and friends with some of these funholiday facts.

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Mystery flipper: The Santa Clause (1994)There are few things that beat a

good bedtime story, especially onChristmas Eve. In a scene fromthis family favorite Santa film,Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) isreading his son Charlie (EricLloyd) a Christmas story,and during the part about areindeer, the book’s left pagechanges... except the page wasnever turned! Originally the pageis a picture of a man opening a window,then it inexplicably changes to a page with writing anda different image.

OT oversight: Grumpy Old Men (1993)While this might not be the first Christmas movie you

think of this time of year, the Jack Lemmon/Walter Mat-thau flick comes to a head over the holiday season. Inone scene, Max (Matthau) and John (Lemmon) are at thebait shop discussing their Thanksgiving plans. It’s herethat they ask Chuck (Ossie Davis) if he saw the ChicagoBlackhawks hockey game, saying that it went to doubleovertime. There’s only one problem: NHL games only goto double OT if it’s a playoff game in April.

Hold your applause: Die Hard (1988)This Oscar-nominated Bruce Willis movie is a Christ-

mas classic. It’s also a classic for a couple silly slip-ups!Holly’s (Bonnie Bedelia) office holds a Christmas party,and when Takagi (James Shigeta) gives a speech, theroom breaks out in raucous applause. If you actuallywatch the employees, however, you’ll notice that no oneis really clapping.

Mi di spiace!: LoveActually (2003)After Jamie (Colin Firth) catches his girlfriend cheating

on him, he travels to his French cottage to be alone, andit’s there that he first meets Aurelia (Lúcia Moniz), whoonly speaks Portuguese. In Jamie’s awkward attempt tocommunicate with this lovely lady, he bumbles, “Moltobueno.” Eleonore (Elisabeth Margoni), who dropped offAurelia, tells him that he’s speaking Spanish, but “mol-to” is actually Italian.

Sorry,Mr. President!: Miracle on 34thStreet (1947)We all know Santa is a busy guy, but for a man who

delivers presents to every child in the world, you’d thinkhe’d know everyone’s names! Kris Kringle (EdmundGwenn) is being tested in one scene, and he’s asked toname President John Quincy Adams’ vice president.Kris says it’s Daniel D. Thompkins, but he’s wrong. JohnC. Calhoun was actually Adams’ vice president, andThompkins was President James Monroe’s vice presi-dent.

Somebody’s fabulous!:How the Grinch StoleChristmas (2000)

On one visit to Whoville,the Grinch(Jim Carrey ) begins towreak havoc on the Whosand finds himself in thepossession of clippers, so heshaves Mayor Augustus May-who’s (Jeffrey Tambor) head rightdown the middle. Whobris (Clint Howard), the mayor’sadvisor, grabs the clippers and shaves his own headdown the middle, except his hair is pulled right off hishead before he even moves his hand!

Goofy holidaymovie gaffes by Cassie Dresch

Nobody is perfect, and that is doubly true for actors, writers, directors and crew members. While we all make mistakes, few of us see them put on re-cord for the world to see for years to come. It’s with this in mind that we take a look at the goofiest gaffes from actors and filmmakers alike in theseholiday classics.


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Thursday, November271 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Cookie Cutter Christmas” (2014) Erin Kra-kow. Two long-time rivals and school teachers duke it out duringthe holidays in bake-off.

2 p.m. (HIST) Swampsgiving 2 Celebrate Thanksgiving with theSwampers.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “The Thanksgiving House” (2013) Cerina Vin-cent. A woman battles with a local historian who wants to teardown her house to study the site.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas Shepherd” (2014) Teri Polo. Buddy,a dog, runs away from home during a thunderstorm and ends upbeing adopted.

7 p.m. (CBS) The Big Bang Theory The entire gang decides to spendThanksgiving at Mrs. Wolowitz’s house.

(COM) Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special Comedian JeffDunham performs a holiday-themed stand-up special with hisfriends.

(FOX) Fox’s Cause for Paws: An All-Star Dog Spectacular Viewersare given the opportunity to foster or adopt a new best friend.

(HALL)Movie “Northpole” (2014) Tiffani Thiessen. A boy is calledupon to save the Northpole and help his mom believe in holidaymagic.

8:30 p.m. (CBS) The McCarthys The family works together to ma-nipulate Gerard into breaking up with his girlfriend.

9 p.m. (COM) Comedy Central’s All-Star Non-DenominationalChristmas Special

(DISC) Alaska: The Last Frontier(HALL)Movie “Royal Christmas” (2014) Lacey Chabert. Prince Leo-pold falls in love with Emily, has no intentions of marrying intoroyalty.

(TOON) American Dad Francine invites her adoptive parents to jointhe family for Thanksgiving.

9:30 p.m. (TOON) American Dad Stan invites his half-brother overfor Thanksgiving dinner to show off his good fortune.

10 p.m. (COM) Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special Come-dian Jeff Dunham performs a holiday-themed stand-up specialwith his friends.

Friday, November2812:30 p.m. (CMT)Movie “A Christmas Story 2” (2012) Daniel Stern.Its five years later and Ralphie is eyeing a car, but trouble seemsto be following him.

1 p.m. (LIFE)Movie “The Christmas Hope” (2009) MadeleineStowe. A social worker, whose marriage is shaky, takes in a five-year-old over the holidays.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Princess for Christmas” (2011) KatieMcGrath. A young woman falls for a dashing prince when she vis-its England for Christmas.

5 p.m. (LIFE)Movie “Merry In-Laws” (2012) George Wendt. A new-ly engaged woman learns that her soon-to-be in-laws are Mr. AndMrs. Claus.

5:30 p.m. (NICK) SpongeBob SquarePants Plankton gets all of BikiniBottom’s residents on Santa’s ‘naughty’ list.

6 p.m. (NICK)Movie “Santa Hunters” (2014) A boy heads out on amission to prove Santa is real.

7 p.m. (COM) South ParkMr. Hankey hosts a collection of vignettesfeaturing the cast performing Christmas songs.

(CW) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer On Christmas Eve, a boysets out to find his grandmother who mysteriously disappeared.

(HALL)Movie “A Bride for Christmas” (2012) AndrewW. Walker. Awoman falls in love, unaware she’s been handpicked to help theman win a bet.

(LIFE)Movie “ChristmasWith the Kranks” (2004) Tim Allen. Lu-ther and Nora Krank scramble to create the perfect Christmas fortheir daughter.

8 p.m. (CBS) Frosty the Snowman Pursued by a greedy magicianand rising temperatures, Frosty sets off for the North Pole.

(CW) Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special Po is caught between familytraditions and warrior duties when he hosts the Winter Feast.

8:30 p.m. (CBS) Yes, Virginia The heart-warming tale of a little girlwho wants to know if Santa Claus really exists.

(CW)Merry Madagascar Santa and his reindeer crash into Madagas-car and the animals needs to save Christmas.

(TBS)Movie “Four Christmases” (2008) Vince Vaughn. A couplestruggles to spend Christmas with all four of their divorced par-ents.

9 p.m. (CBS) Hawaii Five-0 As Thanksgiving approaches, McGarrett’sAunt Deb visits, bringing with her a secret.

(COM) Comedy Central’s All-Star Non-Denominational ChristmasSpecial

(HALL)Movie “The Christmas Ornament” (2013) Kellie Martin. AChristmas tree lot owner helps a widow face her first Christmaswithout her husband.

(TVLAND) The King of Queens Doug invites Spence to move in forThanksgiving weekend so he can avoid an annoying guest.

(LIFE)Movie “Crazy for Christmas” (2005) Andrea Roth. On Christ-mas Eve, a single mother finds herself having to chauffeur an ec-centric client.

Saturday, November291 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas Shepherd” (2014) Teri Polo. Buddy,a dog, runs away from home during a thunderstorm and ends upbeing adopted.

(LIFE)Movie “All About Christmas Eve” (2012) Haylie Duff. A partyplanner needs to choose between a vacation and a huge event.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Naughty or Nice” (2012) Hilarie Burton. Ayoung woman receives a book that reveals the good and badabout everyone in her life.

(LIFE)Movie “Finding Mrs. Claus” (2012) Mira Sorvino. Mrs. Clauseheads to Las Vegas to help a little girl with her Christmas wish.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (2013) Alicia Witt. Awoman forms a bond with a family that she is accidentally land-ed with over the holidays.


6 p.m. (NICK)Movie “Santa Hunters” (2014) A boy heads out on amission to prove Santa is real.

7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas Under Wraps” Candace Cameron-Bure. Woman loses her job and beau on same day and reluctantlyaccepts position in Alaska.

(LIFE)Movie “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever” (2014) AubreyPlaza. A lonely cat in a pet shop develops a sour outlook on lifewhen she never gets chosen.

8 p.m. (CBS) The Story of Santa Claus A toymaker and his wife areevicted from their small shop by their heartless landlord.


(LIFE)Movie “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever” (2014) AubreyPlaza. A lonely cat in a pet shop develops a sour outlook on lifewhen she never gets chosen.

10 p.m. (CMT) Larry the Cable Guy’s Christmas Spectacular Larrythe Cable Guy pays tribute to Christmas variety specials with ce-lebrity guests.

Sunday, November30Noon (LIFE)Movie “An Accidental Christmas” (2007) Cynthia Gibb.Two children formulate a plan to bring their separated parentstogether over the holidays.


2 p.m. (ION)Movie “A Golden Christmas 2” (2011) A woman mustdecide if she wants to rekindle the love she once had for her ex.

(LIFE)Movie “Twelve Men of Christmas” (2009) Kristin Che-noweth. A high-powered New York public relations executivefinds love in a small town in Montana.

2:45 p.m. (TBS)Movie “Surviving Christmas” (2004) Ben Affleck. Alonely, wealthy executive pays a family to let him spend Christ-mas with them.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “ChristmasWith Holly” (2012) Sean Faris. Ayoung girl asks for a mother for Christmas following the death ofher mother.

4 p.m. (BIO) Food Factory Discover how Santa’s little helpers as-semble four million gingerbread houses.

(ION)Movie “A Golden Christmas 3” (2012) Shantel VanSanten. Anunlikely couple fall in love during a production of ‘A ChristmasCarol.’

(LIFE)Movie “Crazy for Christmas” (2005) Andrea Roth. On Christ-mas Eve, a single mother finds herself having to chauffeur an ec-centric client.

4:30 p.m. (TBS)Movie “Fred Claus” (2007) Paul Giamatti. Santabails his criminal brother out of jail and brings him to the NorthPole.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Northpole” (2014) Tiffani Thiessen. A boy iscalled upon to save the Northpole and help his mom believe inholiday magic.

6 p.m. (FOX) Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Sid travels to the NorthPole after Manny convinces him he is on Santa’s naughty list.

(ION)Movie “All I Want for Christmas” (2013) Melissa Sagemiller.A woman is given a gift to listen to every unspoken thought ofpeople around her.


7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “One Christmas Eve” (2014) Anne Heche.Abandoned puppy becomes catalyst for a series of misadven-tures on Christmas Eve.

(NICK)Movie “Santa Hunters” (2014) A boy heads out on a missionto prove Santa is real.


8 p.m. (LIFE)Movie “Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever” (2014)Aubrey Plaza. A lonely cat in a pet shop develops a sour outlookon life when she never gets chosen.

8:30 p.m. (CMT) Larry the Cable Guy’s Christmas Spectacular Larrythe Cable Guy pays tribute to Christmas variety specials with ce-lebrity guests.


(FAM)Movie “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1989)Chevy Chase. A man plays host to numerous dysfunctional rela-tives during the Christmas holidays.


Aubrey Plaza voices the titular feline in theLifetime original holiday movie “GrumpyCat’s Worst Christmas Ever.” The crabby

kitty lives a lonely life in a mall pet store, con-stantly being passed over by potential ownersand slowly growing more and more sour as a re-sult. One day, a 12-year-old girl named Chrystal(Megan Charpentier) stops by the pet shop andrealizes she has a special gift — she can hearGrumpy talk! As the duo embarks on a series ofholiday adventures, Grumpy must decide if thisyear is truly the worst Christmas ever.

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9:30 p.m. (HBO) Getting On One of Jenna’s ‘adult’ study photosmakes its way into the Christmas card competition.

10 p.m. (ION)Movie “A ChristmasWedding Date” (2012) MarlaSokoloff. A woman faces difficulties when she returns home for afriend’s Christmas wedding.


10:30 p.m. (COM) South Park South Park goes overboard in a zeal-ous attempt to hold a politically correct Christmas.

Monday, December11 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Catch a Christmas Star” (2013) Shannon Eliz-abeth. A pop star reunites with her first love, but the pressures offame could tear them apart.

3 p.m. (FAM) Jack Frost Jack Frost wants to leave his North Pole ex-istence and become human.

(HALL)Movie “The Christmas Spirit” (2013) Nicolette Sheridan.Following an accident, a woman learns that her body is in a comabut her spirit is awake.

4 p.m. (FAM) Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Fred Astaire narratesthe timeless tale of how Kris Kringle grew up to become SantaClaus.

(TBN)Movie “The Perfect Gift” (2009) Jefferson Moore. A teen-aged girl has a chance encounter with a man who changes thecourse of her life.

5 p.m. (FAM)Movie “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”(1989) Chevy Chase. A man plays host to numerous dysfunction-al relatives during the Christmas holidays.

(HALL)Movie “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” (2008)Brooke Burns. A single mom who has lost all faith in Christmasfinds answers when her uncle visits.

7 p.m. (ABC) CMA Country Christmas Country’s biggest stars cele-brate the holidays with songs and stories to warm your heart.

(CW) Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer On Christmas Eve, a boysets out to find his grandmother who mysteriously disappeared.

(FAM)Movie “Elf” (2003) Will Ferrell. A man raised as an elf at theNorth Pole travels to New York to find his true father.

(HALL)Movie “Angels and Ornaments” (2014) Jessalyn Gilsig.Hopeless romantic wishes on a Christmas tree ornament for agreat romance.

9 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Santa Clause” (1994) Tim Allen. When afather mistakenly kills Santa Claus, he is magically recruited totake his place.

(HALL)Movie “All I Want for Christmas” (2007) Gail O’Grady. Anine-year-old boy enters a contest to find a new husband for hismother.

10:15 p.m. (HBO) Getting On One of Jenna’s ‘adult’ study photosmakes its way into the Christmas card competition.

Tuesday, December21 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Eve’s Christmas” (2004) Cheryl Ladd. An ex-ecutive about to become a partner in her firm re-evaluates herlife on Christmas Eve.

3 p.m. (FAM) Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July During a Julyvacation, Rudolph and Frosty find themselves in danger.

(HALL)Movie “Angels and Ornaments” (2014) Jessalyn Gilsig.Hopeless romantic wishes on a Christmas tree ornament for agreat romance.

5 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Elf” (2003) Will Ferrell. A man raised as an elfat the North Pole travels to New York to find his true father.

(HALL)Movie “One Christmas Eve” (2014) Anne Heche. Abandonedpuppy becomes catalyst for a series of misadventures on Christ-mas Eve.

(HBO) Getting On One of Jenna’s ‘adult’ study photos makes its wayinto the Christmas card competition.

7 p.m. (ABC) Toy Story That Time Forgot Trixie the triceratops helpsthe gang to return to Bonnie’s room.

(AMC)Movie “The Santa Clause 2” (2002) Tim Allen. After beingSanta Claus for a few years, Scott Calvin must find a wife andhelp his son.

(FAM)Movie “The Santa Clause” (1994) Tim Allen. When a fathermistakenly kills Santa Claus, he is magically recruited to take hisplace.

(HALL)Movie “The Nine Lives of Christmas” (2014) Brandon Routh.Handsome bachelor sees his life change before his eyes when headopts a stray cat.

7:30 p.m. (ABC) A Charlie Brown Christmas Charlie Brown and hisPeanut pal, Linus, search for the true meaning of Christmas.

9 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” (2007)Tim Allen. Santa Claus prepares for a busy Christmas with his in-laws and the mischievous Jack Frost.

(HALL)Movie “Christmas Shepherd” (2014) Teri Polo. Buddy, a dog,runs away from home during a thunderstorm and ends up beingadopted.

9:30 p.m. (AMC)Movie “The Santa Clause 2” (2002) Tim Allen. Afterbeing Santa Claus for a few years, Scott Calvin must find a wifeand help his son.

11 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Prancer” (1989) Sam Elliott. A girl finds an in-jured reindeer and decides to nurse it until she can return it toSanta.


Wednesday, December31 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Help for the Holidays” (2012) Summer Glau.An elf sets out to teach her new employers what it means to be afamily at Christmas time.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “The Nine Lives of Christmas” (2014) BrandonRouth. Handsome bachelor sees his life change before his eyeswhen he adopts a stray cat.




7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Royal Christmas” (2014) Lacey Chabert.Prince Leopold falls in love with Emily, has no intentions of mar-rying into royalty.

(NBC) Christmas in Rockefeller Center Celebrate the lighting of theworld’s most famous Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.

8 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Polar Express” (2004) Voices of TomHanks. A doubting little boy boards a magical train to visit theNorth Pole on Christmas Eve.

(NBC) Saturday Night Live Christmas A compilation of fan-favoriteholiday sketches.

9 p.m. (ABC) Nashville Rayna agrees to do a televised Christmasspecial from her home for charity.

(HALL)Movie “Hitched for the Holidays” (2012) Joey Lawrence. Aman and woman agree to pose as each other’s significant otherto their families.

10 p.m. (HBO) Getting On One of Jenna’s ‘adult’ study photos makesits way into the Christmas card competition.

Thursday, December43 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Hitched for the Holidays” (2012) Joey Law-rence. A man and woman agree to pose as each other’s signifi-cant other to their families.

4 p.m. (FAM) Rudolph’s Shiny New Year Rudolph must find Happy,the missing baby new year, before midnight on New Year’s Eve.

5 p.m. (FAM) The Year Without a Santa Claus Santa decides to taketime off because he feels people have lost the spirit of Christ-mas.

(HALL)Movie “A Boyfriend for Christmas” (2004) Kelli Williams. Agirl tells Santa she wants a boyfriend for Christmas and he turnsup 19 years later.


7 p.m. (AMC)Movie “The Santa Clause 2” (2002) Tim Allen. Afterbeing Santa Claus for a few years, Scott Calvin must find a wifeand help his son.


(NBC) Peter Pan Live! A televised production of the Broadway musi-cal that tells the beloved story of Peter Pan.

(TCM)Movie “Remember the Night” (1940) Barbara Stanwyck. Ashoplifter’s life is changed when she is placed in a compassion-ate lawyer’s care.

8 p.m. (FAM)Movie “A Christmas Carol” (2009) Voices of Jim Car-rey. Spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge and show him the errors of hisways by revisiting his life.


(HALL)Movie “Matchmaker Santa” (2012) Lacey Chabert. A myste-rious Santa strands a baker and her boyfriend’s best friend in asmall town.


Friday, December512:30 p.m. (CMT)Movie “A Christmas Story 2” (2012) Daniel Stern.Its five years later and Ralphie is eyeing a car, but trouble seemsto be following him.

1 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Farewell Mr. Kringle” (2010) Christine Taylor.A journalist writes about a Santa Claus impersonator who lives ina Christmas-themed town.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Holiday Engagement” (2011) Haylie Duff. Awoman hires a man to come home and pretend to be her fiancéover the holidays.

3:30 p.m. (CMT) Raising HopeWhile at the movies, the Chances aresurprised at how similar the story is to their lives.


5 p.m. (FAM)Movie “A Christmas Carol” (2009) Voices of Jim Car-rey. Spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge and show him the errors of hisways by revisiting his life.

It’s time to brush off your cowboy hat andslip on your cowboy boots as country mu-sic’s biggest and brightest stars gather at the

Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., for “CMACountry Christmas.” Hosted for the fifth timeby Grammy Award-winning musician JenniferNettles, this special holiday concert features thelikes of Little Big Town, Idina Menzel, LeAnnRimes, Carrie Underwood, Brett Eldredge andmany more amping up the Christmas spirit andperforming some of the season’s classic holidaycarols in front of a live audience.

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7 p.m. (AMC)Movie “The Nativity Story” (2006) Keisha Castle-Hughes. Mary and Joseph journey to Bethlehem for the birth ofJesus.


(FAM)Movie “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000) Jim Carrey.A Grinch plans on stealing Christmas from the residents ofWhoville, who love Christmas.

(HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009) James VanDer Beek. Mrs. Merkle, a nanny, changes the lives of a father andhis six-year-old twins.

(NBC) HowMurray Saved Christmas A cranky deli owner is forcedto fill in for Santa and does a wonderful job.

(HBO) Getting On One of Jenna’s ‘adult’ study photos makes its wayinto the Christmas card competition.

8 p.m. (CBS) A Very Grammy Christmas Artists sing seasonal songs,current pop hits and share their favorite holiday memories.


9:30 p.m. (FAM) Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Fred Astaire narratesthe timeless tale of how Kris Kringle grew up to become SantaClaus.

10:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Fred Claus” (2007) Paul Giamatti. Santabails his criminal brother out of jail and brings him to the NorthPole.

Saturday, December612:30 p.m. (FAM) Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The children buildFrosty a companion out of snow after noticing how sad he hasbecome.


(HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas” (2011) GilBellows. A man and woman find love at the most unexpectedtime and have the best Christmas ever.

3 p.m. (FAM)Movie “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000) JimCarrey. A Grinch plans on stealing Christmas from the residentsof Whoville, who love Christmas.

(HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009) James VanDer Beek. Mrs. Merkle, a nanny, changes the lives of a father andhis six-year-old twins.

3:30 p.m. (BET)Movie “Christmas in Compton” (2012) Big Earl,owner of Christmas tree lot in Compton, runs into trouble whenson crosses line.

4 p.m. (TBN)Movie “Christmas Miracle” (2012) Dan Payne. Eightstrangers learn how to manage various dilemmas by working to-gether.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle”(2010) Doris Roberts. Mrs. Miracle, a magical lady turns the livesof a group of New Yorkers upside down.


7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle” (2014) RobMorrow. Angel-in-training is sent down to a community collegeto help an insecure student.

(LIFE)Movie “Wally Lamb’s Wishin’ and Hopin’” (2014) MollyRingwald. Set in the 1960s, a young boy is doing his best to navi-gate fifth grade.

(NBC)Movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) James Stewart. An an-gel shows a suicidal banker how important he has been in thelives of others.

8 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Arthur Christmas” (2011) James McAvoy. San-ta’s son wants to use his father’s workshop for an urgent missionon Christmas night.

(FOOD) Outrageous Christmas Tune in for some outrageous Christ-mas creations, like a 1,000 pound cake.


(BET)Movie “This Christmas” (2007) Delroy Lindo. A drama cen-tered around the Whitfield family’s first holiday together in fouryears.


10 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”(2007) Tim Allen. Santa Claus prepares for a busy Christmas withhis in-laws and the mischievous Jack Frost.

(TBN)Movie “A ChristmasWish” (2010) Kristy Swanson. A woman,left destitute by her husband, faces a bleak Christmas with herchildren.

Sunday, December7Noon (ION)Movie “Christmas Town” (2008) Nicole De Boer. A sin-gle mother visits her father for the holidays and learns he’s notwhat she remembers.

1 p.m. (BET)Movie “What SheWants for Christmas” (2012) Ayoung girl asks Santa for a special present she has kept secretfrom her Mom.

(HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle” (2014) Rob Mor-row. Angel-in-training is sent down to a community college tohelp an insecure student.

1:30 p.m. (TCM)Movie “It Happened on Fifth Avenue” (1947) DonDeFore. While a family is away for Christmas, a hobo and hisfriends live in their mansion.

2 p.m. (ION)Movie “All I Want for Christmas” (2013) Melissa Sage-miller. A woman is given a gift to listen to every unspokenthought of people around her.

2:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”(2007) Tim Allen. Santa Claus prepares for a busy Christmas withhis in-laws and the mischievous Jack Frost.


3:30 p.m. (BET)Movie “This Christmas” (2007) Delroy Lindo. A dra-ma centered around the Whitfield family’s first holiday togetherin four years.


Allison Williams and Christopher Walkentake us to the second star to the rightand straight on ‘til morning in the live

television production of “Peter Pan Live!” basedon the classic 1954 Broadway musical about aboy who just doesn’t want to grow up. Williamsstars as the iconic titular character, and Walkenplays the one-handed pirate Captain JamesHook. Tony Award-winning actor ChristianBorle and Tony-nominated singer and songwrit-er Kelli O’Hara also star.

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(TCM)Movie “Scrooge” (1970) Albert Finney. Three spirits visitScrooge, a miserable man soured on the meaning of Christmas.

4 p.m. (ION)Movie “Christmas Mail” (2010) Ashley Scott. A womanwho answers Santa’s mail at the post office finds love with apostal carrier.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus” (2004) SteveGuttenberg. Santa worries about turning over the reigns to hisson, Nick, who hasn’t yet found a wife.


6 p.m. (BET)Movie “Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” (2014) Raven-Sy-mone.

(ION)Movie “A Star for Christmas” (2012) Corey Seiver. A success-ful but lonely business woman falls for a troubled actor.

7 p.m. (AMC) Blake Shelton’s Not-So-Family Christmas Blake Shel-ton’s first Christmas special includes holiday classics, new musicand more.

(CBS) The I Love Lucy Christmas Special View two newly-colour-ized episodes of this classic show with a vintage look to the1950s.

(FAM) Toy Story That Time Forgot Trixie the triceratops helps thegang to return to Bonnie’s room.

7:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Elf” (2003) Will Ferrell. A man raised as anelf at the North Pole travels to New York to find his true father.

9 p.m. (TBN)Movie “Love’s Christmas Journey” (2011) Ellie Davis.A woman’s brother goes missing while she’s visiting him duringthe Christmas holiday.

9:30 p.m. (FAM) Toy Story That Time Forgot Trixie the triceratopshelps the gang to return to Bonnie’s room.


(ION)Movie “Defending Santa” (2013) Jodie Sweetin. A sheriff ar-rests a sleeping Santa in the woods on suspicion of a crime hedid not commit.

10:30 p.m. (AMC) Blake Shelton’s Not-So-Family Christmas BlakeShelton’s first Christmas special includes holiday classics, newmusic and more.

(TOON) The Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays but Don’t Worry Christ-mas is Still in There Too The writers take on every holiday thatever existed in this holiday special.

Monday, December81 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Finding Christmas” (2013) Tricia Helfer. A dis-gruntled ad executive and a disheartened repairman swap hous-es over Christmas.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Annie Claus is Coming to Town” (2011) MariaThayer. Santa’s daughter Annie Claus travels to Los Angeles insearch of love.



5:30 p.m. (EWTN) SolemnMass of the Immaculate Conception FromEWTN

6 p.m. (BBC) Top Gear Richard Hammond takes a comical look backat all that Top Gear has tried to do.

(EWTN) SolemnMass of the Immaculate Conception From EWTN7 p.m. (ABC) The Great Christmas Light Fight Twenty families fromacross America decorate their homes to the extreme for Christ-mas.


(BBC) Top Gear Richard Hammond takes a comical look back at allthat Top Gear has tried to do.


8 p.m. (ABC) The Great Christmas Light Fight Twenty families fromacross America decorate their homes to the extreme for Christ-mas.


(TBN) ChristmasWith a Capital ‘C’ A man tries to rid his town of a50 year old Christmas tradition.


11 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Annie Claus is Coming to Town” (2011) Ma-ria Thayer. Santa’s daughter Annie Claus travels to Los Angeles insearch of love.

Tuesday, December93 p.m. (HALL)Movie “One Starry Christmas” (2014) Sarah SanguinCarter. Holly can’t wait to go back to New York City and introduceher big shot boyfriend.

4 p.m. (FAM) Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The children build Frostya companion out of snow after noticing how sad he has become.

4:30 p.m. (FAM)Mickey’s Christmas Carol The three ghosts ofChristmas visit Scrooge McDuck to teach him the spirit of theholiday.

(FOOD) Trisha’s Southern Kitchen Trisha’s friend and her daughtersprepare cookies for the annual holiday cookie swap.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “WindowWonderland” (2013) Chyler Leigh. Asthe Christmas season approaches, a woman vies for the positionof head window designer.

7 p.m. (ABC) Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Kris Kringle overcomesan evil ruler and delivers toys to children all over the world.

(CBS) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer A young reindeer and anelf search for a home where they will be accepted as they are.

(CW) The Flash Barry enjoys the annual traditions of tree trimmingand gift exchanges with Joe.



(HALL)Movie “The Christmas Spirit” (2013) Nicolette Sheridan.Following an accident, a woman learns that her body is in a comabut her spirit is awake.

Wednesday, December101 p.m. (HALL) Jingle All theWay A Husky puppy looking for a homeat a Christmas tree farm bonds with a young boy.

Sixty-three years after “The Best TV Show ofAll Time” premiered on American televi-sion screens, “I Love Lucy” has a special

gift for fans this holiday season. The “I LoveLucy Christmas Special” features back-to-back colorized versions of the “lost” Christmasepisode and the “Job Switching” episode (alsoknown as “Chocolate Factory”). Starring LucilleBall, Vivian Vance, Desi Arnaz and WilliamFrawley, the episodes are colorized in a vintage1950s style as a throwback to TV at the time.

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1:30 p.m. (HALL) Jingle and Bell’s Christmas Star Jingle the huskypup helps make Christmas special for his new friends.

2 p.m. (HALL) Jingle All theWay A Husky puppy looking for a homeat a Christmas tree farm bonds with a young boy.

2:30 p.m. (HALL) Jingle and Bell’s Christmas Star Jingle the huskypup helps make Christmas special for his new friends.

3 p.m. (HALL) The Hollywood Christmas ParadeMovie and TV stars,bands, floats and Santa Claus make their way down HollywoodBlvd.

4 p.m. (TBN) ChristmasWith a Capital ‘C’ A man tries to rid his townof a 50 year old Christmas tradition.



7 p.m. (ABC) The Middle Frankie decides to have a minimalistChristmas this year as she feels under appreciated.


(HALL)Movie “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (2013) Alicia Witt. A womanforms a bond with a family that she is accidentally landed withover the holidays.


8:30 p.m. (ABC) Black-ish Dre campaigns to be the new Santa at theannual office Christmas party.




Thursday, December111 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (2013) Alicia Witt. Awoman forms a bond with a family that she is accidentally land-ed with over the holidays.





(CW) The Vampire DiariesWith the holidays approaching, Bonnieattempts to replicate her favorite traditions.


8 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Scrooged” (1988) Bill Murray. A callous execu-tive learns the true meaning of Christmas when he is visited byghosts.

8:45 p.m. (TCM)Movie “Holiday Affair” (1949) Robert Mitchum. Aman offers to buy a model train set for a boy whose mother can-not afford it.

9 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Hats Off to Christmas!” (2013) Haylie Duff.The assistant manager of the Santa Hat Factory starts to fall forthe boss’s son.

10:30 p.m. (TCM)Movie “It Happened on Fifth Avenue” (1947) DonDeFore. While a family is away for Christmas, a hobo and hisfriends live in their mansion.

Friday, December121 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Hats Off to Christmas!” (2013) Haylie Duff.The assistant manager of the Santa Hat Factory starts to fall forthe boss’s son.


3:30 p.m. (FAM) Jack Frost Jack Frost wants to leave his North Poleexistence and become human.

4:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Scrooged” (1988) Bill Murray. A callous ex-ecutive learns the true meaning of Christmas when he is visitedby ghosts.


6:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Santa Clause” (1994) Tim Allen. Whena father mistakenly kills Santa Claus, he is magically recruited totake his place.

7 p.m. (ABC) Last Man StandingMike offers Kristin and Ryan a verygenerous Christmas present for their wedding.

(FOOD) Outrageous Christmas Tune in for some outrageous Christ-mas creations, like a 1,000 pound cake.

7:30 p.m. (DISN) Toy Story That Time Forgot Trixie the triceratopshelps the gang to return to Bonnie’s room.

(ABC) Cristela Cristela is looking forward to the tradition of makingtamales with her mom and sister.

8:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994) Lord Rich-ard Attenborough. A young girl’s mother hires a departmentstore Santa who proves that he’s genuine.


9 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Cookie Cutter Christmas” (2014) Erin Kra-kow. Two long-time rivals and school teachers duke it out duringthe holidays in bake-off.

(TBN)Movie “A Christmas Snow” (2010) Danny Cahill. Christmashas not been the same for a young woman since her father left.

Saturday, December13Noon (FAM)Movie “Prancer” (1989) Sam Elliott. A girl finds an in-jured reindeer and decides to nurse it until she can return it toSanta.

Christmas is in peril when Santa wakes upon Christmas Eve with a very bad cold inthe 1974 Rankin/Bass animated special

“The Year Without a Santa Claus.” Based on Pu-litzer Prize-winning author Phyllis McGinley’s1956 book of the same name, Mrs. Claus (ShirleyBooth) tells the story of how Christmas almostdidn’t come one year after a doctor suggestedSanta (Mickey Rooney) take a holiday of hisown to recuperate after falling ill. Dick Shawnand George S. Irving also star in this musicalholiday classic.

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|HolidayTV(ION)Movie “Christmas Mail” (2010) Ashley Scott. A woman whoanswers Santa’s mail at the post office finds love with a postalcarrier.


2 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994) Lord RichardAttenborough. A young girl’s mother hires a department storeSanta who proves that he’s genuine.

(ION)Movie “Defending Santa” (2013) Jodie Sweetin. A sheriff ar-rests a sleeping Santa in the woods on suspicion of a crime hedid not commit.

4 p.m. (TBN)Movie “The Christmas Bunny” (2010) Sophie Bolen. Alonely foster child finds a lost, injured rabbit in the woods onChristmas Eve.

4:30 p.m. (COM) South Park The boys spend Christmas with Cart-man’s family; Uncle Howard escapes from prison.

(FAM)Mickey’s Christmas Carol The three ghosts of Christmas visitScrooge McDuck to teach him the spirit of the holiday.

5 p.m. (COM) South ParkWith the help of Santa, Mr. Hankey and Je-sus, Cartman attempts to bring Christmas to Iraq.



5:30 p.m. (COM) South Park The boys travel to Terrance and Phillip’scountry to save Ike from his Canadian parents.

6 p.m. (AMC)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) MaureenO’Hara. A Macy’s store Santa Claus raises eyebrows when heclaims to be the real Kris Kringle.

(COM) South Park South Park goes overboard in a zealous attemptto hold a politically correct Christmas.

(ION)Movie “A Christmas Kiss” (2011) Brendan Fehr. A designerand her assistant vie for a man while decorating his home for theholidays.

6:30 p.m. (COM) South Park The boys make a video Christmas cardto save the spirit of the Christmas season.

7 p.m. (CBS) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer A young reindeerand an elf search for a home where they will be accepted as theyare.

(COM) South ParkMr. Hankey hosts a collection of vignettes featur-ing the cast performing Christmas songs.


(HALL)Movie “Best Christmas Party Ever” (2014) Torrey DeVitto.An up-and-coming event planner finds out boss intends to handbusiness to her nephew.

(LIFE)Movie “The Santa Con” (2014) Barry Watson. Small-timecon man is ordered to take job as department store Santa duringholidays.

(NBC) Peter Pan Live! A televised production of the Broadway musi-cal that tells the beloved story of Peter Pan.

8 p.m. (CBS) Frosty the Snowman Pursued by a greedy magicianand rising temperatures, Frosty sets off for the North Pole.

8:15 p.m. (AMC)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) MaureenO’Hara. A Macy’s store Santa Claus raises eyebrows when heclaims to be the real Kris Kringle.

8:30 p.m. (CBS) Frosty Returns A little girl tries to keep Frosty frommelting when a snow-removing spray is invented.



10 p.m. (FAM)Mickey’s Christmas Carol The three ghosts of Christ-mas visit Scrooge McDuck to teach him the spirit of the holiday.

(ION)Movie “Christmas Town” (2008) Nicole De Boer. A singlemother visits her father for the holidays and learns he’s not whatshe remembers.


Sunday, December1412:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Fred Claus” (2007) Paul Giamatti. Santabails his criminal brother out of jail and brings him to the NorthPole.

1 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Best Christmas Party Ever” (2014) Torrey De-Vitto. An up-and-coming event planner finds out boss intends tohand business to her nephew.

2 p.m. (ION)Movie “Christmas Mail” (2010) Ashley Scott. A womanwho answers Santa’s mail at the post office finds love with apostal carrier.



4 p.m. (FOOD) Outrageous Christmas Tune in for some outrageousChristmas creations, like a 1,000 pound cake.


6 p.m. (TRAVEL) Christmastown, USA Visit the jolliest, holiday-theme-named towns across the US including Santa Claus, IN.

(USA)Movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) James Stewart. An an-gel shows a suicidal banker how important he has been in thelives of others.

6:30 p.m. (TRAVEL)More Christmastown, USA Visit towns in the USwhere Christmas is celebrated 365 days a year.


(HALL)Movie “Christmas Parade” (2014) AnnaLynne McCord. Abig-city morning show host finds a renewed Christmas sprit andunexpected love.

(HGTV)White House Christmas 2014 A behind-the-scenes look athow the White House is decorated for the holidays.


Go behind the scenes with designer Gen-evieve Gorder as she takes viewers on aspecial holiday tour of the United States’

most recognizable home in “White HouseChristmas 2014.” Get inside information fromWhite House staff and volunteers on how theyspend months preparing and decorating eachroom in the country’s first home. See how theFirst Lady’s theme, the Gingerbread WhiteHouse and the Christmas tree in the Blue Roomall come together this year to spread a bit ofholiday cheer.

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(ION)Movie “A Perfect Christmas List” (2014) Ellen Hollman. Awoman attempts to repair her daughter and granddaughter’sstrained relationship.

9 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Matchmaker Santa” (2012) Lacey Chabert. Amysterious Santa strands a baker and her boyfriend’s best friendin a small town.


10 p.m. (ION)Movie “All I Want for Christmas” (2013) MelissaSagemiller. A woman is given a gift to listen to every unspokenthought of people around her.

Monday, December1512:30 p.m. (FOOD) Ten Dollar DinnersMelissa helps herself to deli-cious savings with this wallet-friendly holiday menu.

1 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Pete’s Christmas” (2013) Bruce Dern. A teenrealizes his family is re-living the same awful Christmas Day overand over again.

1:30 p.m. (TBN) God Came Near Based on Max Lucado’s belovedbook, God Came Near.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “WindowWonderland” (2013) Chyler Leigh. Asthe Christmas season approaches, a woman vies for the positionof head window designer.

4 p.m. (FOOD) The Pioneer Woman Ree has invited a crowd offriends over for a festive holiday get-together.

(TBN)Movie “A Christmas Snow” (2010) Danny Cahill. Christmashas not been the same for a young woman since her father left.



(TLC) Extreme Christmas Trees Captures the anticipation, excite-ment and joy embodied by the ultimate Christmas icon.

6 p.m. (FAM) Disney’s Prep and Landing Elves known as Prep &Landing prepare homes around the world for Santa’s arrival.

6:30 p.m. (FAM) Prep and Landing 2: Naughty vs. NiceWayne andhis estranged brother, Lanny, race to recover classified North Poletechnology.


(FAM) The Year Without a Santa Claus Santa decides to take timeoff because he feels people have lost the spirit of Christmas.



(FAM)Movie “The Polar Express” (2004) Voices of Tom Hanks. Adoubting little boy boards a magical train to visit the North Poleon Christmas Eve.


Tuesday, December16Noon (FOOD) Sandra’s Money Saving Meals Sandra makes a holidayfeast that will leave money left over for holiday shopping.


1:30 p.m. (TBN) A Christian Ebner Christmas Featuring engagingcarols and arrangements to get you in the holiday spirit.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009)James Van Der Beek. Mrs. Merkle, a nanny, changes the lives of afather and his six-year-old twins.

3:30 p.m. (FAM) Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July During aJuly vacation, Rudolph and Frosty find themselves in danger.


5:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Polar Express” (2004) Voices of TomHanks. A doubting little boy boards a magical train to visit theNorth Pole on Christmas Eve.

7 p.m. (ABC) A Charlie Brown Christmas The Peanuts search for themeaning of Christmas amongst all the commercialism.

(AMC)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994) Lord Richard Atten-borough. A young girl’s mother hires a department store Santawho proves that he’s genuine.

(HALL)Movie “Christmas in Conway” (2013) Mandy Moore. A mandecides the perfect Christmas present for his wife is a ride on aFerris wheel.

(NBC) Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas An Elf named Buddy travelsto New York City to meet the father he never knew he had.

8 p.m. (ABC) Prep and LandingWhen an elf gets upset, his partnermust remind him of the real meaning of Christmas.

8:30 p.m. (ABC) Prep and Landing 2: Naughty vs. NiceWayne andhis estranged brother, Lanny, race to recover classified North Poletechnology.

9:30 p.m. (AMC)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994) Lord Rich-ard Attenborough. A young girl’s mother hires a departmentstore Santa who proves that he’s genuine.

10 p.m. (TRAVEL) Christmastown, USA Visit the jolliest, holiday-theme-named towns across the US including Santa Claus, IN.

10:30 p.m. (TRAVEL)More Christmastown, USA Visit towns in theUS where Christmas is celebrated 365 days a year.

Wednesday, December17Noon (FAM)Movie “A Christmas Carol” (2009) Voices of Jim Carrey.Spirits visit Ebenezer Scrooge and show him the errors of hisways by revisiting his life.

1 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Farewell Mr. Kringle” (2010) Christine Taylor.A journalist writes about a Santa Claus impersonator who lives ina Christmas-themed town.


2 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas” (2004)Voices of Wayne Allwine. Mickey, Minnie and Santa Claus attemptto teach Donald the true meaning of Christmas.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas in Conway” (2013) Mandy Moore.A man decides the perfect Christmas present for his wife is a rideon a Ferris wheel.

3:30 p.m. (FAM) The Year Without a Santa Claus Santa decides totake time off because he feels people have lost the spirit ofChristmas.

4:30 p.m. (FAM) Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Fred Astaire narratesthe timeless tale of how Kris Kringle grew up to become SantaClaus.

7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas Parade” (2014) AnnaLynne McCord.A big-city morning show host finds a renewed Christmas spritand unexpected love.

(TNT)Movie “A Christmas Carol” (1999) Patrick Stewart. A miserlyold man is visited by three ghosts in order to learn the meaningof Christmas.


9 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Holiday Engagement” (2011) Haylie Duff. Awoman hires a man to come home and pretend to be her fiancéover the holidays.

(TNT)Movie “A Christmas Carol” (1999) Patrick Stewart. A miserlyold man is visited by three ghosts in order to learn the meaningof Christmas.

9:30 p.m. (COM) South Park South Park goes overboard in a zealousattempt to hold a politically correct Christmas.

Thursday, December18Noon (FAM)Movie “Holiday in Handcuffs” (2007) Melissa Joan Hart.A woman kidnaps a handsome guy to take home to her parentsduring the Christmas holidays.

1 p.m. (HALL)Movie “ThreeWiseWomen” (2010) Fionnula Flana-gan. A woman is visited by her guardian angel, her past self andher future self.


3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas”(2011) Gil Bellows. A man and woman find love at the most un-expected time and have the best Christmas ever.

4:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas” (1999)Wayne Allwine. Donald Duck and his nephews wish for Christmasevery day. Goofy shows Christmas spirit.


5:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Santa Clause” (1994) Tim Allen. Whena father mistakenly kills Santa Claus, he is magically recruited totake his place.

7 p.m. (AMC)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) MaureenO’Hara. A Macy’s store Santa Claus raises eyebrows when heclaims to be the real Kris Kringle.

(CW) iHeartRadio Jingle Ball The star-studded concert from Madi-son Square Garden.


(TCM)Movie “A Christmas Carol” (1938) Reginald Owen. EbeneezerScrooge learns a lesson in charity after a visit from three spirits.


8:15 p.m. (TCM)Movie “Scrooge” (1970) Albert Finney. Three spiritsvisit Scrooge, a miserable man soured on the meaning of Christ-mas.

9 p.m. (EWTN) Keep Christ in Christmas A tour behind the scenes ofthe making of ‘Santa’s Priority,’ a Christmas evangomercial.



10:15 p.m. (TCM)Movie “Scrooge” (1935) Sir Seymour Hicks.Scrooge is visited by three Christmas ghosts, who teach himabout charity and compassion.

Buddy the Elf is back and bigger than everas NBC presents “Elf: Buddy’s MusicalChristmas” starring four-time Emmy

Award winner Jim Parsons as the titular elf.The hour-long stop motion special mixes thehumor and enthusiasm of the 2003 Will FerrellChristmas movie “Elf” with the hit Broadwayshow “Elf: The Musical” to create a lively newstory about Buddy’s adventures to New YorkCity to meet the father he never knew he had.Also lending their voice talents to this magicalholiday special are Mark Hamill, Jay Leno, KateMicucci and Gilbert Gottfried.

Tuesday, Dec. 16 on NBC

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Friday, December19Noon (FOOD) Semi-HomemadeWith Sandra Lee Sandra and her sis-ter make a holiday meal starting with macadamia nut-crustedgoat cheese.

12:30 p.m. (TBN)White Christmas Seasonal Music.1:30 p.m. (TBN) God Came Near Based on Max Lucado’s belovedbook, God Came Near.


3 p.m. (EWTN) The First Christmas(HALL)Movie “Hitched for the Holidays” (2012) Joey Lawrence. Aman and woman agree to pose as each other’s significant otherto their families.


(CW)Mr. Magoo’s Christmas CarolMagoo is to portray Scrooge in aplay, but he must first learn the meaning of Christmas.

(FAM)Movie “Elf” (2003) Will Ferrell. A man raised as an elf at theNorth Pole travels to New York to find his true father.

(HALL)Movie “Naughty or Nice” (2012) Hilarie Burton. A youngwoman receives a book that reveals the good and bad about ev-eryone in her life.

(NBC) Christmas in Rockefeller Center Celebrate the lighting of theworld’s most famous Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.

(TNT) Christmas inWashington8 p.m. (AMC)Movie “The Santa Clause 2” (2002) Tim Allen. Afterbeing Santa Claus for a few years, Scott Calvin must find a wifeand help his son.

8:30 p.m. (CW) Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special Po is caught be-tween family traditions and warrior duties when he hosts theWinter Feast.

9 p.m. (EWTN) ChristmasWith Collin Raye Featuring Andrea Thom-as Country music star Collin Raye and Andre Thomas performcherished Christmas songs.


(HALL)Movie “Christmas Parade” (2014) AnnaLynne McCord. Abig-city morning show host finds a renewed Christmas sprit andunexpected love.

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Saturday, December20Noon (ION)Movie “A Golden Christmas 2” (2011) A woman mustdecide if she wants to rekindle the love she once had for her ex.

1 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Angels and Ornaments” (2014) Jessalyn Gil-sig. Hopeless romantic wishes on a Christmas tree ornament for agreat romance.

2 p.m. (ION)Movie “A Golden Christmas 3” (2012) Shantel Van-Santen. An unlikely couple fall in love during a production of ‘AChristmas Carol.’



4 p.m. (ION)Movie “A Christmas Kiss” (2011) Brendan Fehr. A de-signer and her assistant vie for a man while decorating his homefor the holidays.

(TBN)Movie “A ChristmasWish” (2010) Kristy Swanson. A woman,left destitute by her husband, faces a bleak Christmas with herchildren.

(USA)Movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) James Stewart. An an-gel shows a suicidal banker how important he has been in thelives of others.




6 p.m. (ION)Movie “My Santa” (2013) Samaire Armstrong. A singlemother begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas.

7 p.m. (ABC) I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown Linus andLucy’s younger brother, ReRun, asks Snoopy to invite his brotherSpike to visit.

(AMC)Movie “The Nativity Story” (2006) Keisha Castle-Hughes.Mary and Joseph journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

(EWTN) A Time to Remember The Christmas story of a boy who de-velops his singing with a priest.

(FAM)Movie “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000) Jim Carrey.A Grinch plans on stealing Christmas from the residents ofWhoville, who love Christmas.


8 p.m. (ABC) CMA Country Christmas Country’s biggest stars cele-brate the holidays with songs and stories to warm your heart.


10 p.m. (ION)Movie “A Perfect Christmas List” (2014) Ellen Holl-man. A woman attempts to repair her daughter and granddaugh-ter’s strained relationship.

(TBN)Movie “Love’s Christmas Journey” (2011) Ellie Davis. Awoman’s brother goes missing while she’s visiting him during theChristmas holiday.

Sunday, December21Noon (AMC)Movie “The Nativity Story” (2006) Keisha Castle-Hughes. Mary and Joseph journey to Bethlehem for the birth ofJesus.

(FAM) The Little Drummer Boy An orphaned drummer boy over-comes great hardships to deliver a gift of love to Baby Jesus.

(ION)Movie “Anything But Christmas” (2012) Plans to propose atChristmas go awry for John and his love life is put in jeopardy.


(TCM)Movie “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945) Barbara Stanwyck.A promotional stunt threatens to expose a columnist’s fictitioushousekeeping skills.

Blake Shelton hosts a star-studded Christ-mas event featuring a mix of countrymusic, hilarious skits and even a raunchy

claymation sketch. “Blake Shelton’s Not-So-Family Christmas” promises to leave viewersin stitches as he and some famous pals gathertogether to sing, share stories and bring thelaughs all with a holiday twist. Shelton’s wife,Miranda Lambert; former “American Idol”winner Kelly Clarkson; fellow “The Voice judgeChristina Aguilera; and his mother, DorothyShackleford, all stop by and join Shelton in belt-ing out some Christmas tunes.

Friday, Dec. 19 on AMC

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(ION)Movie “A Christmas Kiss” (2011) Brendan Fehr. A designerand her assistant vie for a man while decorating his home for theholidays.

2:30 p.m. (TBS)Movie “Nothing Like the Holidays” (2008) AlfredMolina. A Puerto Rican family spends a Christmas together, fac-ing the fact it may be their last.



(TCM)Movie “Holiday Affair” (1949) Robert Mitchum. A man offersto buy a model train set for a boy whose mother cannot afford it.



6 p.m. (ION)Movie “TwelveWishes for Christmas” (2011) ElisaDonovan. When a mysterious lady grants a woman wishes, shemust set things right after the fallout.

7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Help for the Holidays” (2012) Summer Glau.An elf sets out to teach her new employers what it means to be afamily at Christmas time.

8 p.m. (TNT)Movie “Four Christmases” (2008) Vince Vaughn. Acouple struggles to spend Christmas with all four of their di-vorced parents.


(HALL)Movie “Hats Off to Christmas!” (2013) Haylie Duff. The as-sistant manager of the Santa Hat Factory starts to fall for theboss’s son.

10 p.m. (EWTN) ChristmasWith Collin Raye Featuring AndreaThomas Country music star Collin Raye and Andre Thomas per-form cherished Christmas songs.

Monday, December22Noon (FAM)Movie “Snowglobe” (2007) Lorraine Bracco. A mysticalsnow globe transports Angela into an idyllic Christmas winterwonderland.


1 p.m. (TBS) American Dad Stan invites his half-brother over forThanksgiving dinner to show off his good fortune.


2 p.m. (FAM)Movie “The Mistle-Tones” (2012) Tia Mowry-Hardict. Ayoung singer creates her own musical Christmas group after los-ing a spot in another.

(FOOD) Giada at Home Giada celebrates the Christmas season byhosting a holiday get-together with friends.

3 p.m. (AMC)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994) Lord RichardAttenborough. A young girl’s mother hires a department storeSanta who proves that he’s genuine.

(HALL)Movie “Help for the Holidays” (2012) Summer Glau. An elfsets out to teach her new employers what it means to be a familyat Christmas time.

4 p.m. (FAM) Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The children build Frostya companion out of snow after noticing how sad he has become.

4:30 p.m. (FAM) Rudolph’s Shiny New Year Rudolph must find Hap-py, the missing baby new year, before midnight on New Year’sEve.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas Magic” (2011) Lindy Booth. An an-gel-to-be must earn her wings by watching over a despondentman and his daughter.


(EWTN) Keep Christ in Christmas A tour behind the scenes of themaking of ‘Santa’s Priority,’ a Christmas evangomercial.

(FAM) Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town Fred Astaire narrates the time-less tale of how Kris Kringle grew up to become Santa Claus.

6:30 p.m. (FAM)Mickey’s Christmas Carol The three ghosts ofChristmas visit Scrooge McDuck to teach him the spirit of theholiday.


(COM) South Park The boys travel to Terrance and Phillip’s countryto save Ike from his Canadian parents.

(CW) iHeartRadio Jingle Ball The star-studded concert from Madi-son Square Garden.


(HALL)Movie “Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus” (2004) Steve Gutten-berg. Santa worries about turning over the reigns to his son, Nick,who hasn’t yet found a wife.

(NBC) Saturday Night Live Christmas A compilation of fan-favoriteholiday sketches.

7:30 p.m. (COM) South ParkWith the help of Santa, Mr. Hankey andJesus, Cartman attempts to bring Christmas to Iraq.


7:45 p.m. (AMC)Movie “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994) Lord Rich-ard Attenborough. A young girl’s mother hires a departmentstore Santa who proves that he’s genuine.


(COM) South Park South Park goes overboard in a zealous attemptto hold a politically correct Christmas.

8:30 p.m. (COM) South Park The boys spend Christmas with Cart-man’s family; Uncle Howard escapes from prison.

9 p.m. (COM) South ParkMr. Hankey hosts a collection of vignettesfeaturing the cast performing Christmas songs.

9:30 p.m. (COM) South Park The boys make a video Christmas cardto save the spirit of the Christmas season.


The world’s most popular mouse gets aChristmas makeover in the Oscar-nom-inated animated short film “Mickey’s

Christmas Carol” based on the classic story byCharles Dickens. Featuring Scrooge McDuck(Alan Young) as the crotchety miser EbenezerScrooge and Mickey Mouse (Wayne Allwine) asthe overworked and underpaid Bob Cratchit,this Disney film is a television staple over theChristmas holidays and continues to bringlaughter and love to even the most cantanker-ous characters.

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Tuesday, December23Noon (FOOD) Sandra’s Money Saving Meals The holidays are here solet Sandra Lee show you how to prepare a picture perfect feast.

(TBN) The Collingsworth Family Christmas music.(TBS) American Dad Steve accidentally shoots Santa with a gunthat Stan has given him for Christmas.


1:30 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Holiday in Handcuffs” (2007) Melissa JoanHart. A woman kidnaps a handsome guy to take home to her par-ents during the Christmas holidays.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “All I Want for Christmas” (2007) Gail O’Grady.A nine-year-old boy enters a contest to find a new husband forhis mother.

3:30 p.m. (FAM) Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The children buildFrosty a companion out of snow after noticing how sad he hasbecome.


(FOOD) The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond celebrates the holidayseason on the ranch serving up her down-home classics.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Bride for Christmas” (2012) AndrewW.Walker. A woman falls in love, unaware she’s been handpicked tohelp the man win a bet.


7 p.m. (ABC) Shrek the Halls Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Puss In Boots andall their fairytale buddies celebrate Christmas.

(FX)Movie “ChristmasWith the Kranks” (2004) Tim Allen. Lutherand Nora Krank scramble to create the perfect Christmas for theirdaughter.


7:30 p.m. (ABC) Toy Story That Time Forgot Trixie the triceratopshelps the gang to return to Bonnie’s room.


9 p.m. (FX)Movie “ChristmasWith the Kranks” (2004) Tim Allen.Luther and Nora Krank scramble to create the perfect Christmasfor their daughter.

(HALL)Movie “WindowWonderland” (2013) Chyler Leigh. As theChristmas season approaches, a woman vies for the position ofhead window designer.

(TBN)Movie “Love’s Christmas Journey” (2011) Ellie Davis. Awoman’s brother goes missing while she’s visiting him during theChristmas holiday.

Wednesday, December241 p.m. (COM) Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special Come-dian Jeff Dunham performs a holiday-themed stand-up specialwith his friends.




(FAM)Movie “The Polar Express” (2004) Voices of Tom Hanks. Adoubting little boy boards a magical train to visit the North Poleon Christmas Eve.

(ION)Movie “My Santa” (2013) Samaire Armstrong. A single moth-er begins to lose her faith in the magic of Christmas.





(FX)Mike &MollyMolly’s disappointment at work throws her intoa funk that threatens to ruin Christmas.

4:30 p.m. (EWTN) The First Christmas5 p.m. (COM) Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special Come-dian Jeff Dunham performs a holiday-themed stand-up specialwith his friends.




(TLC) Extreme Christmas Trees Captures the anticipation, excite-ment and joy embodied by the ultimate Christmas icon.

(TRAVEL) Christmastown, USA Visit the jolliest, holiday-theme-named towns across the US including Santa Claus, IN.

6:30 p.m. (TRAVEL)More Christmastown, USA Visit towns in the USwhere Christmas is celebrated 365 days a year.

7 p.m. (CW)Mr. Magoo’s Christmas CarolMagoo is to portrayScrooge in a play, but he must first learn the meaning of Christ-mas.

(FOX) Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Sid travels to the North Poleafter Manny convinces him he is on Santa’s naughty list.


Join Alex (Ben Stiller), Marty (Chris Rock), Glo-ria (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman (DavidSchwimmer) as they attempt to escape from

Madagascar yet again in the holiday-themedspecial “Merry Madagascar.” After mistakenlyshooting Santa Claus (Carl Reiner) out of thesky, the four friends hatch a plan to deliver thepresents then commandeer the sleigh to getback to New York. But when the sleigh’s magicstarts to run out, the group needs to decidewhether they’ll head home or go back to Mada-gascar to save Santa.

Wednesday, Dec. 24 on CW

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(NBC)Movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) James Stewart. An an-gel shows a suicidal banker how important he has been in thelives of others.

(TBS) (TNT)Movie “A Christmas Story” (1983) Peter Billingsley. Inthe ‘40s, a young boy wants only one thing from Santa: an offi-cial Red Ryder BB gun.

(MAX)Movie “Deck the Halls” (2006) Danny de Vito. Two feudingneighbors try to prove to the other that he has more holiday spir-it.

7:30 p.m. (HBO)Movie “Black Nativity” (2013) Forest Whitaker. ABaltimore teen travels to New York City to spend Christmas withhis estranged family.


(TLC) Invasion of the Christmas Lights Visit Christmas lighting en-thusiasts and see their glorious and elaborate displays.

8:30 p.m. (CW)Merry Madagascar Santa and his reindeer crash intoMadagascar and the animals needs to save Christmas.



(TCM)Movie “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945) Barbara Stanwyck.A promotional stunt threatens to expose a columnist’s fictitioushousekeeping skills.

(TLC) Invasion of the Christmas Lights Visit six homes in the U.S.where wizards of light put on holiday displays that dazzle.

10 p.m. (ION)Movie “A Christmas Kiss” (2011) Brendan Fehr. A de-signer and her assistant vie for a man while decorating his homefor the holidays.

10:35 p.m. (CBS) A New York Christmas to Remember A holidayservice of lessons and carols from the Church of St. Paul theApostle in NYC.

11 p.m. (FAM)Movie “Scrooged” (1988) Bill Murray. A callous exec-utive learns the true meaning of Christmas when he is visited byghosts.



(TLC) Invasion of the Christmas Lights Visit Christmas lighting en-thusiasts and see their glorious and elaborate displays.

Thursday, December25Noon (FAM) Rudolph’s Shiny New Year Rudolph must find Happy,the missing baby new year, before midnight on New Year’s Eve.

(ION)Movie “A Star for Christmas” (2012) Corey Seiver. A success-ful but lonely business woman falls for a troubled actor.

12:30 p.m. (HALL)Movie “The Nine Lives of Christmas” (2014)Brandon Routh. Handsome bachelor sees his life change beforehis eyes when he adopts a stray cat.



1:30 p.m. (TBN) Dottie Rambo Christmas Seasonal music.2 p.m. (FAM) The Year Without a Santa Claus Santa decides to taketime off because he feels people have lost the spirit of Christ-mas.

(FMC)Movie “Scrooge” (1951) Alastair Sim. Three ghosts visit amiserable old man, who is sour on the meaning of Christmas.


(ION)Movie “A ChristmasWedding Date” (2012) Marla Sokoloff. Awoman faces difficulties when she returns home for a friend’sChristmas wedding.

3 p.m. (FAM) Disney’s Prep and Landing Elves known as Prep &Landing prepare homes around the world for Santa’s arrival.


3:30 p.m. (FAM) Prep and Landing 2: Naughty vs. NiceWayne andhis estranged brother, Lanny, race to recover classified North Poletechnology.

(HALL)Movie “A Cookie Cutter Christmas” (2014) Erin Krakow. Twolong-time rivals and school teachers duke it out during the holi-days in bake-off.

(HBO)Movie “Black Nativity” (2013) Forest Whitaker. A Baltimoreteen travels to New York City to spend Christmas with his es-tranged family.



(ION)Movie “All I Want for Christmas” (2013) Melissa Sagemiller.A woman is given a gift to listen to every unspoken thought ofpeople around her.




(TCM)Movie “Love Finds Andy Hardy” (1938) Mickey Rooney. Ayoung teenager is caught between three romances and he doesnot know which one to pick.



(TBN) Crabb Family Christmas Seasonal music from the Crabb Fam-ily.

6:30 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Angels and Ornaments” (2014) JessalynGilsig. Hopeless romantic wishes on a Christmas tree ornamentfor a great romance.

7 p.m. (ABC) Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas The story ofthe Grinch, who decides to steal Christmas from the citizens ofWhoville.

(CW)Movie “The 12 Dogs of Christmas” (2005) John Billingsley.The story of a young girl who uses dogs to teach people themeaning of Christmas.

(NBC) HowMurray Saved Christmas A cranky deli owner is forcedto fill in for Santa and does a wonderful job.

7:30 p.m. (ABC)Movie “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”(2000) Jim Carrey. The Grinch disguises himself as Santa to stealChristmas from the people of Whoville.

8 p.m. (FMC)Movie “Scrooge” (1951) Alastair Sim. Three ghosts vis-it a miserable old man, who is sour on the meaning of Christmas.

(HALL)Movie “Royal Christmas” (2014) Lacey Chabert. Prince Leo-pold falls in love with Emily, has no intentions of marrying intoroyalty.

(ION)Movie “A Perfect Christmas List” (2014) Ellen Hollman. Awoman attempts to repair her daughter and granddaughter’sstrained relationship.

(NBC) Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas An Elf named Buddy travelsto New York City to meet the father he never knew he had.

9:30 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas Under Wraps” Candace Camer-on-Bure. Woman loses her job and beau on same day and reluc-tantly accepts position in Alaska.

10 p.m. (FMC)Movie “Scrooge” (1951) Alastair Sim. Three ghostsvisit a miserable old man, who is sour on the meaning of Christ-mas.

(FX)Movie “ChristmasWith the Kranks” (2004) Tim Allen. Lutherand Nora Krank scramble to create the perfect Christmas for theirdaughter.


Friday, December2612:30 p.m. (TBN) A Christian Ebner Christmas Featuring engagingcarols and arrangements to get you in the holiday spirit.




5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “The Christmas Spirit” (2013) Nicolette Sheri-dan. Following an accident, a woman learns that her body is in acoma but her spirit is awake.

7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Fir Crazy” (2013) Craig Pryce. A marketing ex-ecutive discovers a new fondness for the holidays selling Christ-mas trees.

9 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle” (2009)James Van Der Beek. Mrs. Merkle, a nanny, changes the lives of afather and his six-year-old twins.

11 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle”(2010) Doris Roberts. Mrs. Miracle, a magical lady turns the livesof a group of New Yorkers upside down.

Saturday, December273 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Bride for Christmas” (2012) AndrewW.Walker. A woman falls in love, unaware she’s been handpicked tohelp the man win a bet.


7 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (2013) Alicia Witt. Awoman forms a bond with a family that she is accidentally land-ed with over the holidays.

Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora Krank (JamieLee Curtis) decide to forgo Christmas andgo on a cruise when their daughter, Blair

(Julie Gonzalo), sets off for a Peace Corps assign-ment over the holiday season in the hit seasonalflick “Christmas With the Kranks.” After draw-ing the ire from their friends and neighbors, Lu-ther and Nora get a call from Blair announcingthat she’s actually coming home Christmas Eve!The Kranks are forced to scramble at the lastminute to put together an unforgettable Christ-mas, lest the holiday be completely ruined.

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Sunday, December281 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Very Merry Mix-Up” (2013) Alicia Witt. Awoman forms a bond with a family that she is accidentally land-ed with over the holidays.


5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” (2008)Brooke Burns. A single mom who has lost all faith in Christmasfinds answers when her uncle visits.

7 p.m. (TBS)Movie “Four Christmases” (2008) Vince Vaughn. Acouple struggles to spend Christmas with all four of their di-vorced parents.



11 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Naughty or Nice” (2012) Hilarie Burton. Ayoung woman receives a book that reveals the good and badabout everyone in her life.

Monday, December291 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Christmas Parade” (2014) AnnaLynne McCord.A big-city morning show host finds a renewed Christmas spritand unexpected love.




8 p.m. (ABC) Rudolph’s Shiny New Year Rudolph must find Happy,the missing baby new year, before midnight on New Year’s Eve.


Tuesday, December301 p.m. (HALL)Movie “A Cookie Cutter Christmas” (2014) Erin Kra-kow. Two long-time rivals and school teachers duke it out duringthe holidays in bake-off.

3 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Best Christmas Party Ever” (2014) Torrey De-Vitto. An up-and-coming event planner finds out boss intends tohand business to her nephew.

5 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Hats Off to Christmas!” (2013) Haylie Duff.The assistant manager of the Santa Hat Factory starts to fall forthe boss’s son.



Wednesday, December311 p.m. (HALL)Movie “Help for the Holidays” (2012) Summer Glau.An elf sets out to teach her new employers what it means to be afamily at Christmas time.


4:30 p.m. (EWTN) Vespers of Thanksgiving6 p.m. (TLC) Extreme Christmas Trees Captures the anticipation, ex-citement and joy embodied by the ultimate Christmas icon.

7 p.m. (ABC) Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ EveWithRyan Seacrest Celebrating live from Times Square in New YorkCity.

(FOX) Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution Pitbull will be joined bysome of his favorite A-list musicians, DJs and celebrities.


8 p.m. (TLC) Invasion of the Christmas Lights Visit Christmas light-ing enthusiasts and see their glorious and elaborate displays.

9 p.m. (TLC) Invasion of the Christmas Lights Visit six homes in theU.S. where wizards of light put on holiday displays that dazzle.

10 p.m. (FOX) Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution Pitbull will be joinedby some of his favorite A-list musicians, DJs and celebrities.

10:30 p.m. (ABC) Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ EveWith Ryan Seacrest The countdown to midnight from TimesSquare in New York continues.

11 p.m. (TLC) Invasion of the Christmas Lights Visit Christmas light-ing enthusiasts and see their glorious and elaborate displays.

Ring in the New Year with rap superstarand fashion icon Pitbull (ArmandoChristian Pérez) as he hosts and performs

in “Pitbull’s New Year’s Eve Revolu�ion” fromthe sandy beaches of Miami, Fla. As the worldgets ready to count down to 2015, Pitbull and anarray of his favorite A-list DJs, musicians andcelebrities hit the stage for live musical perfor-mances and one of the hottest celebrations tohelp welcome a new year.

Wednesday, Dec. 31 on Fox

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