TFP Holiday Entertainment Guide 2012 by Toledo Free Press

December 1-31, 2012

Holiday Entertainment Guide Your month-long digest of holiday movies, TV and music.

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New Holiday Shows Finding Mrs. Claus (12/2, Lifetime)

Las Vegas isn’t the first location that comes to mind when you think of Christmas, but it’s the setting for this new holiday tale. Oscar winner Mira Sorvino (“Mighty Aphrodite”) has the title role of Santa’s spouse, who’s feeling neglected by her husband (Will Sasso, “The Three Stooges”) as the big night approaches. She decides to visit Vegas – not to gamble but to help make a Christmas wish come true for a little girl who lives there. A repentant Santa follows her there, and what happens in Vegas puts Christmas in jeopardy.

American Giving Awards (12/8, NBC) What better time than the season of giving to honor great givers? Joel McHale (“Community”) hosts this special, which honors the United States’ most deserving charities and gives one of them a $1 million donation, with six-figure awards for the runners-up. Online votes pick the winner from five organizations representing education, human rights, health and wellness, community leadership and youth groups. Musical performances and special surprises are also on tap.

The Mistle-Tones (12/9, ABC Family)

Holly (Tia Mowry), a talented young singer, is distressed to discover that a coveted position in a Christmas choir has gone to the director’s less-talented best friend (Tori Spelling). She starts her own group, the Mistle-Tones, and challenges the other ensemble to a sing-off on Christmas Eve. Along the way, she gains some new friends, a new love and a new appreciation for the season in this tuneful new tale.

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Summer Glau (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) stars in this new fantasy as Christine, one of Santa’s elves who loves Christmas but is bored with the North Pole life. When Santa receives an urgent wish from a youngster (Mason Cook), he puts Christine on the case. The boy and his sister (Izabela Vidovic) want a real family Christmas with their parents (Eva La Rue, Dan Gauthier), who are too busy running a holiday store to pay attention to their kids. As their new nanny, Christine sets out to effect an attitude adjustment.

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Dec. 5 8:00 a.m. HGTV Secrets From a Holiday Stylist Emily helps a couple spruce up their home. Dec. 1 10:30 a.m. FOOD Hungry Girl Upside down pumpkin pie; apple and onion stuffing; “It’s Not” 8:30 a.m. FOOD The Best Thing I Ever Ate Cosweet potato casserole. conut gold bars; traditional fruit cake. 9:00 a.m. FOOD Paula’s Home Cooking Brown- 1:00 p.m. HGTV Celebrity Holiday Homes Interior designers create a holiday decor for celebrities; ies; Italian chicken sticks. Eva La Rue’s “Santa’s Workshop.” 9:30 a.m. FOOD Paula’s Best Dishes Amy and Suzette help cook up a Christmas-time meal. Dec. 6 10:30 a.m. FOOD The Pioneer Woman Cinna1:00 p.m. HGTV Celebrity Holiday Homes Intemon rolls; prime rib with rosemary. rior designers create a holiday decor for celebrities; 8:00 p.m. TLC Extreme Christmas Trees ChristAlison Sweeney; Jo Dee Messina. mas trees that are over the top. 6:00 p.m. FOOD Cupcake Wars Cupcakes pre-

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12:00 p.m. FOOD Paula’s Best Dishes Deep fried ham; loaded mashed potatoes. 8:00 p.m. WGTE WBGU WTVS Lidia Celebrates America Italian Christmas Eve; MexicanAmerican Christmas; Chinese New Year.

Dec. 3 1:00 p.m. HGTV Holiday, Inc. New York City landmarks are transformed overnight for the holidays. 4:30 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Seafood gratin in a golden saffron sauce; pumpkin mousse.

Dec. 4 2:30 p.m. FOOD 30-Minute Meals Tuna and vegetable salad; super shrimp scampi.

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Dec. 7 1:00 p.m. HGTV Radio City Holiday Transforming the Grand Foyer and Grand Lounge. 2:00 p.m. FOOD Secrets of a Restaurant Chef Crown roast of pork; chestnut and pear stuffing; roasted kabocha squash and haricot verts. 8:00 p.m. HGTV Celebrity Holiday Homes Dee Snider, Cheryl Burke and Bebe Winans get their homes decorated for the holidays.

3:00 p.m. HGTV Sarah’s Holiday Party Timetested methods for hosting a grand holiday party. 8:00 p.m. HGTV White House Christmas: Through the Years A look back at America’s First Home during the holidays. 9:00 p.m. FOOD Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Guy heads to North Pole, Alaska, to visit local establishments.

Dec. 9 3:00 p.m. FOOD Guy’s Disney Holiday Guy explores the holiday-themed meals and treats at Disneyland.

Dec. 10 3:30 p.m. FOOD Giada at Home Giada and her family celebrate Christmas. 4:00 p.m. FOOD Barefoot Contessa Three canapés; Salmon tartare; sopresatta with cheese.

Dec. 11 10:30 a.m. FOOD Cooking for Real Spiral ham with pumpkin spice; string bean casserole salad. 1:30 p.m. FOOD 10 Dollar Dinners With Melissa D’Arabian Sausage and apple stuffed pork roast; salt roasted potatoes.

Dec. 12 10:00 a.m. FOOD 5 Ingredient Fix Four simple recipes for the holidays. 1:00 p.m. HGTV White House Christmas: Through the Years A look back at America’s First Home during the holidays.

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Dec. 14 1:00 p.m. HGTV Genevieve’s Holiday Home Genevieve Gorder helps the Jimenez family decorate.

Dec. 15 11:30 a.m. FOOD Giada at Home Roasted prime rib with thyme and Marsala; mashed potatoes with kale, pistachio tart. 2:00 p.m. HGTV Celebrity Holiday Homes Interior designers create a holiday decor for celebrities; Eva La Rue’s “Santa’s Workshop.” 7:00 p.m. TLC More Crazy Christmas Lights Christmas-light displays across the country. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped It’s holiday time and the chefs discover ingredients for their holiday-inspired dishes. TLC Invasion of the Christmas Lights Elaborate Christmas displays of lights and decorations. 9:00 p.m. HGTV Celebrity Holiday Homes Haylie Duff, Lisa Lampanelli and Tamara Tunie get their homes decorated for the holidays. TLC Invasion of the Christmas Lights 2 Elaborate home displays of holiday lights and decorations.

Dec. 16 12:00 p.m. FOOD Deen Family Christmas Shrimp-stuffed potatoes; slow-cooked roast with herb sauce; popcorn nut balls; butter cake. 11:00 p.m. FOOD Iron Chef America Holiday battle with chef Morimoto vs chef Symon.

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Joe Mantegna “You’re talking to an Italian guy, and I know this is going to sound strange, but it would be my Aunt Pauline’s ravioli. That’s always my go-to thing as I think about Christmas. She’s long passed now, but if I could relive that, that would be something.”

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“I usually don’t even eat (my standing rib roast). I cut the roast off the bones and save the bones for myself. I just gnaw on the bones. At Christmastime, everybody gets these big slabs of meat, and I get a pile of bones. And it’s just what I want for Christmas, a glass of red wine and a pile of bones.”

Freddy Rodriguez

“There is a dish that is made around the holidays pastelles, sort of like a meat pie made with grinded plantains and seasoned with banana leaves and adobo and sofrito. And it’s timeconsuming to make, which is why they only make it during the holidays.”

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“Hmmm, white chocolate egg nog.”

“I like stuffing. I think turkey is fine, but for me, the sides are where it’s at. I make stuffing about 4,000 different ways. I think this year I’m going to do it with Chinese sausage.”

What’s Your Favorite Holiday Food? Dec. 17 2:00 p.m. FOOD Secrets of a Restaurant Chef Crown roast of pork; chestnut and pear stuffing; roasted kabocha squash and haricot verts.

Dec. 18 3:00 p.m. FOOD Giada at Home Roasted prime rib with thyme and Marsala; mashed potatoes with kale, pistachio tart. 8:00 p.m. FOOD Chopped The chefs prepare holiday-themed dishes.

Dec. 19 9:00 a.m. HGTV Color Splash A home becomes a rustic winter wonderland.

Dec. 20 9:30 a.m. FOOD Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen Beetroot and ginger chutney; red chili jelly; spiced fruits steeped in sherry and winter-spiced vodka.

Dec. 21 9:30 a.m. FOOD Nigella’s Christmas Kitchen Chocolate rocky road; Christmas Pavlova; port and Stilton sauce; Thai spiced beef.

Dec. 22 5:00 p.m. FOOD Iron Chef America Holiday battle with chef Morimoto vs chef Symon.

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Dec. 24 12:00 p.m. HGTV Radio City Holiday Transforming the Grand Foyer and Grand Lounge.

Dec. 25 11:30 a.m. HGTV Room Crashers A dark, outdated family room gets a bright holiday update.

Dry Aged Standing Rib Roast With Sage au Jus COURTESY ALTON BROWN, 2012 Ingredients 1 (4 bone in) choice standing rib roast, approximately 10 pounds canola oil, to coat 2 teaspoons kosher salt freshly ground black pepper, plenty to coat the roast 1 cup red wine 1 cup water 4 leaves fresh sage Directions 1. To dry-age the roast: Place a refrigerator thermometer at the back of the bottom shelf of your refrigerator. Reduce the temperature to just below 38° F. Cover the bottom of a roasting pan with several layers of paper

towels. Place the roast, bone side down, on the towels, and store—uncovered—at the back of the bottom shelf of your refrigerator. Allow the meat to age for 3 to 5 days, checking the refrigerator temperature often.*

reached. Return the roast to the hot oven for 10-15 minutes or until you’ve achieved your desired crust. Remove and transfer roast to a cutting board. Rest at least 15 minutes before carving.

2. When ready to cook, remove the roast from the refrigerator and bring to room temperature for 1 hour.

6. Drain off the fat from the glass pan and scrape the drippings to a 2-quart saucepan. Place the pan over low heat, add the wine and water and reduce by half. Stirring with a wooden spatula. Roll the sage leaves in between your fingers to release the flavors and aroma. Add to the sauce and cook for 1 minute. Strain and serve with the roast.

3. Place a 16-inch round azalea terra cotta planter into a cold oven. Invert the planter to become a lid over the bottom of the planter. The oven should be cold to start, to avoid any cracking in the terra cotta pieces. Turn the oven to 200˚ F. 4. Rub the roast with canola oil. Remember to rub the bones with oil, as well. Once the roast is completely coated with oil, sprinkle with the kosher salt and enough freshly ground pepper to coat the surface. Place the roast over a glass bake-ware dish slightly smaller than the length of the roast. This will catch the drippings needed for the sauce. Finally, place a probe thermometer into the center of the roast and set for 118˚F. Put the roast and the glass dish onto the planter dish, cover with the terra cotta pot, and return to the oven. Roast for approximately 4-7 hours, until it reaches an internal temperature of 120˚ F. 5. Remove the planter with the roast and turn oven up to 500 degrees F. Allow the roast to rest until an internal temperature of 130˚ F is

7. Carve the roast with an electric knife. Start by separating the bones from the meat by placing the roast with the bone ends facing with the meat side up. Cut, following the curve of the bone, towards the meat. Save the ribs for yourself and you’ve basically got a big, boneless roast. Remove any large layers of fat. Then start slicing from the end and make sure you don’t go less than a half-inch. *Draining Rig: Perforate the body of a large, hard plastic storage container, place the meat on the lid of said container and use the body as the lid. Place the standing rib roast upright onto a half sheet pan fitted with a cooling rack. The rack is essential for drainage. The lowest deepest part of your fridge is still ideal for stashing this rig. Yield: 10 servings

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3:00 p.m. LIFE A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride A scheming wedding planner disapproves of her mother’s upcoming marriage. 4:00 p.m. HALL Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle A single man hires a nanny to help him care for his 6-yearold twins. 6:00 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 Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle A DECEMBER 1 new employee saves a department store in trouble dur9:30 a.m. TMC A Grandpa for Christmas The ing the Christmas season. estranged grandfather of a 9-year-old quickly forms a 7:30 p.m. WPTA The Puzzle Club Christmas Mysbond with the child when, suddenly, they must take care tery While searching for missing parade funds, youngof each other. sters return a father to his family; animated. 10:00 a.m. HALL Moonlight and Mistletoe Nick and 8:00 p.m. WNWO WDIV WKYC WLIO WILX his daughter Holly fight a real-estate developer to keep WISE It’s a Wonderful Life Ruined by a miser on their Christmas theme park open. Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man sees life anew 10:30 a.m. FAM A Dennis the Menace Christmas A thanks to his guardian angel. mischievous boy tries to show his neighbor the holiday FAM Elf Adopted as a baby by one of Santa’s elves, a spirit while hoping Santa Claus grants his wish for a man leaves the workshop to search for his family in New bicycle. York. 11:00 a.m. LIFE Christmas in Paradise While vacationing in the Caribbean, bonds form among a man and his 10:00 p.m. LIFE Love at the Christmas Table A man realizes that his best friend since childhood is the woman two children and a woman and her two children. 12:00 p.m. HALL Naughty or Nice A woman uses a that he loves. special book from Santa Claus to expose those behaving DECEMBER 2 badly. 10:00 a.m. HALL Jingle & Bell’s Christmas Star Jingle 12:30 p.m. FAM Miracle on 34th Street A retail-war the Husky Pup and Andrew try to help some new lawyer goes to court to prove a department-store Santa friends rediscover their Christmas joy. Claus is for real. 11:00 a.m. FAM I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus A 1:00 p.m. LIFE Recipe for a Perfect Christmas A boy behaves badly after thinking Santa is trying to ruin fledgling food critic agrees to visit a struggling restaurant his parents’ marriage. if its chef will date her meddling mother. 2:00 p.m. HALL Hitched for the Holidays A man and 11:30 a.m. HALL Jingle & Bell’s Christmas Star Jingle the Husky Pup and Andrew try to help some new a woman pose as a couple to fool their respective families. friends rediscover their Christmas joy.

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It just wouldn’t be Christmas without this 1946 Frank Capra-directed classic. Its lukewarm box-office performance upon its release gave no indication it would become the seasonal staple it long has been, due in part to its plentiful television exposure. James Stewart makes the perfect George Bailey, the hapless Bedford Falls citizen whose experience of seeing how life would be without him has been echoed by countless TV-series episodes. Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and (as wing-earning angel Clarence) Henry Travers lend great support.

1:00 p.m. FAM The Search for Santa Paws A talking dog and an orphan must save Christmas after old Saint Nick loses his memory. 2:00 p.m. HALL A Bride for Christmas A man bets his friends that he can convince a woman to marry him by Christmas. 3:00 p.m. LIFE Christmas on Chestnut Street A materialistic storekeeper learns the true meaning of Christmas after her employee starts a holiday competition.

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Things I Learned From ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’

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The stop-motion-animated classic has snappy songs, cute characters and some life lessons.

1. “Nobody likes a skinny Santa.” Uttered by Mrs. Claus, this flies in the face of the modern obsession with staying thin. But Santa is an eternal symbol of abundance and plenty. Nobody likes a skinny Buddha either. 2. “There are more important things in life than comfort: selfrespect!” Papa deer Donner to son Rudolph, who’s sporting a fake nose, and possibly the first animated endorsement of artificial facial enhancement. 3. “It’s fascinating, you’ve no idea – molars and bicuspids and incisors … .” Hermey the Elf explains why dentistry is way better than making toys. 4. “A toy is never truly happy until it is loved by a child.” King Moonracer of the Island of Misfit Toys emphasizes the importance of fulfilling your destiny. 5. “You can’t run away from your troubles.” Sam the Snowman explains what Rudolph discovers as he grows up. 6. “The outside world is up to its ears in danger.” Preach it, Sam the Snowman. 7. “Maybe misfits have a place, too.” Santa sees the light after Hermey’s dentistry skills and Rudolph’s red nose save Christmas.

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7:00 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. LIFE The Christmas Consultant A consultant helps a workaholic mother survive the holidays. 8:00 p.m. HALL The Christmas Heart Neighbors unite to help a boy who desperately needs a heart transplant. TBS 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. HALL The Christmas Card Home on leave, a soldier visits a small town and falls for the woman who wrote a well-wishing card to the troops. TBS 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. 10:15 p.m. TCM All Mine to Give An orphan raised by Scottish pioneers in Wisconsin seeks homes for his five younger siblings on Christmas. 11:01 p.m. LIFE The Christmas Consultant A consultant helps a workaholic mother survive the holidays.

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4:00 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. 5:00 p.m. FAM ’Twas the Night Before Christmas When Santa Claus removes the citizens of a small town from his delivery itinerary after an insulting letter in the newspaper, a clockmaker and his family endeavor to regain his favor. 5:30 p.m. FAM Rudolph’s Shiny New Year Rudolph the reindeer comes to the rescue when an evil bird kidnaps the New Year baby. Voices of Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam. 6:00 p.m. HALL A Town Without Christmas A television reporter and an aspiring writer join the search for a missing boy who wrote a disturbing letter to Santa Claus. LIFE Christmas at Water’s Edge A wealthy collegian and an angel-in-training work together to organize a holiday concert for a youth center. 6:30 p.m. FAM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys The famous reindeer and his friends must save Christmas when the evil Toy Taker steals all of Santa’s toys. 8:00 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. HALL Silver Bells A teenage runaway connects his widowed father and a woman who lost her husband during a past Christmas holiday. LIFE A Diva’s Christmas Carol When an ego-driven superstar loses her holiday spirit, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit her.

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. HALL Mistletoe Over Manhattan The wife of Santa Claus tries to help a divorcing couple rediscover their love for each other.

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4:00 p.m. HALL The Santa Suit A corporate bigwig Burl Ives narrates this holiday learns valuable lessons when Santa Claus transforms him perennial, an animated musical into his look-alike. account of how young Rudolph and 5:30 p.m. FAM Mickey’s Christmas Carol Mickey Hermey the Elf (who secretly wants Mouse is Bob Cratchit to Scrooge McDuck’s Scrooge. Animated. to be a dentist) overcome their misfit 6:00 p.m. FAM Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too! status by teaming up with prospector Fearing that Santa may not get it in time, Pooh carries Yukon Cornelius and the his friends’ wish list to the North Pole. Animated. Abominable Snowmonster 6:30 p.m. FAM Jack Frost The icy little fellow falls in to save Christmas. Songs love and seeks Father Winter’s advice. 7:30 p.m. FAM Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The include “Holly Jolly magic snowman marries; Andy Griffith narrates the Christmas,’’ “Silver and animated story. Gold,’’ “It’s the Most 8:00 p.m. WTOL WLNS WANE WWJ Rudolph the Wonderful Time of the Red-Nosed Reindeer The reindeer with the incandescent nose guides Santa’s sleigh through a bad storm on Year’’ and of course, Christmas Eve. Based on the song by Johnny Marks. the title tune by Johnny 10:00 p.m. FAM Fred Claus The yuletide season brings Marks. headaches for Santa Claus, who bails his ne’er-do-well brother Fred out of trouble and puts him to work in his 10:00 p.m. HALL Eve’s Christmas A lonely career factory. woman gets a second chance to rethink a fateful decision HALL Farewell Mr. Kringle A widowed writer for after she makes a wish upon a Christmas Eve star. a magazine travels to the town of Mistletoe to meet a Santa Claus impersonator. DECEMBER 7 DECEMBER 5 4:00 p.m. HALL November Christmas A community works together to help a couple bring an early Christmas 6:00 p.m. HALL Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christto their sick 8-year-old daughter. mas Holiday travel leads to cross-country romances LIFE A Very Cool Christmas A fashion-conscious teen, when a man and a woman temporarily swap houses. 8:00 p.m. HALL Naughty or Nice A woman uses a who would rather spend Christmas with her boyfriend special book from Santa Claus to expose those behaving than her parents, gives Santa a makeover. badly. 6:00 p.m. HALL A Season for Miracles A woman tries 9:00 p.m. FAM The Polar Express Animated. The to save her sister’s children from foster care by taking conductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy who them to a small town where she is mistaken for a missquestions the existence of Santa Claus. ing heiress. LIFE The Family Holiday To claim an inheritance, DECEMBER 6 a con man must prove he can settle down and raise a 4:00 p.m. FAM Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in family. July Animated. Santa must save the day when Rudolph 8:00 p.m. HALL The Christmas Heart Neighbors the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman enunite to help a boy who desperately needs a heart transcounter an evil wizard. plant. HALL A Christmas Wish The owner of a diner helps a 9:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause 3: The Escape homeless woman and her children during the holidays. Clause Scott Calvin, aka Santa, contends with visiting HALL It’s Christmas, Carol! The ghost of her former in-laws and a scheme by mischievous Jack Frost to freeze boss shows a ruthless CEO her past, present and future. him out of Christmas. 8:00 p.m. FAM Disney’s A Christmas Carol Animated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face uncomfort- 10:00 p.m. HALL Santa Jr A public defender tries to help Saint Nick’s son after he is accused of stealing able truths when three Christmas spirits take him on a Christmas presents. journey through his past, present and future.

DECEMBER 8 10:00 a.m. HALL A Christmas Wedding Tail When two dogs fall in love, their respective owners find romance with each other. 12:00 p.m. HALL A Bride for Christmas A man bets his friends that he can convince a woman to marry him by Christmas. 2:00 p.m. HALL The Christmas Heart Neighbors unite to help a boy who desperately needs a heart transplant. LIFE An Accidental Christmas Two children scheme to reunite their estranged parents during a school holiday. 4:00 p.m. HALL Santa Jr A public defender tries to help Saint Nick’s son after he is accused of stealing Christmas presents. LIFE Undercover Christmas Assigned to protect a waitress, a workaholic FBI agent brings her to his parents’ home for the holidays. 6:00 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. LIFE Holiday High School Reunion A woman returns home during Christmas to attend her high-school reunion.

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Holiday Guide 2012 8:00 p.m. WTOL WLNS WANE WWJ Frosty the Snowman An animated adaptation of Romeo Muller’s story. Narrated by Jimmy Durante. HALL Come Dance With Me On the verge of proposing to his boss’s daughter, a man falls for his dance instructor. LIFE Holly’s Holiday An advertising executive finds Mr. Right when a mannequin magically comes to life. 8:30 p.m. WTOL WLNS WANE WWJ Frosty Returns A snow-removal spray threatens magic Frosty (voice of John Goodman); narrator Jonathan Winters. 9:00 p.m. WTOL WLNS WANE WWJ The Flight Before Christmas Animated. A flying squirrel shows a young reindeer how to soar into the sky. 10:00 p.m. HALL It’s Christmas, Carol! The ghost of her former boss shows a ruthless CEO her past, present and future.

DECEMBER 9 10:00 a.m. FAM Snowglobe A snow globe transports a woman into a holiday winter wonderland. HALL 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. 10:30 a.m. MAX A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Six years after their last adventure, the infamous stoners reunite on Christmas Eve to find a replacement tree for the one Harold sent up in smoke. 11:00 a.m. LIFE Holiday High School Reunion A woman returns home during Christmas to attend her high-school reunion. 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. 12:00 p.m. FAM Santa Baby A business executive returns to the North Pole to help her father, Santa Claus, prepare for Christmas.

Carly Rae Jepsen What is your favorite holiday song?

BY JACQUELINE CUTLER

with the fam. Christmas is always in Mission (B.C.). I share time between my dad’s place and my mom’s place. I have a huge family and we have relatives who are Swedish, relatives who are Italian, so we have an Italian Christmas, a Swedish Christmas, a regular old Canadian Christmas … yeah, we do it all. It’s like a full-on month-long holiday. Apparently everyone in the music business just shuts down for two-and-a-half weeks so I’m going to turn off my phone and just embrace pajamas for like a week.“

“I love Christmas so it’s hard to narrow it down but ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ is one of my favs from ‘Meet Me in St. Louis.’ I love old fashioned movies.”

What is your favorite holiday show or movie?

“A tie between ‘White Christmas’ and ‘Holiday Inn.’ Me and my stepmom have to watch them religiously every year. It’s our thing.“

What is your favorite holiday destination?

“Home, of course. There’s always this little inkling that I think everybody has of ‘lets ditch the snow and go somewhere hot’ but I don’t know, there’s something about it being Christmas and there being snow and freezing your buns off and eating lots of food and hanging

What is your favorite gift given?

“I worked really hard on a song for my mom one year and that was a gift that meant a lot to me.”

What is your favorite gift received?

“I received some concert tickets one year and it was really good because it was open-ended, like ‘hey, whenever you want to go see a concert this year I’m taking you, so whoever comes to town let me know and we’ll go.’ I picked Norah Jones and I got to see her play at the Orpheum and that was really great.”

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1:00 p.m. LIFE A Nanny for Christmas A career DECEMBER 10 woman cares for the children of a Beverly Hills advertis- 4:00 p.m. HALL The Santa Incident A family helps Vixen’s Pick ing executive during the holidays. Santa Claus after the U.S. government shoots down his 3:00 p.m. WPTA Little Shepherd A boy witnesses the sleigh. The Polar Express wonder of the first Christmas; animated. LIFE Noel A couple, a diner chef, an editor, an orLIFE The Road to Christmas A determined woman ABC Family Dec. 5, 6, 13, 14, phaned hustler and a former priest find unexpected haphitchhikes with a widower and his 12-year-old daughter piness on the holidays. 18, 19, 23, 24 to reach her wedding on Christmas Eve. 5:00 p.m. FAM A Miser Brothers’ Christmas The 3:30 p.m. WPTA Red Boots for Christmas Shoemaker An animated movie unlike any battling Miser brothers, Heat and Snow, must put aside Hans thinks Christmas is for greedy people. Animated. their differences and help save the holiday when injured other, director Robert Zemeckis’ 4:00 p.m. FAM 12 Dates of Christmas A woman magSanta is unable to deliver gifts. interpretation of Chris Van Allsburg’s ically experiences Christmas Eve over and over again. 6:00 p.m. FAM Jack Frost The icy little fellow falls in holiday story features Tom Hanks in HALL The Case for Christmas Santa Claus must hire a love and seeks Father Winter’s advice; voices of Buddy lawyer when a man sues him for emotional distress. multiple roles through Hackett, Robert Morse; animated. 6:00 p.m. FAM Holiday in Handcuffs To fool her HALL The Hollywood Christmas Parade A holiday a technique called parents, a waitress kidnaps a customer and forces him to parade featuring celebrities. “motion capture,’’ pretend to be her beau. LIFE The Christmas Hope A grieving woman bonds which creates a HALL A Princess for Christmas A woman escorts with an orphaned girl after the death of her son. her niece and nephew to spend the holidays with their pseudoreal look. Hanks 7:00 p.m. FAM Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The grandfather, an English duke. is most recognizable as magic snowman marries; Andy Griffith narrates the 7:00 p.m. LIFE Holly’s Holiday An advertising execuanimated story. the conductor of a train tive finds Mr. Right when a mannequin magically comes 7:30 p.m. FAM Mickey’s Christmas Carol Mickey that takes a youngster to life. Mouse is Bob Cratchit to Scrooge McDuck’s Scrooge. 8:00 p.m. WBGU WTVS Christmas at St. Olaf: on a wild ride to the Animated. Rejoice, Give Thanks, and Sing The annual Christmas North Pole in the 2004 8:00 p.m. CBET Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Festival at St. Olaf College in Minnesota marks its Christmas Boris Karloff narrates an animated tale about fantasy. 100th anniversary. a curmudgeon and merry Whoville; author Theodor FAM The Mistle-Tones A talented singer forms a musiGeisel, animator Chuck Jones and other artists recall cal group and challenges her rivals to a competition on 6:00 p.m. HALL The Wishing Tree With guidance creating the 1966 holiday classic. Christmas Eve. from a widowed professor, a troubled teen becomes a FAM The Year Without a Santa Claus Feeling sad and HALL Help for the Holidays Santa Claus sends an elf volunteer during the holidays. unwanted, Santa takes the day off before Christmas; to Los Angeles to help a boy and his family during the LIFE Christmas on Chestnut Street A materialistic voices: Mickey Rooney, Shirley Booth; animated. holidays. storekeeper learns the true meaning of Christmas after HALL Moonlight and Mistletoe Nick and his daugh8:30 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Prep & her employee starts a holiday competition. ter Holly fight a real-estate developer to keep their Landing: Naughty vs. Nice Lanny and Wayne race to 8:00 p.m. CBET Holiday Festival on Ice 2012 Some Christmas theme park open. recover classified North Pole technology that falls into of Canada’s top figure skaters perform, including Kurt LIFE The March Sisters at Christmas Four sisters fight the hands of a naughty kid. Browning and Elvis Stojko. to save the family home during the holidays. 9:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Christmas HALL The Christmas Heart Neighbors unite to help a 10:00 p.m. WNWO WDIV WKYC WLIO WILX With Holly The owner of a toy store falls in love with a boy who desperately needs a heart transplant. WISE Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays Rod man who cares for his orphaned niece. 9:00 p.m. FAM National Lampoon’s Christmas VacaStewart, Blake Shelton and Carly Rae Jepsen join the LIFE All About Christmas Eve The scheduling of a tion The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, singer in his hometown of Vancouver to perform ChristChristmas Eve bash jeopardizes a party planner’s vacaespecially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. mas classics. tion. 9:45 p.m. TCM Remember the Night Love blooms HALL Twice Upon a Christmas When a widower 10:00 p.m. FAM The Mistle-Tones A talented singer between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shopproposes to Santa’s daughter, his children try to discover forms a musical group and challenges her rivals to a lifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday. the truth about her past. competition on Christmas Eve. 10:00 p.m. HALL The Christmas Card Home on leave, LIFE Christmas Angel A woman assists a man who HALL Matchmaker Santa Stranded during the holia soldier visits a small town and falls for the woman who secretly helps others during the holidays. days, a young baker discovers the magic of Christmas wrote a well-wishing card to the troops. and love. DECEMBER 11 DECEMBER 13 MAX A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas Six 4:00 p.m. HALL Lucky Christmas A woman must years after their last adventure, the infamous stoners 4:00 p.m. HALL A Carol Christmas The ghosts of retrieve her winning lottery ticket from the glove comreunite on Christmas Eve to find a replacement tree for Christmas past, present and future visit a nasty talkpartment of her stolen car. the one Harold sent up in smoke. show host and give her a chance to find some genuine 5:00 p.m. FAM Home Alone Accidentally left by his 11:01 p.m. LIFE Holly’s Holiday An advertising execuholiday spirit. Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes mincemeat of tive finds Mr. Right when a mannequin magically comes 5:00 p.m. FAM The Mistle-Tones A talented singer two burglars in the house. to life. forms a musical group and challenges her rivals to a 6:00 p.m. HALL Hitched for the Holidays A man and competition on Christmas Eve. a woman pose as a couple to fool their respective fami6:00 p.m. HALL Gift of the Magi Financially strapped lies. Word Search Solution newlyweds make sacrifices to find special Christmas 8:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Santa Claus gifts. Is Comin’ to Town A mailman (the voice of Fred 7:00 p.m. FAM National Lampoon’s Christmas VacaAstaire) explains why Santa has whiskers, lives at the tion The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, North Pole and brings presents once a year. Animated. especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. 9:00 p.m. WKBD A Muppets Christmas: Letters to 8:00 p.m. WNWO WDIV WKYC WLIO WILX Santa Kermit, Fozzie, Gonzo and the gang inadvertently WISE Christmas in the White House Celebrating the misdirect three letters intended for Santa, so they decide holiday with the first family. to deliver them personally. CBET Mickey’s Christmas Carol Mickey Mouse is 10:00 p.m. HALL All I Want for Christmas A boy asks Bob Cratchit to Scrooge McDuck’s Scrooge. Animated. contest organizers to find a new husband for his widFX Deck the Halls Neighbors in a New England owed mother. town go to war after one adorns his house with enough DECEMBER 12 Christmas lights to make it visible from space. 4:00 p.m. HALL Christmas Song Romance blossoms HALL Help for the Holidays Santa Claus sends an elf between two music teachers who compete for the same to Los Angeles to help a boy and his family during the job. holidays. 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DECEMBER 14 4:00 p.m. HALL Naughty or Nice A Chicago shock jock’s new persona has an impact on a young listener with a life-threatening illness. 5:00 p.m. FAM The Polar Express Animated. The conductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy who questions the existence of Santa Claus. 6:00 p.m. HALL Matchmaker Santa Stranded during the holidays, a young baker discovers the magic of Christmas and love. 7:00 p.m. FAM The Year Without a Santa Claus Feeling sad and unwanted, Santa takes the day off before Christmas; voices: Mickey Rooney, Shirley Booth; animated. AMC White Christmas Former Army buddies put on a show with a sister act to save their general’s hotel in Vermont. 8:00 p.m. WTOL WLNS WANE WWJ 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. WKBD Prancer Returns A boy is certain that a deer he finds in the forest belongs to Santa. 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. 9:00 p.m. WTOL WLNS WANE WWJ Yes, Virginia After being told by friends that Santa Claus does not exist, 8-year-old Virginia writes a letter to the editor of The New York Sun asking if the jolly man is real. 9:30 p.m. WTOL WLNS WANE WWJ 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. 9:45 p.m. AMC White Christmas Former Army buddies put on a show with a sister act to save their general’s hotel in Vermont. 10:00 p.m. LIFE Undercover Christmas Assigned to protect a waitress, a workaholic FBI agent brings her to his parents’ home for the holidays.

DECEMBER 15 9:00 a.m. FAM Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey An orphan donkey leads Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem. Animated. 9:30 a.m. FAM Pinocchio’s Christmas Pinocchio joins a puppet show to earn money for Geppetto’s Christmas gift. Voices: Alan King, George S. Irving. Animated.

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A ‘Christmas Story’ that never gets old returns again BY JAY BOBBIN

The holiday season has certain entertainment staples it just wouldn’t be the holidays without. Among them: Rudolph, Frosty, the Grinch … and Ralphie. The wide-eyed child who literally dreams of finding a Red Ryder BB gun under the tree – despite the famous warning, “You’ll shoot your eye out” – spends a lot of time in homes at the yuletide, thanks especially to the nowtraditional 24-hour marathon TBS gives “A Christmas Story” from Christmas Eve through Christmas Day. The Jean Shepherd-inspired 1983 comedy made a young star of Peter Billingsley, who’s since become

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quite active behind the cameras. He often teams with close friend Vince Vaughn, having been the director of the movie “Couples Retreat” and an executive producer of such films as “Four Christmases” and the TBS sitcom “Sullivan & Son,” which returns next year for Season 2. Even with all his recent activity, the now-41-year-old Billingsley maintains a warm spot in his heart for “A Christmas Story,” as do so many others. “There’s a very loyal fan base for that movie,” he acknowledges. “Those who like it know it and quote it, and it’s a part of the family tradition of Christmas for them. And we

11 have not infringed on the reputation, or their enjoyment, of that film.” Billingsley tends to tune in himself at some point during the TBS marathon. “First of all, I apologize for being in people’s houses for 24 hours,” he says. “Now having ‘Sullivan & Son’ on the network, I feel like I’ve already been in the TBS family for as long as the marathon of ‘A Christmas Story’ has been going, so it’s nice to be doing that job with them. “The movie usually does wind up being on at my house, because we do Christmas with a lot of family and a lot of kids. And they like it, not just because their uncle is in it, but they enjoy it just on that level of being a tradition. It’s been enough years that it seems kind of normal when it’s on the kitchen TV, and you just hear it when you’re walking through to get some more coffee.” This year, there’s also “A Christmas Story 2,” a recent Warner Home Video release direct to DVD and Blu-ray. Billingsley doesn’t conceal that he’s less interested in that (“The original is as well as you could do a movie in that format, so why would you ever try to improve upon it?”) than in a stage version of “A Christmas Story” that’s making its Broadway debut this holiday season … especially since he’s one of its producers.

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10:00 a.m. HALL The Dog Who Saved Christmas A more for a number of New Yorkers on the celebrated crafty canine jumps to the rescue when two bumbling night. thieves target his master’s home during the holidays. 8:00 p.m. LIFE The Real St. Nick A psychiatrist falls 10:30 a.m. FAM A Miser Brothers’ Christmas The for a charming man who claims to be Santa Claus. battling Miser brothers, Heat and Snow, must put aside 9:45 p.m. AMC White Christmas Former Army budtheir differences and help save the holiday when injured dies put on a show with a sister act to save their general’s Santa is unable to deliver gifts. hotel in Vermont. 11:30 a.m. FAM Story of the First Christmas Snow 10:00 p.m. BRAVO Bad Santa Two criminals disguise A nun in France cares for a boy who was blinded by a themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christlightning bolt. With the voices of Angela Lansbury and mastime. Cyril Ritchard. FAM Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town A mailman (the 12:00 p.m. WPTA The Puzzle Club Christmas Mysvoice of Fred Astaire) explains why Santa has whiskers, tery While searching for missing parade funds, younglives at the North Pole and brings presents once a year. sters return a father to his family; animated. Animated. FAM ’Twas the Night Before Christmas When Santa LIFE All About Christmas Eve The scheduling of a Claus removes the citizens of a small town from his deChristmas Eve bash jeopardizes a party planner’s vacalivery itinerary after an insulting letter in the newspaper, tion. a clockmaker and his family endeavor to regain his favor. 12:30 p.m. WPTA The Stableboy’s Christmas In a DECEMBER 16 dream, a girl (Danielle Brisbois) travels back to Bethle9:00 a.m. FAM Home Alone: The Holiday Heist hem and witnesses the unselfish act of a little boy. With his parents away, an 8-year-old engages in a battle FAM Frosty’s Winter Wonderland The magic snowof wits with some thieves. man marries; Andy Griffith narrates the animated story. 10:45 a.m. AMC White Christmas Former Army bud1:00 p.m. FAM Jack Frost The icy little fellow falls in dies put on a show with a sister act to save their general’s love and seeks Father Winter’s advice; voices of Buddy hotel in Vermont. Hackett, Robert Morse; animated. 11:00 a.m. FAM Home Alone 4 Kevin tries to reunite 2:00 p.m. CMT Unlikely Angel A dead country singer his separated parents while dealing with an old nemesis. seeks to get into heaven by uniting a troubled family LIFE Christmas at Water’s Edge A wealthy collegian during the holidays. and an angel-in-training work together to organize a 6:00 p.m. HALL Annie Claus Is Coming to Town As holiday concert for a youth center. part of his master plan, an elf hires an actor to woo the 1:00 p.m. LIFE The Perfect Holiday Romance blooms daughter of Santa Claus. when a little girl asks a department-store Santa to fulfill 7:00 p.m. AMC White Christmas Former Army budher divorced mother’s fondest wish for Christmas. dies put on a show with a sister act to save their general’s WGN-A The Santa Clause 2 Santa must get married hotel in Vermont. by Christmas Eve in order to save the holiday and keep 7:30 p.m. HBO New Year’s Eve Intertwining stories promise love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and his job.

Cupid’s Pick Miracle on 34th Street

AMC Dec. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 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. 1:30 p.m. AMC All I Want for Christmas A boy and his little sister cook up a holiday scheme to get their divorced parents back together. 2:00 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. 3:00 p.m. FAM Disney’s A Christmas Carol Animated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face uncomfort-

able truths when three Christmas spirits take him on a journey through his past, present and future. LIFE A Diva’s Christmas Carol When an ego-driven superstar loses her holiday spirit, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future visit her. WGN-A The Santa Clause 2 Santa must get married by Christmas Eve in order to save the holiday and keep his job.

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Holiday Guide 2012 3:30 p.m. TNT The Holiday Two women, one from America and one from England, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. 4:00 p.m. HALL Silver Bells A teenage runaway connects his widowed father and a woman who lost her husband during a past Christmas holiday. 5:00 p.m. CBET Eloise at Christmastime A 6-year-old girl tries to reunite a young woman with a former boyfriend before she marries another. 5:30 p.m. AMC Prancer A widower’s daughter finds a wounded reindeer that she is sure must be from Santa’s sleigh. 6:00 p.m. HALL November Christmas A community works together to help a couple bring an early Christmas to their sick 8-year-old daughter. HBO New Year’s Eve Intertwining stories promise love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and more for a number of New Yorkers on the celebrated night. 7:00 p.m. CBET 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. LIFE Finding Mrs. Claus Santa Claus travels to Las Vegas when his wife goes there to help a little girl. 8:00 p.m. WBGU WTVS Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in a Christmas celebration at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. CBET National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’ London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come.

9:00 p.m. LIFE Merry-In-Laws A surprise awaits a woman and her son when she becomes engaged to the son of Santa Claus. 10:00 p.m. HALL A Dog Named Christmas A mentally challenged man embarks on a mission to find homes for dogs during the holidays. 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. 11:01 p.m. LIFE Finding Mrs. Claus Santa Claus travels to Las Vegas when his wife goes there to help a little girl.

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4:00 p.m. HALL It’s Christmas, Carol! The ghost of Prancer’s Pick her former boss shows a ruthless CEO her past, present and future. Santa Claus Is Comin’ to 5:00 p.m. FAM 12 Dates of Christmas A woman magTown ABC FAMILY Dec. 15, 16 ically experiences Christmas Eve over and over again. 6:00 p.m. HALL Lucky Christmas A woman must retrieve her winning lottery ticket from the glove comA lanky mailman with the voice of Fred partment of her stolen car. Astaire explains Santa’s origins in this 7:00 p.m. FAM Disney’s A Christmas Carol Ani1970 animated special, which sidesteps mated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face uncomfortthe St. Nicholas part. In this version, able truths when three Christmas spirits take him on a journey through his past, present and future. the future jolly old elf is DECEMBER 18 8:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA I Want a a foundling adopted by 5:00 p.m. FAM Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! Lucy and Linus’ Lanny and Wayne race to recover classified North Pole the Kringles, a family of little brother, ReRun, turns to Snoopy and Spike for technology that falls into the hands of a naughty kid. toymakers. He grows up holiday cheer. 5:30 p.m. FAM Miracle on 34th Street A retail-war FX Christmas With the Kranks A Chicago couple with toys in his blood, lawyer goes to court to prove a department-store Santa scramble to put together a holiday celebration after their so to speak, and feels Claus is for real. daughter decides to come home for Christmas. 6:00 p.m. HALL The Most Wonderful Time of the called to give them TCM Holiday Affair A war widow has a 6-year-old Year A snowbound stranger brightens the holidays for a away to the local son, and two men who want to marry her for Christmas. retired police officer and his niece. 9:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA CMA youngsters, but mean LIFE An Accidental Christmas Two children scheme Country Christmas Country music stars share their faold Burgermeister to reunite their estranged parents during a school holivorite holiday traditions and memories; Jennifer Nettles day. Meisterburger will have hosts. 8:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA A Charlie none of that. FAM National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation The Brown Christmas Charlie Brown and Linus search for Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, especially the meaning of Christmas; the short “Prep & Landing: when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. TNT Four Christmases When their plans for a holiday Operation Secret Santa” accompanies the holiday classic. HBO2 New Year’s Eve Intertwining stories promise getaway fall apart, a couple must spend Christmas Day WKBD It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and more for a trudging to a quartet of family get-togethers. Kermit tries to save the theater from a banker who wants number of New Yorkers on the celebrated night. 10:00 p.m. WBGU Christmas at Belmont The anto demolish it and open a trendy nightclub. 10:00 p.m. HALL The Christmas Heart Neighbors nual holiday concert of traditional carols, world music FX Deck the Halls Neighbors in a New England unite to help a boy who desperately needs a heart transand seasonal favorites features students from Belmont town go to war after one adorns his house with enough plant. University’s music program. Christmas lights to make it visible from space. HALL Baby’s First Christmas Feuding colleagues try DECEMBER 21 HALL Christmas Song Romance blossoms between to get along to help their respective siblings, a couple 4:00 p.m. HALL Farewell Mr. Kringle A widowed two music teachers who compete for the same job. expecting a baby. writer for a magazine travels to the town of Mistletoe to 10:00 p.m. FX Deck the Halls Neighbors in a New LIFE Under the Mistletoe A woman becomes the meet a Santa Claus impersonator. England town go to war after one adorns his house with center of attention after she unwittingly enters a dating LIFE The Real St. Nick A psychiatrist falls for a charmenough Christmas lights to make it visible from space. contest on a radio station. ing man who claims to be Santa Claus. LIFE 12 Men of Christmas A public-relations execu10:30 p.m. AMC Miracle on 34th Street A retail-war 5:00 p.m. FAM Holiday in Handcuffs To fool her tive uses her media savvy to stir excitement in a small lawyer goes to court to prove a department-store Santa parents, a waitress kidnaps a customer and forces him to Montana town. Claus is for real. pretend to be her beau. DECEMBER 19 5:50 p.m. STARZ I’ll Be Home for Christmas Absurd 11:00 p.m. TNT Christmas in Washington 2012 Holiday performance in Washington, D.C. 6:00 p.m. HALL Jingle & Bell’s Christmas Star Jingle obstacles hinder a California college student’s quest to the Husky Pup and Andrew try to help some new DECEMBER 22 get home by Christmas Eve to claim a Porsche and see friends rediscover their Christmas joy. his girlfriend. 10:00 a.m. FAM Disney Prep & Landing An elite unit LIFE Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus Santa’s heir woos 7:00 p.m. FAM National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacaof elves, Prep & Landing, ensures that homes around a widowed advertising executive who wants to use him tion The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way, the world are properly prepared to be visited by Santa in the biggest ad campaign of her career. especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV. Claus each Christmas Eve. 8:00 p.m. WKBD Noel A couple, a diner chef, an 8:00 p.m. WNWO WDIV WKYC WILX WISE HALL All I Want for Christmas A boy asks contest oreditor, an orphaned hustler and a former priest find Michael Bublé: Home for the Holidays Rod Stewart, ganizers to find a new husband for his widowed mother. unexpected happiness on the holidays. Blake Shelton and Carly Rae Jepsen join the singer in 10:30 a.m. FAM Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice LIFE A Nanny for Christmas A career woman cares his hometown of Vancouver to perform Christmas clasLanny and Wayne race to recover classified North Pole for the children of a Beverly Hills advertising executive sics. technology that falls into the hands of a naughty kid. during the holidays. WKBD The Happy Elf Eubie the Elf’s attempts to 11:00 a.m. FAM Mickey’s Christmas Carol Mickey AMC White Christmas Former Army buddies put on bring Christmas joy to a dreary town called Bluesville Mouse is Bob Cratchit to Scrooge McDuck’s Scrooge. a show with a sister act to save their general’s hotel in test his enthusiasm. Animated. Vermont. LIFE Holiday Spin The owner of a failing dance studio 11:30 a.m. FAM Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too! 9:00 p.m. FAM Disney’s A Christmas Carol Anipins his hopes for survival on winning an annual conFearing that Santa may not get it in time, Pooh carries mated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face uncomforttest. Meanwhile, his estranged son takes an interest in a his friends’ wish list to the North Pole. Animated. able truths when three Christmas spirits take him on a dance prodigy. 12:00 p.m. WPTA A Hollywood Christmas Celebrajourney through his past, present and future. 9:00 p.m. WNWO WDIV WKYC WILX WISE tion Celebrities gather at the Grove in Los Angeles for 10:00 p.m. HALL A Princess for Christmas A woman Christmas in the White House Celebrating the holiday holiday festivities that include fireworks and the lighting escorts her niece and nephew to spend the holidays with with the first family. of 15,000 lights on a 100-foot Christmas tree. their grandfather, an English duke. WKBD Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer A FAM A Chipmunk Christmas Alvin and the ChipLIFE A Boyfriend for Christmas A strangely familiar youth embarks on a journey to find his missing grandmunks are asked to perform at Carnegie Hall on man may be the answer to a 33-year-old woman’s longmother and prove that Santa Claus is real. Christmas. ago holiday wish for true love. WBGU Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle HALL Help for the Holidays Santa Claus sends an elf 10:45 p.m. AMC White Christmas Former Army budChoir Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn to Los Angeles to help a boy and his family during the dies put on a show with a sister act to save their general’s Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn join the Mormon holidays. hotel in Vermont. Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in a Christmas celebraLIFE A Very Cool Christmas A fashion-conscious teen, 11:02 p.m. HIST The Real Story of Christmas Early tion at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. who would rather spend Christmas with her boyfriend versions of Santa Claus, Ebenezer Scrooge, George FAM The Santa Clause An adman takes over for the than her parents, gives Santa a makeover. bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Bailey, the Grinch, and Rudolph accompany accounts of 12:30 p.m. FAM Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the origins of Christmas traditions. Christmas Eve. the Island of Misfit Toys The famous reindeer and his

friends must save Christmas when the evil Toy Taker steals all of Santa’s toys. 2:00 p.m. FAM Rudolph’s Shiny New Year Rudolph the reindeer comes to the rescue when an evil bird kidnaps the New Year baby. Voices of Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam. 2:45 p.m. TCM Bush Christmas After thieves steal their father’s racehorse, three Australian children track the culprits through the bush country. 3:00 p.m. FAM A Miser Brothers’ Christmas The battling Miser brothers, Heat and Snow, must put aside their differences and help save the holiday when injured Santa is unable to deliver gifts. TNT A Christmas Carol Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge receives visits from three Christmas spirits who show him his past, present and future. 4:00 p.m. FAM The Year Without a Santa Claus Feeling sad and unwanted, Santa takes the day off before Christmas; voices: Mickey Rooney, Shirley Booth; animated. HALL Moonlight and Mistletoe Nick and his daughter Holly fight a real-estate developer to keep their Christmas theme park open. 4:15 p.m. TCM Carol for Another Christmas Three ghosts visit a bitter man who lost his son during World War II. 5:00 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. 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. 6:00 p.m. WTVS The Lawrence Welk Show Christmas with Lawrence includes “Jingle Bells,” “Doll Dance,” “Star Carol,” and “Frosty the Snowman.” FAM The Santa Clause An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. HALL A Christmas Wish The owner of a diner helps a homeless woman and her children during the holidays. 7:00 p.m. WBGU The Lawrence Welk Show Christmas with Lawrence includes “Jingle Bells,” “Doll Dance,” “Star Carol,” and “Frosty the Snowman.” 8:00 p.m. WNWO WDIV WKYC WILX WISE Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol Animated. Mr. Magoo is featured as a man who doesn’t believe in Christmas in this animated adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.”

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WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice Lanny and Wayne race to recover classified North Pole technology that falls into the hands of a naughty kid. FAM The Santa Clause 2 Santa must get married by Christmas Eve in order to save the holiday and keep his job. HALL The Christmas Card Home on leave, a soldier visits a small town and falls for the woman who wrote a well-wishing card to the troops. LIFE Merry-In-Laws A surprise awaits a woman and her son when she becomes engaged to the son of Santa Claus. 8:30 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA A Chipmunk Christmas Alvin and the Chipmunks are asked to perform at Carnegie Hall on Christmas. 9:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA CMA Country Christmas Country music stars share their favorite holiday traditions and memories; Jennifer Nettles hosts. 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. LIFE Finding Mrs. Claus Santa Claus travels to Las Vegas when his wife goes there to help a little girl.

DECEMBER 23 10:00 a.m. HALL The Night Before the Night Before Christmas A family must save Christmas when Santa Claus lands on the roof and loses his magic bundle. TCM All Mine to Give An orphan raised by Scottish pioneers in Wisconsin seeks homes for his five younger siblings on Christmas. 10:30 a.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.

11:00 a.m. LIFE Comfort and Joy Knocked unconscious in a car accident, a woman awakens to learn she is married and has two children. 12:00 p.m. WISE Red Boots for Christmas Shoemaker Hans thinks Christmas is for greedy people. Animated. HALL The Christmas Card Home on leave, a soldier visits a small town and falls for the woman who wrote a well-wishing card to the troops. 12:30 p.m. FAM 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. 1:00 p.m. BRAVO Shrek the Halls The ogre’s plans for a cozy family Christmas go awry when Donkey, Puss in Boots and the rest of the fairy-tale gang try to join in the fun. LIFE Recipe for a Perfect Christmas A fledgling food critic agrees to visit a struggling restaurant if its chef will date her meddling mother. 1:30 p.m. BRAVO It’s a Wonderful Life Ruined by a miser on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel. 2:00 p.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. 2:45 p.m. COM Bad Santa Two criminals disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christmastime. 3:00 p.m. LIFE A Dad for Christmas A young man takes his newborn out of the hospital to save him from adoption. HBO New Year’s Eve Intertwining stories promise love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and more for a number of New Yorkers on the celebrated night. 4:00 p.m. WTVG WEWS WPTA CMA Country Christmas Country music stars share their favorite holiday traditions and memories; Jennifer Nettles hosts.

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As comfortable as an active fireplace on a cold winter’s night, this tuneful 1954 retooling of the 12-years-earlier “Holiday Inn” makes great use of its Irving Berlin score. Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye make an ideal team as military veterans who become successful entertainment partners, then use their talents to help their former commander (Dean Jagger) re-energize his failing resort. Rosemary Clooney – aunt of George – and Vera-Ellen are charmers as the siblings (“Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister”) who distract the guys. 4:45 p.m. CMT Unlikely Angel A dead country singer seeks to get into heaven by uniting a troubled family during the holidays. 5:00 p.m. FAM The Polar Express Animated. The conductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy who questions the existence of Santa Claus. LIFE Christmas on Chestnut Street A materialistic storekeeper learns the true meaning of Christmas after her employee starts a holiday competition.

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11:40 a.m. TMC A Grandpa for Christmas The estranged grandfather of a 9-year-old quickly forms a bond with the child when, suddenly, they must take care of each other. 12:00 p.m. FX Deck the Halls Neighbors in a New England town go to war after one adorns his house with enough Christmas lights to make it visible from space. 1:00 p.m. TCM The Bishop’s Wife A suave angel saves a woman and her Episcopal husband from spiritual doubt and marital woe. 1:45 p.m. AMC White Christmas Former Army buddies put on a show with a sister act to save their general’s hotel in Vermont. 2:00 p.m. BRAVO Mistletoe Over Manhattan The wife of Santa Claus tries to help a divorcing couple rediscover their love for each other. FX Christmas With the Kranks A Chicago couple scramble to put together a holiday celebration after their daughter decides to come home for Christmas. 3:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. TCM Holiday Affair A war widow has a 6-year-old son, and two men who want to marry her for Christmas. 4:00 p.m. BRAVO The Case for Christmas Santa Claus must hire a lawyer when a man sues him for emotional distress. HALL Naughty or Nice A woman uses a special book from Santa Claus to expose those behaving badly. 4:30 p.m. AMC A Christmas Carol Dickens’ London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come. 5:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause 2 Santa must get married by Christmas Eve in order to save the holiday and keep his job. 6:00 p.m. BRAVO 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 Eloise at Christmastime A 6-year-old girl tries to reunite a young woman with a former boyfriend before she marries another. 6:30 p.m. TCM Babes in Toyland Stan and Ollie rescue Bo-Peep, Tom-Tom and other Mother Goose characters from Toyland miser Barnaby. 7:00 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. 8:00 p.m. WNWO WDIV WKYC WILX WISE It’s a Wonderful Life Ruined by a miser on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Disney Prep & Landing An elite unit of elves, Prep & Landing, ensures that homes around the world are properly prepared to be visited by Santa Claus each Christmas Eve. WKBD Christmas Is Here Again Animated. An elf, a reindeer, a fox and a polar bear help an orphan girl find Santa’s toy sack. BRAVO Elf Adopted as a baby by one of Santa’s elves, a man leaves the workshop to search for his family in New York. TBS A Christmas Story In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd. 8:30 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Shrek the Halls The ogre’s plans for a cozy family Christmas go awry when Donkey, Puss in Boots and the rest of the fairy-tale gang try to join in the fun. 9:00 p.m. WBGU WTVS Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in a Christmas celebration at Temple Square in Salt Lake City.

CMT Unlikely Angel A dead country singer seeks to get into heaven by uniting a troubled family during the holidays. FAM Home Alone Accidentally left by his Paris-bound family, an 8-year-old makes mincemeat of two burglars in the house. TNT A Christmas Carol Dickens’ Ebenezer Scrooge receives visits from three Christmas spirits who show him his past, present and future. 9:30 p.m. WKBD Second Star to the Left A hamster, a rabbit and a guinea pig spend Christmas Eve returning a special parcel to a little girl. 10:00 p.m. BRAVO Mistletoe Over Manhattan The wife of Santa Claus tries to help a divorcing couple rediscover their love for each other. COM Bad Santa Two criminals disguise themselves as St. Nick and an elf to rob stores at Christmastime. HALL Christmas Song Romance blossoms between two music teachers who compete for the same job. TBS A Christmas Story In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd. TCM Come to the Stable Two French nuns in New England raise funds for a children’s hospital in a town called Bethlehem. 11:30 p.m. AMC Prancer A widower’s daughter finds a wounded reindeer that she is sure must be from Santa’s sleigh.

DECEMBER 25 9:00 a.m. FAM A Chipmunk Christmas Alvin and the Chipmunks are asked to perform at Carnegie Hall on Christmas. 10:00 a.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade Disney characters on parade celebrate the holiday.

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HALL It’s Christmas, Carol! The ghost of her former boss shows a ruthless CEO her past, present and future. TBS A Christmas Story In the 1940s, little Ralphie tries to convince his parents to get him a Red Ryder range-model BB gun for Christmas. Narrated by Jean Shepherd. 11:00 a.m. WPTA Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade Disney characters on parade celebrate the holiday. FAM The Santa Clause An adman takes over for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop mishap on Christmas Eve. 12:00 p.m. HALL Help for the Holidays Santa Claus sends an elf to Los Angeles to help a boy and his family during the holidays. 12:30 p.m. WBGU Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in a Christmas celebration at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. 3:30 p.m. COM Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special The comic performs his well-known characters, including Achmed, the Dead Terrorist. 4:00 p.m. HALL Matchmaker Santa Stranded during the holidays, a young baker discovers the magic of Christmas and love. 5:00 p.m. FAM Disney’s A Christmas Carol Animated. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge must face uncomfortable truths when three Christmas spirits take him on a journey through his past, present and future. 6:00 p.m. HALL Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade A woman falls for a consultant who helps her coordinate a Thanksgiving parade. 8:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas Boris Karloff narrates an animated tale about the lonely and heartless title character who decides to dress up as Santa and steal the Christmas decorations, gifts and feast from the people of Whoville.

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Holiday Movie Releases

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (Dec. 14)

“Les Miserables” (Dec. 25)

The classic Victor Hugo story of Inspector Javert’s relentless pursuit of desperate thief Jean Valjean is no stranger to the screen, but this is the long-awaited film adaptation of Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s stage musical. Co-star (and newlywed) Anne Hathaway has the perfect movie showcase for the singing ability she’s demonstrated more than once at the Oscars. Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe play the central enemies, with Helena Bonham Carter and Amanda Seyfried also on board.

Any fan of “The Lord of the Rings” has known this is coming, thanks in no small part to the ongoing involvement of director Peter Jackson. This J.R.R. Tolkien-inspired start to another screen trilogy casts Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, who meets and conquers his match in Gollum (“Rings” returnee Andy Serkis) in the course of a fantastic adventure. Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving and Ian McKellen are among other “Rings” alumni back as well.

“Jack Reacher” (Dec. 21)

“Parental Guidance” (Dec. 25)

Tom Cruise had a big Christmas last year with “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol,” and he and Paramount Pictures are hoping for a repeat with what’s envisioned as the first chapter of a franchise. The title character, created by Lee Child for a book series, is a military-police investigator whose probe of a multiple homicide turns increasingly dangerous. A big ace the film has is oscarwinning director-screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (“The Usual Suspects”).

20th Century Fox has fared extremely well with feel-good family movies at the holidays (“Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Marley & Me,” etc.), and this comedy has all the elements to continue that tradition for the studio. Front and center is Billy Crystal, who helped shepherd the story of grandparents (played by him and Bette Midler) who step in to help their daughter (Marisa Tomei) raise her children. The result? A multigenerational clash that should yield some big laughs.

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Movies to Watch on New Year’s Eve

“The Apartment” (1960):

Encompassing a holiday season, director Billy Wilder’s great, Oscarwinning comedy-drama culminates on New Year’s Eve … after upwardly mobile office drone C.C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon) has lent his shoulder to his crush, lovelorn elevator operator Fran Kubelik (Shirley MacLaine), to cry on. Without spilling too many beans, it can be said anyone who stays with the film will find its finale irresistible.

DECEMBER 26 6:00 p.m. HALL November Christmas A community works together to help a couple bring an early Christmas to their sick 8-year-old daughter. HBO New Year’s Eve Intertwining stories promise love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and more for a number of New Yorkers on the celebrated night. 7:00 p.m. FAM The Santa Clause 2 Santa must get married by Christmas Eve in order to save the holiday and keep his job. 9:00 p.m. FAM 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 27 8:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Happy New Year, Charlie Brown While other members of the Peanuts gang plan a holiday celebration, Charlie Brown

“When Harry Met Sally …” (1989): One of the most popular New Year’s Eve scenes in movie history caps director Rob Reiner and writer Nora Ephron’s cozy, entertaining comedy that poses whether friends – in this case, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan’s title characters – can become lovers and still stay friends. And Reiner’s mother delivers the fall-out-of-yourchair line, “I’ll have what she’s having.”

struggles with “War and Peace”; a bonus cartoon is “She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown.” 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.

“Entrapment” (1999): If you want to dial back to the start of the current millennium, this classy heist tale offers recent nostalgia along with a terrific acting duo in Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones. She plays an insurance investigator out to catch the veteran thief he portrays, resulting in a literal high-wire act for them between Kuala Lumpur skyscrapers on New Year’s Eve. 10:00 p.m. HALL Christmas Magic To gain entry to heaven, a woman must help a man and his young daughter.

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9:00 p.m. WBGU Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Jane Seymour and Nathan DECEMBER 28 Gunn Jane Seymour and Nathan Gunn join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in a Christmas 4:00 p.m. HALL Twice Upon a Christmas When a celebration at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. widower proposes to Santa’s daughter, his children try to 10:00 p.m. HALL Santa Jr A public defender tries to discover the truth about her past. help Saint Nick’s son after he is accused of stealing 6:00 p.m. HALL Annie Claus Is Coming to Town As Christmas presents. part of his master plan, an elf hires an actor to woo the DECEMBER 30 daughter of Santa Claus. 6:00 p.m. HALL Hitched for the Holidays A man and 8:30 p.m. WUPW WJBK WJW Ice Age: A Mama woman pose as a couple to fool their respective famimoth Christmas When Manny convinces Sid that he is lies. on the naughty list, Sid, Crash, Eddie and Peaches head 8:00 p.m. HBO2 New Year’s Eve Intertwining stories to the North Pole to explain themselves to Santa Claus. promise love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and

“New Year’s Eve” (2011): It didn’t meet box-office hopes – perhaps because it was released a couple of weeks before Christmas, rather than closer to the title holiday – but for an actual Dec. 31 viewing, enjoyment still is provided by director Garry Marshall and an all-star cast ranging from Robert De Niro and Hilary Swank to Lea Michele (“Glee”) and Jon Bon Jovi. more for a number of New Yorkers on the celebrated night.

DECEMBER 31 8:00 p.m. WBGU WTVS Live From Lincoln Center The annual New Year’s Eve concert at Lincoln Center celebrates the life and work of Marvin Hamlisch. 10:00 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Dick Clark’s Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2013 A bicoastal celebration counts down to midnight and features special performances. 11:00 p.m. WJBK WJW New Year’s Eve Live ’12 Counting down to 2013, featuring special guests and performances. 11:30 p.m. WTVG WXYZ WEWS WPTA Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2013 A bicoastal celebration counts down to midnight.

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