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Dec 6-10: Holiday television listings

A look at what's on the tube

By Times Staff
Published December 6, 2005

DEC. 6

4 p.m. - "A Christmas Carol" - AMC - (1951) Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison. Dickens' London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come.

4 p.m. - "Comfort and Joy" - LIFETIME - (2003) Nancy McKeon, Dixie Carter. Knocked unconscious in a car accident, a single woman awakens to learn she is married and has two children.

4:30 p.m. - "How St. Nicholas Became Santa Claus" - EWTN - Children learn the meaning of Christmas.

5:15 p.m. - "Holiday Inn" - AMC - (1942) Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire. "White Christmas' and other Irving Berlin tunes highlight the tale of an inn that is only open on holidays.

7 p.m. - "Frosty's Winter Wonderland" - FAMILY - Just as Frosty is about to marry, mean Jack Frost puts him into a deep freeze.

7:30 p.m. - " 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" - FAMILY - Joel Grey narrates this animated musical adaptation of Clement Moore's traditional holiday verse.

8 p.m. - "A Charlie Brown Christmas" - ABC - The award-winning "Peanuts' special returns with Charlie Brown and Linus searching for the real meaning of Christmas.

8 p.m. - "Chasing Christmas" - FAMILY - (2005) Tom Arnold, Leslie Jordan. Holiday spirits visit a single father who has boycotted Christmas since his wife left him.

9 p.m. - "One Christmas" - HALLMARK - (1994) Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler. Based on Truman Capote's story of a boy who's packed off to New Orleans to spend the holidays with his estranged dad.

9 p.m. - "Like Father, Like Santa" - LIFETIME - (1998) Harry Hamlin, Megan Gallagher. An unscrupulous businessman, who is actually Santa Claus' estranged son, must prevent Christmas from being ruined.

10:45p.m. - "A Christmas Carol" - AMC - (1951) Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison. Dickens' London miser Ebenezer Scrooge meets the ghosts of Christmases past, present and yet to come.

1:45 p.m. - "Holiday Inn" - AMC - (1942) Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire. "White Christmas" and other Irving Berlin tunes highlight the tale of an inn that is only open on holidays.

4 p.m. - "Like Father, Like Santa" LIFETIME - (1998) Harry Hamlin, Megan Gallagher. An unscrupulous businessman, who is actually Santa Claus' estranged son, must prevent Christmas from being ruined.

7 p.m. - "The Year Without a Santa" - FAMILY - Santa Claus decides to stay home for Christmas because he feels people have lost their holiday spirit.

8 p.m. - "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" - FAMILY - Fred Astaire narrates a musical look into the mysteries and myths of Kris Kringle, alias Santa Claus.

8 p.m. - "The White House Christmas 2005" HGTV Decorators and artisans prepare the White House for the holiday season.

9 p.m. - "The Christmas Gift" - HALLMARK - (1986) John Denver, Jane Kaczmarek. A widowed architect and his daughter take a trip to an unusual Colorado town where everyone believes in Santa Claus.

9 p.m. - "A Town Without Christmas" - LIFETIME - (2001) Patricia Heaton, Peter Falk. Romance develops between a reporter and a novelist as they try to locate a child who wrote a disturbing letter to Santa.

Midnight - "The White House Christmas 2005" - HGTV - Decorators and artisans prepare the White House for the holiday season.

6 p.m. - "The White House Christmas 2005" - HGTV - Decorators and artisans prepare the White House for the holiday season.

8 p.m. - "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - FAMILY - (2001) Connie Sellecca, Corbin Bernsen. A youngster wrongly thinks his parents are splitting up after he thinks he sees Santa smooching with his mother.

9 p.m. - "Scrooged" - TBS - (1988) Bill Murray, Karen Allen. Three ghosts give a greedy network executive a long-overdue attitude adjustment. Based on the Charles Dickens classic.

1:25 a.m. - "Scrooged" - TBS - (1988) Bill Murray, Karen Allen. Three ghosts give a greedy network executive a long-overdue attitude adjustment. Based on the Charles Dickens classic.

8 a.m. - "Stealing Christmas" - USA - (2003) Tony Danza, Lea Thompson. A burglar lands a job playing Santa Claus as he plots to rob a small-town bank on Christmas Eve.

2:30 p.m. - "The Cloak of Juan Diego" - EWTN - The story of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe. Includes devotions at the Basilica of Guadalupe.

3 p.m. - "Great Things About the Holidays" - BRAVO

4 p.m. - "Great Things About the Holidays" - BRAVO

5 p.m. - "Great Things About the Holidays" - BRAVO

7 p.m. - "The Little Drummer Boy" - FAMILY - Greer Garson narrates the story about a child who visited the baby Jesus. Music by the Vienna Boys Choir.

7 p.m. - "Celebrate! Christmas With Maya Angelou" - HALLMARK - The poet celebrates Christmas with her friends Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.

7 p.m. - "I'll Be Home for Christmas" - LIFETIME - (1997) Ann Jillian, Jack Palance. A widowed doctor and his old high-school flame are reunited after 20 years when he returns home for Christmas.

7:30 p.m. - "The Little Drummer Boy: Book II" - FAMILY - An orphaned drummer boy helps a man who has constructed silver bells to herald the birth of Jesus.

8 p.m. - "Prancer" - FAMILY - (1989) Sam Elliott, Rebecca Harrell. A widower's daughter finds a wounded reindeer that she is sure must be from Santa's sleigh.

9 p.m. - "Angel in the Family" - HALLMARK - (2004) Ronny Cox, Tracey Needham. An ailing man and his daughters experience a miracle when their late matriarch returns to spend Christmas with them.

9 p.m. - "Eve's Christmas" - LIFETIME - (2004) Elisa Donovan, Cheryl Ladd. A lonely career woman gets a second chance to rethink a fateful decision after she wishes upon a Christmas Eve star.

12:30 a.m. - "A Very Cool Christmas" - LIFETIME - (2004) George Hamilton, Brooke Nevin. A fashion-conscious teen, who would rather spend Christmas with her boyfriend than her parents, gives Santa a makeover.

9 a.m. - "The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue" - HALLMARK - (1996) Diana Scarwid, Robert Urich. Three Depression-era kids ask President Hoover to free their unjustly jailed father for Christmas.

10 a.m. - "A Christmas Carol" - TCM - (1938) Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart. An old miser named Scrooge learns the error of his ways on Christmas Eve in this adaptation of Charles Dickens' tale.

11 a.m. - "Angel in the Family" - HALLMARK - (2004) Ronny Cox, Tracey Needham. An ailing man and his daughters experience a miracle when their late matriarch returns to spend Christmas with them.

Noon - "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - FAMILY - (2001) Connie Sellecca, Corbin Bernsen. A youngster wrongly thinks his parents are splitting up after he thinks he sees Santa smooching with his mother.

1 p.m. - "The Christmas Gift" - HALLMARK - (1986) John Denver, Jane Kaczmarek. A widowed architect and his daughter take a trip to an unusual Colorado town where everyone believes in Santa Claus.

2 p.m. - "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" - FAMILY - (1992) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci. Kevin accidentally boards a plane bound for New York and spends another Christmas outwitting thieves Harry and Marv.

3 p.m. - "Once Upon a Christmas" - HALLMARK - (2000) Kathy Ireland, John Dye. Santa's daughter must infuse a spoiled family with holiday spirit or Christmas will be gone forever.

5 p.m. - "Twice Upon a Christmas" - HALLMARK - (2001) Kathy Ireland, John Dye. Santa's daughter struggles with a marriage proposal while her wicked sister schemes to ruin the yuletide holiday.

5 p.m. - "The White House Christmas 2005" - HGTV - Decorators and artisans prepare the White House for the holiday season.

6 p.m. - "The Santa Trap" - PAX - (2002) Robert Hays, Shelley Long. Disbelieving parents send Santa Claus to jail after he is caught in their daughter's snare.

7 p.m. - "A Boyfriend for Christmas" - HALLMARK - (2004) Kelli Williams, Patrick Muldoon. A strangely familiar man may be the answer to a 33-year-old woman's long-ago holiday wish for true love.

8 p.m. - "It's a Wonderful Life" - NBC - (1946) James Stewart, Donna Reed. Frank Capra's classic about an angel who shows a suicidal businessman what life would be like without him.

8 p.m. - "The Santa Trap" - PAX - (2002) Robert Hays, Shelley Long. Disbelieving parents send Santa Claus to jail after he is caught in their daughter's snare.

8 p.m. - "The Ultimate Christmas Present" - PAX - (2000) Hallee Hirsh, Brenda Song. After their plan to make it snow in L.A. goes awry, two youngsters join forces with Santa Claus to set things right.

8:30 p.m. - "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" - ABC - (2000) Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor. A curmudgeon living atop Mount Crumpit sets out to quash the yuletide preparations of the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville. Anthony Hopkins narrates.

9 p.m. - "Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus" - HALLMARK - (2004) Crystal Bernard, Steve Guttenberg. Santa's heir woos a widowed advertising executive who wants to use him in the biggest ad campaign of her career.

9 p.m. - "Three Wise Guys" - USA - (2005) Tom Arnold, Judd Nelson. On Christmas Eve, three hired killers give chase after unwittingly aiding the pregnant girlfriend of one of their targets.

10 p.m. - "Gaither Christmas: A Time for Joy" - PAX

11 p.m. - "The Christmas Gift" - HALLMARK - (1986) John Denver, Jane Kaczmarek. A widowed architect and his daughter take a trip to an unusual Colorado town where everyone believes in Santa Claus.

Midnight - "Christmas Every Day" - FAMILY - (1996) Robert Hays, Erik von Detten. A youngster learns the true meaning of Christmas when he is forced to relive the holiday over and over again.

1 a.m. - "Once Upon a Christmas" - HALLMARK - (2000) Kathy Ireland, John Dye. Santa's daughter must infuse a spoiled family with holiday spirit or Christmas will be gone forever.

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