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Holiday shows fill the airwaves

Here is a partial list of programming -- including old and new shows -- for network and cable stations.

Last update: November 28, 2007 - 5:20 PM

ANIMATED

My Friends Tigger & Pooh, 7 a.m. Dec. 1, Disney.

Lou and Lou: Safety Patrol, 9 a.m. Dec. 1, Disney.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year, 6 p.m. Dec. 3, ABC Family. (Also 9 p.m. Dec. 5; 12:30 p.m. Dec. 8; 6 p.m. Dec. 18; 2 p.m. Dec. 24)

The Year Without Santa Claus, 7 p.m. Dec. 3, ABC Family. (Also 1:30 p.m. Dec. 8; 7 p.m. Dec. 19; 6 p.m. Dec. 21; 3 p.m. Dec. 24)

A Charlie Brown Christmas, 7 p.m. Dec. 3, KSTP, Ch. 5.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys, 8 p.m. Dec. 3, ABC Family. (Also 8 p.m. Dec. 19).

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 7 p.m. Dec. 4, WCCO, Ch. 4.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas, 6 p.m. Dec. 5, ABC Family. (Also noon Dec. 8; 9 p.m. Dec. 18; 1:30 p.m. Dec. 24)

The Story of the First Christmas Snow, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 5, ABC Family.

Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, 7 p.m. Dec. 5, Ch. 5. (Also 6 p.m. Dec. 7; 2:30 p.m. Dec. 8; 6 p.m. Dec. 19; 4 p.m. Dec. 24 ABC Family)

Frosty the Snowman, 7 p.m. Dec. 7, Ch. 4.

Frosty Returns, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 7, Ch. 4.

Holiday Marathon, including "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,"Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey" and "Pinocchio's Christmas," beginning at 6 a.m. Dec. 8, ABC Family.

A Rugrats Chanukah, 3 p.m. Dec. 10, Nick.

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown, 7 p.m. Dec. 10, Ch. 5.

Jack Frost, 6 p.m. Dec. 11, ABC Family. (Also 9 p.m. Dec. 18)

Shrek the Halls, 7 p.m. Dec. 11, Ch. 5.

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11, Ch. 5.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, 9 p.m. Dec. 11, ABC Family.

Frosty's Winter Wonderland, 6 p.m. Dec. 12, ABC Family.

The Little Drummer Boy, 6 p.m. Dec. 13, ABC Family.

The Little Drummer Boy II, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13, ABC Family.

Holiday Marathon, including "The Story of the First Christmas Snow,"Frosty's Winter Wonderland" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," beginning at 9 a.m., Dec. 16, ABC Family.

Elmo's Christmas Coundown, 6 p.m. Dec. 23, Ch. 5.

SPECIALS

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, co-hosts, 7 p.m. Dec. 1, KARE, Ch. 11.

Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration, 7 p.m. Dec. 2, KTCA, Ch. 2. (Also 7 p.m. Dec. 3, 2 p.m. Dec. 9, 8:30 p.m. Dec. 10, KTCI, Ch. 17; 7 p.m. Dec. 5, Ch. 2)

What's With That Really Decked Out Christmas House? 8 p.m. Dec. 9, HGTV.

Walt Disney World Holiday Special With Samantha Brown, 7 p.m. Dec. 11, Travel.

Christmas in Washington, Ne-Yo, Vanessa Hudgens, Alan Jackson, Andrea Bocelli, Colbie Caillat, Heather Headler and Katharine McPhee, with Phil and Robin McGraw, hosts, 9 p.m. Dec. 12, TNT.

Live From Lincoln Center: Jazz at Lincoln Center: Red Hot Holiday Stomp, with Glenn Close, Wynton Marsalis and S. Epatha Merkerson, 8 p.m. Dec. 13, KTCI, Ch. 17.

Saturday Night Live: Christmas Special, 8:30 p.m. Dec. 13, Ch. 11.

Andre Rieu: Christmas Around the World, 4 p.m. Dec. 15, Ch. 2.

White House Christmas 2007, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 16, HGTV.

Holiday Windows 2007, 8 p.m. Dec. 16, HGTV.

Clash of the Choirs, Michael Bolton, Patti LaBelle, Nick Lachey, Kelly Rowland and Blake Shelton featured, 8 p.m. Dec. 17-20, KARE, Ch. 11.

Christmas at St. Olaf: Where Peace and Love and Hope Abide, 8 p.m. Dec. 19, Ch. 2.

Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Sissel, 9 p.m. Dec. 19, Ch. 2.

The 9th Annual A Home for the Holidays, 7 p.m. Dec. 21, Ch. 4.

Augsburg College Advent Vespers Celebration, 8 p.m. Dec. 22, Ch. 17.

Walt Disney World Christmas Parade, 9 a.m. Dec. 25, Ch. 5.

The 30th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, Caroline Kennedy, host, Leon Fleisher, Steve Martin, Diana Ross, Marton Scorsese and Brian Wilson are honorees, 8 p.m. Dec. 26, Ch. 4.

Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve: Joshua Bell, Renee Fleming, host, 8 p.m. Dec. 31, Ch. 2.

Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve 2008, 9 p.m. Dec. 31, Ch. 5.

Great Performances: Garrison Keillor's New Year's Eve Special, 10 p.m. Dec. 31, Ch. 2.

New Year's Eve With Carson Daly, Lenny Kravitz featured, 10:35 p.m. Dec. 31, Ch. 11.

Fox New Year's Eve, 11 p.m. Dec. 31, KMSP, Ch. 9.

The 199th Tournament of Roses Parade, 10 a.m. Jan. 1, Ch. 11.

Great Performances: From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2008, 1:30 p.m. Jan. 1, Ch. 2.

MOVIES

The Polar Express, voiced by Tom Hanks, 7 p.m. Nov. 30, Ch. 5. (Also 7 p.m. Dec. 7; 3:30 & 8 p.m. Dec. 8; 6 & 7:30 p.m. Dec. 24 ABC Family)

Holiday Switch, with Nicole Eggert, 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Lifetime.

All I Want for Christmas, with Gail O'Grady and Jimmy Pinchak, 8 p.m. Dec. 1, Hallmark.

The Note, with Genie Francis and Ted McGinley, 8 p.m. Dec. 8, Hallmark.

Lost Holiday: The Jim and Suzanne Shemwell Story, with Jami Gertz and Dylan Walsh, 8 p.m. Dec. 8, Lifetime.

A Christmas Carol, 1938 version with Reginald Owen, 7 p.m. Dec. 9, TCM.

An Accidental Christmas, with Cynthia Gibb and David Milbern, 8 p.m. Dec. 9, Lifetime.

White Christmas, with Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye, 7 p.m. Dec. 10, WFTC, Ch. 29.

Miracle on 34th Street, 1973 version with Jane Alexander and Roddy McDowall, 7 p.m. Dec. 11, Ch. 29.

All Dogs Christmas Carol, voices of Dom DeLuise and Ernest Borgnine, 7 p.m. Dec. 13, Ch. 29.

It's a Wonderful Life, with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, 7 p.m. Dec. 14, Ch. 11. (Also 7 p.m. Dec. 24, Ch. 11)

Christmas in Paradise, with Colin Ferguson and Charlotte Ross, 8 p.m. Dec. 15, Lifetime.

Eloise at Christmastime, with Sofia Vassilieva and Julie Andrews, 2 p.m. Dec. 22, ABC Family. (Also 8 p.m. Dec. 23)

A Family Holiday, with David Coulier, 8 p.m. Dec. 22, Lifetime.

Eloise at the Plaza, with Sofia Vassilieva and Julie Andrews, 6 p.m. Dec. 23, ABC Family.

Christmas in Connecticut, with Barbara Stanwyck and Sydney Greenstreet, 7 p.m. Dec. 23, TCM.

Holiday Affair, with Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh, 9 p.m. Dec. 23, TCM.

A Christmas Story, with Peter Billingsley and Darren McGavin, 24-hour marathon begins at 7 p.m. Dec. 24, TBS.

The Bells of St. Mary's, with Bing Crosby and Ingrid Bergman, 11 p.m. Dec. 24, TCM.

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