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Thursday, November 22

N.B. Because the number of Christmas specials is picking up, I will be listing fewer craft shows. HGTV has most of them. I'm also not getting every holiday show on Food TV.

Friday

• Little Lulu Episode #09, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., HBO Family
  Bad-tasting syrup; Christmas Eve; new hairdo.
• Casper's Haunted Christmas, 11 a.m., USA
  Caspar is sent to a Christmas-y town where he must scare someone or else
• "Xmas Story" NewsRadio episode #312, 11:30 p.m., A&E

Saturday

• "Xmas Story" NewsRadio episode #312, 2:30 a.m., A&E
• Little Lulu Episode #09, 5:30 p.m., HBO Family
  Bad-tasting syrup; Christmas Eve; new hairdo.
• Prancer Returns, 7 p.m., USA
  A little boy finds a baby reindeer he believes belongs with Santa
• Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, 8 p.m, CBS
• A Christmas Story, 8 p.m., TNT
  Ralphie wants a BB gun, but everyone tells him he'll shoot his eye out.
• A Diva's Christmas Carol, 9 p.m., VH1
  An enjoyably bad variation on Dickens' tale, starring Vanessa Williams
• All I Want for Christmas, 9 p.m., PAX
  A girl enlists her brother, grandmother, and mall Santa to get her parents back together. It doesn't actually sound all that enjoyable, but I like Lauren Bacall

Sunday

• Prancer Returns, 3:30 p.m., USA
  A little boy finds a baby reindeer he believes belongs with Santa
• The Santa Clause, 7 p.m., ABC
  Tim Allen is roped into being Santa after the last one dies on his lawn
• Scrooged, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m., TNT
  John Glover and Alfre Woodard have secondary roles in this update of 'A Christmas Carol' starring Bill Murray
• The Naked Chef Christmas in New York, 9 p.m. and midnight, Food Network
  Jamie Oliver keeps all his clothes on, but he's also rather charming and sweet, and has a lovely British accent.
• "Christmas…A Time for Joy" Gaither Gospel Hour, 10 p.m., TNN

Monday

• "Christmas…A Time for Joy" Gaither Gospel Hour, 2 a.m., TNN
• The Lion in Winter, 1:45 pm and 8 pm, American Movie Classics
  Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn star as King Henry II recalls his exiled wife Eleanor of Acquitaine to court where he will name his successor.
• "Compassion" Adventures from the Book of Virtues Episode #38, 1:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., PBSKids
• "Miracle on 34th Street" Backstory, 10 p.m., American Movie Classics

Tuesday, November 20

Wednesday

• "Children's Classics Come to Life" Wild on the Set, 10 a.m., Animal Planet
• All Mine to Give, 6 p.m., Turner Classic Movies
  Scottish immigrants are orphaned and adopted on Christmas.
• "Holiday Pie Show" From Martha's Kitchen, 6:30 p.m., Food TV
• Bright Holiday Lights, 10 p.m., HGTV

Thursday

• Bright Holiday Lights, 1 a.m., HGTV
• "Holiday Pie Show" From Martha's Kitchen, 2 a.m., Food TV
• "The Holiday Etiquette Test" The Test Episode #127, 7 a.m., FX
• "Children's Classics Come to Life" Wild on the Set, 9 a.m., Animal Planet
• Miracle on 34th Street, 10 a.m., 8 p.m., and 10:15 p.m., American Movie Classics
• "Night of the Dead Living", Homicide: Life on the Streets Episode # 9209, 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Court TV
• "Miracle on 34th Street" Backstory, 11:45 a.m. and 9:45 p.m., American Movie Classics
• "Outdoor Decorations, Evergreen Wreaths" From Martha's Home, 4 p.m., HGTV

Monday, November 19

Tuesday's Holiday Programming

• "The Little Christmas Tree" Lassie episode #6419, 4 a.m., Discovery Kids
• "Home for the Homicide" Profiler episode #308, 11 p.m., Court TV