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Friday, November 30

Monday

• Food Finds: Holiday Treats, 1 a.m, Food TV
• From Martha's Kitchen, 2 a.m., Food TV
• "Merry Christmas, Little Bill" Little Bill episode #222, 12 and 3 p.m., Nickelodeon
• "Christmas With the Addams Family" The New Addams Family episode #28, 4 p.m, ABC Family
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 7 p.m., Cartoon Network
  Far, far superior to the Jim Carey version
• "Nutcracker Scoob" Scooby Doo Mysteries episode #8413, 7:30 p.m., Cartoon Network
• Twas the Night Before Christmas, 8:30 p.m., ABC Family
• "Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special" SpongeBob SquarePants Episode #028, 8:30 p.m., Nickelodeon.
• Scrooged, 10:15 p.m., TNT
  John Glover and Alfre Woodard have secondary roles in this update of 'A Christmas Carol' starring Bill Murray

Sunday

• The Canadian Brass: A Christmas Special" Breakfast with The Arts, 8 a.m., A&E
• Two Fat Ladies Christmas Special II and Carribean Christmas Special, 10 and 10:30 a.m., Food Network
• The Naked Chef Christmas in New York, 11 a.m., Food Network Jamie Oliver keeps all his clothes on, but he's also rather charming and sweet, and has a lovely British accent.
• From Martha's Kitchen, noon, Food TV
• Donner, 1 p.m., ABCFamily
  "A troubled reindeer tries to save Christmas from disaster. " (tv.yahoo.com)
• "Santa's Little Helper" Boy Meets World episode #12, 1 and 4 p.m., Disney
  Cory tries to do something nice for his best friend Shawn, and misunderstanding breaks out
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• "Heck of a Hanukkah" Even Stevens episode #117, 5:30 and 8:30 p.m., Disney Channel
• Must Be Santa, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• Emeril's Happy, Happy Holidays, 8 and 11 p.m., Food Network
  Normally, I detest Emeril, but this show features The Boys Choir of Harlem.
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994 remake), 8 and 10 p.m, ABC Family
• Holidays Unwrapped, 9 p.m and midnight, Food Network
• Christmas: Behind the Traditions, 9 p.m. and midnight, HG TV
  History behind wrapping paper, egg nog, and other Christmas commonplaces
• Food Finds: Holiday Treats, 10 p.m, Food TV
• Call me Claus 10 pm and midnight, TNT

Saturday

• The Great Christmas Movies, 7:15 a.m, American Movie Classics
  Shirley Jones hosts. Includes: ``It's a Wonderful Life''; ``Miracle on 34th Street''; ``The Bishop's Wife''; ``A Christmas Story''; 1926 ``Ben-Hur''; 1912 silent film ``From the Manger to the Cross.''
• Donner, 10 a.m., ABCFamily
  "A troubled reindeer tries to save Christmas from disaster. " (tv.yahoo.com)
• "Anti-Claus is Coming to Town" Big Wolf on Campus, 12 p.m., ABC Family
  Our heroes save Christmas from Santa's evil brother Roger.
• Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer, 1 p.m., ABC Family
  based on the book.
• "Compassion" Adventures from the Book of Virtues Episode #38, 1:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., PBSKids
• Frosty's Winter Wonderland, 1 pm., ABC Family Frosty finds a mate
• Twas the Night Before Christmas, 2:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Pinocchio's Christmas, 3 PM, ABC Family
  based on the novel by Carlo Collodi
• The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, 4 and 11 p.m, ABC Family
  Two hour animated movie, not the Rankin Bass half hour.
• A Diva's Christmas Carol, 4 p.m., VH1
  An enjoyably bad variation on Dickens' tale, starring Vanessa Williams
• The Naked Chef Christmas in New York, 4 p.m., Food Network Jamie Oliver keeps all his clothes on, but he's also rather charming and sweet, and has a lovely British accent.
• The First Christmas, 5 p.m., ABC Family
  narrated by Angela Lansbury
• "Santa's Little Helper" Boy Meets World episode #12, 5 p.m., Disney
  Cory tries to do something nice for his best friend Shawn, and misunderstanding breaks out
• Two Fat Ladies Christmas Special and Carribean Christmas Special, 5 and 5:30 p.m., Food Network
• "Miracle on 34th Street" Backstory, 5:30 p.m. and midnight, American Movie Classics
• Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, 6 p.m., ABC Family
  An absolutely marvelous retelling of the birth of Jesus from the perspective of Mary's ride. One of the few Rankin/Bass holiday productions to deal directly with the religious story.
• The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold, 6:30 p.m., ABC Family
  A bainsidhe wants the leprechauns' gold.
• "Christmas…A Time for Joy" Gaither Gospel Hour, 7 p.m., PAX
• "The Santa Experience" and "Chanukkah" Rugrats, 8 and 8:30 p.m., CBS
• Santa Claus is Coming to Town, 8 p.m., ABC Family
• Decadent Desserts with Jacques Torres, 9 p.m., Food Network
• The Year Without a Santa Claus, 9 p.m. and midnight, ABC Family
  I find this to be one of the weakest Rankin-Bass specials, but it does have the fantabulous Snow Miser and Heat Miser.
• Jack Frost, 10 PM, ABC Family
  1998 Michael Keaton film

Thursday, November 29

Friday

• Decadent Desserts with Jacques Torres, 1 a.m., Food Network
• Frosty the Snowman, 8 p.m., CBS
• Frosty Returns, 8:30 p.m. CBS
  An eco-conscious update of the tale. John Goodman is fairly amusing as Frosty, and Jonathon Winters is as good a narrator as Burl Ives used to be. Of middling quality.

Wednesday, November 28

N.B. I was sick the past few days. Sorry for the missed updates.

Wednesday

• Christmas in Rockefeller Center, 8 p.m., NBC

Thursday

• Quest for the Ring, 8 p.m., FOX
  Plot summary and behind the scenes look at the upcoming Lord of the Rings movie
• Decadent Desserts with Jacques Torres, 10 p.m., Food Network