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Christmas Cheer- Selected Holiday Specials© Nicholas Moreau
Dec 3, 2003
It's just 21 sleeps until Christmas, so it's about time that I
published this list of Christmas specials. Everything from Santa's "Biography"
to "Fear Factor," and the more traditional fare, like "Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer," and "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!",
and new classics like "Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember,"
and "Olive the Other Reindeer," there's a diverse slate to
fill your plate, go ahead and find the turkey with the right stuffings
for you!
As days go by, I'm sure to add more new listings, so check back regularly.
All the new listings are marked New.
This symbol certainly does not mean the moive/episode/special is new, just
it was late onto my list.
All times listed are Eastern Standard Time. National networks may air
them at the same time in subsequent time zones. Unless otherwise specified,
YTV is the Canadian youth channel, and ABC is a Disney-owned American network,
and should not be confused with their British and Australian namesakes.
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DECEMBER 5
A relatively good direct-to-video animated movie, "The Life and Adventures
of Santa Claus," based on a classic but underrecognized book by
Frank L. Baum, creator of "The Wizard of Oz" book series. The movie
airs on YTV at 4 pm.
Whoopi Goldberg in "Call Me Claus" airs on YTV at 8 pm. Also
airs on TNT in the States, see December 12, 14, 23 for more details.
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| DECEMBER 6
New PIX airs
"A
Christmas Story" at 9:35 am.
New ABC Family will show 11 hours of
animated specials, in the "Rankin/Bass Marathon," including
"The
Little Drummer Boy," "Frosty's Winter Wonderland,"
and "Rudolph's Shiny New Year," all starting at 2 p.m. Will
re-air (albeit with two hours less) on the 21st.
New A relatively good direct-to-video
animated movie, "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,"
based on a classic but underrecognized book by Frank L. Baum, creator of
"The
Wizard of Oz" book series. The movie airs on YTV at 4 p.m.
New Many PBS stations will air "A
Lawrence Welk Family Christmas" at 7 p.m. tonight. Introduce
your kids to a classic, show them television from when you were a kid.
New "Ernest Saves
Christmas" tonight at 8:00 pm on WGN.
New Whoopi Goldberg, Joan Cusack and
David Arquette star along with the Muppets in the 2002 TV movie, "It's
a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie." 8 p.m. on select NBC stations,
and 9 p.m. on Citytv Toronto.
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DECEMBER 7
New Narrated by Boris Karloff, animated
by legend Chuck Jones, based on the book by Dr. Seuss, "How the Grinch
Stole Christmas" airs on Mexcess at 9:40 a.m.
New "Ernest Saves
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