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Christmas Cheer- Selected Holiday Specials - Page 3© Nicholas Moreau
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Dec 3, 2003
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DECEMBER 10
It's winter, it's fairly feel-good, so it's close enough to being a Christmas
movie. Disney's "Snow Dogs" follows a successful dentist
(Cuba Gooding Jr.) who inherits a pack of sled dogs. Also in the movie
is Nichelle Nicholls (Uhura in "Star Trek") and Oscar-winner James
Coburn in his final film appearance.
"The Simpsons"' creator Matt Groeniegs visually unique "Olive
the Other Reindeer" airs at 7 p.m. on YTV.
New "The Santa Clause" airs
on WGN at 8 p.m. Interesting by seemingly useless factoid of knowledge,
some scenes were filmed in Hollywood North, Toronto, and a former classmate
was one of the elves. More useful piece of knowledge, "The Santa
Clause 3" is in pre-production. Exactly how many clauses were around
that business card, anyway?
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DECEMBER 11
At 6:30 p.m., a special holiday episode of "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius"
premiers. In "Holly Jolly Jimmy," the young brain travels to the
North Pole to prove a theory of his-- that Santa Claus does not exist.
New WB and WPX air "Grandma Got
Run Over By a Reindeer" at 8 p.m., a direct-to-video animated featurette
based on the novelty song of the same name.
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DECEMBER 12
"The Santa Claus Brothers" is a 3-D animated Christmas special,
where Mr. Claus' bumbling sons try to fill his boots, as Santa ponders
retiring. I saw it last year, liked it a lot. YTV at 7 p.m.
New "Call Me Claus" is a TNT-made
movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Nigel Hawthorne (playing a retiring
Santa Claus). Music provided by Garth Brooks, in this Turner Network Television
movie at 8 p.m. Repeats on TNT December 14 and 23.
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DECEMBER 13
"The Proud Family" celebrates the "Seven Days of Kwanzaa"
on The Family Channel at 3:51 p.m.
"Prancer Returns" airs on YTV at 8 p.m.
ABC airs "A Charlie Brown Christmas" a second time this holiday
season, presumably at 8 p.m.
New Everytime a bell rings, an angel
earns its wings. And considering how many times this movie airs, there
must be a very small percentage of angels that can't fly. Yes, you know
its winter when the birds have flown south, or by seeing "It's A
Wonderful Life" listed 20 times on each page of the TV Guide. Frank
Capra directs Jimmy Stewart, 8 p.m., NBC.
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DECEMBER 14
Thomas and the gang come to the rescue, yet again, and recieve a nice surprise
for their valiant efforts in "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends:
Thomas & Percy's Christmas Adventure." On Treehouse TV at 9:25
a.m.
New "Call Me Claus" is a TNT-made
movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and Nigel Hawthorne (playing a retiring
Santa Claus). Music provided by Garth Brooks, in this Turner Network Television
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