Because not only does such a guide take you to the best holiday viewing, it adopts the new attitude of being served up the best of what you're looking for--rather than a surfing through a grid.
Plus, some of these programs can keep friends, relatives, and co-workers focused in harmony on the spirit of the season. Just like the guide was meant for.
We hope you'll find it entertaining, useful, and informative--like all the things we do. And Happy Holidays from all of us at FYI Television.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12
Vacation (1989,
Comedy) Doug Llewelyn.
Members
of an eccentric family try
to
create the perfect holiday by inviting
all
their relatives over for a long visit, but
the
plan turns into a disaster. PG-13. (HD)
FAMILY
Hugh
Grant. Eight people who live in
London
fall in love, out of love and lament
about
not having love lives during the
frantic
weeks before the Christmas
holidays.
R. (HD) AMC
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
Bing
Crosby. After becoming romantically
involved
with a duo of singing sisters, two
former
Army buddies decide to take their
song-and-dance
routine on the road. NR.
(HD)
AMC
8
p.m. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole
Christmas A
mean-hearted hermit
descends
into an unsuspecting town to
steal
all of the presents from the children,
but
he ends up learning the true meaning
of
Christmas. TBS
9
p.m. Silent Night Told is the story of
the
Christmas Eve truce during the First
World
War, when French, Scottish and
German
soldiers laid down their arms on
Dec.
24, 1914. (HD) (N) PBS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14
Holiday)
Hilarie Burton. In the hopes of
strengthening
her bond with her young
son,
a busy New York executive decides
to
spend Christmas in her Southern
hometown.
NR. (HD) LIFETIME
Jennifer
Nettles and a live audience help
celebrate
the season with some of the
most
powerful musicians in the country
music
scene such as Trace Adkins. (HD)
ABC
SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 15
JT
Hodges. After men from New York and
North
Carolina decide to switch residences
during
the holiday season, each one
encounters
a woman from the other’s life.
(HD)
HALLMARK
10
p.m. Scrooged (1988, Comedy) Bill
Murray.
A TV network executive fires an
aide,
exploits his secretary and trashes
a
holiday show on Christmas Eve but
ghostly
visitations show him the error of
his ways. PG-13. FAMILY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16
9
p.m. Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Manny
makes Sid believe that he’s
now
on Santa’s naughty list; Sid, Crash,
Eddie
and Peaches head to the North Pole
to
plead their case to Santa. (HD) FOX
10
p.m. Farewell Mr. Kringle (2010, Comedy)
Christine
Taylor. When a magazine
writer
is assigned to find out what make’s
Mistletoe’s
Santa Claus tick, she quickly
discovers
how much Kris Kringle means to
the small
town. NR. (HD) HALLMARK
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 17
8
p.m. A Bride for Christmas (2012,
Romance)
Arielle Kebbel. A woman who
abandoned
three previous wedding engagements
finds
love with a man who has
agreed
to participate in a wager involving
marriage.
NR. (HD) HALLMARK
10
p.m. Let It Snow (2013, Holiday)
Candace
Cameron Bure. After a resort
company
purchases a new property, a
talented
businesswoman must inspect
the
land and file an important report on its
status. NR. (HD) HALLMARK
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER 18
7
p.m. Winnie the Pooh and Christmas,
Too Pooh
and all his friends take it upon
themselves
to deliver a special Christmas
wish
list to Santa Claus before the delivery
deadline
approaches. TV G. FAMILY
2013 Clear
Channel’s Z100 music station
hosts
its 18th annual music concert with
artists
Miley Cyrus, Robin Thicke, Pitbull,
Enrique
Iglesias and Fall Out Boy. (HD)
(N)
CW
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19
8
p.m. Scrooge (1970, Musical) Albert
Finney.
In a musical adaption of the
beloved
tale “A Christmas Carol,” a miserly
old
man contends with ghosts throughout
Christmas
Eve, bringing him a change of
heart.
G. TCM
9
p.m. Christmas at Luther: Tidings of
Comfort and Joy At
the Luther College
Center
for Faith and Life, the school’s
instrumental
and vocal ensembles perform
traditional
holiday carols and sacred
Christmas
anthems. (HD) PBS
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 20
8
p.m. I Love Lucy Christmas Special
The
Ricardos and Mertzes spend
time
together decorating a Christmas
Tree;
the two couples travel on vacation
to
Rome where Lucy is invited to be in a
film.
(N) CBS
10
p.m. Christmas at Belmont At
the
Schermerhorn Symphony Center in
Nashville,
Tenn., student musicians from
Belmont
University and other music
artists
perform traditional carols and
more. (HD) (N) PBS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21
8
p.m. I Want a Dog for Christmas,
Charlie Brown! Stressed
out by his
older
sister Lucy, ReRun asks Snoopy to
invite
his canine brother Spike for a visit,
yielding
catastrophic results. ABC
10
p.m. The Most Wonderful Time
of the Year (2008,
Holiday) Henry
Winkler.
A single working mother’s
disdain
for the Christmas season is
put
to the test when her uncle brings a
mysterious
stranger into her home. NR.
(HD) HALLMARK
10:30 p.m. Christmas Eve (1947, Holiday)
George Raft. A rich lady needs the help of
her three long-lost sons to hold on to her
money and her estate from her covetous
nephew who is trying to deem her as
incompetent. NR. TCM
SUNDAY,
DECEMBER 22
8
p.m. The Christmas Card (2006,
Holiday)
John Newton. A young American
soldier
in the Middle East sets out to
find
the sender of a Christmas card and
discovers
more than he anticipated. NR.
(HD)
HALLMARK
10
p.m. Hitched for the Holidays (2012,
Romance)
Joey Lawrence. A man and
woman
agree to pose as each other’s
dates
for the holiday season to please
their
families, who are pressuring them to
be in a
relationship. NR. (HD) HALLMARK
MONDAY,
DECEMBER 23
7
p.m. The Year Without a Santa
Claus Mrs.
Claus relates the story of the
year
Santa was sick and decided to take a
break
from Christmas, prompting two of
his
elves to try to convince him otherwise.
(HD)
FAMILY
St. Olaf Choir At
the Nidaros Cathedral,
the
a cappella St. Olaf Choir and the
Nidaros
Jentekor choir perform a variety of
Christmas
songs, Norwegian hymns and
more. (HD) (N) PBS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24
CHRISTMAS EVE
8
p.m. Christmas in Connecticut (1945,
Comedy)
Barbara Stanwyck. A chic
magazine
writer who is supposed to be
an
expert homemaker must entertain
her
boss and a war veteran for the
holidays.
NR. TCM
9
p.m. Christmas with the Mormon
Tabernacle Choir Featuring Alfie Boe
and Tom Brokaw The
Mormon Tabernacle
Choir
& Orchestra and guests come
together
to celebrate the holidays with
performances
of “Bring Him Home,” “Sing
Noel!”
and other songs. (HD) PBS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25
CHRISTMAS DAY
Holiday) Nicollette Sheridan. After a
small town journalist arrives home for the
holiday season, she discovers a real estate
developer is attempting to purchase small
local businesses. (HD)
HALLMARK
Fiction) Magda Apanowicz. A family
receives a mysterious snow globe that
has the power to affect the weather in
their town in the same manner that it is
affected. PG-13. (HD) SYFY
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