Holiday Cartoons and classics

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" airs on MONDAY, DECEMBER 8 and TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

MORE HOLIDAY TV
Dec. 5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (8 p.m., ABC): Jim Carrey in the live-action version .

Dec. 6
My Friends Tigger & Pooh Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (8:30 a.m., Disney Channel): Roo and Lumpy find Santa's toy sack and a reindeer lost in the Hundred Acre Wood.

Dec. 7
Eloise at Christmastime (8:30 a.m., ABC Family): From Kay Thompson's book, Sofia Vassilieva plays Eloise at the Plaza Hotel.

Top 10 Christmas Towns (8 p.m., HGTV): Unique holiday celebrations.

Dec. 8
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (7 p.m., ABC Family): Joel Grey narrates the animated special adapted from Clement Moore's poem.

Jingle All the Way (8 p.m., ABC Family): Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a frantic dad trying to get his son the hot holiday gift.

Dec. 9
A Garfield Christmas (7 p.m., ABC Family): Garfield noses around trying to figure out what secret gift Odie is making.

A Dennis the Menace Christmas (8 p.m., ABC Family): New this year, Dennis (Maxwell Perry Cotton) tries to get Mr. Wilson (Robert Wagner) in the Yule mood.

Dec. 10
Mickey's Christmas Carol (7 p.m., ABC Family): Disney version of the Dickens tale with Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit and Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too (7:30 p.m., ABC Family): Winnie the Pooh and Piglet rush to get Christopher Robin's letter to Santa.

Rudolph's Shiny New Year (9 p.m., ABC Family): Baby New Year runs away and Rudolph must find him.

Dec. 11
The Year Without a Santa Claus (8 p.m., ABC Family): Animated story about the no-show year for Santa (Mickey Rooney ).

Dec. 12
Frosty the Snowman (8 p.m., CBS): Jimmy Durante narrates the classic special.

Frosty Returns (8:30 p.m., CBS): John Goodman voices the comeback Frosty.

The 12 Days of Redneck Christmas (9 p.m., CMT): Tom Arnold finds families with over-the-top decorations and wacky holiday traditions.

Dec. 13
The Little Drummer Boy (9 a.m., ABC Family): Vienna Boys' Choir does the soundtrack for the story based on the Christmas song.

Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (11:30 a.m., ABC Family): Shunned at home, Nestor goes roaming and finds Mary in desperate need of his help.

Radio City Christmas Spectacular (8 p.m., WE): Radio City's annual Christmas show with the Rockettes. Hosted by Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira.

A Miser Brothers' Christmas (8 p.m., ABC Family): In this new special based on characters in the Rankin-Bass Year Without a Santa Claus, Mickey Rooney reprises the voice of Santa as the annual ride is threatened by the North Wind.

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (9 p.m., Hallmark Channel): Three wise men help a woman find the Christmas spirit. With Henry Winkler, Brooke Burns and Warren Christie.

Dec. 14
A Carol Christmas (10 a.m., ABC Family): Tori Spelling plays a conceited talk-show host haunted by ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. With William Shatner, Gary Coleman .

Santa Baby (2 p.m., ABC Family): Santa's daughter (Jenny McCarthy) is a New York business executive who has to go back home and take over dad's duties.

Paula's Party: Butter Than Ever Christmas Party (7 p.m., Food Network): Paula Deen teams with Patti LaBelle, Mark Wills for holiday recipes.

The Santa Clause 2 (8 p.m., ABC): Santa, played by Tim Allen, finds he must get married by Christmas Eve.

Snow 2: Brain Freeze (8 p.m., ABC Family): In this new original movie, Santa (Tom Cavanagh ) loses his memory.

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Renée Fleming and Claire Bloom (9 p.m., KET1): The opera diva and the actress join the famed choir for a two holiday concert.

Dec. 15
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (8 p.m., ABC): ReRun, Lucy's younger brother, turns to Snoopy as a holiday stress-reliever.

Secret Santa (Lifetime, 9 p.m.): A reporter (Jennie Garth) expecting a marriage proposal from her boyfriend gets dumped just before Christmas and discovers her "Secret Santa."

Dec. 17
White House Christmas (8 p.m., HGTV): Sabrina Soto from HGTV's Get It Sold leads viewers through White House decorations.

Great Performances: Dance in America: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker (9 p.m., KET1): The beloved classic is set in the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition. Kristi Yamaguchi hosts.

A Christmas Carol (9 p.m. and midnight, TNT): Patrick Stewart stars as Scrooge in the Dickens story.

Dec. 18
Holidays at Murray State 2008: The Sights, the Sounds, the Seasons (9 p.m., KET2): The popular Kentucky concert special celebrates another holiday season with the Murray State University musical groups.

Faith Hill, Joy to the World: A Soundstage Special Event (10 p.m., KET2): The country music star, backed by an orchestra led by esteemed conductor David Campbell, sings favorites from her upcoming holiday album, Joy to the World.

Dec. 20
Elf (8 p.m., CBS): Will Ferrell plays a man raised as Santa's elf who goes to New York in search of his true identity.

Christmas in Wonderland (8 p.m., ABC Family): A bag of money found at the mall puts a family in trouble with bumbling counterfeiters. Patrick Swayze, Carmen Electra, Tim Curry.

Dec. 21
A Christmas Proposal (9 p.m., Lifetime): Old friends find romance and
conflict in a struggle over a small ski town. Nicole Eggert, Tom Arnold, David O'Donnell, Sarah Thompson.

Dec. 23
Nightmare Before Christmas (2:30 a.m., TBS): Tim Burton's vividly animated comic-horror story about stealing Christmas.

White Christmas (6 p.m., ABC Family): Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye and Kentucky's beloved Rosemary Clooney star in the holiday story of former soldiers trying to save their commander's Vermont Inn. Includes the song White Christmas.

Home for the Holidays with Faith Hill (8 p.m., CBS): Inspirational stories about adoption from Faith Hill, Melissa Etheridge, Tim McGraw, Gavin Rossdale, Jamie Foxx, Kristin Chenoweth, Patricia Heaton, Rene Russo, Martin Short.

Dec. 24
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring the King’s Singers (8 p.m., KET1 and KET HD): England’s premier vocal choral ensemble joins the renowned choir.

Dec. 31
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve (10 p.m., ABC): From Times Square, Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest host, with Kellie Pickler as street reporter.

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