More Specials Coming Up!!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

All times Eastern.

12/10, 9am: Dora the Explorer "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure" (Nick)
12/10, noon: Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney)
12/10, 1pm: Dora the Explorer "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure" (Nick)
12/10, 5pm: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/10, 7pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABCFAM)
12/10, 7pm: Bah-Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
12/10, 8pm: Holiday in Handcuffs (ABCFAM)
12/10, 8pm: Community: "Comparative Religion: (NBC)
12/10, 8:30pm: Parks and Recreation: "Christmas Scandal" (NBC)
12/10, 9pm: The Office: "Secret Santa" (NBC)
12/10, 9:30pm: 30 Rock: "Secret Santa" (NBC)
12/10, 10pm: A Flintstone Christmas (ABCFAM) [cute! there are a couple of these specials too, and I like the other one better, LoL]

12/11, 9am: Dora the Explorer: "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure" (Nick)
12/11, 9am: Step by Step: "Christmas Story" (ABCFAM)
12/11, 11am: My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (Disney)
12/11, 12:30pm: Everybody Loves Raymond: "The Christmas Picture" (TBS)
12/11, 6pm: Eight Simple Rules: "All I Want for Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/11, 6:30pm: Eight Simple Rules: "A Very CJ Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/11, 7pm: The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/11, 7pm: SpongeBob SquarePants: "Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special" (Nick)
12/11, 8pm: A Muppets' Christmas: Letters to Santa (NBC) [haven't seen it]
12/11, 8pm: Prancer (AMC) [the trailers were so magical when I was a child, I still remember them vividly and I don't know why they left such an impression!]
12/11, 8pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/11, 8pm: The Santa Clause 2 (ABCFAM)
12/11, 8pm: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Clause (animated) (CBS)
12/11, 8pm: Phineas and Ferb: "Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation" (Disney)
12/11, 8:30pm: Phineas and Ferb: "S'Winter" (Disney)
12/11, 10pm: Santa Claus: The Movie (AMC) [my parents own this one on VHS and I wasn't allowed to watch it until I was like nine or ten for some reason...]
12/11, 10pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/11, 10:45pm: Phinease & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)
12/11, 11pm: Robot Chicken Christmas Special (Cartoon Network)

12/12, midnight: That '70s Show: "An Eric Foreman Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/12, 12:30am: That '70s Show: "Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/12, 7am: The Little Drummer Boy (ABCFAM)
12/12, 7:30am: Little Einsteins Christmas (Disney)
12/12, 7:30am: The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (ABCFAM)
12/12, 8am: Pinocchio's Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/12, 8:30am: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABCFAM)
12/12, 9:30am: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (ABCFAM)
12/12, 10am: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/12, 11am: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)
12/12, 11am: Phineas & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)
12/12, 11:30am: Cranberry Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/12, 11:30am: Phineas & Ferb: "Toy to the World" (Disney)
12/12, noon: Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (ABCFAM)
12/12, noon: A Christmas Carol (1938) (TCM)
12/12, 1pm: Olive, The Other Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/12, 2pm: Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABCFAM)
12/12, 3pm: A Year Without a Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/12, 3pm: Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (Cartoon Network)
12/12, 4pm: A Miser Brothers' Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/12, 4pm: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/12, 4pm: The Jetsons Christmas Carol (Boomerang)
12/12, 4:30pm: Casper's First Christmas (Boomerang)
12/12, 5pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABCFAM)
12/12, 6pm: The Santa Clause 2 (ABCFAM)
12/12, 6pm: Eight Crazy Nights (MTV)
12/12, 6pm: Merry Christmas Drake & Josh! (Nick)
12/12, 6pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/12, 7pm: The Polar Express (Disney)
12/12, 8pm: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (ABCFAM)
12/12, 8pm: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS)
12/13, 8pm: White Christmas (AMC) [two duos get together to do a Christmas show. classic!]
12/12, 8pm: Christmas in Canaan (Hallmark)
12/12, 8pm: It's a Wonderful Life (NBC)
12/12, 9pm: The Flight Before Christmas (CBS)
12/12, 9pm: Eloise at Christmastime (Disney)
12/12, 9pm: Elf (USA)
12/12, 10pm: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (ABCFAM)

12/13, 6am: Little Einsteins Christmas (Disney)
12/13, 6am: Roseanne: "Santa Claus" (TVLAND)
12/13, 6:30am: Roseanne: "No Place Like Home for the Holidays" (TVLAND)
12/13, 7am: Roseanne: "White Trash Christmas" (TVLAND)
12/13, 7am: A Garfield Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/13, 7am: My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas (Disney)
12/13, 7:30am: The Little Rascals Christmas Special (ABCFAM)
12/13, 7:30am: Roseanne: "The Parenting Trap" (TVLAND)
12/13, 8am: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/13, 9:30am: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Santa (Disney)
12/13, 10am: Snow (ABCFAM)
12/13, 11am: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/13, noon: Snow 2: Brain Freeze (ABCFAM)
12/13, noon: Eloise at Christmastime (Disney)
12/13, 2pm: A Carol Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/13, 2pm: Phineas & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)
12/13, 2:30pm: Phineas & Ferb: S'Winter (Disney)
12/13, 4pm: Holiday in Handcuffs (ABCFAM)
12/13, 4pm: A Flintstones Christmas Carol (Boomerang)
12/13, 6pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/13, 6pm: All in the Family: "Christmas at the Bunkers" (TBS)
12/13, 6:30pm: Sanford & Son: Ebenezer Sanford (TBS)
12/13, 8pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/13, 8pm: The Simpsons: "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" (FOX)
12/13, 8:30pm: The Cleveland Brown Show: "A Cleveland Brown Christmas: (FOX)
12/13, 9pm: Family Guy: "Business Guy" (FOX)
12/13, 9pm: A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (Lifetime)
12/13, 9pm: Elf (USA)
12/13, 9pm: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/13, 9:30pm: American Dad: "Rapture's Delight" (FOX)
12/13, 10pm: King of the Hill: "Twas the Nut Before Christmas" (Cartoon Network)
12/13, 10pm: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/13, 10:45pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/13, 11pm: A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (Lifetime)
12/13, 11:45pm: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Xmas (Cartoon Network) [new]

12/14, 1:15am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/14, 4am: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/14, 9am: Step by Step: "I'll be Home for Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/14, 9:30am: Imagination Movers: Presents (Disney)
12/14, 10:30am: Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (Disney)
12/14, noon: A Christmas Carol (Hallmark)
12/14, 4:30pm: That '70s Show: "Winter" (F/X)
12/14, 5pm: Eloise at Christmastime (ABCFAM)
12/14, 7pm: A Scooby Doo Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/14, 7:30pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/14, 8pm: Shrek the Halls (ABC) [haven't seen it!]
12/14, 8pm: The Ultimate Christmas Present (Disney)
12/14, 8pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/14, 10:15pm: Santa Claus: The Movie (AMC)
12/14, 11pm: Elf (USA)

12/15, 12:30am: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/15, 1:30am: That '70s Show: "Winter" (F/X)
12/15, 6:30am: Imagination Movers: Santa (Disney)
12/15, 7am: To Grandmother's House We Go (ABCFAM)
12/15, 9am: Step by Step: "The Fight Before Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/15, 10:30am: Little Einsteins Christmas (Disney)
12/15, noon: The Ultimate Christmas Present (Disney)
12/15, 6pm: Gotta Catch Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/15, 7pm: Rudoph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & The Island of Misfit Toys (ABCFAM)
12/15, 8pm: Olive, The Other Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/15, 8pm: A Charlie Brown Christmas & Charlie Brown Christmas Tales (ABC)
12/15, 8:30pm: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)
12/15, 9pm: South Park: "Jewbilee" (Comedy Central)

12/16, 7am: The Munster's Scary Little Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/16, 8:30am: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Santa (Disney)
12/16, 9am: Step by Step: "Too Many Santas" (ABCFAM)
12/16, 1:15pm: Phineas & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)
12/16, 2pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "Sabrina's Perfect Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/16, 2:30pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "It's a Hot, Hot, Hot, Hot Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/16, 6pm: Pinocchio's Christmas (ABCFAM) [didn't know this existed! did you??]
12/16, 7pm: Mickey's Christmas Carol (ABCFAM)
12/16, 7:30pm: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/16, 7pm: Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (Cartoon Network)
12/16, 7:30pm: Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABCFAM)
12/16, 8pm: Happy Feet (ABCFAM) [sadly, I really need to see this!]
12/16, 8:30: Ed, Edd, n' Eddy: "Jingle, Jingle, Jangle" (Cartoon Network)
12/16, 8:30pm: Prep & Landing (ABC)
12/16, 10pm: Surviving Christmas (TNT)
12/16, 10:30pm: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)

12/17, 7am: A Very Brady Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/17, 9am: Christmas Town (ABCFAM)
12/17, 10am: Jon & Kate Plus 8: "A Gosselin Family Christmas" (TLC)
12/17, 2pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "Christmas Amnesia" (ABCFAM)
12/17, 2:30pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "Sabrina, Nipping at your Nose" (ABCFAM)
12/17, 5pm: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/17, 6pm: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (ABCFAM)
12/17, 6:30pm: Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABCFAM) [this may be a lot more far-fetched than some of the other stop-motion animated specials from the past forty years.. but it's cute. Nestor becomes the donkey that Mary rides in on.]
12/17, 7pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/17, 7pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/17, 7pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation" (Disney)
12/17, 7:30pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Toy to the World" (Disney)
12/17, 8pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/17, 8pm: Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
12/17, 10pm: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/17, 10pm: Holiday Affair (TCM)

12/18, 7am: Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (ABCFAM)
12/18, 9am: A Dennis the Menace Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/18, 9am: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/18, 2pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "A Girl and her Cat" (ABCFAM)
12/18, 6pm: Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation (ABCFAM)
12/18, 7pm: Disney's Prep & Landing (ABCFAM)
12/18, 8pm: Frosty the Snowman (CBS)
12/18, 8:30pm: Frosty Returns (CBS)

12/19, midnight: That '70s Show: "The Best Christmas Ever" (ABCFAM)
12/19, 12:30am: That '70s Show: "Hyde's Christmas Rager" (ABCFAM)
12/19, 7am: A Flintstone Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/19, 8:30: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/19, 10:30am: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)
12/19, noon: Meet Me in St. Louis
(TCM)
12/19, 2:30pm: That '70s Show: "The Best Christmas Ever" (F/X)
12/19, 3pm: That '70s Show: "Christmas" (F/X)
12/19, 8pm: A Muppets' Christmas: Letters to Santa (NBC) [gotta catch it!]
12/19, 8pm: Elf (CBS)

12/20, 7am: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/20, 8am: A Smoky Mountain Christmas (Hallmark)
12/20, 9am: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)
12/20, 9am: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 11:30am: Home Alone 3 (ABCFAM)
12/20, 1pm: Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 1:30pm: Home Alone 4 (ABCFAM)
12/20, 2pm: Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 4:30pm: Olive, The Other Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 6pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/20, 10pm: Prancer (AMC)

12/21, midnight: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/21, 2am: Prancer (AMC)
12/21, 7am: Chasing Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/21, 9am: Christmas Do-Over (ABCFAM)
12/21, 11am: Sons of Mistetoe (ABCFAM)
12/21, 1pm: The Christmas List (ABCFAM)
12/21, 3pm: Unlikely Angel (ABCFAM)
12/21, 5pm: A Carol Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/21, 6pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/21, 7pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/21, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/21, 8pm: I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (ABC)
12/21, 9pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/21, 10:30pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)

12/22, 12:45am: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/22, 7am: Home Alone 3 (ABCFAM)
12/22, 9am: Home Alone 4 (ABCFAM)
12/22, 9am: Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (Cartoon Network)
12/22, 11am: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/22, 1pm: A Very Brady Christmas (ABCFAM) [I really enjoy this special. It's the type of reunion that does a really good job, I think. The original Cindy is not in it, but the rest of the cast reprises their roles. Some of the kids are married with kids, others facing unknowns in relationships, and almost as if on cue, Carol loses her voice again but manages to get it back to sing "Adeste Fideles" on Christmas morning.]
12/22, 1:15pm: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/22, 3pm: Once Upon a Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/22, 3:15: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/22, 5pm: Twice Upon a Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/22, 5:30pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/22, 7:30pm: Dr. Seuss on the Loose (ABCFAM) [I had never heard of it, but a quick internet search reveals that it contains short renditions of Green Eggs and Ham, The Sneetches and The Zax. certainly looking forward to it!]
12/22, 8pm: Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (ABCFAM) [apparently this sucker won two Emmys. And I've never even heard of it... adding two great characters together sounds like fun!]
12/22, 8pm: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)

12/23, 12:45am: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)
12/23, 7am: Naughty or Nice (ABCFAM)
12/23, 9am: Stealing Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/23, 11am: Snowglobe (ABCFAM)
12/23, 1pm: Holiday in Handcuffs (ABCFAM)
12/23, 3pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/23, 5pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/23, 7pm: Disney's Prep & Landing (ABCFAM)
12/23, 7:30pm: Miracle on 34th Street (ABCFAM)
12/23, 8:30pm: The 11th Annual A Home for the Holidays (CBS)
12/23, 10pm: The Polar Express (ABCFAM)

12/24, 7am: The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8am: The Little Drummer Boy (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8:30am: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9am: The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 11am: Mickey's Christmas Carol (ABCFAM)
12/24, 11:30am: Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABCFAM)
12/24, 11:45am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, noon: Pinocchio's Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/24, 1pm: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/24, 2:30pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 5pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/24, 5:15pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 6pm: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)
12/24, 6:30pm: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/24, 7pm: Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/24, 8pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8pm: It's a Wonderful Life (NBC)
12/24, 8pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 9pm: The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9:45pm: Christmas in July (TCM)
12/24, 10pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/24, 10pm: A Miser Brothers' Christmas (ABCFAM) [new this year!]
12/24, 10:45pm: White Christmas (AMC)

12/25, midnight: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 1am: Meet me in St. Louis (TCM)
12/25, 1:30am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/25, 2am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 4am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 6am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 6:30am: Prancer (AMC)
12/25, 7am: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/25, 8am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 9am: Cranberry Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/25, 9am: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/25, 9am: A Christmas Carol - 1938 (ABCFAM)
12/25, 9am: A Christmas Carol - 1938 (TCM)
12/25, 10am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 11am: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/25, 11am: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/25, noon: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, noon: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 12:15pm: Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
12/25, 1:15pm: Santa Claus (AMC)
12/25, 2pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 2pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 3:30pm: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)
12/25, 3:30pm: Miracle on 34th Street (ABCFAM)
12/25, 4pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 4pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 4:30pm: Holiday Affair (TCM)
12/25, 6pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 8pm: Elf (USA)
(there's also a Sherlock Holmes Marathon on TCM Christmas Day, from 8pm to 8pm the next day!)
12/25, 5:30pm: Prancer (AMC)
12/25, 6pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 8pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/25, 9:30pm: Elf (USA)
12/25, 10pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 10:30pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)