Movies

An Accidental Christmas

November 18, 2010 – 10:01 am

Vicky and Jason, married 15 years, have been separated for six months when their 11- and 15-year-old children formulate a plan to bring the whole family together at their beach house during Christmas vacation.

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All I Want For Christmas (1991)

December 9, 2009 – 3:35 pm

Santa Claus really has his work cut out for him in this warmhearted family comedy. The O’Fallon kids don’t want toys or video games. All they want is for their divorced parents to get back together!

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All She Wants For Christmas

November 18, 2010 – 10:05 am

A woman (Monica Kenna) evaluates her hometown Christmas ornament company.

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Bad Santa

November 18, 2009 – 1:11 pm

A refreshingly uncomfortable meeting of humbug and humor, this holiday fare turns those things we’ve come to take as givens [...]

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Battle of the Bulbs

November 23, 2010 – 10:51 pm

When former friends turn bitter rivals, waging a kilowatt war with elaborate lighting displays, competing for the prize of their town’s lights and display contest, things were bad enough. When their children fall in love with each other, short circuits and blown fuses can’t be far behind.

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A Boyfriend for Christmas

November 16, 2009 – 1:15 pm

Holly’s Christmas wish is to land the perfect boyfriend. But when Santa seems to come through, she has some soul-searching to do.

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Casper’s Haunted Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 9:09 am

Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that Casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day so Casper sets out to complete his mission.

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Chasing Christmas

November 24, 2009 – 10:00 am

Single father Jack (Tom Arnold) is visited by his old business partner and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future in an attempt to change Jack’s perspective on the holiday.

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Christmas at Water’s Edge

November 15, 2010 – 3:47 pm

A wealthy, spoiled college student learns the true meaning of Christmas when she helps organize a holiday concert at a youth center. She works with a grumpy hip/hop cabbie who is actually an angel in training.

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The Christmas Blessing

November 16, 2009 – 2:32 pm

This 2005 telefilm catches up with a now-grown Nathan Andrews, the little boy who bought his dying mother fancy new footwear in Donna VanLiere’s “The Christmas Shoes.”

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Christmas Caper

December 1, 2011 – 12:43 pm

A woman plots a Grinch-like heist of a suburban town’s entire Christmas loot.

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A Christmas Carol (1938)

November 23, 2009 – 4:46 pm

Reginald Owen stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in one of many classic versions of Dickens’ hallowed story about the miser who is frightened by three spirits into changing his ways just in time for Christmas.

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A Christmas Carol (1951)

November 28, 2011 – 12:50 pm

Also known as “Scrooge,” this acclaimed version of the Dickens tale stars Alastair Sim as miser Ebeneezer Scrooge, who comes to see the error of his ways after being visited by three spirits one Christmas Eve.

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A Christmas Carol (1984)

December 9, 2009 – 3:25 pm

One of the best versions of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, with George C. Scott nominated for an Emmy for his wonderful performance as Ebeneezer Scrooge.

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A Christmas Carol (1999)

December 3, 2009 – 11:42 am

Patrick Stewart stars as Scrooge in this adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.

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A Christmas Carol (2004)

November 20, 2009 – 4:03 pm

This version of Dickens’ oft-told story is based on a stage musical which had been a staple of the holiday [...]

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Christmas Carol: A Christian Musical

November 11, 2010 – 10:37 am

This musical adaption of Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas story presents the story of Scrooge from a Christian perspective.

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A Christmas Carol: The Musical

November 15, 2010 – 4:01 pm

Inspired by a stage musical which used to be presented annually at New York’s Madison Square Garden, this Christmas Carol stars Kelsey Grammer as tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge.

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The Christmas Choir

November 20, 2009 – 4:15 pm

Peter is a workaholic who has been so busy that he’s alienated everyone important right out of his life — [...]

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Christmas Cupid

November 12, 2010 – 2:45 pm

Christina Milian (Be Cool) stars in this Christmas Carol-esque tale about a high-powered Hollywood publicist whose recently deceased client begins haunting her in an attempt to get her to rethink her priorities

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Christmas Do-Over

November 24, 2009 – 11:36 am

Kevin unwittingly gets a chance to go back and do things differently when he is forced to relive one terrible Christmas over and over again.

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Christmas Every Day

December 1, 2011 – 12:33 pm

A 12-year-old boy who is forced to relive his least favorite holiday over and over again until he has learned to appreciate the true meaning of Christmas.

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Christmas Evil

November 28, 2011 – 1:05 pm

In this 1980 slasher film also known as “You Better Watch Out,” a psycho in a Santa suit gets to decide who’s been naughty and who’s been nice.

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The Christmas Hope

November 16, 2009 – 11:58 am

Madeleine Stowe and Dexter’s James Remar star in this original film based on the third novel in the best-selling Christmas series by Donna VanLiere.

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Christmas in Boston

November 30, 2011 – 3:33 pm

Childhood pen-pals Gina and Seth have created a lifelong friendship based solely on letters and snapshots they’ve sent to each other. Afraid to face the truth, each sends their best friend to pose as them in person, but when the friends start falling for each another, Gina and Seth discover much more than they ever expected.

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Christmas in Canaan

November 23, 2009 – 3:29 pm

Based on a novel co-written by Kenny Rogers, this film tells the story of an unlikely friendship, forged during the [...]

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Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

December 3, 2009 – 11:47 am

A homemaking specialist (Barbara Stanwyck) who can’t boil water is forced to provide a family holiday for a war hero.

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Christmas in Paradise

November 18, 2010 – 10:15 am

Bonds form among parents and children on a Christmas getaway to the Caribbean.

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The Christmas List

November 24, 2009 – 11:43 am

Perfume saleslady Melody Parris (Mimi Rogers) feels like her life is stuck in neutral. Her stick-in-the mud boyfriend won’t commit and she gets passed over for a promotion at the store where she works. She decides to make a Christmas list. After it’s deposited in Santa’s mailbox at the store, she starts getting everything she wanted, but it doesn’t always turn out as she expected.

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The Christmas Shoes

November 16, 2009 – 12:38 pm

You know the sap-tastic holiday song. Don’t miss the telefilm based on the Donna VanLiere novel about a little boy named Nathan who’s desperate to buy his terminally ill mother a new pair of shoes on Christmas Eve.

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A Christmas Story

November 18, 2009 – 3:14 pm

The holidays wouldn’t be complete without Ralphie and TBS’ 24-hour marathon of A Christmas Story.

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A Christmas Visitor

November 23, 2009 – 4:13 pm

Two grieving parents dread the approaching holidays until an unexpected visitor comes into their lives to re-instill the joys of [...]

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Christmas With the Kranks

December 2, 2011 – 9:23 am

Based on the novel Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (!), this outrageous comedy stars Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis [...]

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Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle

November 24, 2010 – 8:43 am

Doris Roberts is back as Debbie Macomber’s creation, Mrs. Miracle. This time, when a struggling department store hires her as a seasonal employee, it gets the better end of the bargain as the holiday gloom magically begins to disappear and sales start to pick up.

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Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle

November 23, 2009 – 2:55 pm

Seth Webster is a single dad who’s in over his head with his twin 6-year-olds. When Mrs. Merkle, the perfect [...]

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Deck the Halls

November 24, 2009 – 4:36 pm

A neighborhood rivalry over who’s got the bigger and better Christmas display rises to outrageous levels in this holiday comedy.

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Deck the Halls

November 28, 2011 – 12:28 pm

Based on the first book in Mary Higgins Clark and daughter Carol Higgins Clark’s series of holiday mystery novels, this original movie brings together two of the authors’ most popular characters: cleaning-woman-turned-private-eye Alvirah Meegan (Kathy Najimy) and Detective Regan Reilly (Scottie Thompson).

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A Dennis the Menace Christmas

November 19, 2009 – 12:54 pm

Comic mayhem ensues when one of the world’s most benevolently mischievous imps takes on a beloved holiday.

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A Diva’s Christmas Carol

November 23, 2009 – 3:58 pm

In this rather slick telling of the Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol,” a nasty pop singer gets an attitude makeover [...]

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The Dog Who Saved Christmas

November 23, 2009 – 10:44 am

A newly adopted guard dog named Zeus must protect his family’s home from two inept thieves.

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Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

November 18, 2009 – 1:26 pm

Jim Carrey plays the green-colored Grinch in this live-action version of Dr. Seuss’ famous holiday tale.

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Ebbie

November 23, 2009 – 3:48 pm

One of many retellings of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” airing on Hallmark Channel this season, a shrewd and ruthless businesswoman [...]

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Elf

November 17, 2009 – 12:01 pm

Will Ferrell stars as Buddy, a human raised by Santa’s elves, who grows way up and realizes he must find his real family, in the 2003 family hit from director Jon Favreau.

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Ernest Saves Christmas

December 1, 2011 – 12:31 pm

Ernest P. Worell, a sweet but silly taxi driver who at times suffers delusions of grandeur, has just chauffeured a rather extraordinary fare: Santa Claus.

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Fallen Angel

November 20, 2009 – 4:11 pm

A fast-living L.A. lawyer confronts the past he left behind when he returns to his deceased father’s home in Maine.

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Farewell, Mr. Kringle

November 23, 2010 – 10:16 pm

Cynical and jaded journalist Ann Wahl (Christine Taylor) may just have met her match when she goes on assignment to a small town where one man’s passion for Christmas has transformed it. Will he melt her icy exterior as well?

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Finding John Christmas

November 20, 2009 – 3:01 pm

A small town gets curious when a mysterious stranger is photographed in an act of bravery. Dubbing him “John Christmas,” they [...]

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A Flintstone Christmas

November 18, 2009 – 1:11 pm

When Santa has an accident at Fred Flintstone’s house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.

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Gift of the Magi

November 23, 2010 – 10:41 pm

In this modern retelling of the heartwarming O. Henry classic, a pair of young newlyweds (Marla Sokoloff, Mark Webber) are about to spend their first Christmas together, but they’re flat broke. When they agree to forgo gifts, neither can let their secret presents to each other go, and keeping their secrets from each other begins to exact its toll.

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Going My Way

November 28, 2011 – 1:02 pm

In Leo McCarey’s 1944 classic, a young priest revitalizes a failing parish and brings new life to the elder priest.

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A Grandpa for Christmas

November 20, 2009 – 4:08 pm

When fate chances to find his estranged daughter hospitalized, 80-year-old Bert Riley is forced to take on a new charge [...]

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Holiday Affair

November 28, 2011 – 12:59 pm

A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.

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Holiday in Handcuffs

November 23, 2009 – 3:05 pm

A young woman has a breakdown at Christmas and desperately kidnaps a handsome guy to take home to her parents. Can she keep her misdeed a secret from her family and convince them that they are a happy couple or will everyone’s Christmas be ruined?

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Holiday Inn (1942)

December 9, 2009 – 3:16 pm

Irving Berlin’s timeless holiday song “White Christmas” made its Oscar-winning debut in this classic film.

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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

November 24, 2009 – 9:28 am

Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is back, and this time his playground is New York City. Separated from the rest of [...]

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Home Alone 4

November 24, 2009 – 9:58 am

Kevin McCallister (Mike Weinberg) has to save his family from more home invaders. This holiday season, Kevin decides to spend [...]

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How the Toys Saved Christmas

December 2, 2009 – 3:22 pm

In this 1997 animated film, Santa’s helper Granny Rose falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, so she recruits Mr. Grimm to help deliver all the toys. What no one but the toys knows is that Mr. Grimm plans to auction them off to the highest bidder.

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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

November 24, 2009 – 8:37 am

After learning that his best friend’s parents are getting a divorce, Justin (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) fears the worst when he sees his mother kissing Santa Claus. Justin concludes that the only way to keep Santa away from his mother on Christmas Eve is to be naughty, so he transforms into a holiday problem child.

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I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)

November 20, 2009 – 4:26 pm

The road home to Christmas dinner is an obstacle course of comic proportions for college student Jake, but the closer he gets to home, the more thoroughly he realizes the importance of family … and the true meaning of Christmas.

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It’s a Wonderful Life

November 18, 2009 – 2:20 pm

Frank Capra’s 1946 holiday classic. On what might be his last Christmas Eve, a discouraged George Bailey (James Stewart) wants to throw his life away. Fortunately, Clarence (Henry Travers), a second-class angel, is sent to show him the value of life.

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Jack Frost (live action)

November 24, 2009 – 9:35 am

The irresponsible and unreliable father of a young boy is killed in a car crash, but the father gets another chance to make things right with his son when he is reincarnated as a magical snowman.

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Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith

December 10, 2009 – 3:11 pm

This 1979 TV movie is a dramatization of the possible trials and tribulations that the parents of Christ might have faced.

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Meet the Santas

November 23, 2009 – 4:23 pm

As a requirement for recently inheriting his father’s North Pole throne, Nick Claus must have a wife, and he’s found her in single-mom Beth Marshall. With Christmas only four days away, the countdown to the wedding of the year is here. But trouble brews when Beth’s mother, a class-conscious non-believer, casts doubts on her future son-in-law’s sanity.

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Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

December 1, 2010 – 4:01 pm

In this movie, Drake and Josh attempt to give a little girl and her family the best Christmas ever.

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The Middle: A Christmas Gift

November 28, 2011 – 1:22 pm

On a tipsy whim – and against Mike’s wishes – Frankie decides to throw a Christmas Eve party at the house.

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Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

November 24, 2009 – 12:53 pm

Everyone, especially children, knows that the holiday season is a time for miracles. However, 6-year-old Susan Walker has doubts about [...]

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

October 20, 2010 – 2:39 pm

The holiday classic that earned Edmund Gwenn an Oscar for his portrayal of Kris Kringle. When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus (Gwenn) is institutionalized for being “insane,” a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.

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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008)

November 23, 2009 – 4:31 pm

When single mom Jennifer is overwhelmed by the demands of the season, the last thing she wants is more company. [...]

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Ms. Scrooge

November 23, 2009 – 4:08 pm

Cicely Tyson stars in this update to the Dickens tale in which a miserly banker is visited by three holiday [...]

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The Muppet Christmas Carol

December 1, 2011 – 3:53 pm

Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy, Gonzo and the gang tell their own version of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday story, with a [...]

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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

December 14, 2009 – 1:27 pm

The Griswolds are back for another disastrous outing in this 1989 comedy.

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National Tree

November 23, 2009 – 4:17 pm

A father and son finally have a chance to bond when a majestic spruce they’re delivering to Washington becomes a [...]

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The Nativity Story

December 3, 2009 – 11:38 am

A chronicle of the perilous journey of a young couple, Mary and Joseph, who must travel from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem, Joseph’s ancestral home, to register for a census ordered by King Herod.

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New Year’s Evil

November 28, 2011 – 1:07 pm

During a rocking New Year’s celebration, a man threatens to kill a series of women, including the show’s host.

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An Old-Fashioned Christmas

November 23, 2010 – 10:27 pm

Jacqueline Bisset is back as the domineering Isabella Crawford in this sequel to Louisa May Alcott’s An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving. Traveling to Ireland at Christmastime with her granddaughter, Tilly, she hopes to find a publisher for her kin. But a new flame threatens Tilly’s enduring engagement to a fine and steady fellow.

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On Strike For Christmas

November 17, 2010 – 1:10 pm

A mom fed up with trying to make the holidays perfect for her unsupportive family each year decides to go on strike.

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Once Upon A Christmas

November 24, 2009 – 12:15 pm

Disillusioned with all the greed in the world, Santa is ready to throw in the towel, but his daughter persuades him to give the mortals one last chance if she can prove that even one family can change and become giving and caring again.

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Our First Christmas

November 11, 2010 – 10:29 am

Cindy and Tom — who married after losing their spouses — are determined to make sure that their first Christmas together will be perfect. But getting their kids to agree on holiday plans won’t be easy.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles

December 3, 2009 – 12:02 pm

In this 1987 comedy, what was intended to be a two-hour trip becomes a heavily delayed trip home for an uptight ad executive (Steve Martin).

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The Polar Express

November 19, 2009 – 1:04 pm

The Academy Award-winning team of Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Cast Away) reunite for The Polar Express, [...]

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Prancer

December 9, 2009 – 3:20 pm

The daughter of an impoverished apple farmer still believes in Santa Claus, so when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it makes perfect sense to her to assume that it is Prancer, who had fallen from a Christmas display in town.

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A Princess For Christmas

December 1, 2011 – 5:01 pm

Sir Roger Moore makes his return to television in this original movie that is part of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas event.

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Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish

November 19, 2009 – 1:03 pm

When Richie Rich’s nasty cousin Reggie Van Dough causes Richie’s sleigh full of orphans’ Christmas gifts to run down pedestrians, attack neighborhood homes and fly past the orphanage, Richie wishes he was never born. But he gets more than he bargained for when Professor Keanbean invents a wishing machine that magically transports Richie to an alternate universe where Reggie rules with an iron fist

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Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe

November 19, 2009 – 1:07 pm

Jenny McCarthy is back as Mary Class, Santa’s business minded daughter, starring alongside Paul Sorvino and Dean McDermott. Santa (Sorvino) is in the midst of a late-life crisis and is ready to pass on the reins to Mary, who is torn between taking over the family business and running her own high stakes firm in New York City.

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Santa Buddies

November 12, 2010 – 11:27 am

Disney’s talking puppies take a fantastic journey to the magical world of the North Pole as they try to remind Puppy Paws, Santa Paws’ feisty son, of the true meaning of Christmas.

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Santa Claus: The Movie

December 14, 2009 – 1:34 pm

After introducing how Santa and Mrs. Claus came to the North Pole and began their work delivering toys at Christmas time, this 1985 children’s film segues into a story about an evil corporate magnate.

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The Santa Clause

November 12, 2010 – 1:35 pm

Tim Allen stars as Scott Calvin, a divorced father whose strained relationship with his son begins to mend only after a bizarre twist of fate transforms him into the new Santa Claus.

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The Santa Clause 2

November 23, 2009 – 3:34 pm

After eight years as the jolly old St. Nick, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has grown to truly love his job [...]

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The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

November 19, 2009 – 1:04 pm

Holiday magic mixes with comical chaos as Tim Allen reprises his role of Scott Calvin, a.k.a. Santa, as he juggles a full house of family and the mischievous Jack Frost (Martin Short) — whose chilling Santa envy has him trying to take over the “big guy’s” holiday.

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The Santa Suit

November 23, 2010 – 10:04 pm

Kevin Sorbo stars as hardened businessman Drake Hunter, whose cynical view of the holiday season extends only as far as the bottom line. But when he finds himself mysteriously transformed from Scrooge to Santa, will he see things from a different view?

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Santa Who?

November 30, 2011 – 11:35 am

Santa Claus develops amnesia after accidentally falling out of his sleigh, and only the innocence of a small child can save him.

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Scrooge (1970)

November 28, 2011 – 12:55 pm

Albert Finney plays Ebenezer Scrooge in this engrossing musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ immortal tale, “A Christmas Carol.”

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The Search For Santa Paws

November 30, 2011 – 3:56 pm

This original film shows how the friendship of Santa Claus and Santa Paws, shown in “Santa Buddies,” began.

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Secret Santa

December 1, 2011 – 12:45 pm

Eager journalist Rebecca has been assigned to uncover the true identity of her town’s legendary Secret Santa. But will she publish the scoop, or decide that the spirit of Christmas is something worth saving?

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Snow

November 24, 2009 – 8:42 am

In a reinvention of the Santa Claus myth, this ABC Family holiday movie finds Nick (Tom Cavanagh) reluctantly taking over the family business at the North Pole. As if that wasn’t pressure enough, with only three days before the big night, one of Nick’s young reindeer, Buddy, is captured and taken to a zoo.

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Snow 2: Brain Freeze

November 24, 2009 – 8:45 am

Tom Cavanagh reprises his role as Nick Snowden, aka “Santa,” in “Snow 2 Brain Freeze.” Nick is preparing for his biggest day of the year – Christmas. In the rush of getting his reindeer ready, he jumps through his magic mirror and hits his head upon landing, causing Nick to lose his memory and forget who he is.

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Snowglobe

November 24, 2009 – 12:49 pm

A mystical snow globe transports Angela, who longs for the perfect Christmas away from her boisterous family, into an idyllic Christmas winter wonderland.

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Sons of Mistletoe

November 24, 2009 – 11:38 am

An heiress, Helen Radke (Roma Downey), returns home during the holidays following her father’s death to settle his estate, which includes a boys’ home established by him over 60 years ago.

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Surviving Christmas

December 3, 2009 – 10:00 am

Facing another Christmas alone, Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to go back to his idyllic childhood home to spend the holidays with family. There is, however, one problem: the people living there now are not Drew’s family.

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The Man Who Saved Christmas

November 18, 2009 – 12:28 pm

Based on a true story, this film shows how toy pioneer A.C. Gilbert fought to save Christmas when the government proposed banning toy production during World War I.

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Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage

November 16, 2009 – 1:23 pm

Jared Padalecki, Peter O’Toole and Marcia Gay Harden star in this true tale about the inspiration behind Thomas Kinkade’s painting “The Christmas Cottage.”

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The Three Gifts

November 23, 2009 – 3:40 pm

When the local orphanage has to undergo temporary renovation, three trouble-making boys find themselves staying with a childless couple for [...]

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Three Wise Women

November 23, 2010 – 10:36 pm

In this modern hybrid of It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol, Liz (Fionnula Flanagan) is a successful doctor with a doting fiancé, but all is not right in her world. When she runs into a dear old friend who sets her heart a-whirl, it takes Tom — a contemporary Clarence — and the spirits of her younger self and that of the woman she might become to set her on the right path.

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The Town Christmas Forgot

November 24, 2010 – 9:51 am

Lauren Holly (NCIS) stars in this Hallmark Channel original film about a tech-savvy, plugged-in family who get lost while on a ski vacation and, after all of their gadgets fail and their SUV breaks down, find themselves in a town called Nowhere. All the residents are broke and have no money to celebrate the holidays, but they’re determined to make it a happy holiday for this wayward family.

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12 Dates of Christmas

November 30, 2011 – 11:31 am

A young woman relives the same first date on Christmas Eve over and over again until she learns to open up her world to new things and stop living in the past.

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12 Men of Christmas

November 16, 2009 – 11:50 am

Kristin Chenoweth stars in this Lifetime Original Movie about a down-on-her-luck PR exec who flees to small town Montana.

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Twice Upon A Christmas

November 24, 2009 – 12:18 pm

Kristin Claus is suffering from acute memory loss but when a bizarre coincidence helps everything to click into place, Kristin realizes that she must again save Christmas or see Santa forced into early retirement.

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Unaccompanied Minors

November 19, 2009 – 4:42 pm

This holiday romp that finds a huge blizzard shutting down Hoover International Airport on Christmas Eve. En route to their father’s house for the holidays, Spencer and his little sister, Katherine are ushered to the airport’s Unaccompanied Minors Room, a holding cell for dozens of stranded, parent-free kids from all over the country. Desperate to escape, they and other UMs turn Christmas at the airport into holiday pandemonium.

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When Angels Come to Town

November 20, 2009 – 3:10 pm

Peter Falk is back as Max the Angel — and he’s in trouble. When two families are in need of [...]

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White Christmas (1954)

December 9, 2009 – 3:09 pm

The holiday classic about two performers (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) who team on Christmas Eve to put on a show for the men’s former troop commander to help save his Vermont inn, which is about to go bankrupt due to lack of snow.

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Yogi’s First Christmas

November 18, 2009 – 1:07 pm

Yogi Bear and gang awaken from hibernation to enjoy Christmas, while thwarting two villains who are out to ruin the holiday, in this 1980 family feature.

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