ShareThisHow can you not be in the Christmas spirit with what the tube has to offer in the next week?
Just to name a few shows:
CBS has "A Home For The Holidays," at 8 p.m. EST Tuesday, featuring artists such as Faith Hill, Kristin Chenoweth and Gavin Rossdale calling attention to the need for adoption in our country.
Over on ABC, the animated classic "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" is revived for, like, the 700th airing, at 8 p.m. Tuesday. If you want to see the newer, non-animated version starring Jim Carrey (in Oscar-winning makeup, no less), you can see that at 8 p.m. Wednesday on ABC Family.
At 8 p.m. Wednesday, the night before Christmas, NBC is presenting "It's A Wonderful Life," the iconic Jimmy Stewart piece of love and redemption.
TBS launches its annual marathon of "A Christmas Story," a modern-day classic, at 8 p.m. Wednesday. The cable channel will air the movie 12 consecutive times.
While you inspect what Santa has left for you at 9 a.m. Thursday, you can have the "Walt Disney Christmas Parade" playing in the background. Regis Philbin will oversee the action. Miley Cyrus will also perform.
Other highlights for the week of Dec. 21-27 (all times EST; listings subject to change; check local listings):
SUNDAY
-- "The Andy Griffith Show" (7:30 p.m., TV Land). A marathon of six episodes begins with the comedy's rare holiday-themed story about a scrooge causing problems on Christmas Eve.
-- "Million-Dollar Password" (8 p.m., CBS). Reality-show hosts Julie Chen and Phil Keoghan face off.
-- "Search for the Star of Bethlehem" (9 p.m., Science Channel). This special seeks to prove the star existed.
-- "Summer Heights High" (10:30 p.m., HBO). Will Mr. G really call it quits?
MONDAY
-- "Jesus in India" (9 p.m., Sundance Channel). Report looks into the controversial story that Jesus Christ may have visited India.
-- "The Soup Presents ..." (10 p.m., E!). Snarky Joel McHale looks over the year's events in celebrity news.
WEDNESDAY
-- "Christmas on Mars" (Midnight, Sundance Channel). The music act Flaming Lips focuses on this art-house tale of the first Christmas celebrated by Earth settlers on Mars.
THURSDAY
-- "Deal or No Deal" (8 p.m., NBC). A family tries to pick the $1 million case in this holiday-themed outing.
SATURDAY
-- "A Kiss At Midnight" (9 p.m., Hallmark). Faith Ford, Hal Linden and Dyan Cannon look for romance during the holidays.
(E-mail Terry Morrow of The Knoxville News-Sentinel in Tennessee at morrow2(at)knews.com.)
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