Holiday Tv Promises Old, New Offerings

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Christmas is still weeks away, but if you turn on your TV, you'd think it was already Christmas Eve. The classics are back, along with new offerings to make you laugh, cry and pull at your heartstrings. A couple networks are offering holiday shows every day between now and Christmas. So warm up the DVR, settle in with a bowl of popcorn, and prepare to be delighted.

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Holiday Tv Promises Old, New Offerings

8 a.m.: FAM "Christmas in Boston" (2005, Romance-Comedy) Lifelong pen pals send their best friends to pose as them at a face-to-face meeting.

Noon: FAM "Three Days" (2001, Romance) An angel gives a literary agent a second chance with his wife after she suddenly dies.

Noon: HALL "One Magic Christmas" (1985, Fantasy) Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton. An angel faces the difficult task of restoring hope to a woman.

2 p.m.: FAM "Christmas Do-Over" (2006, Fantasy) Jay Mohr. A man relives Christmas Day over and over again.

2 p.m.: HALL "A Smoky Mountain Christmas" (1986, Musical) Dolly Parton, Lee Majors. Runaway orphans unexpectedly turn up in the mountain cabin of an entertainer.

4 p.m.: FAM "Chasing Christmas" (2005, Drama) Tom Arnold. Holiday spirits visit a single father who has boycotted Christmas since his wife left.

4 p.m.: HALL "Mr. St. Nick" (2002, Fantasy) Kelsey Grammer, Charles Durning. Santa's reluctant son would rather stay in Miami and enjoy the nightlife.

6 p.m.: FAM "Santa Baby" (2006, Comedy) Jenny McCarthy. A business woman returns to the North Pole to help her father prepare for Christmas.

6 p.m.: HALL "What I Did for Love" (2006, Romance-Comedy) An urban lawyer goes with his country-girl fiancee to meet her parents.

8 p.m.: FAM "Holiday in Handcuffs" (2007, Romance-Comedy) Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez. A waitress kidnaps a customer and forces him to pretend to be her beau.

8 p.m.: HALL "Meet the Santas" (2005, Romance-Comedy) Steve Guttenberg. A man, his fiancee and her mother plan a wedding for Christmas Eve.

8 p.m.: TBS "How the Grinch Stole" Christmas (animated)

9 p.m.: DISN "The Santa Clause" (1994, Comedy) Tim Allen. A man takes over for Santa after a rooftop mishap.

10 p.m.: FAM "Snowglobe" (2007, Fantasy) A snow globe transports a woman into a winter wonderland.

Mid.: HALL "One Magic Christmas"

Monday

Noon: DISN "The Santa Clause"

Noon: HALL "A Smoky Mountain Christmas"

4 p.m.: HALL "Meet the Santas"

7 p.m.: FAM "A Holiday to Remembe...

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