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TV���s Christmas gifts have favorite stars, specials, movies art-starring, Frank Capradirected movie classic ���It���s a Wonderful Life��� ��� and it���s back Monday. And anAt this point of the year, other Dr. Seuss tale is in month and week, it had prime time Tuesday with better be looking a lot like the animated film ���Horton Christmas. Hears a Who!��� With the much-anFox: The sitcom ���Raising ticipated holiday upon us, Hope��� gets Christmas Eve television is doing its part, duty Monday, with repeats presenting attractions that reflect the spirit of the sea- of the holiday episodes from both last year and this son in a variety of ways ... year. some funny, some serious The CW: It���s an aniand some simply built for mated Christmas Eve on all-out yuletide fun. Here���s Monday with the voices of a roundup of much of Ed Asner, Kathy Bates and what���s still left for viewers (as Santa) Andy Griffith in on the virtual Christmas tree otherwise known as a the aptly scheduled movie ���Christmas Is Here Again,��� TV screen. followed by the special ABC: This year���s ���CMA ���Second Star to the Left.��� Country Christmas��� speTBS: Seasonal epicial, with Jennifer Nettles of Sugarland back as host for sodes of many of the cable channel���s featured sitcoms, the third consecutive year, gets a repeat Sunday, Dec. from ���Friends��� to ���Everybody Loves Raymond,��� are 23 ��� and later that day, offered Monday. And from the Julie Andrews-starring Monday night through most holiday-season perennial ���The Sound of Music��� also of the day Tuesday, it���s another holiday tradition, the returns. Monday, Dec. 24, sees repeats of the animat- 24-hour marathon of the ed specials ���Disney���s Prep amusingly nostalgic 1983 movie ���A Christmas Story.��� & Landing��� and ���Shrek TNT: Movie lovers will the Halls.��� And Christmas be happy Sunday with itself is packed with TV Judy Garland and her tradition Tuesday, Dec. 25; Yellow Brick Road comthe morning is marked by panions in the 1939 family the Disney Parks Christfavorite ���The Wizard of Oz,��� mas Day Parade, and the then all three of the ���Lord animated and live-action versions of ���Dr. Seuss��� How of the Rings��� movies. Then on Monday, Patrick Stewart the Grinch Stole Christmas��� are paired that night. is excellent as Scrooge in the 1999 version of ���A NBC: For many people, Christmas Carol.��� Christmas Eve means AMC: Another Scrooge one thing in entertainment is evident here Sunday, as terms ��� the James StewBy Jay Bobbin �� Zap2it Meet Your Goshen Advertising Representative Penny Seegers George C. Scott plays the miser in the rendering of ���A Christmas Carol��� originally made for CBS in 1984. There���s also plenty of Santa ��� or someone claiming to be him ��� Sunday, with both the original and updated versions of ���Miracle on 34th Street.��� And on Monday, Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye are teamed in another holiday-movie must for many viewers, ���White Christmas.��� TV Land: Appropriately, Tuesday boasts Christmas episodes of such usual weekday attractions here as ���The Andy Griffith Show,��� ���The Nanny,��� ���Gunsmoke��� and ���MASH.��� TCM: As usual, plenty of holiday fare is featured on this channel as Christmas nears. Among our favorites are Dick Van Dyke as a larcenous servant in ���Fitzwilly��� and Cary Grant, David Niven and Loretta Young in ���The Bishop���s Wife��� (both Sunday), the Laurel and Hardy take on ���Babes in Toyland��� (Monday) and Bing Crosby in the Oscarwinning ���Going My Way��� (Tuesday). ABC Family: It���s been ���25 Days of Christmas��� all month on the channel, and among the highlights of the last three days are Tom Hanks in the motioncapture-animated ���The Polar Express��� (Sunday), the original ���Home Alone��� and Tim Allen in all three ���Santa Clause��� comedies (Monday), and Jim Carrey���s take on Scrooge in Disney���s ���A Christmas Carol��� and Chevy Chase in the ever-hilarious ���National Lampoon���s Christmas Vacation��� (Tuesday). Hallmark Channel: It���s also been Christmas almost 24/7 all month here, and the final days of that festival feature Henry Winkler in ���The Most Wonderful Time of the Year��� (Sunday), Julie Andrews in ���Eloise at Christmastime��� (Monday) and reteamed ���Family Ties��� co-stars Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross in ���Naughty or Nice��� (Tuesday). USA Network: If you don���t like snakes for Christmas, you���re not alone this year, since Harrison Ford stars in all four Indiana Jones movies Tuesday. Syfy: ���Star Trek��� gets a big holiday workout Sunday, with several ���Next Generation��� episodes and six of the sci-fi franchise���s feature films. Fox Movie Channel: On Tuesday, Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to find the toy his son desires in several showings of ���Jingle All the Way,��� while the second and third ���Home Alone��� movies also get multiple showings. And Christmas Day concludes with the channel���s premiere of director James Cameron���s fantasy ���Avatar.��� Food Network: The channel gets ���Unwrapped��� with several holiday episodes of the series Sunday. HGTV: ���Celebrity Holiday Homes��� are in the spotlight again with a literally colorful marathon of installments Monday. Find these great savings plus more on Coupon Craze! In The Goshen News every Monday, Online everyday! Nobody covers your hometown better 114 S. 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