Holiday Television Programming - December 4 - 8

Is Jack Frost nippin' at your nose yet? Even if you live in the warm weather states, sometimes you need that snow fix to get you in the mood for the holiday season. Thanks to television, you can have all the snow and ice you need while looking out the window at the holiday-decorated palm trees! Um, no. I can't do that here - I have actual seasons. But I recall my living in Southern California days and decorating the cactus. Oh, we could see snow on the far-away mountain tops, so it was like Christmas indeed... sort of, kind of.

This list isn't totally inclusive and won't reflect any local holiday programs outside of the New York City area, but it'll give you an idea what shows are out and about this week as we careen towards the holidays at breakneck speed:

Monday, December 4:

• QVC and HSN allow you to do all your holiday gift shopping from home all the time. (As do Amazon and EBay, but this is all about television, y'see.)
• 2 PM ET/PT - Lifetime, The Christmas Wish (movie)
• 5 PM ET/PT - HGTV - Holiday Design on a Dime
• 7 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Rudolph's Shiny New Year
• 8 PM ET/PT - AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (movie)
• 8 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - The Year Without a Santa Claus
• 9 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - Under the Mistletoe (movie)
• 9 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of the Misfit Toys

Tuesday, December 5:

• 9 AM ET/PT - HGTV - Holiday Workshop - back-to-back episodes for an hour
• Noon ET/PT - Lifetime - On the 2nd Day of Christmas (movie)
• 6 PM ET/PT - HGTV - A Very Merry Curb Appeal
• 7 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
• 7:30 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - The Story of the First Christmas Snow
• 8 PM ET/PT - ABC - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
• 8 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Once Upon a Christmas (movie)
• 8 PM and 10 PM ET/PT - AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (movie)
• 9 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - Call Me Claus (movie)

Wednesday, December 6:

• Noon ET/PT - Lifetime - Eve's Christmas (movie)
• 1 PM ET - WNET (PBS, NYC) - Andre Rieu: Christmas Around the World (music)
• 2 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - A Dad For Christmas (movie)
• 7 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Pinocchio's Christmas
• 7 PM ET/PT - Cartoon Network - A Lost Claus
• 7:30 PM ET/PT - Cartoon Network - Dr. Seuss' Grinch
• 8 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Twice Upon a Christmas (movie)
• 8 and 10 PM ET PT - AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (movie)
• 9 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - His and Her Christmas (movie)
• 9 PM ET/PT - HGTV - A solid block of gift shows starts
• 10 PM ET/PT - Discovery - Holiday Mythbusters

Thursday, December 7:

• 1 PM ET/PT - HGTV - Decorating Cents: Home for the Holidays
• 2 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - The Man Upstairs (movie)
• 4 PM ET/PT - HGTV - Home to Go for the Holidays
• 6 PM ET/PT - AMC - Miracle on 34th Street (movie)
• 7 PM ET/PT - Cartoon Network - Bill and Mandy Save Christmas
• 7 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
• 8 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)
• 8 PM ET/PT - FOOD Network - The Essence of Emeril "Christmas Holiday"
• 9 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (movie)
• 9 PM ET/PT - FOOD Network - All Star Holiday Party
• 10 PM ET/PT - FOOD Network - Paula's Southern Christmas

Friday, December 8:

• Noon ET/PT - Lifetime - A Song for the Season (movie)
• 2 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - Crazy for Christmas (movie)
• 7 PM ET/PT - Cartoon Network - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
• 7 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - Jack Frost
• 8 PM ET/PT - CBS - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• 8 and 10:30 PM ET/PT - ABC Family - The Polar Express (movie)
• 9 PM ET/PT - CBS - Frosty the Snowman
• 9 PM ET/PT - Lifetime - Santa Who? (movie)
• 9:30 PM ET/PT - CBS - Frosty Returns

All through the week, daytime television talk shows Rachael Ray, Martha, and Ellen DeGeneres have holiday-themed content.

Have a holly jolly TV week, folks!