HOLIDAY VIEWING.Byline: - Valerie Kuklenski Fire up the television this morning - literally - with KCAL's yule log. A host of other seasonal treats is available on many channels. ``Yule Log'' (6 a.m., KCAL, Channel 9) Three hours of smokeless crackling wood and Christmas music simulcast commercial-free from KOST-FM. No stoking necessary. ``Jingle All the Way'' (6 a.m., FX) The not-so-funny Christmas comedy about a dad's desperate pursuit of a hot holiday toy plays seven - count 'em, seven - times today, reaffirming star Arnold Schwarzenegger's career change. Family Marathon (7 a.m., Showtime) Showtime devotes its channel today to family-friendly movies, beginning with ``Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams'' and wrapping up at 8 p.m. with the edgier ``The School of Rock.'' ``The Muppet Christmas Carol'' (noon, ABC Family) Michael Caine is Scrooge surrounded by Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest. ``Christmas in Cowboy Country'' (2 and 7 p.m., CMT CMT Certified Medical Transcriptionist. CMT abbr. Certified Medical Transcriptionist CMT California mastitis test. ) Texan Clint Black heads for the high country of the Rocky Mountains in a holiday special that hop-scotches to other ranching destinations. ``Walt Disney World Noun 1. Walt Disney World - a large amusement park established in 1971 to the southwest of Orlando Orlando - a city in central Florida; site of Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade'' (3 p.m., ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , Channel 7) Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa host the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. from Orlando, Fla., following a certain NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= game. Biography: Santa Claus'' (3 p.m., A&E) Fact and myth of St. Nicholas. ``Kitchen Accomplished Marathon'' (3 p.m., Food Network) Six back-to- back episodes aimed at getting the cook acquainted with all those freshly unwrapped gadgets and appliances. ``Unlocking DaVinci's Code: The Full Story'' (3 p.m., National Geographic Channel
``Home Alone'' (4 p.m. KTLA KTLA KCBS TV in Los Angeles , Channel 5) Macaulay Culkin finds stardom while doling out brutal punishment to burglars Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. ``The Sound of Music'' (7 p.m., ABC, Channel 7) Not Christmas-themed, but a holiday viewing tradition. ``It's a Wonderful Life'' (8 p.m., NBC, Channel 4) James Stewart is still wonderful as George Bailey, who learns through an angel that the world most certainly would not be better off without him. ``The Brady Bunch'' (8 p.m., TV Land) Holiday episode from this family sitcom, followed by Christmas installments of ``Green Acres,'' ``The Andy Griffith Show'' and ``Three's Company.'' ``The Office Special'' (9 p.m., BBC America) The dysfunctional crew of award-winning comedy ``The Office'' gathers for a year-end party. ``Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir'' (10 p.m., KCET KCET Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo (Japan) KCET Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology ) CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Ricky Gervais and the staff get together for a holiday party in ``The Office Special,'' at 9 tonight on BBC America. (2) James Stewart stars in the perennial favorie ``It's a Wonderful Life,'' at 8 tonight on NBC. |
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