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Holiday TV Specials Schedule 2012

Check out this round up of holiday TV specials in November and December

Keep this round up of holiday specials handy so you can plan to catch your favorite show in November and December. Information shows St. Louis stations and times. 

Nov. 21, 7-9 p.m. "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" CW (Channel 11)

Nov. 22

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NBC (Channel 5)

  • 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. "Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" 
  • 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. "The National Dog Show Presented by Purina"

Nov. 23

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  • 7-8 p.m. "Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" FOX (Channel 2)
  • 7-8 p.m. "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" CW (Channel 11)
  • 7-8 p.m. "Frosty the Snowman" Animated musical special. CBS (Channel 4)
  • 8-9 p.m. "Hoops & Yoyo Ruin Christmas" New animated special. CBS (Channel 4)
  • 8-9 p.m. "The Happy Elf" CW (Channel 11)
  • 8:30-9 p.m. "It's a Spongebob Christmas" CBS (Channel 4)

Nov. 28

  • 7-8 p.m. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa" ABC (Channel 30)
  • 7-8 p.m. "Christmas in Rockerfeller Center" Featuring Trace Adkins, Mariah Carey, Rod Stewart. NBC (Channel 5) 
  • 8-10 p.m. "SNL Christmas" NBC (Channel 5)

Dec. 1, 7-10 p.m. "It's a Wonderful Life" NBC (Channel 5)

Dec. 4, 7 p.m. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" CBS (Channel 4)

Dec. 8, 7-9 p.m. "The Borrowers" ABC (Channel 30)

Dec. 9

ABC (Channel 30)

  • 7-7:30 p.m. "Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa" Christmas Elves Wayne and Lanny take on a Christmas Eve mission through a raging snowstorm. 
  • 7:30-8 p.m. "Prep and Landing: Naughty vs Nice" Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne try to recover North Pole Technology that's fallen into the hands of a naughty kid. 
  • 8-10 p.m. "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Christmas With Holly" 

Dec. 11 

  • 7-8 p.m. "Santa Clause is Comin' to Town" Classic animated one-hour special. ABC (Channel 30)
  • 8-9 p.m. "A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa" CW (Channel 11)

Dec. 14

  • 7-9 p.m. "Prancer Returns" CW (Channel 11)
  • 8-9 p.m. “Blake Shelton’s Not-So-Family Christmas." NBC (Channel 5)
  • 8 p.m. "Yes, Virginia" CBS (Channel 4)
  • 8:30 p.m. "Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story" CBS (Channel 4)

Dec. 15

  • 7 p.m. "Elf" Starring Will Ferrel CBS (Channel 4)

Dec. 17

FOX (Channel 2)

  • 7-7:30 p.m. "Dreamworks Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury"
  • 7:30-8 p.m. "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas"
  • 8-9 p.m. "Happiness is a Warm Blanket Charlie Brown"

Dec. 18

  • 7-7:30 p.m. "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ABC (Channel 30)
  • 7:30-8 p.m. "Shrek the Halls" ABC (Channel 30)
  • 7-9 p.m. "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie" CW (Channel 11)

Dec. 19, 7-9 p.m. "Noel" CW (Channel 11)

Dec. 20, 7-8 p.m. "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa" ABC (Channel 30)

Dec. 21

  • 7-8 p.m. "I Want a Dog for Christmas Charlie Brown!" ABC (Channel 30)
  • 7-8 p.m. "The Happy Elf" 7-8 p.m. "The Happy Elf" CW (Channel 11)
  • 7-8 p.m. "Michael Buble: Home for the Holidays" NBC (Channel 5)
  • 8-9 p.m. "Christmas in the Whitehouse" NBC (Channel 5)
  • 8-9 p.m. "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" CW (Channel 11)

Dec. 22

ABC (Channel 30)

  • 7-7:30 p.m. "Prep and Landing: Naughty vs Nice"
  • 7:30-8 p.m. "A Chipmunk Christmas"
  • 8-10 p.m. "CMA Country Christmas"

NBC (Channel 5)

  • 7-8 p.m. "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol"

Dec. 23, 6-10 p.m. "The Sound of Music" ABC (Channel 30)

Dec. 24

ABC (Channel 30)

  • 7-7:30 p.m. "Prep and Landing: Operation Secret Santa" 
  • 7:30-8 p.m. "Shrek the Halls" 

NBC (Channel 5)

  • 7-10 p.m. "It's a Wonderful Life" 

CW (Channel 11)

  • 7-8:30 p.m. "Christmas is Here Again" Animated Musical 
  • 8:30-9 p.m. "Second Star to the Left" Animated 

Dec. 25

ABC (Channel 30)

  • 7-7:30 p.m. "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (Animated)
  • 7:30-9 p.m. "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (Theatrical, starring Jim Carrey).

NBC (Channel 5)

  • 7-9 p.m. "Horton Hears a Who" 


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