There are 10 days left until Christmas and ABC Family is certainly doing its part to help generate holiday spirit. Tonight’s lineup has us searching for Santa and Home Alone – again. (6:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) GOTTA CATCH SANTA CLAUS Trevor in his heart of hearts believes the big guy, Santa, is out there. That is until his friend, Veronica, challenges ... Read More »

Spend your Monday night with Eloise, Pooh, Tigger and Mary Poppins! (5:00-7:00 PM ET/PT) ELOISE AT CHRISTMASTIME Based on the bestselling children’s books written by Kay Thompson, the title character Eloise (Sofia Vassilieva) is warned not to interfere as the Plaza Hotel prepares for a romantic Christmas Eve wedding. But Eloise can’t resist and Nanny (Julie Andrews) cannot seem to ... Read More »

Start your Sunday holiday viewing off with that obnoxious feline, Garfield in A Garfield Christmas. In this holiday special, Garfield travels with Jon and Odie to the countryside to celebrate Christmas with Jon’s farm family. While there, Odie begins working on a mysterious gift, and Garfield stumbles upon some old love letters to Grandma. On Christmas morning, after it seems ... Read More »

Tonight, a repeat of The Year Without A Santa Claus ushers in Tim Allen and The Santa Clause 2. After eight years as the jolly old St. Nick, Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has grown to truly love his job as Santa Claus. However, things start to fall apart when an overlooked clause is brought to his attention – he must ... Read More »

Tonight we begin with a repeat of SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN, beginning at 7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT, followed by HOLIDAY IN HANDCUFFS. Melissa Joan Hart shows us quite the creative way to catch Mario Lopez. Holiday in Handcuffs is a story about a modern young woman who has a breakdown at Christmas and desperately kidnaps a handsome guy to ... Read More »

Tonight brings a couple of repeat favorites and Santa. RUDOLPH’S SHINY NEW YEAR – (*See Tuesday, December 8, for description.) (7:00-8:00 PM ET/PT) SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN Fred Astaire narrates this tale of Kris Kringle (Mickey Rooney), a young boy with an immense desire to do good things for others. In his home village of Sombertown, Kris has ... Read More »

We are on the eighth day of holiday television viewing in the countdown to Christmas, and tonight begins with The Mouse. MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL A Disney version of the classic Dickens’ tale finds Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit and Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. The animated special’s cast of characters also includes Minnie Mouse as Mrs. Cratchit, Goofy as Jacob ... Read More »

Tonight is one of my personal favorites. ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS is narrated by the wonderful and talented Joel Grey, and features the song, Christmas Chimes Are Calling, which I look forward to every year. It’s one of those catchy tunes that stay with you after you’ve heard it once. This animated holiday special is adapted from the famous ... Read More »

Today we have Mickey, Dennis and more Harry for your holiday viewing pleasure. MICKEY’S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS – ABC Family Premiere Mickey and friends share tales about the importance of sharing, the necessity of opening your heart to loved ones, the appreciation of people for who they are, and the rewards of unselfishness. (Animated) (7:00-8:30 AM ET/PT) A DENNIS ... Read More »

Happy Saturday! It’s Day 5 of the 25 Days of Christmas programming and ABC Family has your holiday viewing scheduled for you. Are you ready? MICKEY’S ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS – ABC Family Premiere A collection of three Christmas tales with some of Disney’s favorite characters: “Donald Duck Stuck on Christmas” find Donald’s nephews, Huey, Dewey and Louie, wishing for ... Read More »