Ok, I know it isn't even Thanksgiving yet, but if you were in charge of Nick at Night or Tv Land and were able to pick out the Christmas episode/specials to be shown on Christmas eve (say from 8 to midnight (EST) what ones would you personally show during this "prime time" Here is my list:

8:00: The Brady Bunch Xmas Episode where Mrs Brady comes down with Larangitis and has to sing in church on Xmas day.

8:30: The Andy Griffith Show--the xmas episode from the first season with the Scrooge like store owner who actually wants to be arrested so he can take part in the Christmas celebration in the court house.

9:00: Bewitched--the Xmas episode from the first season where Sam and Darrin bring home a orphan for the holidays (played by Billy Mumy)--and end up visiting Santa Claus.

9:30--The Dick Van Dyke Show--what Christmas would be complete without the DVD Holiday episode "Alan Brady Presents"?

10:00--The Mary Tyler Moore Show--Xmas episode from the first season where poor Mary has to work in the newsroom over Xmas instead of going home to her family.

10:30--I Love Lucy--the "missing" Xmas episode from the sixth season. Where Lucy, Ricky, Ethel, and Fred each don the Santa Claus suit.

11:00-12:00: I guess I'm sentimental for the old Bing Crosby Xmas Specials I watched with my family when I was a kid. So I would see if Nick or Tv Land could get access to one of Bing's holiday specials for this hour.

**Come to think of it has NIck or TV Land ever done a night of old Xmas specials like Bing Crosby? or Perry Como? and all the others that used to be so popular when I was growing up> I think that would be awesome, too.

Let's see, here's what I'd show:

4:00-5:00 "The Homecoming" (the movie that spurned [/i]The Waltons[/i])
5:00-6:00 The Waltons "The Best Christmas"
6:00-7:00 The Waltons "The Children's Carol (Part 1)"
7:00-8:00 The Waltons "The Children's Carol (Part 2)"
8:00-9:00 The Waltons "Day of Infamy"
9:00-9:30 The Brady Bunch "The Voice of Christmas"
9:30-10:00 The Wonder Years "Christmas"
10:00-10:30 The Wonder Years "A Very Cutlip Christmas"
10:30-11:00 The Wonder Years "Let Nothing You Dismay"
11:00-11:30 Perfect Strangers "A Christmas Story"
11:30-12:00 Perfect Strangers "The Gift of the Mypiot"

The one's I would show on either NAN or TVLand would:
Family Ties - A Christmas Story from the first season
Bing Crosby and Perry Como specials
The Dick Van Dyke Show- "Alan Brady Presents"?

The Cheers Christmas episode was very good. So was the Taxi Christmas ep.

okay...this is for Christmas Eve

4:00-4:30~"Friends": The One With the Holiday Armadillo [epsiode 156]
4:30-5:00~"Friends": The One With the Creepy Holiday Card [episode 181]
5:00-5:30~"Veronica's Closet": Veronica's Christmas Song [episode 10]
5:30-6:00~"Veronica's Closet": Veronica's Secret Santa [episode 32]
6:00-6:30~"Roseanne": Santa Claus [episode 84]
6:30-7:00~"Roseanne": White Trash Christmas [episode 134]
7:00-7:30~"Full House": Our Very First Christmas Show [episode 31]
7:30-8:00~"Full House": A Very Tanner Christmas [episode 132]
8:00-9:00~"Buffy The Vampire Slayer": Amends [episode 44]

I'm gonna do 3pm (central) to 11pm (central):

ALL TIMES CENTRAL:



[color=red]3pm: Little House on the Prairie Episode #14, "Christmas At Plum Creek"
The Ingalls secretly shops for their Christmas gifts, and Laura buys a stove for her mother.

[color=green]4pm: Kate & Allie Episode #88, "The Nightmare Before Christmas"
Kate, Allie and the kids work overtime buying and wrapping gifts for the catering clients, promising themselves a skiing vacation in Vermont & but the apartment is burgled and everything stolen, leaving them to redo it all in just one day.

4:30: Harper Valley, PTA Episode #19, "Harper Valley Christmas"
Flora is Scrooge when she cancels ass Christmas bonuses.

[color=green]5pm: Happy Days Episode #27, "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas?"
Fonzie pretends to go home to his family in Walkashaw for Christmas, but is invited to the Cunninghams' home instead.

5:30: The Flying Nun Episode 17, "Wailing in a Winter Wonderland"
Sister Bertrille makes it snow in San Juan as a Christmas gift for an older nun.

6pm: The Bob Newhart Show Episode #14, "His Busiest Season"
Bob invites the group to a Christmas Eve party at his and Emily's.

6:30: Alice Episode #33, "A Semi-Merry Christmas"
Alice, Mel, Flo, Vera, and Tommy are stuck on a trucking trip on Christmas Eve, but they try make it seem as Christmasy as possible.

7pm: Laverne & Shirley Episode #25, "Oh Hear the Angel Voices"
Carmine composes a night of singing and dancing starring the L&S gang, but the problem is that the show is at a nut house!

7:30: Three's Company Episode #20, "Three's Christmas"
After being saddened because they didn't get an invitation to the hottest Christmas party in town, the trio decides to go to the Ropers' for Christmas Eve, but Jack gets a phone call telling him that they WERE invited to the party, and threesome tries to get away from the Ropers' without breaking their feelings.

8pm: I Love Lucy Special Episode, "Jingle Bells"
Lucy, Ricky, Fred, Ethel, and Little Ricky all reminisce their old memories on Christmas Eve.

8:30: 227 Episode #77, "The Night They Arrested Santa Claus"
The whole gang-dressed as Old St. Nick-is arrested when a Santa-dressed robber strikes the area.

9pm: The Dick Van Dyke Show Episode #75, "The Alan Brady Show Presents"
Rob, Buddy, Sally, Mel, Alan, and Richie all perform on a Christmas special for "The Alan Brady Show."

9:30: The Facts of Life Episode #120, "Christmas in the Big House"
The girls and Mrs. G sing Christmas carols at a local jailhouse.

Will edit later

8:00 - The Brady Bunch (Carol loses her voice)
8:30 - Happy Days (Fonzie spend X-Mas with the Cunninghams)
9:00 - I Love Lucy (The "Lost" Christmas Special)
9:30 - Car 54, Where Are You? ("Christmas at the 53rd")
10:00 - The Monkees (The one with that little rich boy)
10:30 - The Addams Family ("Christmas with the Addams Family)
11:00 - Bewitched (from the 1st season)
11:30 - The Honeymooners ("Twas the Night Before Christmas")

3:00-3:30~"The Golden Girls": Twas the Night Before Christmas [episode 36]
3:30-4:00~"The Golden Girls": Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas [episode 114]
4:00-4:30~"The Facts of Life": The Christmas Show [episode 93]
4:30-5:00~"The Facts of Life": It's a Wonderful Christmas [episode 195]
5:00-5:30~"Three's Company": Three's Christmas [episode 20]
5:30-6:00~"Gilligan's Island": Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk [episode 12]
6:00-6:30~"I Love Lucy": Jingle Bells [episode 164]
6:30-7:00~"The Lucy Show": Together For Christmas [episode 13]
7:00-7:30~"Good Times": Penny's Christmas [episode 97]
7:30-8:00~"Good Times": The Traveling Christmas [episode 121]
8:00-8:30~"All in the Family": Christmas Day at the Bunker's [episode 26]
8:30-9:00~"All in the Family": Edith's Christmas Story [episode 76]
9:00-10:00~"All in the Family": California, Here We Are [episodes 195 & 196]

"The Draft Dodger" was another great All In The Family Christmas episode, and in my opinion was the best episode in the entire series.

Originally posted by Notorious

4:00-4:30~"Friends": The One With the Holiday Armadillo [epsiode 156]

7:00-7:30~"Full House": Our Very First Christmas Show

Great choices! TWO The Holiday Armadilo is a hysterical "Friends" ep, and one of my favs. I've also always had a soft spot for Our Very First Christmas Show too, it's really cute.

I'd also like to recommend That 70s Show Christmas ep from Season 4 where Eric was incharge of putting on a Natavity play and Kelso wanted to be a "Space Wise Man" and then Kelso got obsessed about those Christmas specials. That whole ep was very, very funny.

My favorite Christmas episode is NewsRadio's "X-Mas Story" from season 2. Homicidal Santa, sports cars, Fibber McGee and Molly. Good times, good times. It's on A&E next Sunday at 2 p.m. eastern.

I also like NR's other Christmas episodes "Christmas" and "Stupid Holiday Charity Show". Both of which I hope will air again next month because I missed them when they aired out of the regular schedule recently.

I also like the Cheers Christmas from season 6.