Christmas is here!  Christmas is here!  It's finally come.  I didn't think it would, but it finally did.  Oh happy day!  I love Christmas.  I really, really do.  I've spoken with Santa and had some words with him about what to get my daughter.  She's going to be very happy come Christmas morning I believe.  Very happy, indeed.  Provided, of course, she remains well behaved between now and then, if not, coal and underwear.

Sunday, December 23:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nature - “Christmas in Yellowstone."   Christmas with picnic baskets.  What could be better than that?  I just hope that the mean old ranger doesn't take away all of Yogi and Booboo's Christmas cheer.  Yeah, like you didn't know that I was going to make that joke.

9:00 – 11:00PM

Masterpiece Theatre – "Prime Suspect:  The Final Act."  It's Helen Mirren's last go-round as Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison.  If you like Mirren, if you like Tennison, if you like detective fair, you'll like this journey to the seedier side of things. 

Monday, December 24:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Antiques Roadshow – "Savannah (Hour Two)."  Oh Savannah, oh don't you cry for me, cause I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee.  Ah, Savannah, Georgia.  The Deep South.  The place where the only thing sweeter than the people is the iced tea.  Seriously, you can get a cavity just by looking at it. 

9:00 – 10:00PM

Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Sissel.  Seems pretty obvious what this one is about, doesn't?  The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings.  Sissel sings with them, well, Sissel is featured with them anyway.  Thus it is called Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Sissel. 

10:00 – 11:00PM

Christmas at Belmont (2007).  Do the ponies run on Christmas?  Are they handicapped differently?  Do the jockeys wear little elf uniforms?  Let's face it, the jockeys are elf-sized anyway, so it would seem to make sense for them to dress up funny (or funnier) and do a little Christmas thing.  Either that or this special focuses on the concert that takes place yearly at Belmont University in Nashville. 

Tuesday, December 25:

8:00 - 9:00PM

Nova - “The Wave that Shook the World."  December 26, 2004.  A monster tidal wave in the Indian Ocean kills hundreds of thousands.   This episode examines why exactly this tsunami was so much more powerful than all the other tsunamis that strike on a yearly basis (around a hundred every decade).

9:00 - 10:00PM

Frontline/World  – "A World of Good."  It's a special edition of Frontline/World!  But, aren't they all special if you think about it?  I don't want to spoil any of the specifics about it for you, but it focuses on people doing good.  Not everyone doing good, but some very specific people in very specific different parts of the world doing good.  Watch and find out who.