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- Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, a sequel special to Prep & Landing, debuted on ABC December 5th.
- A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas and Arthur Christmas are now playing in theaters.
- A storybook adaptation of Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! was published on September 13.
- The Muppet Christmas album A Green and Red Christmas was re-released on November 1st to tie in with the theatrical release of The Muppets.
- Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas, a Christmas special spun off from the Ice Age film series, premiered on FOX Thanksgiving day.
- The newly-released Blu-ray of The Smurfs movie includes a bonus direct-to-video Christmas special - The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol.
- Christmas episodes of Victorious, T.U.F.F. Puppy and Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures are premiering on Nickelodeon this December.
- The Hub is premiering Christmas-themed episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dan Vs., and The Adventures of Chuck and Friends this December.
- Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!, a made-for-TV Christmas movie based on the Disney Channel Original Series Good Luck Charlie, premiered on December 2. The Disney Channel also debuted new Christmas spepisodes of Phineas and Ferb and Fish Hooks right before the movie.
- In the race for holiday ratings, the Hallmark Channel has already announced a record 1300 hours of programming devoted to Christmas movies and specials in 2011, beginning November 2! Along with traditional Hallmark favorites, stay tuned for original movies especially made for the new 2011 holiday season including A Princess for Christmas, starring Sir Roger Moore; The Christmas Pageant, starring Melissa Gilbert; Annie Claus is Coming to Town, with Vivica A. Fox and Vicki Lawrence; and Christmas Returns to Canaan, starring Billy Ray Cyrus in a sequel to the network's highly rated Christmas in Canaan.
- ABC Family's 25 Days of Christmas, which began on December 1, has two new movies in the lineup this year including 12 Dates of Christmas starring Amy Smart and Mark Paul Gosselar, and Desperately Seeking Santa starring Laura Vandervoort in a romantic comedy about replacing a shopping mall Santa.
- Cartoon Network has announced their Christmas television schedule for this year, featuring new Christmas episodes of Johnny Test, Adventure Time, and MAD.
- NBC premiered a Christmas TV special to celebrate the release of Michael Buble's Christmas album. The crooner headlined his first network television variety special on December 6th, performing seasonal hits along with sketch comedy segments featuring special guest stars.
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Upcoming Video Releases
- August 30 - The Nightmare Before Christmas has been released on 3-D Blu-ray.
- September 13 - "A Very Glee Christmas" is now available as part of the Glee: The Complete 2nd Season DVD and Blu-ray sets.
- September 27 - A Flintstone Christmas and A Flintstone Family Christmas are now available on the Warner Archive's A Flintstone Christmas Collection manufacture-on-demand DVD.
- October 4
- The Smurfs' Christmas Special and 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy are now available on a DVD titled The Smurfs Holiday Celebration.
- The Little Drummer Boy and Frosty's Winter Wonderland have received new DVD releases.
- 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and The 12 Dogs of Christmas have now been released on Blu-ray.
- Warner Home Video has issued Santa's Magical Stories, a 3-disc set containing their DVD releases of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold, Pinocchio's Christmas, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, Jack Frost, A Miser Brothers Christmas, and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July.
- October 11
- October 18 - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! has now been reissued as part of a DVD release titled Dr. Seuss's Holidays on the Loose!, which also contains the follow-up specials Halloween is Grinch Night! and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat.
- October 25 - Franklin's Christmas Gift is now available on DVD.
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- Christmas Spirit has been released on DVD.
- The horror film Don't Open Till Christmas has received a new DVD release.
- Rocko's Modern Christmas!: Can't Squeeze Cheer From a Cheese Log! will be made available on the Rocko's Modern Life: Season 2 DVD set, to be released on February 7, 2012.
Trivia
- Day 1: In Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, which UPA cartoon character portrays the role of Tiny Tim? Answer: Gerald McBoing-Boing.
- Day 2: Who was the voice of Forte, the villain of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas? Answer: Tim Curry.
- Day 3: In "Koopa Klaus", what is Princess Peach's gift for Toad? Answer: A snowboard.
- Day 4: Which song from Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was also featured in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July? Answer: "We're a Couple of Misfits.
- Day 5: At the beginning of Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, what does Rabbit want for Christmas? Answer: A flyswatter.
- Day 6: What is the title of the storybook that Jon's dad reads in A Garfield Christmas Special? Answer: Binky, the Clown Who Saved Christmas.
- Day 7: Who provided Jack Skellington's singing voice in The Nightmare Before Christmas? Answer: Danny Elfman.
- Day 8: Who dresses as a street corner Santa in It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown? Answer: Snoopy.
- Day 9: What famous singer guest-starred in "A Phineas and Ferb Family Christmas"? Answer: Kelly Clarkson.
- Day 10: What is the name of the villain from It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie? Answer: Rachel Bitterman.
- Day 11: Who voiced Opus the Penguin in A Wish For Wings That Work? Answer: Michael Bell.
- Day 12: What was Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh originally titled? Answer: Drake and Josh: Best Christmas Ever.
- Day 13: Which Looney Tunes character portrays Ebenezer Scrooge in Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol? Answer: Yosemite Sam.
- Day 14: Who was the voice of the narrator in Frosty the Snowman? Answer: Jimmy Durante.
- Day 15: Which song from the album Ren & Stimpy's Crock O' Christmas is featured in "A Scooter for Yaksmas"? Answer: "It's a Wizzleteats Kind of Christmas".
- Day 16: What is the title of the Christmas album Perry the Platypus receives in Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!? Answer: A Sal Tuscany Christmas.
- Day 17: In "A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas", what is the title of the Christmas special that Peter Griffin wants to watch? Answer: KISS Saves Santa.
- Day 18: Who is the only Muppet who does not sing in the Christmas Carol medley at the end of A Muppet Family Christmas? Answer: Oscar the Grouch.
- Day 19: In A Charlie Brown Christmas, which song does Lucy request that Schroeder play on his toy piano? Answer: "Jingle Bells".
- Day 20: What is the title of the comic book story in which Scrooge McDuck made his first appearance? Answer: Christmas on Bear Mountain.
- Day 21: What does the evil Winterbolt turn into when he is defeated at the end of Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July? Answer: A tree.
- Day 22: In Rocko's Modern Christmas!: Can't Squeeze Cheer From a Cheese Log!, who tries to ruin Rocko's Christmas party? Answer: Ed Bighead.
- Day 23: Who portrays The Ghost of Christmas Past in Mickey's Christmas Carol? Answer: Jiminy Cricket.
- Day 24: In "Christmas Who?", who dresses as Santa Claus in order to help SpongeBob cheer up? Answer: Squidward Tentacles.
- Day 25: Which character featured in Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice makes an "early bird cameo" appearance at the end of Operation: Secret Santa? Answer: Noel.
Featured Article
"A Present for Santa" is the first Christmas episode of the Nick Jr. animated series Dora the Explorer. It was originally released directly-to-video on September 24, 2002, before airing on Nickelodeon in prime-time on December 11th of that year. It is Christmas Eve and Santa is coming to Dora's house later tonight to bring them presents. Dora and Boots present each other with a pair of maracas and a flute, respectively, and they play the tune of "Feliz Navidad". They then leave out a present for Santa, but the next morning, they find that he didn't take his present with him after leaving their gifts. They go outside and see Santa from afar. Boots asks where he's going and Dora says that he's going home. Boots tells her that they have to give him his present, so they have to figure out how to get to the North Pole. Map says that the North Pole is very far away and that they have to go up the snowy mountains and across the icy river to get there. (more...)
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