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Movies & Mysteries and Sunday on Freeform Between the retail ads, the decorations, the and AMC. ubiquitous music and everyone wishing you For fans of classic films, the first half of “happy holidays,” you’re basically surrounded. the week offers up a veritable cornucopia Checking in with And you probably like it that way. of options, starting with the James Stewart/ Same goes for television. Between broadcast, Donna Reed mainstay “It’s a Wonderful Life” basic and premium cable, you can watch Monday on NBC. There is also “Holiday RALPHIE PARKER holiday content 24/7 if you so choose. So Inn” and the 1951 Alistair Sim version of “A choose to sit yourself down for the first half Christmas Carol” Sunday, Dec. 23, on Turner of this week and check out some of the more Classic Movies; “Christmas in Connecticut,” noteworthy programs on tap. “Babes in Toyland,” “The Bishop’s Wife” and Topping the list the morning of Tuesday, Dec. “A Christmas Carol” (1969) Monday on TCM; 25, is ABC’s annual “Disney Parks Magical and “Love Actually” and “The Wizard of Oz” (Writer’s note: Though Ralphie isn’t a real person, he well Christmas Day Parade,” in which Jordan Fisher Sunday and Monday, respectively, on TNT. could be, as played by Peter Billingsley in the 1983 movie “A and Sarah Hyland host the annual holiday Classic television is also well-represented this processions in Florida and California. week, most notably with the Festivus episode of Christmas Story” – which will have its annual marathon Monday That night on NBC, the grumpy green guy “Seinfeld” titled “The Strike” and the “Friends” and Tuesday, Dec. 24 and 25, on both TBS and TNT. Here’s an twice tries to ruin the holiday for the denizens installment “The One With the Holiday imagined chat with Ralphie today, as if he actually did exist ... of Whoville, first in the 1966 animated holiday Armadillo,” both airing Sunday on TBS. There with, be forewarned, some “Story” spoilers.) classic “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole are also holiday episodes of “Modern Family” At Christmas, many people look forward to that one special gift Christmas,” and then in the 2000 feature film (Sunday, USA), “Monk” (Monday, WE tv) and – but arguably no person ever wanted a particular present more starring Jim Carrey “How the Grinch Stole “Doctor Who” (Monday, BBC America). than Ralphie Parker did. Christmas.” For religious programming, tune in to From the moment his eyes met a Red Ryder air rifle that was If holiday movie marathons are what you NBC on Monday night for “Christmas Eve positioned prominently in a store window for the holidays, it was Birthdate: Circa 1935; the actual date is debatable seek, it doesn’t get any better than the yearly Mass.” And for the historical perspective, try just about the only thing on his mind. He daydreamed about it Birthplace: Hohman, Ind. TBS/TNT “A Christmas Story” marathon “The Story of God” marathon on Monday on ... he dropped ample hints about it ... he even hid an ad for it Current residence: Chicago (“I wanted to be someplace starting Monday, Dec. 24, and ending Tuesday. National Geographic, “Christmas Through the inside one of his mother’s magazines. His wish would come true, bigger than Hohman, but still with that midwestern feel.”) So get ready for 24 hours of little Ralphie (Peter Decades” Tuesday on History, and an episode of but Ralphie remembers both the ups and downs of the relentless Marital status: Married with two sons (“Just like the Billingsley) pining for a Red Ryder BB Gun Travel Channel’s “Expedition Unknown” titled crusade he waged back then. and being admonished with “you’ll shoot your “Tr ue Cross of Christ” on Tuesday. family I was born into.”) “I can still hear it now: ‘You’ll shoot your eye out!,”’ he recalls. eye out.” Additionally, there are “Harry Potter” On his memories of the Higbee’s department And if none of the above work for you and “How could so many adults know exactly the same words to say to marathons Sunday on USA Network and all you want to do is sit in front of the TV and store window display at the holidays: “Oh, you destroy a kid’s hopes? To be honest, I thought I’d be going without could just tell from the looks on all of our faces – pressed Peter Billingsley stars in “A Christmas Story,” Monday on Syfy. veg, there is HMM’s “A Very Happy & Friends what I really wanted that Christmas, until my father mentioned right up against the glass in some cases – what a big event which has its annual 24-hour marathon If that’s not enough, there are also wall-to- Yule Log” marathon of fire and holiday tunes the one last package hidden behind the tree. When I saw it, it was for kids it was to see that display in its full glory. In this era Tuesday and Wednesday on TBS and TNT. wall holiday movies to be found the first half of Monday and Tuesday and an “Outlander Yule the week on Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Log” Monday on Starz. so tall and long, I just knew what had to be inside the wrapping. of malls and big-box stores, there’s just no way it could be “And who knew it would be my father who came through in the same ... but what a very, very special thing that was.” the end?,” adds Ralphie. “He who cherished a leg lamp, and took Favorite Christmas food: “You’re kidding, right? Flock on in and let us show strange pleasure in fighting with a furnace and a neighbor’s dogs? Part of my delight that Christmas was in seeing the boy that was Roast duck!” you how to turn your yard still inside that man, and it’s a feeling I’ve tried to keep for myself, Favorite author: “I certainly would have to say Mr. into a bird feeding habitat 20% OFF especially in raising my own children.” Jean Shepherd. 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Movies & Mysteries and Sunday on Freeform Between the retail ads, the decorations, the and AMC. ubiquitous music and everyone wishing you For fans of classic films, the first half of “happy holidays,” you’re basically surrounded. the week offers up a veritable cornucopia Checking in with And you probably like it that way. of options, starting with the James Stewart/ Same goes for television. Between broadcast, Donna Reed mainstay “It’s a Wonderful Life” basic and premium cable, you can watch Monday on NBC. There is also “Holiday RALPHIE PARKER holiday content 24/7 if you so choose. So Inn” and the 1951 Alistair Sim version of “A choose to sit yourself down for the first half Christmas Carol” Sunday, Dec. 23, on Turner of this week and check out some of the more Classic Movies; “Christmas in Connecticut,” noteworthy programs on tap.