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There is no holiday kick-off quite like the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and this year the tradition is ringing in its 95th year! You can expect to see ‘a spectacle like no other’ when 15 giant character balloons, 28 floats, 36 novelty and heritage inflatables, more than 800 clowns, 10 marching bands and 9 performance groups, a host of musical stars — and, of course, Santa Claus — march their way down the streets of New York City on Thanksgiving morning.

“Today” show anchors Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker will host the three-hour telecast; viewers nationwide can catch all the action via the special broadcasts on NBC and Telemundo, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. in all time zones, and for the first time fans can also livestream coverage on Peacock. NBC will air an encore of the Parade from 2-5 p.m. ET.

The Spanish-language simulcast on Telemundo will be hosted by “En Casa con Telemundo’s” Ana Jurka and Carlos Adyan, accompanied by Freddy Lomelí live from Sixth Avenue, and will feature a special appearance by current Miss Universe, Andrea Meza.

Check out the lineup of performers below!

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With a few days left to go until Thanksgiving, it’s the perfect time to share what holiday programming is on the schedule for The CW Network. Get ready to ring in the season with the animated classic “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer“, returning seasonal favorites like “Penn & Teller: Merry Fool Us”, “Silent Night – A Song for the World”, the “Hollywood Christmas Parade” special, and the “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball” concert event, and more!

This year the network will also air two brand-new original specials, “The Waltons’ Homecoming” narrated by Richard Thomas and starring Logan Shrover, Bellamy Young and Ben Lawson, and “The Black Pack: We Three Kings” featuring Taye Diggs along with GRAMMY Award® winning singer/songwriters NE-YO and Eric Bellinger.

Check out everything on The CW’s holiday slate below!

Master of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2021 | Friday, November 26 at 8-9 p.m. ET
Presented by Associated Television International, host Dean Can will count down the greatest and most memorable moments and trends of 2021. An encore presentation will air on Wednesday, December 22 (9:00-10:00pm ET).

Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer | Friday, November 26 at 8-9 p.m. ET
Based on the hit song that became a worldwide holiday phenomenon, this goofy and heartwarming adventure features young Jake Spankenheimer on the quest of a lifetime to track his missing Grandma down on Christmas Eve to prove that Santa Claus is indeed real. Michele Lee (“Knots Landing”) provides the voice of Jake’s greedy Cousin Mel and recording artist Elmo Shropshire provides the narration. Encore presentations will air on Saturday, December 18 (8:00-9:00pm ET) and Wednesday, December 22 (8:00-9:00pm ET).

(L-R) 8-BIT CHRISTMAS, SANTA INC., 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS | Photos: HBO Max

HBO Max is getting in on the holiday fun this year starting today, Thursday, November 18th, with the launch of the Holiday Wonderland spotlight page of the subscription streaming service.

In December, the page will offer the daily gift of Naughty or Nice titles, which will assist viewers in choosing something to watch to fit their festive mood. Keep in mind that the Naughty section will offer content geared towards adults, including “Black Christmas”, holiday themed episodes of “South Park”, and the original film “Santa Inc.”  The Nice section will feature family-friendly content, including “Elf” and holiday themed episodes of “Full House”.

Keep on the lookout for the Max Originals, including “Santa Inc.” along with “8-Bit Christmas” and season two of “12 Dates of Christmas”, which will stream along with jolly classics, such as “A Christmas Story”, “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, “The Polar Express”, the full “Harry Potter” collection and musical specials like “My Gift: A Christmas Special From Carrie Underwood”.

Mariah Carey‘s very first Apple TV+ Christmas special last year was a massive hit, so it’s not surprising that the streaming service wanted to team back up with the music icon this year to recreate that magic once more. The holiday spectacular “Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues” will debut globally on Friday, December 3rd!

The special will also serve as the first and only performance of the multi-Grammy Award-winning singer’s latest single, “Fall in Love at Christmas”, a collaboration with Grammy-nominated singer Khalid and Grammy-winning legend Kirk Franklin.  She will also perform a new rendition of the classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”.

“Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues” will feature an exclusive interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe and Carey, along with her 10-year-old twins, son Moroccan and daughter Monroe, as they share favorite holiday moments, and Carey celebrates her beloved holiday classic, “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” and Apple TV+’s perennial smash hit, “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special.”

Watch the trailer below!

Stay Merry,

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It’s become a tradition for Candace Cameron Bure to host Thanksgiving Week at Hallmark as new movies premiere during the Countdown to Christmas lineup, but this year, she brought a friend!

The star of “The Christmas Contest” will be joined by her co-star John Brotherton as the two host Merry Thanksgiving Weekend to ring in 7 all-new holiday premieres! It all kicks off on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, November 25 with the premiere of “The Nine Kittens of Christmas”!

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40 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

What have you completed on your Christmas To-Do List, so far? Did you finish your shopping early? Have you decorated? We haven’t done much in our household yet because we’ve been cleaning and prepping for the decor, but it’s all coming out this week!

Stay Merry,

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Nickelodeon is preparing to launch the lineup for their annual “Nickmas” programming slate later this month, and there’s a lot of jolly fun to be had with holiday-themed episodes of original shows and the premiere of the original live-action holiday movie based on the Emmy Award-winning animated series, The Loud House!  Starting Friday, November 20th, viewers will be able to get festive with some of their favorite series, including: Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan, Blue’s Clues and You!, PAW Patrol, Rugrats, That Girl Lay Lay, and many more!

The “Nickmas” holiday offering will also feature fan-favorite titles and original holiday movies from Nickelodeon’s library of holiday classics, including the iconic perennial Rugrats, “A Rugrats Chanukah,” SpongeBob SquarePants “It’s A SpongeBob Christmas!” and PAW Patrol “Pups Save Christmas,” and Nickelodeon original holiday movies A Fairly Odd Christmas, Merry Christmas Drake & Josh, Santa Hunters, and Tiny Christmas.

Check out the lineup below, but keep in mind times and dates are subject to change!

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We finally have more information on Lindsay Lohan‘s upcoming Christmas movie for Netflix, which also marks her long-awaited return to acting!  The streaming service dropped the first production still of the untitled film, set to debut during the 2022 holiday season, and it co-stars former Glee actor Chord Overstreet.

In the holiday rom-com, a newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress (Lohan) gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner (Overstreet) and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.

The movie also stars George Young, Jack Wagner and Olivia Perez.

Janeen Damian directed and co-wrote it alongside Jeff Bonnett, Ron Oliver and Michael Damian. Executive Producers are Amanda Phillips, Eric Jarboe and David Wulf with Producers Brad Krevoy (MPCA) and Michael Damian (Riviera Films).

Stay tuned for even more information as the project develops!

Stay Merry!

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It’s going to be the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER all month long on AMC and AMC+ this season as the network gears up for around the clock holiday programming featuring some of your most beloved classic films — and a few new movies!

AMC’s “Best Christmas Ever” annual event begins on November 29 — December 25 with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation star Beverly D’Angelo hosting this year’s film lineup. The slate will include over 55 titles and more than 575 hours of holiday programming as we count down the days until Christmas. AMC is the exclusive broadcast cable home in December to holiday favorites such as National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, The Polar Express, Four Christmases and Fred Claus.

You can also look forward to themed evenings (see more information below); original programming will be available on the streaming service AMC+ — including Kiera Knightley‘s Silent Night (also starring Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Ṣọpé Dìrísù, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones and Trudie Styler) as well as Cape Cod Christmas and Christmas with Felicity.

Check out the full lineup below!

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The full lineup for all of the programming coming to NBC and the network’s streaming service, Peacock, this holiday season is here! From classic favorites and traditional events to brand-new specials, there’s something to enjoy from November until the new year!

Among NBC’s offerings is the iconic “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” and “Christmas at Rockefeller Center” specials, and the network presentation of “Annie LIVE!” starring Harry Connick Jr., Nicole Scherzinger, Tituss Burgess, Jane Krakowski, Taraji P. Henson, and Celina Smith as Annie. You can also look forward to holiday episodes from comedies like “Young Rock”, “KENAN” and “Mr. Mayor”.

Kelly Clarkson and Michael Bublé are also set to embrace the sounds of the season with musical specials while Jimmy Fallon‘s bestselling children’s book, “5 More Sleeps ‘Til Christmas”, gets turned into a primetime animated special.

Original programming is also coming to the Peacock streaming service, including the premieres of the original movie “The Housewives of the North Pole” starring Betsy Brandt and Kyle Richards, and the holiday competition series “Baking It” from executive producer Amy Poehler.

Check out the full festive lineup below!