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ABC has revealed this year’s holiday programming schedule and it’s full of Christmas cheer, festive-themed episodes of top shows, Disney magic, and joyful music from some of your favorite voices! The network will kick off its seasonal lineup on November 16th with Thanksgiving episodes of primetime hit shows, and after Turkey Day, the merriment will continue throughout the rest of the year.

The Backstreet Boys will host their very first holiday special, “A Very Backstreet Christmas” where they’ll perform songs from their new album of the same name; EGOT winner John Legend teams up with David Brown, founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based Harmony Project, for “Finding Harmony”—an inspirational one-hour special, and “A CMA Country Christmas” returns with an intimate night full of holiday classics performed by your favorite names in Country music. The 2022 American Music Awards will take place on November 20th while the anticipated “Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration” airs in December!

Disney will simulcast the premiere of “Mickey Saves Christmas” on ABC, Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD at 7:00 p.m. EST., and there will be lots more yuletide cheer in store—including the return of the competition show “The Great Christmas Light Fight”, a “Love Actually” cast reunion with ABC News, Disney Parks annual magical celebration specials, Wonderful World of Disney movies that families can enjoy together, and fans of the classic “Home Alone” can enjoy watching the movie on Christmas Eve! The seasonal event wraps up on New Year’s Eve as we ring in 2023 with “Dick Clark New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”!*

Check out the full schedule below!

Photos: DisneyPlus

It’s beginning to look like a magical Christmas on Disney+ with the super festive lineup of holiday programming to celebrate the annual #SeasonsStreamings event!

Kicking off with the premiere of the Disney+ Original Movie, “Home Sweet Home Alone” – a new installment of the Home Alone franchise, the Disney subscription streaming service is now in the full holiday swing. There are a lot of highly-anticipated content coming to Disney+, including the premiere of Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye”, which launch on Wednesday, November 24 with a two-episode premiere… and it’s set during the holidays!

Additionally, there will be loads of festive favorites for the whole family, including “Frozen,” “Home Alone,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “The Santa Clause,” “Jingle All the Way” and lots more! To find all of the holiday content, CLICK HERE!

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The “Home Alone” reboot trailer is here.

Two years ago we reported on Disney rebooting the “Home Alone” franchise after acquiring 20th Century Fox, and now the trailer for the reimagined version is finally here.

In this all-new adventure comedy titled “Home Sweet Home Alone”, Archie Yates (Jojo Rabbit) stars as Max Mercer, a 10-year-old who is left to his own devices when he’s accidentally left at home for the holidays as his family goes on a trip to Tokyo, Japan.

While his mother (Aisling Bea) works to make her way home to Max by Christmas, a married couple (Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney) tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from his family home.  In the trailer we’ll see a lot of nods, quotes and Easter eggs from the beloved holiday film franchise.

Photo: Graphic by Lolly Christmas using 20th Century Fox imagery.

I logged onto Twitter late last night to see a trending topic was the news of a “Home Alone” reboot!

Naturally, I had to read what this was all about.  According to the account @getFANDOM, now that The Walt Disney Company has acquired 20th Century Fox, Disney CEO, Bob Iger, announced reboots and reimaginings for Disney+ (Disney’s upcoming streaming service) including: “Diary of a Whimpy Kid”, “Cheaper by the Dozen”, “Night at the Museum”, and “Home Alone”.

Many Christmas tales get retold just as classic Christmas carols are sung by many different singers, but there’s something about certain films that I just can not imagine being told differently. “Home Alone” always felt like one of those ‘untouchable’, for lack of a better word, holiday films.

I mean, who could play Kevin McCallister quite like Macaulay Culkin?

Photo: 20th Century Fox

When you’re looking to keep your noggin warm during the brutal winter days (and nights), or if you’re simply looking to jazz up your seasonal style–what better way than with a nod to “Home Alone” – aka- one of the best Christmas movies ever made?

Christmas Vacation Collectibles is currently selling a replica of Kevin McCallister’s (played by Macaulay Culkin) elk and pine tree patterned cap. Kevin’s exact hat is no longer available due to the amount of time it’s been since the film was released in 1990, but this festive hat is very closely modeled to the original–and it’s affordable!

You can purchase the ‘one size fits most’ cap here for $14.99 USD.

Stay merry!