December 27, 2023, to January 7, 2024

Our selections range from Chalie Brown and Dora to programs recently presented by Disney+ featuring Mickey Mouse and the Firebuds. These family classics will help you greet the new season and ring in the New Year. For more holiday cheer, check out many more festive treasures among the 160,000 television and radio programs preserved in the Paley Archive. 

12:30 pm
Elmo’s World: “Happy Holidays“
Elmo learns more about the year-end holidays like Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Three Kings Day. (2002; PBS) 

1:25 pm
Dora the Explorer: “Dora Saves Three Kings Day“
Dora, Diego, and Boots must stop Swiper from stealing the joy out of Three Kings Day.  (2009; Nickelodeon) 

1:50 pm
A Rugrats Kwanzaa
A misunderstanding leads Susie and the other babies of Rugrats to learn about Kwanzaa.  (2001; Nickelodeon)  

2:15 pm
Happy New Year, Charlie Brown
When Marcie and Peppermint Patty decide to host a New Year's party, Charlie Brown summons his courage and invites his true love, the little red-haired girl, to be his date. (1986; CBS)

2:40 pm
The Wonderful World of Disney: “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure“
This animated musical short film, continuing the story of 2013's Frozen, focuses on chatty snowman Olaf and his love of the holiday season. (2017; ABC)

3:10 pm
The Velveteen Rabbit  
The new special based on the treasured, classic children’s book by Margery Williams, celebrates the magic of unconditional love. When 7-year-old William receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, he discovers a lifelong friend and unlocks a world of magic.  (2023, Apple TV+) 

3:55 pm  
Frosty the Snowman
Inspired by the holiday tune “Frosty the Snowman,” this classic animated Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass special follows the Snowman after he’s brought to life. (1969; CBS) 

4:20 pm
Firebuds “Blizzard Buds / Parade Escapade”
In “Blizzard Buds” the Firebuds brave a blizzard to reunite a family for Christmas, while in “Parade Escapade” the Firebuds take part in the Motopolis New Year’s Day parade. (2023; Disney+)

4:45 pm
SuperKitties: “Merry Mousmas”
When Cat Burglar steals Christmas gifts from all over Kittydale, the SuperKitties must recover the stolen presents—and Bitsy’s kitty castle! (2023; Disney+)

5:15 pm
Mickey’s Christmas Tales
Five new stop-motion shorts that follow Mickey, Minnie, and their pals as they celebrate the holiday season, making cookies together and learning how to build a snowman with Goofy. (2023; Disney+)

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Happy Who-lidays:
Memorable Doctor Who Holiday Specials
December 27, 2023, to January 14, 2024

Help ring in the new year—and celebrate Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary, while also preparing for the iconic British science-fiction show’s new season in 2024, featuring the Fifteenth Doctor—with this look back at some of the series’s most unforgettable Christmas specials.

12:10 pm
Doctor Who: “The Runaway Bride”
The Tenth Doctor (David Tennant) meets Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) on the way to her Christmas wedding, but soon other extraterrestrials threaten to crash the party. (2006; BBC America)

1:10 pm
Doctor Who: “A Christmas Carol”
The classic Dickens tale gets a Whovian makeover when the Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) appeals to a Scrooge-like figure to save the day. (2010; BBC America)

2:15 pm
Doctor Who: “The Doctor, The Widow, and the Wardrobe”
The Eleventh Doctor (Matt Smith) meets a mother who tries to give her two children a merry Christmas following her husband’s death in World War II, in an episode inspired by C.S. Lewis’s Narnia books. (2011; BBC America)

3:15 pm
Doctor Who: “The Husbands of River Song”
In this farewell episode for River Song (Alex Kingston), the time-traveling archeologist who became the Eleventh Doctor’s wife, the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) encounters her and learns about her storied adventures, and many spouses, apart from him. (2015; BBC America)

4:15 pm
Doctor Who: “Twice Upon a Time”
The Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) meets the First Doctor (David Bradley) in a timeline altering year-end episode that leads to the debut of the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker). (2017; BBC America)

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