9 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Jesus: Countdown to Calvary

Join actor Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as he examines the theological and historical context of the events leading up to the death of Jesus of Nazareth, offering a nuanced exploration of the questions that have existed for more than 2,000 years.

1 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

The Midwife Holiday Special 2021

Christmas 1966 promises to be memorable one. The members of the Nonnatus House team are faced with their busiest Christmas Day ever as the maternity home is filled with expectant moms and challenging cases. Luckily, Mother Mildred is on hand to support the team.

2:30 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Call The Midwife Holiday Special 2022

With Christmas approaching, the midwives move to their maternity clinic and are delighted when their first patient is a familiar face. Life in Poplar returns to normal after the tragic train crash, and everyone unites for a festive talent show.

4 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Call The Midwife Holiday Special 2023

Two weeks before Christmas, delicate situations cause uncertainty for the midwives. With the upcoming Apollo 8 launch and the festivity preparations starting, a treacherous heavy snowfall may complicate the holiday celebrations for everyone.

4 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

Death In Paradise, Christmas 2022, Part 1 

There’s just one case that Selwyn has never solved — and this Christmas it will return to haunt him. As the inhabitants of Saint Marie prepare for the festive season, true-crime podcaster Jennifer Langan is found shot dead. Langan had been investigating the strange disappearance of a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in 1977. When recordings from the night of the murder are uncovered, the team are left with a chilling question. Are supernatural forces at work? And, in the biggest shock of them all, will Neville find love just in time for Christmas?

5:30 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Ball and Vase

BALL AND VASE follows an ailing professor and magician named Ed Coleman during the holidays. He is a 92-year-old, widowed World War II veteran who lives alone in a small apartment in Hoboken, N.J. He has been all but forgotten, but Ed has one thing that keeps him going — an upcoming visit by his grandson on Christmas. When a change in those plans finds Ed alone at a local pub he used to visit with his late wife, he discovers one last opportunity to reconnect with the world. BALL AND VASE stars actor, director and playwright Austin Pendleton as Ed Coleman.

7:30 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

A Polka Christmas with the Chardon Polka Band

The Chardon Polka Band takes you on an unforgettable holiday musical journey across the country.

10 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

George Perris — The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Join George Perris and his big band as they celebrate the holiday season with a special performance filmed from his home country of Greece. In addition to Christmas carols, George and the band perform spiritual and uplifting songs every family loves to hear and holiday classics with a Greek flair. Filmed at the Piraeus Theater, one of the most beautiful theaters in Europe, GEORGE PERRIS: WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR transports viewers to a magical, wintery and inspiring world!  

10:30 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914

The Western Front. Christmas. 1914. Out of the violence comes a silence, then a song. A German soldier steps into No Man's Land Singing "Stille Nacht." Thus begins an extraordinary night of camaraderie, music and peace. This award-winning docu-musical theatre production recreates an astounding moment in history when Allied and German soldiers laid down their arms to celebrate the holiday together by trading carols, sharing food and drink, playing soccer and burying the dead. This remarkable story is told through the words of the great WWI poets, official war documents, diary entries and letters written by more than thirty WWI soldiers. The historic documents are woven together with iconic WWI songs and European Christmas carols to create a profound retelling of this extraordinary moment in history.                                                                           

9:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Rosie's Rules, Rosie's Christmas In Mexico

Rosie is thrilled to spend Christmas with Abuela in Mexico City, but in her excitement, she forgets Abuela's present, and now she has to find a new present before their Noche Buena celebration.  

1 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Peg + Cat + Holidays

This is a special holiday episode of Peg + Cat featuring "The Christmas Problem," "The Hanukkah Problem," and "The Penguin Problem." 

8 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

Come and See! A Concordia Christmas

Concordia University Irvine's fifth annual made-for-TV special includes vocal and instrumental performances of contemporary and classic holiday songs, and features original works by Concordia alumni and students to celebrate the holiday season.

9 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Jesus: Countdown to Calvary

Join actor Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as he examines the theological and historical context of the events leading up to the death of Jesus of Nazareth, offering a nuanced exploration of the questions that have existed for more than 2,000 years.

9 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come

St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota presents music for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Season. First held in 1912, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States, and features more than 450 students from St. Olaf College's renowned choirs and orchestra. Featuring familiar carols, beloved choral works, and exciting new compositions, themes of the Advent and Christmas season are explored through music in this cherished tradition. 

10 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

Holiday Sounds of Fredonia

The special features the Chamber Choir and the College Choir and will include traditional favorites "Away in a Manger," "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and O' Come, O' Come, Emmanuel," "Away in the Manger," and "The Christmas Song." 

2 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Jesus: Countdown to Calvary

Join actor Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) as he examines the theological and historical context of the events leading up to the death of Jesus of Nazareth, offering a nuanced exploration of the questions that have existed for more than 2,000 years.

8 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Lyla in the Loop, Happy New Year, Lyla

When family and friends want their own fancy pin, Lyla and Everett must figure out how to make the pins for everyone in time for the New Year's Eve party.

10:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Work It Out Wombats! Happy New Acorn Year!

This year, the Wombats can stay up late to watch the New Year's Eve Acorn Drop — if  they can keep from falling asleep.

12:30 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Alma's Way, Alma's Nochebuena / Three Kings Day Do-Over

Alma's Nochebuena — It's Alma's favorite holiday, Noche Buena (or Christmas Eve), and she can't wait to celebrate her family's yearly traditions. But when the traditions go wrong, Alma feels disappointed. Can she still have a fun Noche Buena when things are so different? 

Three Kings Day Do-Over — When Alma finds the Christmas gift she gave Junior is still under the tree, she decides to skip playtime with her brother and make him a do-over gift before the big Three Kings Day parade. But Junior isn't thrilled.

7 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

The Lawrence Welk Show, Christmas

We go back to 1966 to celebrate Christmas with Lawrence, his Musical Family, and their families. Lawrence makes his annual singing entrance on "Jingle Bells." You're guaranteed to fall in love with Barbara and Bobby as Raggedy Ann and Andy for the "Doll Dance." The Lennon Sisters sing the beautiful "Star Carol" while JoAnn Castle rocks the house with "Frosty the Snowman." Aladdin gives the show a perfect touch with the holiday classic "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus."

9 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Season of Light: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square join with award winning artists Lea Salonga and Sir David Suchet for Season of Light: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir, a festive and uplifting Christmas special. This concert will illuminate your holiday experience with timeless carols, treasured songs, and a story of heroic service.

10:30 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

European Christmas Markets

Discover Europe's Christmas Markets, where the town center, market square or just the narrow, cobblestone streets of the cities and towns of Europe come alive in winter with festively decorated wooden stalls offering all sorts of treats and delights.

10:30 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

The Magic of Christmas In Alsace

Christmas in the Alsace region of France is best experienced in the small towns and villages where each community has its own unique holiday traditions, celebrations, food, and of course wine. The Alsatian landscape is covered with medieval towns, castle ruins and vineyards that overflow with charm and history. And at Christmas, the townspeople go all out in decorating each of their towns to outdo the next in celebration of the season, and their Christmas markets are a truly magical take on this uniquely French celebration of Christmas. With Christmas being a magical time for children, the music accompaniment to this show are French carols sung by a The Maine Girls Chorus, which will delight the child in all of us.

2 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle

Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday special that combines classic Christmas carols with a contemporary story of how giving back and uplifting communities is the true meaning of the season. 

3:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

European Christmas Markets

Discover Europe's Christmas Markets, where the town center, market square or just the narrow, cobblestone streets of the cities and towns of Europe come alive in winter with festively decorated wooden stalls offering all sorts of treats and delights.

6:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Odd Squad, Reindeer Games

In this Christmas-themed episode, Olive and Otto help Santa track down his missing reindeer. Also, Oscar helps Ms. O get off Santa's naughty list. Curriculum: Coordinate graphing; greater than and less than.

9 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Daniel's Winter Adventure / Neighborhood Nutcracker

Daniel's Winter Adventure — Daniel, Dad, Prince Wednesday and Prince Tuesday are all going sledding! But once they get to the hill and see how tall it is, Daniel and Prince Wednesday get scared. Dad assures them that if they try it a little bit at a time, they might surprise themselves and have a great time. Later, Daniel goes ice skating for the first time. When he tries it a little bit at a time, he realizes it is not so hard. 

Neighborhood Nutcracker — Daniel is going to see a show called The Nutcracker Ballet! Once he arrives at the performance, he finds out that Prince Wednesday is sick and needs Daniel to fill in for him and dance on stage. Daniel is reluctant at first but realizes that if he learns the steps a little bit at a time, he can dance the Nutcracker and the show will go on! 

11:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Pinkalicious & Peterrific, Gingerbread House / Christmas Tree Trouble

Gingerbread House — Pinkalicious and Peter build a pinkamazing gingerbread house that attracts Sarafina, a holiday fairy. But as pieces of the house begin to go missing, it's up to Pinkalicious to find the sneaky snacker before all that's left are crumbs. 

Christmas Tree Trouble — It's time to decorate the Pinkerton's Christmas Tree! But when the box of all of the family's ornaments break hours before the holiday party, it will take some creativity and pinkamagination to bring back the family's Christmas spirit. 

Noon  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Arthur's Perfect Christmas

Plans are underway in Elwood City for the best holidays ever as Arthur, D.W., their family and friends make preparations for perfect gifts, perfect parties and perfect family traditions for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and even "Baxter Day" (Buster and his mom's special celebration). The only problem is, just like in real life, perfection is hard to attain, and things start to fall apart.

1 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Wild Kratts Creature Christmas

It's Christmas time and the Wild Kratts are taking a break from creature adventuring to celebrate. But when the Wild Kratts receive an alert that their favorite creatures are suddenly disappearing around the globe, their holiday party quickly turns into a rescue mission. Our heroes must race against time to thwart their greedy archrivals' most miserly scheme yet! Will they be able to travel to the ends of the earth and return their baby animal friends to their homes in time for the holidays? 

5 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Death In Paradise, Christmas 2022, Part 2 

There’s just one case that Selwyn has never solved — and this Christmas it will return to haunt him. As the inhabitants of Saint Marie prepare for the festive season, true-crime podcaster Jennifer Langan is found shot dead. Langan had been investigating the strange disappearance of a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in 1977. When recordings from the night of the murder are uncovered, the team are left with a chilling question. Are supernatural forces at work? And, in the biggest shock of them all, will Neville find love just in time for Christmas?

8 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle

Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday special that combines classic Christmas carols with a contemporary story of how giving back and uplifting communities is the true meaning of the season. 

9:30 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Too Hot to Handel — The Gospel Messiah

Handel's 18th century masterpiece "The Messiah" has been reimagined by Conductor Marin Alsop with colleagues Bob Christianson and Gary Anderson. Handel's arias, choruses and orchestration have been infused with Gospel, Jazz and R&B creating an uplifting reinterpretation of this Christmas and Easter favorite. This performance from London's Royal Albert Hall marks the European premiere of "Too Hot To Handel: The Gospel Messiah," a piece that has been a seasonal fixture across the United States since it premiered in New York in 1993.

11 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: Our Hope for Years to Come

St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota presents music for the Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Season. First held in 1912, the St. Olaf Christmas Festival is one of the oldest musical celebrations of Christmas in the United States, and features more than 450 students from St. Olaf College's renowned choirs and orchestra. Featuring familiar carols, beloved choral works, and exciting new compositions, themes of the Advent and Christmas season are explored through music in this cherished tradition.

Midnight  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Come and See! A Concordia Christmas

Concordia University Irvine's fifth annual made-for-TV special includes vocal and instrumental performances of contemporary and classic holiday songs, and features original works by Concordia alumni and students to celebrate the holiday season.

1 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Hope of the Season: Christmas with the Tabernacle

Tony Award-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday special that combines classic Christmas carols with a contemporary story of how giving back and uplifting communities is the true meaning of the season. 

2:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Too Hot to Handel — The Gospel Messiah

Handel's 18th century masterpiece "The Messiah" has been reimagined by Conductor Marin Alsop with colleagues Bob Christianson and Gary Anderson. Handel's arias, choruses and orchestration have been infused with Gospel, Jazz and R&B creating an uplifting reinterpretation of this Christmas and Easter favorite. This performance from London's Royal Albert Hall marks the European premiere of "Too Hot To Handel: The Gospel Messiah," a piece that has been a seasonal fixture across the United States since it premiered in New York in 1993.

6 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!

This adventure finds the Cat in the Hat, Nick and Sally on a journey around the world to help a lost reindeer find his way home to Freezeyourknees Snowland in time for Christmas. On the way, the Thingamajigger breaks down and they depend on a variety of animals — from African bush elephants to bottlenose dolphins to red crabs — and their remarkable abilities to help them make an amazing journey home.

7 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Wild Kratts, Mystery of the North Pole Penguins?

The Wild Kratts are hanging out with Emperor penguins at the South Pole and wondering why penguins don't live at the North Pole. All of a sudden, Koki gets a report from Wild Kratt Kid, Nua, that there are penguins stranded in the Arctic. What? They're not supposed to be there! The Wild Kratts spring into action to investigate this mystery and get the "lost" penguins back to their natural home. Science Concept : Geographical distribution of species.

7:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Weather Hunters, Christmas In Africa

When Dot and Al announce the Hunters are spending Christmas in Nigeria, Corky worries about skipping their usual cold-weather traditions. But as they plan an exciting celebration, Corky wonders: can she have a fun Christmas without snow?

8 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Lyla in the Loop, When We Met Stu

The Loops pack holiday cookies and Stu helps deliver them. While he's away, the Loops tell stories of when they first met Stu. When Stu doesn't come back from his delivery, Lyla and her family need to figure out a way to get Stu back home.

9 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Snowflake Day! 

In this thirty minute holiday musical episode, the Neighborhood is celebrating Snowflake Day! Daniel has a very important role as the snowflake in the Neighborhood's Snowflake Day Show and he can't wait to say his lines! The Enchanted Garden is full of excitement and winter cheer as everyone pitches in to make the celebration a true Neighborhood success!

9:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Rosie's Rules, Rosie's Christmas In Mexico

Rosie is thrilled to spend Christmas with Abuela in Mexico City, but in her excitement, she forgets Abuela's present, and now she has to find a new present before their Noche Buena celebration.  

11 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Peg + Cat + Holidays

This is a special holiday episode of Peg + Cat featuring "The Christmas Problem," "The Hanukkah Problem," and "The Penguin Problem." 

Noon  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Wild Kratts Creature Christmas

It's Christmas time and the Wild Kratts are taking a break from creature adventuring to celebrate. But when the Wild Kratts receive an alert that their favorite creatures are suddenly disappearing around the globe, their holiday party quickly turns into a rescue mission. Our heroes must race against time to thwart their greedy archrivals' most miserly scheme yet! Will they be able to travel to the ends of the earth and return their baby animal friends to their homes in time for the holidays? 

5 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

The Chardon Polka Band's Holiday Extravaganza

The Chardon Polka Band’s holiday special delivers hometown holiday charm and the band’s signature wit and humor. Enjoy the “polka-fied” Christmas carols that have made The Chardon Polka Band a Northeast Ohio holiday staple. Nothing delivers holiday cheer better than a banjo, accordion, saxophone and tuba! Enjoy a Chardon Polka Band holiday extravaganza, featuring a variety of special guests.  

7 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

Craft In America, Celebration

CELEBRATION examines the role craft plays in our holiday customs, with a focus on our winter observances and the traditions that are handed down from one generation to another as well as new rituals that define the season.  

8 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Call The Midwife Holiday Special 2025

When senior members of the Nonnatus House staff head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the younger midwives are left to cope alone. As the Christmas action shifts between the sun-drenched Far East and a snowy East End, Sister Julienne suddenly finds herself excited about the Order's future. After years of battling change, she decides to embrace it, work with it, and see what love can do.

8 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

Holidays at Murray State

The Murray State University Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Orchestra, a cappella group "EQ Blu," and featured faculty soloists, highlights this annual seasonal special.

9 PM  Fusion (WNEO 45.2/WEAO 49.2)

Southern Celtic Christmas Concert

Through music, dance, poetry and song, A SOUTHERN CELTIC CHRISTMAS CONCERT celebrates the hig spirits and mystical beauty of Celtic and Appalachian Christmas traditions. The one-hour special features performances by three Grammy winners: "First Lady of Celtic Song" Moya Brennan, Celtic and bluegrass banjo virtuoso Alison Brown and Riverdance composer Bill Whelan. The program also features the soulful duo Rising Appalachia percussionist Joe Craven, Irish balladeer John Doyle, uilleann piper John Maschinot, The Buddy O'Reilly Band, the Rosin Sisters and other top traditional musicians from the Southeast. James Flannery, director of the W.B. Yeats Foundation and a noted interpreter of Irish/Southern culture, hosts this entertaining and inspiring holiday production. Amid old ruins in Ireland, Flannery interviews the late Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney, who talks about the folk influences behind his poem, "St. Kevin and the Blackbird."

10 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Death In Paradise, Christmas 2022, Part 2 

There’s just one case that Selwyn has never solved — and this Christmas it will return to haunt him. As the inhabitants of Saint Marie prepare for the festive season, true-crime podcaster Jennifer Langan is found shot dead. Langan had been investigating the strange disappearance of a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in 1977. When recordings from the night of the murder are uncovered, the team are left with a chilling question. Are supernatural forces at work? And, in the biggest shock of them all, will Neville find love just in time for Christmas?

1 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Call The Midwife Holiday Special 2025

When senior members of the Nonnatus House staff head to Hong Kong on a mercy mission, the younger midwives are left to cope alone. As the Christmas action shifts between the sun-drenched Far East and a snowy East End, Sister Julienne suddenly finds herself excited about the Order's future. After years of battling change, she decides to embrace it, work with it, and see what love can do.

3 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Death In Paradise, Christmas 2022, Part 2 

There’s just one case that Selwyn has never solved — and this Christmas it will return to haunt him. As the inhabitants of Saint Marie prepare for the festive season, true-crime podcaster Jennifer Langan is found shot dead. Langan had been investigating the strange disappearance of a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Eve in 1977. When recordings from the night of the murder are uncovered, the team are left with a chilling question. Are supernatural forces at work? And, in the biggest shock of them all, will Neville find love just in time for Christmas?

6 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Arthur, Arthur's New Year's Eve 

Arthur has a hard time staying up to find out what really happens at midnight.

7:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Weather Hunters, No Snow Snow Day

Just as the Hunters gear up for a snow day, they find no snow on the ground. After they investigate the lack of accumulation, they head to a nearby mountain and find an abundance of snow perfect for snow dragon building and snowshoeing. 

11 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Donkey Hodie, A Donkey Hodie New Year

Someplace Else is getting ready for New Year's Eve, and Donkey Hodie prepares for her special family tradition with Grampy and Cousin Hodie. After neighbors celebrate the countdown in their own ways, they come together for a new tradition! 

11:30 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Pinkalicious & Peterrific, Gingerbread House / Christmas Tree Trouble

Gingerbread House — Pinkalicious and Peter build a pinkamazing gingerbread house that attracts Sarafina, a holiday fairy. But as pieces of the house begin to go missing, it's up to Pinkalicious to find the sneaky snacker before all that's left are crumbs. 

Christmas Tree Trouble — It's time to decorate the Pinkerton's Christmas Tree! But when the box of all of the family's ornaments break hours before the holiday party, it will take some creativity and pinkamagination to bring back the family's Christmas spirit. 

12:30 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Alma's Way, No Sleep 'til New Year's

Alma and Junior want to stay awake until midnight on New Year's Eve, but will they make it? 

1 PM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Arthur's Perfect Christmas

Plans are underway in Elwood City for the best holidays ever as Arthur, D.W., their family and friends make preparations for perfect gifts, perfect parties and perfect family traditions for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and even "Baxter Day" (Buster and his mom's special celebration). The only problem is, just like in real life, perfection is hard to attain, and things start to fall apart.

7 AM  PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1/WEAO 49.1)

Wild Kratts, Mystery of the North Pole Penguins?

The Wild Kratts are hanging out with Emperor penguins at the South Pole and wondering why penguins don't live at the North Pole. All of a sudden, Koki gets a report from Wild Kratt Kid, Nua, that there are penguins stranded in the Arctic. What? They're not supposed to be there! The Wild Kratts spring into action to investigate this mystery and get the "lost" penguins back to their natural home. Science Concept : Geographical distribution of species.