AskLatisha.com » Christmas http://www.asklatisha.com Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:17:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Double the Blessings http://www.asklatisha.com/double-the-blessings/ http://www.asklatisha.com/double-the-blessings/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:08:11 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=3019 12 Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope;
even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.

 

Zechariah 9:12 NIV

 

25 “I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten—
the great locust and the young locust,
the other locusts and the locust swarm—
my great army that I sent among you.

 

Joel 2:25 NIV

 


I know, I remember hearing promises like that in God’s word. I can’t remember if I read it, or if I heard a Pastor say it, but I do remember hearing the promise that God would restore twice as much as you lost to those who hope in Him. During my times of testing last year, I held on to that promise.

 

So remember yesterday I wrote an article about a dream of mine that came true, well, that’s not the only dream that came true for my family within the last two months. So far, these fulfilled dreams are just the smaller dreams among a mountain of dreams big and small for my family, nevertheless, like I said in my quote yesterday, a dream come true is the best dream of all.

 

Since my husband and I have been married for the last seven years, he’s wanted a family piano, but of course we couldn’t afford it at this point in our lives. Guess what? We got one yesterday and we didn’t have to do a thing for it, just know the right people at the right time; someone who thought about us when his job required him to throw away a perfectly good piano. Isn’t that awesome? No, it’s God!

 

For the last four Christmases, my husband and I were wishing we had a train to run under our Christmas tree. Last Christmas, special friends got us one.

 

So even though, Zachariah 9:12 or Joel 2:25, are promises that aren’t directly meant for us. I hold those promises true to my heart. God does restore double what has been lost.

 

Though there is nothing in heaven or earth that could replace the loss of my son. I believe that the joy I lost in 2011 will be restored many times over in 2012.

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/double-the-blessings/feed/ 0 A Dream Come True http://www.asklatisha.com/a-dream-come-true/ http://www.asklatisha.com/a-dream-come-true/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:54:04 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2996

“Some dreams are big. Some dreams are small, but a dream is a dream; and a dream come true is the best dream of all.”

Quote by Latisha J.Greaves-Barker

This is a quote I just made up.

I’ve wanted to go see “Disney on Ice” for the last five years, but for some reason each year goes by and I never get there. Last year was different; last year, this dream came true, thanks to some very special friends.

 

Last December, my family and I got to go see “Disney on Ice Treasure Trove.” We had such a wonderful time and created a beautiful memory. One, I know I will never forget. I hope for the opportunity to do something like that again.

 

We got to see Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Minnie Mouse; as well as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, Snow White, the Lion King, Aladdin, the Little Mermaid, Tangled, the  Princess and the Frog; and in the finale, we saw all of Disney’s Prince and Princesses. I saw Capt. Hook get eaten by a crocodile, Tinkerbell fly, Aladdin and Jasmine on a magical carpet ride and glowing lanterns in the sky. It was a very enchanting show, oh, and the kids enjoyed it too.

 

Here are some pics below from this magical memory. Did you get to see this show? If so, what did you think? If you didn’t get to see it last year, I hope you do next time it is in your area and if that’s not your dream, I hope some of your dreams come true this year, because I believe that dreams do come true, big or small.

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/a-dream-come-true/feed/ 0 What is Christmas Magic? http://www.asklatisha.com/what-is-christmas-magic/ http://www.asklatisha.com/what-is-christmas-magic/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:31:48 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2987 Hello everyone. How are you doing today? Me, I’m putting one foot in front of the other.

I’m doing okay considering all that I’ve just been through; if you’re not sure what I’m talking about see previous post.

 

In this post, I would like to talk little bit about my Christmas holiday. How was yours? Mine was quite unexpectedly nice. I didn’t think it was possible to have such a nice Christmas holiday after losing my son only a month before (five days before Thanksgiving).

 

Before my son died, and after having four months of an emotional roller-coaster, all I wanted for Christmas was a big Christmas miracle (for my son to be healed) and a new beginning. Things didn’t turn out quite as I hoped. I never thought that God would allow me to experience such a loss so close to the most wonderful time of the year, but through this experience I have learnt so much. For example, I am much stronger than I know.

 

As I tried to pick up the pieces and make the holidays magical for my children, we did all the wonderful Christmas things, like decorate the tree and house, listen to Christmas music and watch Christmas movies and specials.

 

Even though I wasn’t sure if I was quite up to doing the whole Christmas gathering thing, we invited a special family who had been a great support throughout our whole stormy season to have Christmas dinner with us, our treat.

 

I got a little worried when two days before Christmas, we were still flat broke, but God sent just in the nick of time. The Friday before Christmas, we had no choice but to do last minute shopping for the kids at Walgreens, and even though the things we bought were a lot cheaper than I was initially planning to spend on my kids (to my husband’s pleasure), we did all right, with exception of two flops. I guess everything happened the way it was supposed to.

 

By God’s grace, the Saturday morning we received another set of money which enabled us to go grocery shopping for Christmas dinner the next day.

 

Our Christmas day was wonderful. The children enjoyed the gifts that awaited them under the Christmas tree Christmas morning. Christmas dinner was also wonderful and we were definitely in good company.

 

Even though my husband and I were unable to exchange presents due to lack of enough funds, our Christmas was very special. Seeing the joy in our children’s hearts and being surrounded by so much love of friendship and family, to me is what Christmas magic is all about.

 

God has blessed us with very good friends this year, who have shown themselves to understand what true friendship is about, not only have they given to us via something physical, we could hold and use, but they’ve also given of their time, support, encouragement and their love. Again, that is what Christmas magic is about.

 

So even though this year I experienced loss, I have also gained. I’ve come to understand that life can be hard and challenging, but also magical.

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/what-is-christmas-magic/feed/ 0 “The Christmas Bus” Book Review http://www.asklatisha.com/the-christmas-bus-book-review/ http://www.asklatisha.com/the-christmas-bus-book-review/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:06:33 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2887 Book Review “The Christmas Bus” written by Christian author Melody Carlson

In the beginning of this novel, before the story even begins, the author quotes this bible verse: “Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.” Hebrews 13: 1-2.

So what did I think of this book? I liked it. From the very beginning, it peek my interest. It didn’t start out slow to me at all. I was already intrigued.

This novel was written from the perspective of a Bed and Breakfast owner Edith Ryan, she is a Pastor’s wife and she has four grown married children. Edith lives in a Christmas all year round quaint little town called “Christmas Valley.” Where all the businesses are Christmas themed and named after something relating to the holiday, e.g, The North Pole Coffee Shop, Mrs. Santa’s Diner, Shepherd’s Inn Bed and Breakfast, etc.

Though most people in the town tend to get tired of the ongoing Christmas theme of the town, Edith loves it and loves it even more when Christmas season comes around and all her kids come home for the holidays. Edith loves being surrounded by her kids and grandkids during the holidays, but this Christmas none of her kids are able to come home.

Inspired by one of her husband’s midweek messages about being hospitable to strangers because you maybe entertaining angels unawares. Edith had a great idea. So that she and her husband won’t be alone this Christmas, she’ll open up the Bed & Breakfast for the holidays; and do her best to make her guest’s stay extra special and festive.

Edith anticipated what kind of guest would arrive. Her husband supported her idea, and they both prayed to God asking him to send the right people to them, people who needed a little Christmas cheer this year.

The arrival of her first guest really started to shake things up in Christmas Valley. She was a very cantankerous, opinionated, strong-willed, pushy old lady named Myrtle Pinkerton. A woman who was not afraid to voice her opinion to others openly, not worrying too much of who she offends or how she comes across.

Other guest included Jim and Carmen Fields, a thirty-something couple, who constantly argues, an elderly widower named Albert Benson, a divorced mother named Leslie and her five year old daughter, Meghan, and Lauren and Michael Thomas who have huge problems of their own.

Half way through the book marks the arrival of the very eccentric, very colorful Christmas Bus (so called by Edith), a home and mode of transportation for a very young and very poor pregnant couple, Collin and Amy, who were on their way to California, so Collin could find work, but got a little derailed by engine trouble.

Because it was snowing heavily outside, they thought they’d use what little they have to treat themselves to a room at the Inn for one night, but there was no room at the inn, this reminded Edith of the first Christmas story of so very long ago.

Even though the name of this story is “The Christmas Bus.” I think there was a character in this story that stood out more than the bus itself. Myrtle Pinkerton, as I mentioned before, really shook things up in Christmas Valley upon her arrival. She rubbed many people the wrong way, as did that very loud, eye-catching bus parked in front of Shepherd’s Inn, which the townsfolk including the Major thought was spoiling the well-planned ambience of the town.

Nevertheless, she changed the lives of all the people she came into contact with, without them realizing until she was gone. Leaving folks to wonder was she an angel disguised in a very unconventional package, but as for Charles and Edith Ryan they believed she was.

I thought the book was well written, I love the depiction of the characters; some more defined than others. I like that the setting of the story takes place at a Bed and Breakfast which leaves room for all kinds of characters of all kinds of different backgrounds, to come together under one roof and mix-mesh, but the true stand-out character was definitely Myrtle.

Although, I don’t really have much complaints about the story nor was I completely disappointed at the outcome, it felt a bit unfinished, like it was missing something and it needed a more powerful, heartwarming and impactful ending to knit the whole story and the character’s evolution together. I felt like I didn’t quite get the revolutionary ending I was expecting.

Coming to the last few chapters, I felt the character Myrtle cooking up a good stew that would change the town and the folks staying at Shepherd’s Inn lives forever. I just did not feel that it was clearly defined in the end. It left me really wanting to know, well, what happens now for all these people. The author just hinted at some possibilities, without truly giving us closure. I hate that.

Nevertheless, I still liked this book despite not getting the closure I was hoping for in the end. I don’t want to discourage you, it is a good book. It needed more but I still think it is a very nice book to read and relax with. So go for it and tell me what you think?

* * * * (4 stars out of 5)

Christmas in July Reading Marathon

Book One- The Treasure of Christmas- A 3-n-1 Christmas Collection

Novel One- “The Christmas Bus”

Up Next- “The Gift of Christmas Present”

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/the-christmas-bus-book-review/feed/ 0 Christmas in July Reading Marathon featuring Christian Fiction author Melody Carlson http://www.asklatisha.com/christmas-in-july-reading-marathon-featuring-christian-fiction-author-melody-carlson/ http://www.asklatisha.com/christmas-in-july-reading-marathon-featuring-christian-fiction-author-melody-carlson/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:50:15 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2855 Its smack dab in the middle of the year, month six, July and this is when I often start to regain my anticipation about the holidays. I’m ready to start thinking about Christmas again and every once in a while listen to some holiday music or watch a holiday movie and get into the Christmas spirit again.

Nevertheless, this year I am doing something different. This year I am launching a “Christmas in July Reading Marathon.” What that means is; I am reading a whole bunch a Christmas novels by Christian author Melody Carlson.

Where did I get the idea? Well, I very rarely read fiction, even though I do like fiction and often enjoy the books I choose to read in that department, I tend to gravitate more to non-fiction self-help/Christian living/inspiring/motivational type books featuring authors like Joyce Meyer and others. Nevertheless, this year, I’ve not been feeling so great, been having a hard time with my pregnancy, haven’t been feeling the renewal of body, mind and soul vibe lately, unfortuantely.  I just felt like reading something light and fun, where all I needed to do is sit back, relax and enjoy, not think so much about getting my act together. Can you relate?

So last month, I bought a book called “These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking,” which I loved, authored by Melody Carlson. It’s the first book I have ever read of hers. It got so good in the end, I couldn’t put it down, I loved how it ended but felt sad that that journey was over, I wanted more. So I went to my bookshelf, found the only unread fiction I had, and it was a Christmas book I bought last December but didn’t get around to reading and it was written by the same author Melody Carlson. I said “what the heck” and even though it was June, I read it; loved it and finished it in two or three days, a book has got to be good for me to do that.

That’s when I discovered all these other Christmas novels she has written and I saw a two book package on sale at Christianbook.com for $19.99; it featured two 3-in-1 Christmas books by Melody Carlson. One is called “The Treasure of Christmas” featuring “The Christmas Bus,” “Gift of Christmas Present,” and “Angels in the Snow.” The other one is called “The Joy of Christmas” featuring “An Irish Christmas,” “All I have to Give,” and “The Christmas Dog.”

I just finished reading the first novel, “The Christmas Bus,” it was very enjoyable, finished reading it in less than a week; I’ll soon post my review of that one and all the others. I hope to inspire you to share in the reading and discussing of these books with me or to talk about what you are reading. Nevertheless, it is going to be a fun summer for me, reading and otherwise. P.S- Though I’m calling this project, what I am calling it, I am not putting any pressure on myself to complete all six books by July’s end, what’s the fun in that, I’m just going to read as I can and enjoy them naturally, and post my review when I finish each book. It’ll be fun. Happy summer!

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/christmas-in-july-reading-marathon-featuring-christian-fiction-author-melody-carlson/feed/ 0 Christmas at Harrington’s by Melody Carlson-Book Review http://www.asklatisha.com/christmas-at-harrington%e2%80%99s-by-melody-carlson-book-review/ http://www.asklatisha.com/christmas-at-harrington%e2%80%99s-by-melody-carlson-book-review/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:05:24 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2874 This is the first Christmas novel I have read by Melody Carlson, so I didn’t really know what to expect. I have lots of books on my “to read list,” but this was the only fiction I had. I bought it late December last year and didn’t get a chance to read it before my Christmas spirit wore off. So in the month of June, I was feeling in the mood for some light fictitious reading, so I said what the heck, it’s my book and I can read it anytime of the year I wanted. There is no rule that says you only read Christmas novels at Christmastime.


To tell you the truth it started off just a little slow in the first chapter or two, but then it really picked up for me and I really got into it. I thought it was a very compelling story of forgiveness. I couldn’t put it down; I read it in two days, staying up till three in the morning on day two.

This book spoke of a woman named Lena, who cared, who gave, who dared to dream but she had a bit of low self-esteem because of the way she was raised by her parents; and because of her own naivety and her father’s pushing, she married a dishonest man, who cheated her out of everything, her dreams, her money, her life, her faith and her will to fight.

Lena was accused of a crime she didn’t commit and everyone from her family and Church turned their backs on her. While she was in prison waiting for her wicked husband to fix everything, he was out there planting seeds of lies, convincing everyone in Lena’s life, including her parents, that she did what she was accused of.

So Lena served her time with a broken heart and a broken soul. Now she was on her way to a new start. She found her way to a town called “New Haven,” and interestingly enough, “Haven” means a place a refuge or rest, a sanctuary. Wow, I just thought of that.

She met some kind, accepting people there and somehow because of the second-hand coat she was given, got a job that saved her life and boost her self-esteem. When Lena first arrived at the place she was staying, which was kind of a dump where people who didn’t have much money lived; despite the hurt and pain she went through, she still gave her love and kindness to others. Just by a few small acts of kindness, she ended up helping a struggling single mother of one sweet little girl, get a job and get her life back together, and brought some happiness back their lives. This part of the story really touched my heart.

There is a lot to this story that makes it dynamic and gives it heart. I love the characters, I love the message of forgiveness, moving on and new starts, which is something unforgiving people don’t want you to have (that is also spoken of in this story). I love this book and it inspired me to launch a “Christmas in July” reading marathon featuring Melody Carlson. Tell you about that later. By the way, I bought this book from my favorite online Christian book store, where I buy most my books online these days, www.christianbook.com. I hope you buy it, read it and like it too. If you have already read it, please share with me what you think.

]]> http://www.asklatisha.com/christmas-at-harrington%e2%80%99s-by-melody-carlson-book-review/feed/ 0 This Week’s Holiday TV Guide-What to watch? http://www.asklatisha.com/this-weeks-holiday-tv-guide-what-to-watch/ http://www.asklatisha.com/this-weeks-holiday-tv-guide-what-to-watch/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:59:01 +0000 Latisha http://www.asklatisha.com/?p=2452 Already got the holiday spirit? I know I do. I’m excited to delve into the world of holiday, heart-warming and sometimes thought provoking t.v movies and specials; and I want to offer you whatever information I gather on where to go, what to watch and when. If you are a Christmas fanatic, like I am and you really love Christmas movies and specials as much as I do, please feel free to come back every week for info on what’s on that week. Also hit up my comment box and tell me what you are going to watch, what you watched and what did you think? Let me know. Looking forward to hearing you. Have a great week.

Friday 12th- Thursday 18th 

This week Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas begins; all Christmas movies all month long. I love Hallmark.

 Friday 12th

Disney Movie Premiere- 8 P.M, The Disney Channel

Avalon High- This new Disney Channel movie follows Allie, a teen girl who’s thrilled when her parents, traveling professors who teach King Arthur’s legend, tell her that she’ll get to stay at her new school until she graduates. But shortly after arriving at Avalon High, she discovers a few uncanny similarities between King Arthur’s legacy and her new high school. Is it a modern-day Camelot?

Followed by:

Wizards of Waverly Place -9: 45 P.M, The Disney Channel

 Alex Tells the World- In the premiere of its fourth season, after escaping from a government agency that was holding them captive, the Russos return home to find they no longer have contact with the wizard world.

9:00 P.M, Hallmark Channel

A Family Thanksgiving- An ambitious attorney striving to become partner at her New York law firm bumps her head and wakes up in an alternate reality as a wife and mother of two. She unexpectedly finds great joy in having a family and, after being pulled back into the real world, is far less fulfilled as a single woman living only for her career. Realizing how much she is sacrificing, she sets a new direction in life to make room for love and family. Stars Daphne Zuniga and Faye Dunaway.

Saturday 13th

Hallmark Channel

 6:00 A.M- Finding John Christmas- A mysterious stranger is photographed as he performs an act of bravery. The town, curious to know his identity, labels him “John Christmas.” Nurse Kathleen McCallister is especially interested in him because she believes he is her brother who has been missing for 25 years. Emmy« Award winner Peter Falk reprises his role as Max the angel. Stars Valerie Bertinelli, William Russ and Peter Falk.

8:00 A.M- When Angels Come to Town- Emmy« Award winner Peter Falk reprises his role as Max the angel in this heartwarming holiday drama about two very different families who need his help at Christmas. This time, Max’s job is at stake when his heavenly supervisor comes to earth to discipline him for contacting the wrong family in need. Also stars Katey Sagal, Tammy Blanchard, and Seann Gallagher.

10:00 A.M-What I Did For Love- A big city attorney doesn’t know what he’s in for when his fiance brings him back to her small hometown of Pine Gap to meet her family during the holidays. Once there he must survive not only the rigors of country-life but also her father, a tough and weathered lawyer-loather rancher. Stars Jeremy London, Dorie Barton and Sally Struthers.

12: 00 P.M- Moonlight & Mistletoe- Having grown up with Christmas year-round in a quaint New England town named Santaville with her dad playing Santa, a young woman has lost her Christmas spirit. When her dad is injured she returns home to find Santaville in financial trouble. In her effort to help her dad save his beloved Santaville, she is able to reconcile her past and find love in her future. Stars Tom Arnold, Candace Cameron Burre, and Barbara Niven

2:00 P.M- A Family Thanksgiving

4: 00 P.M- The Good Witch-When Cassandra Nightengale moves into a small town’s supposedly “haunted house” and opens an aromatherapy shop, she changes the lives of the local residents with her magical ways. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter. 

6:00 P.M- The Good Witch’s Garden- Good witch Cassie Nightingale has finally found a home at stately Grey House and her relationship with handsome police chief Jake Russell is blossoming, when mysterious stranger Nick Chasen arrives in town. Nick claims to be a long lost relative of the house’s original owner and soon threatens the new life Cassie has found. Sequel to the popular Hallmark Channel original The Good Witch.Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

8:00 P.M- The Good Witch’s Gift-Cassandra ôCassieö Nightingale always has a few tricks up her sleeve, but is surprised when her handsome fiancT, chief of police Jake Russell, proposes they set their wedding date for Christmas Eveùonly six days away! The two hurry to plan the wedding, but run trouble into when a criminal from Jake’s past returns to town. Stars Catherine Bell and Chris Potter.

10:00 P.M-The Good Witch’s Gift

Sunday 14th

Hallmark 

12:00 A.M- The Good Witch’s Gift

2: 00 A.M- The Good Witch

4:00 A.M- The Good Witch’s Garden

6:00 A.M- Moonlight & Mistletoe

8:00 A.M-The Most Wonderful Time of the Year- The overwhelming tasks that go along with Christmas have taken the joy out of the holidays for busy single mom Jennifer Cullen. Then her Uncle Ralph arrives at her home with the young, handsome Morgan Derby. Morgan’s love of Christmas, and life, is contagious and as Jennifer glumly navigates through the holidays, she soon realizes that what she needs most is right under her nose. Stars Henry Winkler, Brooke Burns and Warren Christie.

10:00 A.M- A Season For Miracles - With a little help from an angel, Christmas miracles happen for a homeless family. Stars Patty Duke, Laura Dern, Carla Gugino, Lynn Redgrave, and Kathy Baker.

12:00 P.M- Fallen Angel- A high-powered Los Angeles lawyer returns to his deceased fathers home in Maine where he is reunited with his past. Stars Gary Sinise, and Joely Richardson.

2:00 P.M-Silver Bells- Anne Heche and Tate Donovan star in an adaptation of Luanne Rice’s holiday tale about a widower who finds love in New York City.

4:00 P.M- All I Want for Christmas-A nine-year-old boy enters a corporate-sponsored contest in which entrants are asked for their greatest Christmas wish. Unbeknownst to his widowed, mother he asks the contest organizers to help her find a new husband. Stars Gail O’Grady, Robert Mailhouse, Jimmy ‘Jax’ Pinchack, and Greg Germann.

6:00 P.M- The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

8:00 P.M- The Good Witch’s Gift

10:00 P.M- A Season For Miracles

Monday 15th

Hallmark

12:00 A.M- Silver Bells

2:00 A.M- Fallen Angel

4:00 A.M- The Ultimate Gift- When his wealthy grandfather dies, trust fund baby Jason Stevens anticipates a big inheritance. Instead, his grandfather has devised a crash course on life with twelve tasks–or “gifts”– designed to challenge Jason in improbable ways, sending him on a journey of self-discovery and forcing him to determine what is most important in life: money or happiness. Stars James Garner, Bill Cobbs and Abigail Breslin.

6:00 A.M- One Magic Christmas-Award-winning actress Mary Steenburgen stars as Ginny Grainger, a young mother who rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie. Stars Mary Steenburgen, Harry Dean Stanton.

8:00 A.M- A Christmas Visitor-An unexpected visitor enters the lives of two grieving parents to help them remember the joys of Christmas. Stars Meredith Baxter and William Devane.

4:00 P.M- One Magic Christmas

6:00 P.M- The National Tree- A majestic spruce which represents cherished memories of happier times for a father and son becomes a source of inspiration and pride for the entire nation. Based on the novel by David Kranes. Stars Andrew McCarthy, Kari Matchett and Evan Williams.

8:00 P.M- The Ultimate Gift

10:00 P.M- A Christmas Visitor

Tuesday 16th

Hallmark

12:00 A.M- The Three Gifts – As their orphanage is being renovated, three orphan boys who are known for being trouble makers temporarily move in with Jack and Cherie Green over the Christmas Holiday. The Greens are unable to have children and Jack is wary of fatherhood. As his feelings change, however, Jack and Cheri are able to give the children the greatest Christmas give they’ve ever known. Stars Dean Cain, Jean Louisa Kelly, Mimi Kennedy and Reginald VelJohnson.

2:00 A.M- What I Did For Love

4:00 A.M- The Christmas Gift- In this modern day Christmas classic, a family learns the true meaning of the Christmas spirit in the most unexpected of places. Stars John Denver and Jane Kaczmarek.

6:00 A.M- The Three Gifts

8:00 A.M- The National Tree

4:00 P.M- Christmas in Canaan – In the rising heat of the Civil Rights Movement, Daniel Burton a widowed farmer struggling to make ends meet, forces his young son, DJ, who has begun to show racist tendencies, to spend time with his black classmate, Rodney, leading to an unexpected friendship. As the years pass and racial tensions in their town build, an unforgettable Christmas will teach the boys the importance of hope and the true meaning of family. Based on a novel co-written by Kenny Rogers. Stars Billy Ray Cyrus, Zak Ludwig, and Jaishon Fisher.

6:00 P.M- What I Did For Love

 8:00 P.M- The Christmas Card - Moved by an anonymous Christmas card sent to the front lines of Afghanistan, lonely career militarist Captain Cody Cullen travels to the small town of Nevada City to meet the card’s sender, Faith Spelman. Stars Ed Asner, John Newton, and Alice Evans.

10:00 P.M-  Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle - Feeling in over his head when it comes to being a single dad to twin six-year-olds, Seth Webster is in desperate need of a nanny. And it may not be just coincidence when, just as the perfect housekeeper shows up, other important things begin to fall into place as well. Mrs. Merkle, or æMrs. Miracle,’ as the twins dub her, not only cooks and cleans, but wields a mighty snowball-throwing arm and always seems to know the right thing to do, which is just what this family needs. Stars James Van Der Beek, Erin Karpluk, and Doris Roberts.

Wednesday 17th

12:00 A.M- Christmas in Canaan

2:00 A.M- Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue – Three children fight to get their innocent father out of jail in time for Christmas. Stars Robert Urich.

4:00 A.M- Mr. St. Nick – Deciding it’s time to pass the torch on to his son, Nick St. Nicholas, Santa learns that his son has a few plans of his own. When things go terribly wrong, only a miracle can stop Christmas from becoming a dim memory forever. Stars Kelsey Grammer, Ana Ortiz, Charles Durning, and Katherine Helmond. Nick

6:00 P.M- Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle

8:00 P.M- The Christmas Card

4:00 P.M- Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue

6:00 P.M- Mr. St. Nick

8:00 P.M- Naughty or Nice – George Lopez stars as an antagonistic sports-radio DJ challenged to be nice on the air by an ill boy, whose condition improves with the jock’s new approach.

10:00 P.M- All I Want For Christmas

Thursday 18th

Hallmark

12:00 A.M- Ebbie - In this updated retelling of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” ruthless business-woman and shopping store owner Elizabeth “Ebbie” Scrooge is taught the true spirit of Christmas by three Spirits who visit her. Stars Susan Lucci.

2:00 A.M- Christmas Carol, A (2004) – Inspired by a stage musical which used to be presented annually at New York’s Madison Square Garden, this Christmas Carol stars Kelsey Grammer as tight-fisted Ebenezer Scrooge, who sees the errors of his ways just in time to oversee the best Christmas ever for his long-suffering clerk Bob Cratchit. Also stars Jason Alexander, Jesse L. Martin, Jane Krakowski and Geraldine Chaplin.

4:00 P.M- Ms. Scrooge- The classic Dickens tale gets a refreshing modern update in this heartwarming holiday treasure starring Cicely Tyson. Miserly-banker Ebenita Scrooge is given the opportunity to examine her life, in a way only three special Christmas ghosts can. Also stars Katherine Helmond and Michael Beach.

6:00 P.M- Naughty & Nice

 8:00 P.M- Ms. Scrooge

 4:00 P.M- A Christmas Carol (2004)

 6:00 P.M- Ebbie

 8:00 P.M- Karroll’s Christmas – Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting cards for a living, this proves to be a hinderance. Stars Tom Everett Scott, Wallace Shawn and Larry Miller.

 10:00 P.M- Karoll’s Christmas

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