Maybe you’ve already had your fill of holiday programming, but this is when it gets serious.
With Christmas coming at midweek this year, that still leaves several days for networks to offer signs of the season.
Here are some of the home-screen gifts in the coming days.
“CMA Country Christmas” (4 p.m. Sunday , ABC): This latest installment of the annual special — with Lady Antebellum, Luke Bryan, Sheryl Crow, Rascal Flatts and others — provides an instant, pleasant roundup of sounds of the season.
“The Wizard of Oz” (1 p.m. Sunday, TNT): There’s something comforting about going “Over the Rainbow” with the Judy Garland-starring 1939 classic at home.
“Home Alone” (3 and 8 p.m. Sunday, AMC): Young Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) makes things tough for thieves (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) who invade his house in this 1990 family favorite.
“The Santa Clause” (1 p.m. Sunday , ABC Family): Tim Allen is enlisted as the new Kriss Kringle in this 1994 Disney comedy that launched a franchise.
“The Sound of Music” (7 p.m. Sunday, ABC): The Oscar-winning 1965 screen version of the Rodgers &Hammerstein musical with Julie Andrews.
“White Christmas” (2 p.m. Monday, AMC): Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye make a delightful team in the 1954 movie classic infused with Irving Berlin songs.
“Shrek the Halls” (8 p.m. Monday, ABC): It’s holiday time for the ogre (voiced again by Mike Myers), Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and their friends in this animated special.
“November Christmas” (8 p.m. Monday, Hallmark Channel): Have tissues handy for this genuinely moving 2010 drama starring Sam Elliott as a farmer who helps an ill child (Emily Alyn Lind) and her parents.
“The Polar Express” (8 p.m. Monday, ABC Family): Thanks to motion-capture animation, Tom Hanks plays several roles in director Robert Zemeckis’ magical 2004 version of the Chris Van Allsburg book.
“A Christmas Carol” (10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Turner Classic Movies): Reginald Owen makes one of the screen’s very best Scrooges in this 1938 rendering of the Charles Dickens classic.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” (8 p.m. Tuesday, NBC): Another holiday movie tradition, director Frank Capra’s 1946 classic stars James Stewart as seemingly hapless George Bailey, whose plight helps angel Clarence (Henry Travers) earn his wings.
“A Christmas Story” (8 p.m. Tuesday to 8 p.m. Wednesday, TBS): What would Christmas be without the annual 24-hour marathon of Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) dreaming of getting a Red Ryder BB gun? Darren McGavin and Melinda Dillon play his parents in the richly nostalgic, Jean Shepherd-inspired 1983 movie.
“Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (8 p.m., 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, ABC): Whether you prefer your Grinch animated or live action, you can have either or both this Christmas Eve. The cartoon classic narrated by Boris Karloff is followed by the Ron Howard-directed 2000 movie starring Jim Carrey.
“Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw” (9 p.m. Tuesday, KCTS): Veteran newsman Brokaw hosts as singer Boe performs with the choir in an encore of a program recorded in Salt Lake City.
“Michael Buble’s 3rd Annual Christmas Special” (9 p.m. Wednesday, NBC): Encore with Buble and guests Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige and Cookie Monster in this encore of a show taped in Buble’s hometown of Vancouver B.C.
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