HOLIDAY SPECIALS ALL MONTH Start trimming the tree because this month we have plenty of programs to get you excited for the holiday season! Need some holiday music? Jane Seymour and award-winning baritone Nathan Gunn join the renowned MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA at Temple Square to sing some of the season’s best-loved songs. Or see the rich talent from BELMONT UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC as over 400 student voices ring in the holiday season. From Iowa, 500 choristers, a symphony orchestra, thousands in the audience and glowing candlelight capture the wonder and joy of the season as Luther College’s internationally acclaimed musicians mark 32 years of sharing the seasonal gift of music with their annual Christmas concert. CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR on PRIME 12/21, 12/24 @ 9 p, 12/25 @ 10 p & EXPLORE 12/25 @ 2 p CHRISTMAS AT BELMONT on PRIME 12/21 @ 10 p CHRISTMAS AT LUTHER on PRIME 12/23 @ 8 p For more of the season of holly, ivy and...Hyacinth, enjoy Keeping Up Appearances this Christmas season. The Bucket family is involved in a medley of quirky and unexpected circumstances from a very drunken “Daddy” who is making passes at the parish ladies in the church rectory to directing a local pageant in which she chaotically plays the starring role. And stay for more Brit Wit favorites as the village of Dibley celebrates the season. KEEPING UP APPEARANCES CHRISTMAS SPECIAL on PRIME 12/22 @ 8 p VICAR OF DIBLEY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL on PRIME 12/15 @ 8 p What’s that under the tree? Well there are some favorite programs for the kids, too! ARTHUR and his 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. Then the CAT who seems to know a lot about Christmas takes us on a flying Thingamajigger to help a lost reindeer find his way home to Freezeyourknees Snowland in time for Christmas. ARTHUR’S PERFECT CHRISTMAS on PRIME 12/23 @ 6 p THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS! on PRIME 12/23 @ 7 p SMELLS GOOD IN THE KITCHEN! ‘Tis the season for cooking! Let us help you warm up your kitchen with LIDIA and four very different holiday tables and traditions. Then culinary artist Carole Murko celebrates the holiday season by delving into America’s rich and diverse culinary history from the Mexican-American tradition of making tamales on Christmas Eve to the Old World custom of preparing a Christmas goose. LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA on PRIME 12/20 @ 8 p.m. HEIRLOOM MEALS CHRISTMAS on EXPLORE 12/22 @ 8 p.m. UNDER THE STREET LAMP December 12 Wilbur Theater, Boston CELTIC WOMEN March 17 Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester Call (800) 639-8408 or nhptv.org/events for tickets TWO DOWNTON ABBEY PREVIEW SCREENINGS! The Great War is over and a long-awaited engagement is on, but all is not tranquil at DOWNTON ABBEY as the new decade begins with wrenching social changes and personal crises, and this season’s guest star Shirley MacLaine! DOWNTON ABBEY Season 3 premieres January 6, 2013 on MASTERPIECE CLASSIC! Can’t wait? Then join us and other Downton Abbey fans for a preview of Season 3 at the NHPTV Broadcast Center in Durham on December 11 or Red River Theatres in Concord on December 15! Contact Terry at (603) 868-4467 to reserve your seat and for more details! ENJOY THESE EVENTS! Proceeds benefit NHPTV’s programs & services Have a Happy Holiday Season! December 2012