Nickelodeon will deliver abundant programming gifts, including seven holiday premieres, throughout the month of December. This year's nighttime slate of "Ha-Ha Holidays" -- Mondays-Thursdays (7:00 pm ET/PT) -- includes holiday-themed episodes of THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS, JIMMY NEUTRON and SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, as well as premieres of THUGABOO: "A Miracle on D-Roc's Street" and KAPPA MIKEY: "A Christmas Mikey." Nick Jr.'s "Frosty Fridays" (12:00-2:00 pm) lineup features five all-new holiday episodes from the hit series GO, DIEGO, GO! THE WONDER PETS!, THE BACKYARDIGANS, LAZYTOWN and WOW! WOW! WUBBZY!
Kicking off "Frosty Fridays" is the premiere of WOW! WOW! WUBBZY's "The Snow Shoo Shoo," featuring a snowy creature who leads a swinging jam session, Dec. 1 (1:30 pm). Action-adventure hero Diego clears the way to the holiday when he pulls Santa's sleigh out of the snow in the new special, "Diego Saves Christmas," Dec. 8 (12:00 pm). And THE WONDER PETS! trio rescues Santa's baby reindeer in the new, "Save the Reindeer" (12:30 pm). Rounding out the Nick Jr. premieres on Dec. 15, are THE BACKYARDIGANS' "The Secret of Snow" (12:00 pm), which finds Uniqua journeying up North to learn that secret from the Ice Lady, and "The LazyTown Snow Monster" (12:30 pm) in which Robbie Rotten falls into icy waters -- and in the spirit of the season, it's up to Sportacus to save him.
The premiere of KAPPA MIKEY: "A Christmas Mikey" will arrive on Thursday, Dec. 7, (7:00 pm). Mikey is tempted to return to America to star in "Hamlet, the Christmas Giraffe." But the night before his flight, the ghosts of LilyMu Past, Present, and Future, show him what his friends' lives would be like without him. And in the brand-new special, THUGABOO: "A Miracle on D-Roc's Street," Thursday, Dec. 21 (7:00 pm ET/PT), D-Roc, Dee-Dee, Chad, Slim and the entire Thugaboo crew find a way to bring the true meaning of Christmas home to less fortunate young Gavin and his family.
Other holiday-theme episodes are coming from such series as RUGRATS, ALL GROWN UP and DANNY PHANTOM, including a trio of Nicktoon marathons: Saturday, Dec. 16 (2:00-6:00 pm); Christmas Eve (7:00-10:00 pm, capping a daytime sprinkling of specials) and non-stop on Christmas Day (6:00 am to 9:00 pm).
Off-channel this holiday season, NICKELODEON and NICK JR. FAMILY magazines offer tons of holiday-themed articles. The winter vacation-themed issue of the former also features an interview with Dakota Fanning, star of the upcoming live-action film, CHARLOTTE'S WEB. The December/January issue of NICK JR. FAMILY MAGAZINE will also highlight the 50 Best Children's Books of 2006. Both issues will be on stands Nov. 28.
Rick DeMott
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