Tired of studying? Want an opportunity to waste time? Looking for a holiday movie to get you in the mood? Well, here you have it. A TV guide listing all the holiday classics:

— “A Christmas Carol” (George C. Scott), 9 p.m. Today on AMC
— “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” 6 p.m. Monday on ABC Family
— “Cranberry Christmas,” 6:30 p.m. Monday on ABC Family. A girl and her grandmother try to save an old man’s cranberry bog in an animated special based on a book (and sponsored by Ocean Spray).
— “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” 7 p.m. Monday on ABC
— “Santa’s Funniest Moments,” 8 p.m. Tuesday on MyNetworkTV
— “Mickey’s Christmas Carol,” 6 p.m. Wednesday on ABC Family
— “Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too,” 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on ABC Family
— “Little Spirit: Christmas in New York,” 7 p.m. Wednesday on NBC. A special features the voices of Danny DeVito, Lucy Liu, Freddy Rodriguez, Brian Williams and Brenda Song.
— “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” 8 p.m. Thursday on ABC Family
— “Greatest Holiday Moments: Songs of the Season Countdown,” 7 p.m. Dec. 12 on NBC
— “A Miser Brothers’ Christmas,” 7 p.m. Dec. 13 on ABC Family
— “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” 8 p.m. Dec. 13 on Hallmark. Henry Winkler and Brooke Burns star.
— “Will You Merry Me?,” 8 p.m. Dec. 13 on Lifetime. Wendie Malick and Cynthia Stevenson battle over holiday traditions.
— “Snow 2 Brain Freeze,” 7 p.m. Dec. 14 on ABC Family
— “A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa,” 7 p.m. Dec. 17 on NBC. Kermit, Fozzie and the rest of the gang mistakenly prevent three letters from making their way to Santa Claus.
— “Christmas in Washington,” 7 and 10 p.m. Dec. 17 on TNT
— “Christmas in Wonderland,” 7 p.m. Dec. 20 on ABC Family
— “Our First Christmas,” 8 p.m. Dec. 20 on Hallmark. Dixie Carter and John Ratzenberger star.
— “A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride,” 8 p.m. Dec. 20 on Lifetime. Joanna Garcia and Luke Perry star in a romance about finding love at any age.
— “Hilarious Holiday Home Video Countdown,” 7 p.m. Dec. 22 on NBC
— “A Home for the Holidays With Faith Hill,” 7 p.m. Dec. 23 on CBS. Inspirational stories about adoption mingle with performances by Hill, Melissa Etheridge, Gavin Rossdale, Jamie Foxx and others.
— “Frosty the Snowman,” 7 p.m. Dec. 12 on CBS
— “It’s a Wonderful Life,” 7 p.m. Dec. 13 and Dec. 24 on NBC
— “Christmas in Connecticut,” 3 p.m. Dec. 13, 9 p.m. Dec. 19 and 6:30 a.m. Dec. 24 on TCM
— “Remember the Night,” 5 p.m. Dec. 13, 10:15 p.m. Dec. 24 and 5:15 a.m. Dec. 25 on TCM
— “A Christmas Carol” (Patrick Stewart), Dec. 17 and 20 on TNT

— “White Christmas,” 8 p.m. Dec. 23 and 11 a.m. Dec. 25 on ABC Family
— “Holiday Affair,” 11:45 a.m. Dec. 24 on TCM
— “24 Hours of ‘A Christmas Story,’” beginning at 7 p.m. Dec. 24 on TBS

Also note that the Hallmark Channel is stuffing this month with made-for-TV holiday movies, while ABC Family again offers “25 Days of Christmas” and Lifetime revisits “Fa-la-la-la-Lifetime.” And many great Christmas films from the past will air this month on Turner Classic Movies.

Thanks to Gail Pennington from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for compiling this list.

After two days of class, it’s only the lucky few of us who have homework and assignments to work on. For the rest of you, it’s just like winter break again, except now you’re living in a box and you don’t have Mommy’s cookies to stuff yourself with. To help pass the time, check out the News-Gazette’s 2007 Trivia game. It’s very comical and it can help you waste at least 10 minutes.

Hey 2007, good riddance. From the ineptitude of Gov. Blagojevich to the disappointing Cubs, Cardinals and White Sox to goofy University of Illinois leaders to the demise of the beloved Urbana turkeys, it was a sad year. If you can stomach it, here’s part of the year (the bad part, especially) in review:

If you answer well, you may even make it on the high-scores list! Good Luck

News-Gazette 2007 Trivia