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Okay, I'm giving it a try...

November 24th:
1. Friends - "The One With the Thanksgiving Flashbacks" (1998)
2. Remington Steele - "Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele" (1985)

November 25th:
3. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
4. Friends - "The One Where Ross Got High" (1999)
5. Mad About You - "Giblets for Murray" (1994)
6. Home for the Holidays (1995)
7. Bones - "The Man in the Fallout Shelter" (2005)

November 26th:
8. Cheers - "Thanksgiving Orphans" (1986)
9. Chuck - "Chuck vs the Gravitron" (2008)
10. How I Met Your Mother - "Belly Full of Turkey" (2005)
11. How I Met Your Mother - "Slapsgiving" (2007)
12. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
13. Christmas Comes to Pac-Land (1982) (aol)

November 27th - Thanksgiving
(nothing)

November 28th
14. The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)

November 29th
15. Santa Claus (1898) (download from bfi)
16. The Simpsons - "Bart vs Thanksgiving" (1990)
17. On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997)
18. Holiday Inn (1942)

November 30th - St Andrew's Day
19. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
20. Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901) (download from bfi)
21. A Christmas Carol (1910)
22. The Santa Clause (1994)
23. The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
24. The Christmas Wish (1998)

December 1st - World AIDS Day
25. Scottish Celebrities Talk About St Andrew's Day (youtube)/Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland - Ep. 1 The 9-min newsclip didn't seem like enough, so I threw in some Connolly -- his World Tour is actually really interesting stuff.
26. His and Her Christmas (2005)
27. Rent (2005)

December 2nd
28. A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
29. A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
30. The Berenstein Bears' Christmas Tree (1979)
31. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)
32. The Twilight Zone - "The Night of the Meek" (1960)
33. The Twilight Zone - "Night of the Meek" (1985)
34. A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
35. Big Business (1929) Laurel and Hardy selling Christmas trees door-to-door -- I was surprised at how much this cracked me up.
36. A Christmas Accident (1912)
37. Major Dad - "Gift of the Major" (1990)

December 3rd
38. 30 Rock - "Ludachristmas" (2007)
39. Scrooge (1935)
40. The Ice Storm (1997)
41. Psych - "Christmas Joy" (2008)
42. Scarecrow & Mrs King - "The Long Christmas Eve" (1983)

December 4th
43. NewsRadio - "Stupid Holiday Charity Talent Show" (1997)
44. Eloise at Christmastime (2003)
45. Scarecrow & Mrs King - "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag" (1987)
46. Hart to Hart - "'Tis the Season to Be Murdered" (1980)

December 5th
47. Doogie Howser, M.D. - "Doogie the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (1989)
48. A Pinky and the Brain Christmas Special (1995)
49. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
50. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
51. The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
52. The Little Match Seller (1912)/The Little Match Girl (1937)/The Little Matchgirl (2006) Three short films -- the 1937 one is the only one that makes it explicit that this takes place on New Year's Eve, but it was my least favorite of the three. All three are up on youtube; the 2006 one is also among the special features on Disney's The Little Mermaid platinum edition.
53. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid II" (1970)
54. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
55. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)
56. Family Ties - "A Christmas Story" (1982)

December 6th
57. The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
58. Creature Comforts - "Merry Christmas" (2003)/"Merry Christmas Everybody!" (2005)
59. Home Alone (1990)
60. Space Ghost Coast to Coast - "A Space Ghost Christmas" (1994)
61. The Pretender - "Not Even a Mouse" (1996)
62. Under the Mistletoe (2006)
63. A Christmas Carol (1938)
64. Perfect Strangers - "A Christmas Story" (1986)
65. That Girl - "Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid" (1966) I was curious as to why the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode was called CatHLK II. I looked it up and discovered James L. Brooks had written both it and this earlier "That Girl" episode -- so I figured I might as well watch this too!
66. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
67. Miracle on 34th Street (1973)
68. Wings - "A Terminal Christmas" (1990)
69. The Night Before Christmas (1905)

December 7th - Pearl Harbor Day
70. Monk - "Mr Monk and the Miracle" (2008)
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Got about an hour into this, but my attention was drifting too much, so I'll save the rest for another day.
71. The Insects' Christmas (1913) Amazing bit of stop-motion animation, considering when it was made.
72. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
73. The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) w/Rifftrax
74. Mickey's Orphans (1931)/Mickey's Good Deed (1932)
75. Bell Book and Candle (1958)
76. The Pups' Christmas (1936)
77. Growing Pains - "A Christmas Story" (1985)
78. Growing Pains - "The Kid" (1986)
79. A Christmas Story (1983)
80. I Love Lucy - "The I Love Lucy Christmas Show" (1956)

December 8th
81. Silver Spoons - "The Best Christmas Ever" (1982)
82. Scrooge (1951)
83. Mr Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
84. MacGyver - "The Madonna" (1989)
85. Bewitched - "A Vision of Sugar Plums" (1964)
86. Cheers - "The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One" (1982)

December 9th
87. Home Improvement - "Yule Better Watch Out" (1991)
88. Night Court - "Santa Goes Downtown" (1984)
89. Night Court - "Let It Snow" (1987)
90. SpongeBob SquarePants - "Christmas Who?" (2000)
91. TaleSpin - "A Jolly Molly Christmas" (1990)
92. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) Finished it!
92. The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
93. House - "Joy to the World" (2008)
94. Home Improvement - "I'm Scheming of a White Christmas" (1992)

December 10th
95. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - "The Christmas Show" (2006)
96. Elf (2003)

December 11th
97. Scrooge (1970)
98. A Christmas Carol (1971) I loved the animation style in this one. Perhaps the darkest, most powerful interpretation I've watched yet, crammed into only 25 minutes.
99. Gremlins (1984)
100. Scrooged (1988)
101. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - "The Jingle Bells Affair" (1966)
102. Home Improvement - "'Twas the Blight Before Christmas" (1993)

December 12th
103. Just Shoot Me - "Jesus, It's Christmas" (1997)
104. 30 Rock - "Christmas Special" (2008)
105. A Christmas Carol (1977)
106. Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration (1987)
107. Rugrats - "The Santa Experience" (1992)
108. Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - "A Lost Claus" (2005)
109. The Simpsons - "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" (1989)
110. The Simpsons - "Marge Be Not Proud" (1995)
111. The Stingiest Man in Town (1978)

December 13th
(nothing)

December 14th
112. Just Shoot Me - "How the Finch Stole Christmas" (1998)
113. Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
114. Love Actually (2003)
115. Die Hard (1988)
116. Home Improvement - "'Twas the Night Before Chaos" (1994)
117. Just Shoot Me - "Christmas? Christmas!" (2001)

December 15th
118. The Simpsons - "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" (1997)
119. An American Christmas Carol (1979)
120. The Santa Clause 3 (2006)
121. Rugrats - "Chanukah" (1996)
122. The X-Files - "Christmas Carol" (1997)
123. The X-Files - "Emily" (1997)
124. Chuck - "Chuck Versus Santa Claus" (2008)

December 16th
125. MST3K - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
126. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
127. Friends - "The One With Phoebe's Dad" (1995)
128. Friends - "The One Where Rachel Quits" (1996)
129. Friends - "The One With the Girl From Poughkeepsie" (1997)
130. Friends - "The One With the Inappropriate Sister" (1998)
131. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
132. Friends - "The One With the Routine" (1999)
133. Friends - "The One With the Holiday Armadillo" (2000)

December 17th
134. Friends - "The One With Ross's Step Forward" (2001)
135. Friends - "The One With Christmas in Tulsa" (2002)
136. Joey - "Joey and the Plot Twist" (2004)
137. Joey - "Joey and the Christmas Party" (2005)

December 18th
138. The Golden Girls - "'Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" (1986)
139. A Christmas Carol (1984)
140. Full House - "Our Very First Christmas Show" (1988)
141. Full House - "A Very Tanner Christmas" (1992)
142. Full House - "Arrest Ye Merry Gentlemen" (1994)
143. While You Were Sleeping (1995)
144. Bewitched - "Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here" (1967)

December 19th
145. Family Ties - "A Keaton Christmas Carol" (1983)
146. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)
147. The Toy That Saved Christmas (1996)

December 20th
148. Entrapment (1999)
149. NCIS - "Silent Night" (2008)
150. M*A*S*H - "'Twas the Day After Christmas" (1981)
151. Ebbie (1995)
152. The Simpsons - "Grift of the Magi" (1999)
153. The Simpsons - "Skinner's Sense of Snow" (2000)
154. It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
155. Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
156. The X-Files - "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas" (1998)
157. Moonlighting - "'Twas the Episode Before Christmas" (1985)
158. The Donna Reed Show - "A Very Merry Christmas" (1958)
159. The Dick Van Dyke Show - "The Alan Brady Show Presents" (1963)
160. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
161. Supernatural - "A Very Supernatural Christmas" (2007)

December 21st
162. Holiday (1938) A great movie -- right up there with Hepburn and Grant's other collaborations.
163. A Christmas Carol (1999)
164. The Simpsons - "She of Little Faith" (2001)
165. The Simpsons - "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" (2003)
166. All I Want for Christmas (1991)
167. A Christmas Carol (2000)
168. Die Hard 2 (1990)
169. It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
170. The Simpsons - "Simpsons Christmas Stories" (2005)

December 22nd - 1st Day of Hanukkah
171. Eight Crazy Nights (2002)
172. Fitzwilly (1967)
173. The X-Files - "Millennium" (1999)
174. The Simpsons - "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" (2006)
175. Home Improvement - "'Twas the Flight Before Christmas" (1995)
176. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

December 23rd
177. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1983)
178. Doug - "Doug's Christmas Story" (1994)

CHECKLIST: 54/56

Spoiler:

-x- Watch a Thanksgiving movie: Home for the Holidays (1995)
-x- Watch a Thanksgiving TV episode: Friends - "The One With the Thanksgiving Flashbacks" (1998)
-x- Watch a Thanksgiving special: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (1973)
-x- Watch something animated about Thanksgiving: The Simpsons - "Bart vs Thanksgiving" (1990)

-x- Watch a Christmas movie: Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
-x- Watch a Christmas TV episode: Remington Steele - "Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele" (1985)
-x- Watch a Christmas special: The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
-x- Watch something animated about Christmas: Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (1999)

-x- Watch a New Year's movie: Holiday (1938)
-x- Watch a New Year's TV episode: The X-Files - "Millennium" (1999)
--- Watch a New Year's special:
-x- Watch something animated about New Year's: The Little Match Girl (1937)

-x- 1890s: Santa Claus (1898)
-x- 1900s: The Night Before Christmas (1905)
-x- 1910s: The Insects' Christmas (1913)
-x- 1920s: Big Business (1929)
-x- 1930s: Mickey's Orphans (1931)/Mickey's Good Deed (1932)
-x- 1940s: Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
-x- 1950s: Bell Book and Candle (1958)
-x- 1960s: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966)
-x- 1970s: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
-x- 1980s: Gremlins (1984)
-x- 1990s: The Christmas Wish (1998)
-x- 2000s: His and Her Christmas (2005)
-x- Watch a film/show from the year you were born: The Berenstein Bears' Christmas Tree (1979)

-x- Watch something Charlie Brown: A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
-x- Watch something Garfield: A Garfield Christmas Special (1987)
-x- Watch something in honor of St. Andrew's Day: Scottish Celebrities Talk About St Andrew's Day/Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland - Ep. 1
-x- Watch something in honor of World AIDS Day: Rent (2005)
-x- Watch something in honor of Pearl Harbor Day: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
-x- Watch something about Hanukkah: Rugrats - "Chanukah" (1996)
--- Watch something about Kwanzaa:
-x- Watch something about Boxing Day: M*A*S*H - "'Twas the Day After Christmas" (1981)
-x- Watch something about Christ: The Little Drummer Boy (1968)
-x- Watch some version of Miracle on 34th Street: 1947,1955,1973,1994
-x- Watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
-x- Watch A Christmas Story.
-x- Watch It's a Wonderful Life.
-x- Watch some version of A Christmas Carol: 1901,1910,1935,1938,1951,1962,1970,1971,1977,1978,1979,1983,1984,1988,1992,1995,1999,2000

-x- Watch an Oscar winner: Holiday Inn (1942)
-x- Watch an Emmy winner: A Pinky and the Brain Christmas Special (1995)
-x- Watch the MST3K version of a film/show: MST3K - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
-x- Watch something from Criterion: The Ice Storm (1997)
-x- Watch a film/show and its remake: The Twilight Zone - "(The) Night of the Meek" (1960/1985)
-x- Watch a film/show and two of its sequels: The Santa Clause 1/2/3 (1994/2002/2006)
-x- Watch a film/show based on or turned into a video game: Christmas Comes to Pac-Land (1982)
-x- Watch a film/show based on a book: Eloise at Christmastime (2003)
-x- Watch a silent film: A Trap for Santa Claus (1909)
-x- Watch a film/show with commentary: The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) w/Rifftrax
-x- Watch a film/show that takes place in space: Space Ghost Coast to Coast - "A Space Ghost Christmas" (1994)
-x- Watch a film/show that takes place on or under the sea: SpongeBob SquarePants - "Christmas Who?" (2000)

Watch a film/show for each rating:
-x- G: All I Want for Christmas (1991)
-x- PG: Home Alone
-x- PG-13: Entrapment (1999)
-x- R: Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
-x- Unrated: A Christmas Accident (1912)

(I kinda have a thing for lists, so I expanded the geek-addendum version even just a little bit more...)