Wednesday, December 21
ABC STAGE 67 (ABC, 10-11 p.m.).*
Truman Capote narrates his adaptation of A Christmas Memory, an autobiographical tale of a lonely old woman and a small boy who stand together against the sensible world of grownups, which Capote wrote for Mademoiselle in 1956. With Geraldine Page as a distant spinster cousin and Donnie Melvin as "Buddy," age 7.
Saturday, December 24
THE SMITHSONIAN (NBC, 12:30-1 p.m.).
"Our First Ladies" uses some of the memorabilia from the Smithsonian's extensive collections.
THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.).
On a dreamy jaunt through the fields of fantasy, The Poor Soul meets Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Old King Cole, Beauty and the Beast, Rumpelstiltskin and other fabled characters.
THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.).
Bing plays host for the Crosby clan, Bob Newhart, Cyd Charisse and Kate Smith on a Christmas special.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS (CBS, 11:15-11:30 p.m.).
In a song-filled talk to his children, Oscar Brown Jr. tells of the Christmas lights that he knew all year round—because his father manufactured them.
THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS (NBC, 11:15 p.m. to midnight).
Skitch Henderson and his orchestra playing the traditional tunes.
CHRISTMAS EVE SPECIAL (CBS, 11:30 p.m. to midnight).
A musical special, "Let the Desert Be Joyful," featuring the Tucson Boys Chorus performing at the 18th century Spanish mission, San Xavier del Bac, known as "the white dove of the desert."
CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES (midnight to conclusion).
Midnight Mass from the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington (ABC); services from Washington Square Methodist Church, Manhattan (CBS); midnight Mass from St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan (NBC).
Sunday, December 25
L'ENFANCE DU CHRIST (CBS, 10-11 a.m.).
This special presentation of the Hector Berlioz oratorio-trilogy features Giorgio Tozzi, Charles Anthony, Helen Vanni and the John Butler Dancers with Carmen de Lavallade.
CHRISTMAS DAY PROTESTANT CHURCH SERVICE (NBC, 11 a.m. to noon).
Episcopal services from the Washington Cathedral.
DISCOVERY '66 (ABC, 11:30 a.m. to noon).
Kukla, Ollie and Beulah Witch are guides on a tour of "swinging London," including a stop at Carnaby Street, a ride down the Thames and the changing of the Royal Guard.
DIRECTIONS (ABC, 1-2 p.m.).
"Christmas in the Marketplace," a musical drama about a gypsy band that each year on Christmas Eve performs its own version of the Nativity.
CBS NEWS SPECIAL (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.).
Correspondent Charles Kuralt visits New York City's Spanish Harlem to see how the Puerto Rican community celebrates "Christmas in El Barrio."
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS (NBC, 6:30-7:30 p.m.).
Gian Carlo Menotti's opera about the poor, crippled boy who generously offers his crutch to the "Child" in Bethlehem.
THE SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.).
The premiere of a full-length movie produced specially for television, The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones, starring Robert Horton, Sal Mineo, Nehemiah Persoff, Gary Merrill and Diane Baker.
Monday, December 26