Christmas Countdown, TV Schedule and Quick Thought – Sunday, December 7, 2025

18 Days Until Christmas!

(Note: This is also Pearl Harbor Day.)

Song: “Deck the Halls,” by Tenth Avenue North
Christmas Album: “Following Yonder Star,” by Skip Ewing
Christmas DVD: “The Bishop’s Wife”
Netflix Movie: “Christmas Inheritance”
Amazon Prime Movie: “Red One”
Disney+ Movie: “Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas”
Hulu Movie: “Merry Liddle Christmas Baby”
HBO Max Movie: “A Christmas Open House”
Hallmark Movie: “A Merry Scottish Christmas”

On TV:
New Programming in Bold
• “You’ve Got Mail,” 11 a.m., E!
• “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” 11:45 a.m., Freeform
• “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” noon, CMT
• “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors: Circle of Love,” noon, CMT
• “Peppermints and Postcards,” noon, GAC
• “A Keller Christmas Vacation,” noon, Hallmark
• “Journey Back to Christmas,” noon, Hallmark Mystery
• “The Holiday Fix-Up,” noon, Lifetime
• “Welcome to Christmas,” 1 p.m., Hallmark Drama
• “The Wizard of Oz,” 1:30 p.m., AMC
• “All I Want for Christmas,” 1:30 p.m., Ovation
• “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” 1:50 p.m., Freeform
• “A Royal Icing Christmas,” 2 p.m., GAC
• “Christmas Island,” 2 p.m., Hallmark
• “Christmas On My Mind,” 2 p.m., Hallmark Mystery
• “Deck the Hallways,” 2 p.m., Lifetime
• “Frosty the Snowman,” 2:55 p.m., Freeform
• “A Song for Christmas,” 3 p.m., Hallmark Drama
• “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” 3:30 p.m., Freeform
• “Annie Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” 3:30 p.m., Ovation
• “My Christmas Hero,” 4 p.m., GAC
• “Three Wisest Men,” 4 p.m., Hallmark
• “A Little Christmas Charm,” 4 p.m., Hallmark Mystery
• “Merry Missed Connection,” 4 p.m., Lifetime
• “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” 4:35 p.m., Freeform
• “Christmas Scavenger Hunt,” 5 p.m., Hallmark Drama
• “A Miracle Before Christmas,” 5 p.m., BET
• “The Search for Secret Santa,” 5:30 p.m., Ovation
• “Elf,” 6 p.m., AMC
• “Christmas at the Inn,” 6 p.m., GAC
• “She’s Making a List,” 6 p.m., Hallmark
• “Private Christmas Princess,” 6 p.m., Hallmark Mystery
• “A Gift Wrapped Christmas,” 6 p.m., Lifetime
• “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors,” 7 p.m., CMT
• “Christmas in Connecticut,” 7 p.m., TCM
• “Home Alone,” 7:15 p.m., Freeform
• “Meet the Santas,” 7:30 p.m., Ovation
• “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” 8 p.m., AMC
• “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas,” 8 p.m., Disney XD
• “Christmas at Mistletoe Manor,” 8 p.m., GAC
• “Single on the 25th,” 8 p.m., Hallmark
• “A Glenbrooke Christmas,” 8 p.m., Hallmark Mystery
• “The Christmas Campaign,” 8 p.m., Lifetime
• “Disney’s Prep & Landing,” 8:30 p.m., Disney
• Sunday Night Football: Houston at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m., NBC
• “Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special,” 9 p.m., Disney
• “A Night to Remember,” 9 p.m., TCM
• “Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors: Circle of Love,” 9:15 p.m., CMT
• “Mickey Saves Christmas,” 9:30 p.m., Disney
• “The Christmas Card,” 9:30 p.m., Ovation
• “Trading Places,” 10 p.m., AMC
• “Royally Wrapped for Christmas,” 10 p.m., GAC
• “Chateau Christmas,” 10 p.m., Hallmark Mystery
• “The More the Merrier,” 10:01 p.m., Hallmark
• “Christmas Everyday,” 10:03 p.m., Lifetime
• “You’ve Got Mail,” 10:30 p.m., E!
• “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” 10:30 p.m., Freeform
Recipe: The Best Bread Pudding

Read

Acts 5:27-32

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 5:31

Reflect

The right hand has always meant something special, not only in scripture but throughout history. In the Middle East, even apart from Israel, we know that the right side of the throne signified strength and power. In Genesis, when Jacob placed his right hand on Manasseh and his left on Ephraim, he followed that by saying that Manasseh would be greater and more powerful than his brother. In medieval times, knights would show their right hand to prove that they weren’t armed and that they could be trusted. Today that has been passed down into our handshakes, and in modern military salutes.

After Jesus died and rose from the dead, we read in Acts that God “exalted” him – basically, raising him to the position of greatest authority – and proved it by placing Jesus at his right hand. Being at the right hand of God allowed Jesus then, and allows him to this day, to give both repentance and forgiveness of sins. This means that Jesus was the means to salvation because repentance – turning from your sins – is necessary before those sins can be truly forgiven.

The amazing thing is that Jesus started out at the right hand of God. He had His place at God’s side from the beginning of time. But when the time came, He gave up that place to walk as a man, die the death of a man and be buried in a man’s tomb. Living a sinless life and dying a horrible death, He earned back that seat at God’s right hand simply by being perfect – something none of us could do. And being there with that sinless track record, He now has even more power and authority to grant us entry into God’s presence.