Christmas carol

It hasn't been a good week for television-watching Christians. First, the Parent's Television Council drops the bomb that Fox has gone to number one with a bullet in the Christian-mocking competition, and now, Two and a Half Men has gone and crapped all over a Christmas carol.

On the December 11th episode of Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen sang a "vulgar adaptation" of "Joy to the World." The American Family Association is demanding an apology for these altered lyrics:

Okay. Now that I've eaten turkey and pumpkin pie, bring on the holiday TV! Already, we've been subjected to Christmas commercials, but now the good holiday television really begins. USA Today was kind enough to put together a comprehensive list of holiday specials (new and traditional) that air between now and Christmas Day.

Here are some of the notables:

• A Charlie Brown Christmas, ABC, Tuesday Nov. 28 at 8 pm;
  
• Polar Express, ABC, Friday December 1 at 8 pm;
• Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, ABC, Tuesday December 5 at 8 pm;
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, CBS, Friday December 8 at 8 pm;
• Frosty the Snowman, CBS, Friday December 8 at 9 pm;
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey version), ABC, Saturday December 9 at 9 pm;
• Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated version), ABC, Tuesday December 12 at 8 pm;
• It's a Wonderful Life, NBC, Saturday December 16 at 8 pm;
• National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, TBS, Sunday December 17 at 8 pm;
• A Christmas Carol (Patrick Stewart version), TNT, Wednesday December 20 at 8 pm;
• A Christmas Story (24-hour marathon), TBS, Sunday December 24 at 8 pm;
• Yule Log, INHD, Monday December 25 at 7 am.