"You'll shoot your eye out!"

Nothing says Christmas like a little quality time with the tube. From your pick of holiday movies and marathons, you'll find plenty of ways to escape crazy uncle Fred.

Surely between those christmas cookies and eggnog, you can find a little time for Ralphie Parker and his quest for "an official Red Ryder carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time." As per tradition - at least in the past decade - you can catch "A Christmas Story" approximately 14 times beginning tonight at 7 p.m. on TBS. Here are some other examples of the notable holiday fare:

Today (Dec. 24)

"Polar Express" -- 5 p.m. on ABC Family
"Santa Claus: The Movie" -- 5 p.m. on AMC

"A Christmas Carol" -- 7 p.m. on AMC

"The Santa Clause" -- 5 p.m. on Disney

"It's a Wonderful Life" -- 7 p.m. on NBC
"How the Grinch Stole Christmas" -- 7 p.m. on ABC

Christmas Day

"Elf" -- 11 a.m. on USA Network
"A Very Brady Christmas" -- 11 a.m. on ABC Family

"Home Alone" -- 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on FX
"Bad Santa" -- 6 p.m. on Comedy Central

And, for you Scrooges out there, there are more than a few non-holiday related options as well, including a marathon of "CSI" on Spike and a hodge-podge of criminal procedurals ("Without a Trace," "Cold Case," "Law and Order") on TNT.

Happy Holidays (and TV watching) from the Channel Surfers!

-- Malavika Jagannathan, mjaganna@greenbaypressgazette.com