Christmas week best bets on TV

TODAY

Sleigh Bells Ring

8 p.m. on Hallmark Channel

Given just two weeks to coordinate her town’s Christmas parade, frazzled single mom Laurel Bishop (Erin Cahill, “Saving Grace”) finds a beautiful old sleigh she thinks will be ideal for the Santa Claus float. What she doesn’t realize is that the sleigh is magical and has a single-minded objective: reuniting her with a handsome former high school sweetheart. David Alpay (“Quantico”) also stars in this new 2016 romantic fantasy. PREMIERE

Holiday Baking Championship

9 p.m. on Food Network

Everyone knows that Santa Claus favors milk and cookies to keep him going on his Christmas Eve delivery run, but in the season finale “Live From the North Pole,” the final three bakers are challenged to make snacks for Christmas characters other than St. Nick himself. The bakers then are tasked with baking and decorating a cake inspired by the North Pole, to prove which of them deserves the $50,000 grand prize and the title of Holiday Baking Champion. SEASON FINALE

A Christmas to Remember

9 p.m. on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries

Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino stars in this new holiday drama as an abrasive TV personality who tries to take a break from the pressures of her career by driving to a rustic mountain retreat. On her way there, however, an unexpected blizzard hits, forcing her car off the road and leaving her with amnesia from a blow to her head. Luckily, a friendly widower (Cameron Mathison) offers her shelter with him and his children. PREMIERE

• A Christmas Carol – 1938 (9 a.m. on TCM)

• A Christmas Carol – 1984 (1 p.m. on AMC)

MONDAY

Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Featuring Laura Osnes and Martin Jarvis

9 p.m. on PBS

The newest edition of the choir’s traditional concert special, recorded last holiday season at Utah’s Salt Lake Conference Center, teams the 360 members of the choir with Broadway star Osnes and British actor and voiceover talent Jarvis. Several soloists from the Metropolitan Opera also participate: Ben Bliss, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford and Tyler Simpson. Selections include “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “Over the River and Through the Woods.” NEW

• Arthur Christmas (7:30 p.m. on Disney Channel)

• A Christmas Carol – 1999 (8 p.m. on TNT)

TUESDAY

Michael Bublé Sings and Swings

8 p.m. on NBC

The multiGrammy-winning Canadian crooner returns in his sixth annual NBC special, which was taped before a live audience in Manchester, England. The song list of pop hits and jazz standards featured in this new program hasn’t been released yet, but Bublé brings such effortless charm and elegance to everything he performs that details such as that are practically beside the point. Just relax and enjoy. NEW

• The Holiday (1:25 p.m. on Freeform)

• Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (8 p.m. on Fox)

WEDNESDAY

Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol!

10 p.m. on TBS

Call it a benign ambush of goodwill: This new special finds a diverse lineup of celebrity carolers hitting the road to find people who look as if they could use a dose of comfort and joy. When they find them, the stars regale their surprised audience with a … let’s say personally distinctive rendering of a Christmas musical favorite. Featured celebrity carolers include Conan O’Brien, Rashida Jones (“Angie Tribeca”), Charles Barkley, Keke Palmer, Shaquille O’Neal, Jane Lynch and Ludacris, among others. NEW

• Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1:10 p.m. on Freeform)

• Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas (8 p.m. on NBC)

THURSDAY

• White Christmas (12:15 p.m. on AMC)

FRIDAY

A Home for the Holidays

8 p.m. on CBS

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Miranda Lambert headlines the 18th edition of this annual holiday special that advocates adoption by interweaving inspirational stories of American foster families with music from some of today’s most popular artists. In addition to Lambert, Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara and international pop star Rachel Platten are scheduled to perform on this year’s special. The featured families hail from California and Nashville, Tenn. NEW

• Jack Frost (Friday, 7:30 a.m. on Freeform)

CHRISTMAS EVE

• Prancer (6 a.m. on AMC)

• Home Alone (10 a.m. on HBO )

• It’s a Wonderful Life (8 p.m. on NBC )

• Christmas in Connecticut (8 p.m. on TCM)

• A Christmas Story (8 p.m. on TNT)

• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (9:45 p.m. on Freeform)