What to Watch the Week of Christmas: Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal's Reunion, Plus All the New Movies on Christmas Day

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Calling all When Harry Met Sally fans! This Wednesday, Meg Ryan makes a rare TV appearance to honor her WHMS costar, Billy Crystal, when he is feted at the Kennedy Center Honors. The televised ceremony—which always airs during the last week of the year—recognizes artists who have made profound contributions to American culture through the arts.

When Harry Met Sally is over 30 years old, but it is arguably the most quoted film in Ryan's and Crystal's movie careers, so it only makes sense that Ryan would want to pay homage to one of the greatest romcoms—and films—of our time. (And if you haven't yet read what Ryan said in our most recent cover story about whether men and women can really be friends, you can check that out here).

The Kennedy Center Honors—which was actually taped a few weeks ago—will also honor Dionne Warwick, the Bee Gee's Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, and Renée Fleming. And yes, that famous When Harry Met Sally scene will be discussed in Ryan's tribute. It's always an inspiring evening and an end-of-the-year TV staple.

On the movie front, plenty of new releases hit your local theater this week, including George Clooney's The Boys in the Boat, Michael Mann's Ferrari, and Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Quincy Jones's The Color Purple. And although Home Alone came out in 1990, would it really be the holidays without a rewatch? You can thank ABC and Freeform for making it super easy this week.

With that said, Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and I'll see you back here on New Year's Eve as we get ready for The Golden Bachelor's wedding extravaganza.

Sunday, December 24

It's a Wonderful Life (NBC): The three-hour Frank Capra classic airs tonight. Jimmy Stewart is the recipient of an angel sent from heaven to help his desperately frustrated self by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT

Home Alone (ABC): The holiday classic that gave us cardboard cutouts to ward off burglars airs tonight on the alphabet network. 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT

Christmas Eve Mass (NBC): Pope Francis leads mass from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. 11:30 p.m. ET/10:30 p.m. CT

Monday, December 25, Christmas

Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (ABC): Disney’s annual holiday celebration returns Christmas morning as it celebrates its 40th year. 10 a.m. ET/9 a.m. PT

Call the Midwife Holiday Special (PBS): Per the press release, this year’s special takes place two weeks before Christmas in 1968, where delicate situations cause uncertainty for the midwives. With the upcoming Apollo 8 launch and the festivity preparations starting, a treacherous heavy snowfall may complicate the holiday celebrations for everyone. 8 p.m. ET; check local listings

The Color Purple (Warner Bros. Pictures): Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Fantasia Barrino star in this updated remake based on the novel by Alice Walker and the musical stage play by Marsha Norman. In theaters

The Boys in the Boat (MGM Amazon Studios): The sports drama is directed by George Clooney and based on the New York Times bestselling non-fiction novel written by Daniel James Brown. It's about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. The cast includes Joel Edgerton, Chris Diamantopoulos, Callum Turner, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Wil Coban, James Wolk, Hadley Robinson, and Courtney Henggeler. In theaters

Ferrari (Neon): Directed by Michael Mann and based on the book, Enzo Ferrari: The Man, The Cars, The Races, The Machine, the film stars Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gordon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O'Connell, and Patrick Dempsey. Here's the synopsis: “It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage has been battered by the loss of their son, Dino a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son Piero with Lina Lardi. Meanwhile, his drivers' passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.” In theaters

25 Days of Christmas (Freeform): Starting with Disney’s A Christmas Carol at 7 a.m., followed by Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, The Santa Clause, The Santa Clause 2, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and finally The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, you can't go wrong with themed holiday programming. All day

Wednesday, December 27

The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS): Honorees include actor and comedian Billy Crystal; acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming; British singer-songwriter, producer and member of the Bee Gees Barry Gibb; rapper, singer, and actress Queen Latifah; and singer Dionne Warwick. Former Kennedy Center Honoree Gloria Estefan returns as host, and Meg Ryan makes that much-talked about appearance to honor Billy Crystal. 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT

Saturday, December 30

AFI Life Achievement Special (TCM): A star-studded retrospective of the AFI Life Achievement Award that celebrates past honorees Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, Jennifer Hudson, and more. 8 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. CT, 5 p.m. PT

Jessica Radloff is the Glamour senior West Coast editor and author of the NYT best-selling book The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series.

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