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What to Watch on Tuesday: Get the facts from 'Santa Claus is Comin' to Town'

Raising Hope (8pm, Fox) - Virginia becomes an extreme couponer to stock up on supplies when she believes an apocalyptic prophecy from an ancient calendar, and encourages the whole family to get ready for the end of the world.

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (8pm, ABC) - As I say each year: This is the highly informative stop-motion documentary of the actual true history of Santa Claus. Featuring the voices of Fred Astaire and Mickey Rooney, and starring Topper the Penguin, Winter Warlock and Burgermeister Meisterburger.

Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa (9pm, CW) - The Muppets unwittingly prevent three letters from reaching Santa Claus, so Kermit and his friends work to deliver the messages to the North Pole. Features Whoopi Goldberg, Nathan Lane, Uma Thurman, Jesse L. Martin and Jane Krakowski.

Happy Endings (9pm, ABC) - Jane and Alex's parents throw a big celebration to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the family mattress business, and Jane agonizes over coming up with an amusing toast to spring on her humorless dad. Meanwhile, Alex's parents are unaware that she and Dave have reunited.

Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23 (9:30pm, ABC) - James makes his debut on "Dancing with the Stars" in Los Angeles. While he's away, Chloe runs a scam out of his New York penthouse.

Parenthood (10pm, NBC) - Adam and Kristina weather a serious health scare, while Sarah feels torn between Mark and Hank. Also, Amber and Ryan encounter obstacles and Zeek tries to redeem a childhood hero.

Vegas (10pm, CBS) - Katherine takes a special interest in the investigation into the rape and murder of a showgirl at the Stargazer Casino, while back at the Savoy, Savino lands an influential high roller and hopes his notoriety will convince other high-stakes gamblers to visit.

What to Watch on Thursday: Scotty McCreery performs on Christmas special

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (8pm, ABC) - I've said this before. I consider "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" to be a documentary on the origin of Santa Claus. Required watching if you haven't already seen it.

Community (8pm, NBC) - Jeff and Shirley join forces to take on arrogant classmates in a game of foosball. Elsewhere, Annie doesn't come clean after she accidentally breaks Abed's new DVD, and the lie quickly snowballs when Abed launches a search to find the culprit.

CMA Country Christmas (9pm, ABC) - Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles returns as host of this special featuring traditional songs and memories of holiday experiences. Scheduled performances include Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Martina McBride, Rascal Flatts, Faith Hill, Darius Rucker  and . . .  Scotty McCreery! Scotty will sing "The First Noel."

Keep a Child Alive with Alicia Keys (9pm, Showtime) - Alicia Keys guides five American contest winners on a tour of South Africa, where they visit Keep a Child Alive-funded sites in Johannesburg and Durban.

Bones (9pm, Fox) - Human remains found in mail at a dead-letter office are linked to a local retail center, where a group of employees are recent lottery winners. Also, Booth gets surprising news from his grandfather (Ralph Waite).

Whitney (9:30pm, NBC) - Lily prepares for her wedding and enlists maid-of-honor Whitney to plan an engagement bash. But all the party-planning stress causes sleepless nights for a frazzled Whitney, so she visits a therapist (Chelsea Handler) for advice.

Prime Suspect (10pm, NBC) - Duffy attempts to give a hit-and-run case to Jane when he thinks it can't be solved, and the clues in a murder case lead Jane and Evrard to a porn king.

Facebook Bonus Giveaway: Take home Frosty, Rudolph and Santa!

Today's Facebook Bonus Giveaway is a special collection of the Limited Keepsake Edition of "Original Christmas Classics," featuring "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," "Frosty the Snowman," "Frosty Returns," "Little Drummer Boy," "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol," and "Cricket on the Hearth."

It's all digitally remastered. Plus, there's also a bonus holiday music CD featuring "Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" sung by Burl Ives, plus other classic songs.

All you have to do is go to our Facebook page and leave a comment on the post about this giveaway and you'll be entered into a random drawing. The contest is open until Sunday at midnight.

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