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"Walt Disney Christmas Day Parade" (10 a.m., ABC): Mickey and Minnie celebrate Christmas with an extravagant parade down Main Street USA at Walt Disney World. The 22nd annual event is being hosted by Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa and features appearances by Julie Andrews, Fantasia, Lonestar, Vanessa Williams and Tiger Woods and more.
NBA basketball (12:30 and 3 p.m., ABC): The NBA's annual Christmas doubleheader features a pair of intriguing matchups. The opener has the San Antonio Spurs facing the Detroit Pistons in a rematch of last season's championship series. The nightcap offers a showdown between Shaquille O'Neal's Miami Heat and Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers.
"Holiday Celebration on Ice -- Christmas Day" (4 p.m., NBC): Features Olympic champions Brian Boitano and Ekatarina Gordeeva along with figure-skating champion Todd Eldredge, and musical artists Bruce Hornsby, Josh Gracin, SHeDAISY and Rhonda Vincent. Taped before a live audience at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va.
"Finding John Christmas" (9 p.m., CBS): A woman (Valerie Bertinelli) looks for her brother with the help of an angel (Peter Falk).