Heartwarming Holiday Specials and More December TV Picks

‘Call the Midwife Holiday Special,’ ‘Hanukkah: Festival of Delights’ and more

If you are having trouble reading this email, read the online version. Dear Readers, With the holiday season in full swing, are you feeling festive or opting to be a Scrooge? There's no shame in the latter! This time of year can be absolutely exhausting. If you want to commiserate with like-minded Scrooges, check out the upcoming radio special Happy(ish) Holidays, a seasonal edition of the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking, in which guests and listeners share humorous stories about their worst holidays ever. It airs Thursday, December 20, at 8pm on KQED 88.5 FM. For the festive (or striving to be), there's a ton of excellent TV shows coming your way in December. Beyond the shows listed below, we'll be airing choral concerts, a documentary about the Joffrey Ballet's recent production of the Nutcracker, holiday food specials and New Year's Eve editions of Live from Lincoln Center and Austin City Limits. Best, Whitney Phaneuf Editor, On KQED Hanukkah Starts Tomorrow! While some think about Hanukkah as "Jewish Christmas," it's actually more akin to Thanksgiving. The eight-day holiday is about celebrating life's daily, little miracles. The new documentary Hanukkah: A Festival of Delights explores the history of the holiday, and its totemic elements, including the menorah, dreidel and (of course) latkes. TV Airdates Christmas at Nonnatus House The drama-filled Call the Midwife Holiday Special finds Nonnatus House thrown into chaos when Mother Superior falls ill and a new nun arrives. Meanwhile, the midwives have to keep up with the expectant mothers of Poplar. TV Airdates Watch Preview The Great Space Race Don't miss NOVA's new documentary Apollo's Daring Mission, the in-depth story of the Apollo program's riskiest mission — a 16-week race to beat the Soviets and send three men in a tiny space capsule to, around and back from the moon — before 1968 came to a close. TV Airdates Watch Preview Explore Malaysia with Martin Yan Watch Martin Yan eat his way through Malaysia and discover a wide variety of dishes from this tricultural culinary landscape, represented by the divergence of the country's three ethnicities: Malay, Chinese and Indian. TV Airdates More Info SPONSORED BY Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) A Hike for Event Month Download Peninsula Open Space Trust’s hiking calendar for a monthly guide to the outdoors. Get a head start on the new year with a bonus December coastal hike: Mel’s Lane at Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park in Pescadero is an easy 2.5-mile trek—keep an eye out for whales! Learn to Cook from the Pros Stressed out thinking what should be on your menu for the holidays? Impress your friends and family at the holiday dinner table with recipes and step-by-step videos straight from the kitchens of such local celebrity chefs as Emily Luchetti, Jen Biesty, Chris Cosentino and Ryan Farr. Keep an eye out for a new Celebrity Chef video every week. Get Cooking Manage Subscription | Privacy Policy KQED 2601 Mariposa St. San Francisco, CA 94110 Copyright © 2018 KQED. All Rights Reserved.