Weekend TV : Not Surprisingly, All the Networks Overflow With the Christmas Spirit

All three networks have wrapped Sunday night with big-hearted holiday specials for the entire family.

Ed Asner leads off at 7 p.m. in ABC’s “A Christmas Star,” a Disney television movie about a con man who escapes prison in a Santa Claus suit and then hooks up with two children who believe he’s real.

NBC counters with two animated Christmas specials: “Tis the Season to Be Smurfy” at 7 p.m., and “A Mouse, A Mystery and Me” at 7:30 p.m.

Louis Gossett Jr., Carroll O’Connor and “Cosby’s” Malcolm-Jamal Warner continue NBC’s heart-tugging evening with “The Father Clements Story” at 9 p.m.

CBS will tie the ribbon on the evening’s homespun holiday package at 9 p.m. with a “Hallmark Hall of Fame” presentation of the stage play “Foxfire.” Jessica Tandy and Hugh Cronyn star.