holiday specials
Celebrate the holiday season with Arizona PBS
Join Arizona PBS as we celebrate the joy and wonder of the holiday season. Enjoy a festive lineup of heartwarming programs and captivating stories with holiday enthusiasts and behind-the-scenes looks at cherished seasonal traditions.
Holiday Special
Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir: Hope of the Season
Dec. 24
This December, Tony Award®-winner Ruthie Ann Miles and iconic actor Dennis Haysbert inspire in this holiday special that combines classic Christmas carols with a contemporary story of how giving back and uplifting communities is the true meaning of the season. Stream here, watch on the PBS app or tune in at 7 p.m. on December 24, 2025.
Holiday Special
Come and See! A Concordia Christmas
Concordia University Irvine’s fifth annual made-for-TV Christmas special, “Come and See: A Concordia Christmas,” includes vocal and instrumental performances of contemporary and classic holiday songs and features original works by Concordia alumni and students to celebrate the Christmas season. Stream here, or watch on the PBS app.
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Holiday Specials
Call the Midwife
Catch up with your favorite nurses, midwives and nuns at Nonnatus House. Four “Call the Midwife” holiday specials from 2021 to 2024 can be streamed with Arizona PBS Passport now! Then tune in at 8 p.m. on December 25 for the 2025 “Call the Midwife” holiday special.
Holiday treats
pbs food
Spruce Tree Shortbread
Cooking with spruce is magical. It fills up the house with the fragrance of a sweet-scented forest and makes it feel oh so Christmassy. These spruce tree shortbread cookies are also a lovely gift.
Shows and activities for kids
PBS Kids
Peg and Cat Save Christmas
When Santa faces a truly colossal challenge on Christmas Eve, it’s up to Peg and her trusty sidekick Cat to save the day! A heart‑warming rush of teamwork, problem‑solving and holiday magic, this festive adventure proves that no challenge is too big when you believe in the spirit of giving.
Crafts for Kids
Woodland Creature Ornaments
Make adorable DIY woodland creature ornaments; a fun craft and gift idea for a wide range of ages!
for educators
Elf for hire! A fun writing prompt for December
Make writing fun this holiday season by creating assignments centered around this time of year. Start with this writing prompt called Elf for Hire!
Celebrate Hanukkah
Hanukkah
Jewish Journey: America
Trace Jewish immigration to the U.S. through the centuries. Interviews with top scholars in Jewish history, notable Jewish-American writers, and many immigrants themselves detail the varied stories of migration through the last five centuries, with a rarely explored look at the actual journeys to get here.
Craft in America
Meet menorah maker Susan Garson
Ceramic artist Susan Garson utilizes hand building along with her skills as a painter to create functional objects in clay. Garson demonstrates how to build your own menorah to celebrate the Jewish holiday Hanukkah.
Hanukkah
Secrets of Sacred Architecture
For most of America’s history, sacred buildings represented our greatest feats of innovative engineering and artistic design. For a time, America’s tallest structure and its largest-capacity building were churches, and a Maryland church organ was the most complex machine. Unlock the elements of design that make these structures so fascinating and unveil the meaning in religious architecture.
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