With parents at their wits' ends and kids crawling the walls, this is not exactly the white Christmas we've been dreaming of. But not to worry. There's still time to get Aunt Clara's teapot in the mail, and television has some treats to awake that Christmas spirit.
Lifetime is elbowing the Hallmark Channel and UpTV, with a whole month of feel-good Christmas movies. Jacky Lai stars in "A Sugar & Spice Holiday," arriving Sunday. Lai, a Canadian whose mother is Vietnamese and father Chinese, says she's thrilled to be part of a multicultural project though her family didn't celebrate Christmas until she was 12.