It’s that time of year again, the season for best-and worst-of round-ups and, of course, the designation of the person of the year. So far, it looks like the year of the decisive nondecision. Time magazine proclaimed “You,” or rather us, the people of the year – a nice but nonspellbinding declaration that has all the hallmarks of a holiday cop-out.

“Biography” has made a worthy if no less safe choice, anointing golfer Tiger Woods the “Biography of the Year” (8 p.m., Biography). Woods has experienced a notable year, losing his father and mentor, and racking up a string of triumphs and reaching a new plateau of material success. His piles of money have grown higher. Woods has already been labeled the first billion-dollar athlete. Broadcaster Dick Ebersol believes Woods’ fame transcends mere dollars and cents. “I think he is one of only three athletes of the last half century who are larger than life: Ali, Jordan and now Tiger.”

“Biography: Tiger Woods” includes conversations with Woods and fellow golfers, including Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Annika Sorenstam; NBA great Michael Jordan; Nike CEO Phil Knight; and former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton.

Anyone who can elicit praise from such august company is a notable personality. I think he’s a natural to be named the pre-eminent athlete of the past decade, or the golfer of his generation. But “Biography of the Year”? I can’t help thinking that the choice of Woods says more about the dearth of outstanding personalities in 2006 than it does about the Tiger of the fairway.

¢ Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French offer their annual round-up of celebrity parodies and silly sketches on “French and Saunders Christmas Celebrity Special” (10 p.m., BBC America). Best known as the creative team behind “Absolutely Fabulous,” French and Saunders have been a part of the British TV scene for decades, and their Christmas specials are an annual highlight. Tonight’s “guests” include Elton John, Boy George, George Michael, Jackie Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen and other impersonations.

Holiday highlights

¢ Burl Ives narrates the 1964 animated favorite “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” (7 p.m., CBS).

¢ Jim Carrey mugs in the title role of the 2000 adaptation of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (7 p.m., Family).

¢ Tonight’s the night for the “Rod Stewart Christmas Special” (7 p.m., VH1 Classic).

¢ A boy’s unhappy letter to Santa causes a media frenzy in the 2001 fantasy “A Town Without Christmas” (8 p.m., Lifetime), starring Patricia Heaton.

¢ A hapless suburbanite (Chevy Chase) takes holiday lighting seriously and endures the antics of his low-rent cousin (Randy Quaid) in the 1989 comedy “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (9 p.m., TBS).

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ A social activist (Moira Kelly) channels her religious devotion into work with the poor and exploited in the 1996 biography “Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story” (7 p.m., Lifetime Movie Channel). Martin Sheen costars.

¢ Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper star in Frank Capra’s 1941 drama “Meet John Doe” (7 p.m., TCM).