Is it Christmas Day or Groundhog Day? The proliferation of marathons and repeat viewings may leave some viewers wondering.

¢ The Fox Movie Channel presents a 24-hour marathon broadcasting alternating versions of “Miracle on 34th Street” from 5 a.m. this morning through 5 a.m. tomorrow.

¢ The 24-hour “Christmas Story” marathon continues on TBS through 7 p.m.

¢ TV Land continues its merry-thon of Christmas-themed episodes of classic sitcoms through 4 p.m., wrapping up with back-to-back “Good Times” (3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.)

¢ Animal Planet invites critter-lovers to spend the day unwrapping gifts in front of 11 solid hours of “Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom” marathon (8 a.m. to 7 p.m.)

¢ Sci Fi offers fans a chance to catch up with a 23-hour stretch of “Stargate SG-1,” running from 5 a.m. to 5 a.m., Wednesday, taking a curious break for an hour of professional wrestling (9 p.m.).

¢ Feeling stuffed and oversatisfied? Kick back with the “Survivorman” (8 a.m. to 2 a.m., Discovery) marathon.

¢ Anthony Bourdain returns to the Food Network with a six-repeat marathon of “A Cook’s Tour” (8 p.m., Food). New episodes of “Tour” will begin Jan. 8.

¢ Over the past few weeks, I’ve loaded the column with lots of listings of holiday movies and specials because they are unique to this time of year and because readers love them.

In doing so, I have used the words “Christmas” and “Christ” on many occasions. During this time, I have never been contacted by any editor from my syndicate or any copy editor from my newspapers asking me to change or withdraw these words. And not one reader of this column has e-mailed me commenting or complaining about the use of these words. Not one. In fact, in more than 10 years of writing this column and 10 Christmas seasons, this has never occurred. Ever.

I mention this only because the usual suspects on talk radio, certain religious media outlets and on cable news would have you believe that there is a media campaign of political correctness afoot, trying to take the Christmas out of Christmas.

From my experience, that’s complete humbug.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

One last roundup of Christmas movies

¢ Nicole Eggert stars in “Holiday Switch” (6 p.m., Lifetime).

¢ Will Ferrell stars in the 2003 comedy “Elf” (6 p.m. and 8 p.m., USA).

¢ Billy Bob Thornton offers an unforgettable performance in the dark, often rude 2003 comedy “Bad Santa” (6 p.m., Comedy).

¢ Jeffrey Hunter stars as Jesus in the 1961 remake of “King of Kings” (7 p.m., TCM), directed by Nicholas Ray. Followed by the 1965 epic “The Greatest Story Ever Told” (10 p.m.) and the 1959 remake of “Ben Hur” (1:30 a.m.).

¢ The world’s favorite rodent tells tales of the holiday in the 1999 cartoon “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas” (7:15 p.m., Disney).

¢ Sarah Paulson stars in the 2006 comedy “A Christmas Wedding” (8 p.m., Lifetime).

Tonight’s other highlights

¢ Johnny Depp stars in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” (7 p.m., ABC).

¢ On back-to-back editions of “Control Room Presents” (MyNetwork), Rihanna (7 p.m.), Avril Lavigne (8 p.m.).

¢ Lies between a patient and his father may make a diagnosis impossible on “House” (8 p.m., Fox).

¢ Sam discovers why doves cry on “Reaper” (8 p.m., CW).

¢ Family problems on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (9 p.m., NBC).

Cult choice

Sit down with a little anisette and some oranges from our friend in Florida, and enjoy the 1974 sequel “The Godfather, Part II” (6 p.m., Bravo).