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What to watch on TV today: Not The RTÉ Guide Christmas special

Settle in for a day of great telly.

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TWITTER LEGEND AND TV oracle @NotTheRTEGuide is back with another festive telly guide to get you through the day. 

06:30 RTÉ Two Is That It?

Live footage of parents watching their children play with their new Hatchimals for the first time

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08:00 TG4 Frost/Nixon

A 2008 historical drama about Richard Nixon on Christmas Morning because TG4 plays by its own rules baby

09:00 RTÉ One Mass

Just get it out of the way early. We picked a priest that promises to keep it quick.

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10:00 RTÉ Two Don’t Let Trump Ruin Christmas

Helpful tips for teens on tactfully changing the subject when an older relative says that Trump might be anything other than a harbinger of the apocalypse

11:30 RTÉ One It’s A Wonderful Life

A sad billionaire is worried that he’s losing his grip on Irish society until an angel appears and tells him to sue everybody until they love him again

13:00 TV3 Gilson All The Way

Glenda Gilson travels around Ireland in a one-horse open sleigh throwing shade at people’s Christmas Day outfits.

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14:00 RTÉ Two Old Saint Nicky

Nicky Byrne dresses up as Santa and sings his Eurovision song again because we spent a lot of money on it and have decided it’s a Christmas song now

15:00 RTÉ One A Christmas Message From Those Rowing Brothers From The Olympics Jesus Doesn’t That Seem Like Forever Ago Now What Has 2016 Done To Us What’s Going To Happen To Our Planet

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15:15 RTÉ One The Big Christmas Movie

A Shaky iPhone Video Of Ryan Tubridy Making Everybody Watch Him Sing Frank Sinatra’s Greatest Hits At The RTÉ Christmas Karaoke Party

17:00 RTÉ One Nathan Carter Enjoys Your Dinner

Experimental VR show which lets your Mam experience what it would be like if Nathan Carter complimented her roast potatoes.

18:00 RTÉ One The Angelus feat. Nicky Byrne

Seriously, we really need Nicky Byrne’s Eurovision song to become a Christmas classic or else we’re out a lot of money.

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18:03:38 RTÉ One SixThreeAndThirtyEightSeconds News

A stark reminder that the horrors of 2016 haven’t taken a break for Christmas Day and also 2FM’s Nicky Byrne performs his Eurovision song and Christmas favourite, Sunlight

19:30 TG4 Ros Na Rún Christmas Special

Ros Na Rún blows pretty much its entire budget for the year by having Mark Hamill appear as “Duke Drywalker”, a mysterious hooded figure holidaying on a nearby island.

20:00 RTÉ Two Vogue Does Christmas

A live feed of Vogue Williams at Christmas, probably in pajamas watching Gone With The Wind with a warm glass of Prosecco

21:00 RTÉ Two Special Snowflakes Seasonal Special

Millennials try to speak up on a panel show about why they are more politically and socially aware than previous generations but get shouted down by journalists who maintain the last good band was Genesis.

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20:30 Fair City Christmas Special

Dolores and Niamh compete in a charity MMA match. It gets nastier than anyone bargained for.

22:00 Live Crib On TV3

Some of the best-known faces from the channel participate in a live crib, broadcast to your homes. We asked Vincent Browne to be the angel Gabriel but he says he’s ‘allergic to animal dander’. Sure, Vincent.

23:00 TV3 The Festive Audit with Vincent Browne

Vincent Browne obtains a leaked copy of Santa’s naughty or nice list and compares it to the presents that children actually got

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Not The RTÉ Guide is Alan Maguire and Ellen Tannam of HeadStuff.org. It has been providing the finest fake television listings to the nation since 2012.

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