Program Preview

For the week starting Friday, Dec. 23. Times are E.S.T., subject to change.

Screen Directors' Playhouse (Fri. 10 p.m., NBC). Edmund Gwenn in Miracle on 34th Street.

Metropolitan Opera (Sat. 2 p.m., ABC). Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore, with Bidu Sayao and Ferruccio Tagliavini.

White House Christmas Tree (Sat. 5 p.m., all networks). President Truman lights the Christmas tree in Washington by remote control from Independence, Mo.

CARE Salute (Sat. 5:30 p.m., CBS). Guests: Charles Boyer, Danny Kaye, Francis Lederer.

NBC Symphony (Sat. 6:30 p.m., NBC). Guest conductor: Guido Cantelli.

Midnight Mass (Sat. 11:45 p.m., NBC-TV). From St. Patrick's Cathedral. Celebrant: Francis Cardinal Spellman.

Pope Pius XII (Sun. 2 p.m., NBC). The opening of Holy Year from Rome.

Crusade in Europe (Sun. 3 p.m., ABC-TV). First program of a re-run of the film based on General Eisenhower's book.

New York Philharmonic (Sun. 3 p.m., CBS). Richard Strauss's Elektra.

Holiday Hour (Sun. 5 p.m., CBS). The Man Who Came to Dinner, with Jack Benny.

Theatre Guild on the Air (Sun. 8:30 p.m., NBC). Passing of the Third Floor Back, with Paulette Goddard and Sir Cedric Hardwicke.

Carnegie Hall (Tues. 8 p.m., ABC). Guests: Jan Peerce and Leonard Warren.

Screen Guild Theater (Thurs. 9 p.m., NBC). James Stewart, Donna Reed and Victor Moore in It's a Wonderful Life.

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