Sprout Touts Holidays with Four Specials

Four character holiday-themed specials, including Sesame Workshops' Elmo and HIT Entertainment's Bob the Builder, will be featured on Sprout in December.

The 24-hour preschool channel will air the following:

• "Elmo's World Happy Holidays" (Dec. 3)

• "Barney's Christmas Star" (Dec. 10)

• "Caillou's Holiday Movie" (Dec. 17)

• "Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember" (Dec. 24)

Sprout is created in partnership among Comcast, HIT Entertainment, PBS and Sesame Workshop. It also broadcasts series such as "The Wiggles," "Thomas & Friends," "Angelina Ballerina" and "Fifi and the Flowertots."