This weekend to celebrate the spirit of Christmas Star Movies will air two X-mas themed movies as a part of its Big Two programming initiative.

On Christmas Day 25 December Santa Clause 2 takes centrestage at 9 pm. In the sequel to Santa Clause Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa's got problems (he's even mysteriously losing weight) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has landed on this year's "naughty" list.

Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. But when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice, putting Christmas at risk, it's up to Scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save Christmas.

Those tired of seeing feel good cheery Christmas movies may want to check out the black comedy Bad Santa. This airs on 26 December at 9 pm. Here Billy Bob Thornton plays a booze swilling thief dressed up as Santa Clause. He along with his sidekick have robbed several department stores over the years.