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television Need a little Christmas? York Christmas in Iraq" (Monday-Friday 5-9 a.m. and 10 p.m., WPIX 11). He and cameraman David Kimmel chat with local soldiers serving half a world away, helping connect them with loved ones during the broadcasts by satellite. More at cwll.com. BRUTAL HONESTY.

That's what they promise in the "X- PLAY Best of 2006 Awards" (Monday at 8 p.m., G4). Hosts Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb hash over the fourth annual slate of nominees and celebrate the 2006 games that "featured the greatest technical innovations, sensory immersion and quality of the overall gameplaying experience." (Last year's top winner was Resident Evil 4.) Click on Awards at g4tv.com/ WORLD OF PURE IMAGINATION. Go inside the candy factory in the new hour "Sweet Tooth" (Wednesday at 10 p.m., NatGeo) to see how Twinkies get stuffed, how Peeps take shape, even the secrets behind Jelly Belly and Ben Jerry's. Consult the Candy-o-matic at exploratorium BIG BIO. Moving to digital cable is the annual special "Biography of the Year: Tiger Woods" (Thursday at 9 p.m., Biography Channel).

Woods got the nod this year after enduring his mentor-father's death, then winning both the British Open and PGA Championship within a month. (Also, of course, think of the ad-sales possibilities with a show about a golfer.) Personalities galore at biography.com. NBC PHOTO The cast of "The Office" poses with "boss" Steve Carell, standing, right, for the holiday party photo. B33 ff from Peeps the Wall armadillos has it to all, OFF THE WALL DIANE WERTS WELCOME THE HOLIDAY ARMADILLO. What could be more festive than Ross dressed as giant roadkill? "Friends" (tonight at 6, WPIX 11) replays this multicultural memory to tickle the funnybones of those who celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other assorted holidays forced by Christmas to play second fiddle.

Even our favorite Jewish curmudgeon gets Christmasy on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (tonight at 7:30 and 11, HBO Comedy), if you count his eating the Jesus-shaped cookie and starting a manger-scene fistfight. Other seasonal disasters take place in new episodes of "The Simpsons" (tomorrow at 8 p.m., Fox 5), where Homer destroys an ice show, and "American Dad" (tomorrow at 8:30 p.m., Ch. 5), where Stan is Stan, on a mission against secular non-believers. Cruise through hundreds of other Christmas Tube listings at our totally swell new blog: newsday.com/tvzone. MEL GIBSON GETS IT.

Catch- ing up to the "Apocalypto" filmmaker's previous bloodfest, "Greg the Bunny: The Film Parodies" (tonight at 9, IFC) finally tackles "The Passion of the Christ" in an uncensored season finale. Also appearing in "The Passion of the Easter Bunny: A A Fabricated American Movie" are "American Movie" subjects Mark Borchardt and Mike Schank. See bonus behindthe-scenes webisodes at ifctv.com/greg thebunny. CHRISTMAS CRAZINESS. Grand marshals George Lopez and Regis Philbin lead "The Hollywood Christmas Parade" (tomorrow at noon, WPIX Outrageous holiday displays get the spotlight in "Over the Top Holiday" (tomorrow at 9 p.m., HGTV) And nothing quite says Christmas like the warped wildness of "South Park" (Tuesday-Friday at 9:30 p.m., Comedy Central).

Get your clip fix at comedy central.com/shows/south_park/ index.jhtml. NOEL NOTES. Wynonna Judd joins mom for some holiday songs on "Naomi's New Morning" (tomorrow at 11 a.m., Hallmark) Vince Guaraldi's cool riffs turned an entire generation of kids into jazz fans through "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (tomorrow at 7 p.m., ABC 7) Reminisce over '60s family 10 WARNER BROS. TELEVISION PHOTO Ross as a giant armadillo on a classic "Friends" holiday episode airing tonight at 6 on WPIX 11 festivities with "Andy Williams" (Thursday at 9:45 p.m., WNET 13), whose clips from vintage Christmas specials feature The Osmonds and other family members Revisit other musical yesteryules (The Carpenters, Judy Garland) at tvparty.com/xmas.html. WHAT TO COLLECT.

Sure, those old comic books and baseball cards are worth something now, because everyone threw them away back then. "Collective Intelligence: Top Picks of '06" (tomorrow at 1 p.m., Treasure HD) looks at which new things today might appreciate in value tomorrow. Treasure HD is part of the VOOM HD package from DISH Network. Check out all 15 channels at voom.tv. NEW YULE NETWORK REPEATS.

Christmas 2006 episodes getting an encore this week include "Everybody Hates Chris" (tomorrow at 6:30 p.m., CW 11), "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (Monday at 10 p.m., NBC 4), "How I Met Your Mother" (Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., CBS 2) and "The Office" (Thursday at 9 p.m., NBC 4). Also: Joy's 2005 family Christmas on "My Name Is Earl" (Thursday at 10 p.m., Ch. 4), with guest Brett Butler. Catch up to "Earl," "Office" and "Studio 60" with NBC's Two-Minute Replays at video.nbc.com. HD ODYSSEY.

Get ready to relax with natural wonders in high definition. Soothing new installments of "Sunrise Earth" (weekdays at 7 a.m., Discovery HD) take us to the foothills of Turkey (Monday), Scandinavian waterfalls (Tuesday), Stonehenge (Wednesday), Mediterranean ports (Thursday) and the geysers of Iceland (Friday). Visit the varied locations at dhd NYC TO IRAQ. Reporter Marvin Scott spends next week celebrating "A New TODAY'S PICK SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 11:30 p.m., NBC 4 Justin Timberlake is the show's host and musical guest. PHOTO AP Beyond TV "BUFFY" SING-ALONG.

Buy tickets now to join in Jan. 3's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" sing-along screening at Huntington's Cinema Arts Centre. The 7:30 p.m. event salutes series creator Joss Whedon's classic musical episode "Once More With Feeling." Info at cinema artscentre.org/wild.html. WB PHOTO Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy the Vampire Slayer VINTAGE TUBE ONLINE.

Holiday episodes of "The Beverly Hillbillies" and other nostalgic faves are featured this month at the TV4U beta site. Still in development, this free storehouse of TV history streams dozens of oldies, divided into eight categories (comedy, Western, detective, Episodes come from such memorable series as "Ozzie Harriet," "Jack Benny," "Sky King," "The Rifleman," "Mr. Peepers," "Liberace" and "Combat!" Look for improvements and expansion in 2007. Set aside plenty of time to forage at tv4u.com. "SLEEPER CELL" CATCHUP.

The second acclaimed "Sleeper Cell" miniseries wraps up tomorrow on Showtime. Many digital cable viewers can watch all eight terror-plot episodes on-demand already (in some areas, even homes that don't subscribe to Showtime). Some of the eight parts are streaming online at Showtime's series site, offering further behindthe-scenes footage and other video enticements, at sho.com/sleepercell. DIANE WERTS De woo' NEWSDAY, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 191 2006.