Christmas Day 2011 On Nickelodeon UK And Ireland, Nickelodeon UK HD, Nicktoons UK, Nick Jr. Channel UK And Ireland And Nick Jr. 2

According to the online television schedule guide TV Guide UK, here are Nickelodeon UK's, Nicktoons, Nickelodeon HD UK's, Nick Jr. Channel's and Nick Jr. 2's Christmas Day (Sunday 25th December 2011) schedule highlights as part of Nickelodeon UK's "Christmas On Nickelodeon 2011":

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will be celebrating Christmas Day on Sunday 25th December 2011 by holding a "SpongeBob SquarePants Day", which will feature a all day "SpongeBob SquarePants" marathon featuring back-to-back episodes of the popular original Nickelodeon animated show ("NickToon") "SpongeBob SquarePants" from 6.00am to 11.00pm (7.00am to 12am on Nick Replay UK).

NickToons UK and Ireland will be celebrating Christmas Day starting at 5.00am with two episodes of "Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids", then with an all day "Power Rangers Samurai" marathon from 6.00am to 11.00pm (7.00am to 7.00pm on NickToons Replay).

Nickelodeon UK will be celebrating Christmas Day on Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland by showing Christmas themed episodes of hit Nick Junior shows throughout the day, including:

10.00am - Team Umizoomi Christmas Episode (possibly "Santa's Little Fixers")
11.00am - Dora the Explorer Christmas Episode
11.30am - A Rugrats Christmas Episode
12.00pm - A Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom Christmas Episode
12.30pm - Peppa Pig Christmas Episode (possibly "Peppa's Christmas")
1.00pm - Dora the Explorer Christmas Special - Dora's Christmas Carol
2.00pm - Team Umizoomi Christmas Episode (possibly "Santa's Little Fixers")
2.30pm - Go, Diego, Go! Christmas Episode (possibly "Diego Saves Christmas")
3.00pm - Wonder Pets! Christmas Episode (possibly "Wonder Pets! Save the Reindeer!"
3.30pm - Humf Christmas Episode (possibly "Humf's Red Mittens")
4.00pm - A Christmas episode of Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom
4.30pm - A Christmas episode of Peppa Pig (possibly "Peppa's Christmas")
5.00pm - Dora's Christmas Carol
6.00pm - Barbie in A Christmas Carol (2008)

Nick Jr. 2 will also be showing Christmas-themed episodes of popular Nick Junior pre-school shows throughout the day on Christmas Day, plus a two part "RugRats" Christmas episode at 7.00pm and 7.30pm (possibly the "RugRats" Christmas special "Babies in Toyland").

Also, posted by Nickelodeon UK and Ireland on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK):

It's CHRISTMAS EVE! I can almost hear Rudolph blowing his red nose and the sleigh bells already! What do you want Santa to bring you?

And:

MERRY SPONGEMAS! Back to back Spongey ALL DAY to keep you very merry on Christmas Day! What did Santa bring you? http://ow.ly/i/nWEH

Also:

Oh Boxing day:( If u have the post Christmas blues..DONT! Grab a toasted turkey sarnie [turkey sandwich] & get tuned in to the back to back @iCarly marathon!

Nickelodeon Movies' "Rango" Nominated For Nine Annie Awards

From Digital Spy:

'Kung Fu Panda 2' leads Annie Awards with 12 nominations

DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 2 leads the 39th Annual Annie Awards with 12 nominations including 'Best Animated Feature', 'Best Animated Special Production' and 'Voice Acting in Feature Production'.

Kung Fu Panda 2 once again follows Po (Jack Black), who is now a trained warrior, and the Furious Five (Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu and David Cross) as they battle with a new enemy, evil peacock Lord Shen (Gary Oldman).

Oldman and James Hong, who plays Po's father Mr Ping, were each recognised for their vocal talents in the animated film.

Both Dreamworks' Puss in Boots and Paramount's Rango got nine nods, while Disney's critically-acclaimed Winnie the Pooh received eight nominations and Pixar's Cars 2 got seven nods.

The 'Best Animated Feature' nominations are as follows:

A Cat in Paris - Folimage
Arrugas (Wrinkles) - Perro Verde Films, S.L.
Arthur Christmas - Sony Pictures Animation, Aardman Animations
Cars 2 - Pixar Animation Studios
Chico & Rita - Chico & Rita Distribution Limited
Kung Fu Panda 2 - DreamWorks Animation
Puss in Boots - DreamWorks Animation
Rango - Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies present A Blind Wink/GK Films Production
Rio - Blue Sky Studios
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - Amblin Entertainment, Wingnut Films and Kennedy/Marshall

Back in 2009, Kung Fu Panda took home ten awards of its 16 nominations at the 36th Annual Annie Awards.

It won 'Best Animated Feature' of the year while Dustin Hoffman, who played Master Shifu, was awarded for 'Best Voice Acting'.