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It’s a Nicholas Brendon Christmas holiday weekend! If you haven’t caught it yet, ION is airing A Golden Christmas again tonight, at 7/6 Central. Check your local listings for details on where ION airs in your area.

And if you’ve had your fill of happy holiday movies and you’re looking for something a little darker? Lifetime is airing My Neighbor’s Secret Saturday, at 7/6 Central. This is a good chance to catch it if you missed it when it was on the Lifetime Movie Network!

Eight months ago, NickBrendon.com set up shop on Twitter at @NicholasBrendon. I’ve been posting announcements and updates to the account since.

That all changed on Saturday, with Nick’s first tweet:

word people…its nicky b here.. hope evryone is super well.

Followed about 15 minutes later by:

Hey everyone. Sitting here with jacqui and I think she talked me into this whole twit thing

And he tweeted again today! Starting immediately, I’ll sign all tweets I send through the @NicholasBrendon account, so you’ll know if it’s him or me.

If you still want proof it was him, this is me, showing him the Twitter account on Saturday:

© NickBrendon.com. Do not reproduce.

A Golden Christmas airs tonight on ION! Here’s the network’s summary:

One summer long ago, a young girl and boy were brought together by a dog. The summer came to an end and they never saw each other again.

Years later, Jessica, now in her thirties and recently widowed, decides to start over and move back home with her son.

However, her plan goes awry when she discovers that her family home has been sold to a very handsome thirty-something man named Michael.

While Jessica and Michael vie for ownership of the house, sparks begin to fly. Jessica thinks she’s not ready for a man in her life. But with the help of her family, some luck and a very special dog, Jessica realizes the blessings in a plan gone wrong.

L.A. Weekly’s Stage Raw blog reviews Nicholas Brendon in The Santaland Diaries:

Brendon is an appealing performer who makes Sedaris’ story his own, nicely conveying the sense of a character whose toothy, cheerful grin masks the disdain of the passive- aggressive store clerk.

StageSceneLA.com has published a positive, lengthy review of the Blank Theatre Co.‘s production of The Santaland Diaries. An excerpt:

For any December theatergoer who’s ever said, “Not another Christmas Carol!”, The Blank Theatre offers the perfect holiday solution—Nicholas Brendon in David Sedaris’s The SantaLand Diaries, the true story of Sedaris’s humiliating but hilarious-in-retrospect stint as a Christmas elf at New York City Macy’s “SantaLand.”

And in other news: The Blank’s Web site reports that all upcoming performances of the show are sold out!

Nicholas is back on Criminal Minds again tonight, as Kevin Lynch. Here’s the episode summary, again:

AS AGENT HOTCHNER QUESTIONS HIS FUTURE WITH THE BAU, THE REST OF THE TEAM MUST INVESTIGATE A HOME INVASION CASE WITHOUT HIM, ON “CRIMINAL MINDS,” WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9

Rena Sofer (”24?) Guest Stars as a Victim of a Home Invasion

“The Slave of Duty” – While Agent Hotchner takes a leave of absence from the BAU, the team must regroup to solve a home invasion case, on CRIMINAL MINDS, Wednesday, Dec. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Rena Sofer (”24″) guest stars as home invasion victim, Erika Silverman.

… And they’re good! Of course, we had no doubt, right?

An excerpt from Examiner.com’s review:

As directed by Michael Matthews, Nicholas Brendon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) channels Sedaris in all his humiliating green velvet and big bow glory in this entertaining one-man show adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello. From dry acknowledgement of his demoralizing situation (“I am a 33-year-old man applying for a job as an elf.”) to droll observations of crazy human behavior, corporate greed and crass Christmas commercialism, Brendon cracks wise with an easy inviting charm.

And from Backstage.com:

Building comic steam with his deadpan delivery, Brendon strikes the ideal mix of cynicism and dry wit to mine the material for maximum hilarity. … Brendon boasts a likable presence that helps balance the script’s uglier implications with a lighthearted sense of fun.

Have you seen the play yet? If so, share your own reviews in the comments field!

ION Television has posted a preview for A Golden Christmas, starring Nicholas Brendon and Andrea Roth. If you want to watch a preview for the TV movie, which debuts Dec. 13 at 9 p.m. Eastern/8 p.m. Central:

• Go to IonTelevision.com.
• Click on the “Big Movie Weekend” button under the “Match & Play Holiday Giveaway” display ad.
• Choose A Golden Christmas.

You can also find out more about the movie on the network’s homepage for A Golden Christmas. Entertainment Weekly also included it in “The 2nd Annual Yulies.”