You can take a break from holiday season spending with two free music downloads. Hawai'i music artist Lorna Lim recently released a new CD, "Polinahe." To download her song "He Mele Aloha No Puna," go to www.PalmRecords.com. And the Sampler Claus MP3 collection from Amazon.com has seven classic holiday tunes to choose from — for free. To get yours, search the Web site for "Sampler Claus." Free music. How can you go wrong?

— Kris Bordessa

SANTA'S ELVES

CHRISTMAS TALE ON YOUR TV TONIGHT

Our favorite folks at Pixar have gone and whipped up a half-hour holiday special for TV. "Prep & Landing" is the tale of an elite unit of Santa's elves known as Prep & Landing. And by elite unit, that's two inept elves, Wayne and Lanny, sent by Christmas Eve Command Center to prepare homes for Santa's visits, scanning cookies for nuts (did you know the big guy was allergic?) and warding off the household dogs. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. on ABC.

— Denise Martin, Los Angeles Times