Thanksgiving and football: firmly established. Thanksgiving and animation: coming on fast.

As the Turducken and pumpkin pie percolate in our digestive systems this weekend, we can collapse on the couch in front of no fewer than five new, mostly holiday-themed television cartoons. Add broadcasts of the films “Horton Hears a Who!” (NBC, Thursday) and “Shrek the Third” (ABC, Friday), and prime time lives up to Fox’s Sunday-night boast: animation domination.

The new cartoons offer a buffet of visual styles, from 2-D to 3-D to the stop-motion of Hallmark Channel’s “Jingle All the Way,” by far the best of the bunch. In addition to its charming art and pleasantly low-key storytelling, “Jingle” (Friday at 7 p.m.) stands apart from the other holiday programs by not focusing on the manufacturing or delivery of toys — those mandatory gifts that Santa offers at no cost only in animated Christmas specials.