HAL AND THE BOYS SELL CHRISTMAS TREES ON �MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE� SUNDAY, DEC. 14, ON FOX

Strapped for cash due to a cutback of hours at work, Hal pools his money with the boys to buy Christmas trees to sell over the holidays. At the tree lot, they are forced to lower their prices in order to compete with the church down the block. When their business booms, two priests threaten them and send homeless people to the lot to scare customers away. Hal and the boy resolve, much to Lois' and the neighbors' dismay, to sell the trees from inside their home on the �Christmas Trees� episode of MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE Sunday, Dec. 19 (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (MIM-507) (TV-PG L)

Cast: Jane Kaczmarek as Lois, Bryan Cranston as Hal, Frankie Muniz as Malcolm, Christopher Masterson as Francis, Justin Berfield as Reese and Erik Per Sullivan as Dewey.

Guest Cast: Kenneth Mars as Otto, Meagan Fay as Gretchen, David Anthony Higgins as Craig, Casey Sander as Father Murphy and Vic Polizos as Father McCluskey