The Complete Holiday TV Schedule You've Been Waiting For!
The Complete Holiday TV Schedule You've Been Waiting For!
If you're a HUGE, HUGE, COLOSSAL fan of holiday
movies, then you've come to the right place. All your
favorite television networks have started to kick off
their holiday programming with a jingle. Make way for some new
favorites, some old ones, and some movies so awesome you've got to tune in every
time they air (cough *Elf* cough).
So grab the kids, a mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows, and snuggle up on the couch together ... because this time of year it's all about the holiday flicks! And since this season is also all about giving, we've put together a jam-packed, all-inclusive list of every must-watch holiday show on TV in December. Set your DVRs, too, so you don't miss any of those classics.
Please note: All times are based on EST schedules. Other time zones, please check your local listings as times may vary. Additionally, many of the popular shows air multiple times; this list is meant to give you an overview of the programming.
December 4:
Little House on the Praire: Christmas at Plum Creek, 5:00 am EST, Hallmark Channel
Rudolph's Shiny New Year, 4:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Mickey's Christmas Carol, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Abominable Christmas, 5:30 pm EST, Cartoon Network
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too!, 6:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Scooby-Do Haunted Holidays, 6:30 pm EST, Cartoon Network
Jack Frost, 6:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Frosty's Winter Wonderland, 7:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Elf, 8:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 8:00 pm EST, CBS
December 5:
Home Alone, 7:00 pm EST, ABC Family
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol, 7:30 pm EST, Cartoon Network
The Polar Express, 9:00 pm EST, ABC Family
December 6:
A Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation!, 5:00 pm EST, Disney XD
Disney's A Christmas Carol, 8:00 pm EST, ABC Family
It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!, 8:00 pm EST, Nickelodeon
December 7:
The Action Elves Save Christmas, 11:30 am EST, Nickelodeon
Good Luck Charlie: It's Christmas!, 2:30 pm EST, Disney Channel
A Fairly Odd Christmas, 8:00 pm EST, Nickelodeon
December 8:
Fred Claus, 1:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation!, 7:00 pm EST, Disney Channel
Frosty the Snowman, 8:00 pm EST, CBS
The Borrowers, 8:00 pm EST, ABC
Good Luck Charlie: A Duncan Christmas, 8:00 pm EST, Disney Channel
Frosty Returns, 8:30 pm EST, CBS
The Flight Before Christmas, 9:00 pm EST, CBS
December 9:
12 Dates of Christmas, 12:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Santa Baby, 2:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe, 4:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Holiday in Handcuffs, 6:00 pm EST, ABC Family:
The Mistle-Tones, 8:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Prep & Landing, 8:00 pm EST, ABC
December 10:
A Miser Brothers' Christmas, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Jack Frost (1979), 6:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Frosty's Winter Wonderland, 7:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Mickey's Christmas Carol, 7:30 pm EST, ABC Family
The Year Without Santa Clause, 8:00 pm EST, ABC Family
December 11:
All I Want for Christmas (2007), 10:00 pm EST, Hallmark Channel
Home Alone, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
The Santa Clause, 7:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, 8:00 pm EST, ABC
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa, 9:00 pm EST, The CW
December 12:
The Christmas Card, 10:00 pm EST, Hallmark Channel
December 13:
All I Want for Christmas (1991), 11:30 am, AMC
Miracle on 34th Street (1947), 8:00 pm, AMC
Christmas in The White House, 8:00 pm EST, NBC
December 14:
Caillou’s Christmas, 1:00 pm EST, PBS
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, 8:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Eloise at Christmastime, 8:00 pm EST, Hallmark Channel
The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story, 9:30 pm EST, CBS
December 15:
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Grinches The Cat in the Hat, 7:30 am EST, ABC
Family
The Little Drummer Boy, 8:00 am EST, ABC
Family
The Little Drummer Boy Book II, 8:30 am EST, ABC Family
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, 9:00 am EST, ABC
Family
Pinocchio's Christmas, 9:30 am EST, ABC Family
A Miser Brothers' Christmas, 10:30 am EST, ABC Family
The Story of the First Christmas Snow, 11:30 am EST, ABC Family
'Twas the Night Before Christmas, 12:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Frosty's Winter Wonderland, 12:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Jack Frost (1979), 1:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Rudolph
& Frosty's Christmas in July, 2:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Disney's A Christmas Carol, 4:00 pm EST, ABC Family
December 16:
Richie Rich's Christmas Wish,
7:00 am EST, ABC Family
Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, 9:00 am
EST, ABC Family
Home Alone 4, 11:00 am EST, ABC Family
The Year Without a Santa Claus, 1:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, 2:00 pm EST, ABC Family
A Christmas Carol (1984), 8:00 pm EST, AMC
December 17:
Sons of Mistletoe, 11:00 am
EST, ABC Family
Christmas Every Day, 1:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Christmas Do-Over, 3:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Dr.
Seuss' The Grinch Grinches The Cat in the Hat, 6:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 7:00 pm EST, ABC
Family
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury, 8:00 pm EST, FOX
December 18:
The Life & Adventures of Santa
Claus, 11:00 am EST, ABC Family
Frosty's Winter
Wonderland, 12:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Santa Who?, 12:30 pm
EST, ABC Family
The Christmas List, 2:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Disney Prep & Landing, 4:30 pm EST, ABC Family
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, 5:00 pm EST, ABC
Family
Miracle on 34th Street (1994), 5:30 pm EST, ABC
Family
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 8:00 pm EST, ABC
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, 8:00 pm EST, The
CW
Shrek the Halls, 8:30 pm EST, ABC
The Polar Express, 10:00 pm EST, ABC Family
December 19:
Christmas in Boston, 8:00 am
EST, ABC Family
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 10:00
am EST, ABC Family
Three Days, 12:00 pm EST, ABC Family
The Family Man, 2:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Home
Alone, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Disney's A Christmas Carol,
9:00 pm EST, ABC Family
December
20:
Christmas Caper, 11:00 am EST, ABC
Family
A Christmas Proposal, 12:00 pm EST, Lifetime
Secret
Santa, 1:00 pm EST, ABC Family
The Christmas Pageant, 2:00 pm EST, Hallmark Channel
The
Mistle-Tones, 3:00 pm EST, ABC Family
12 Dates of
Christmas, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
A Charlie Brown Christmas, 8:00 pm EST, ABC
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, 9:00 pm EST, ABC Family
CMA Country Christmas, 9:00 pm EST, ABC
Friday, December 21
A Very Brady Christmas,
7:00 am EST, ABC Family
Christmas Cupid, 9:00 am EST, ABC
Family
Snowglobe, 11:00 am EST, ABC Family
Santa
Baby, 1:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Santa Baby 2 Christmas Maybe,
3:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Holiday in Handcuffs, 5:00 pm EST, ABC
Family
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown, 8:00 pm EST, ABC
December 22:
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas,
7:00 am EST, ABC Family
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, 8:30 am
EST, ABC Family
Disney Prep & Landing, 10:00 am EST, ABC
Family
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice, 10:30 am
EST, ABC Family
Mickey's Christmas Carol, 11:00 am EST, ABC
Family
Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too, 11:30 am EST, ABC
Family
A Chipmunk Christmas, 12:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Rudolph's Shiny New Year, 2:00 pm EST, ABC Family
A
Miser Brothers' Christmas, 3:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Santa Claus
Is Comin' to Town, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
The Santa
Clause, 6:00 pm EST, ABC Family
The Santa Clause 2, 8:00
pm EST, ABC Family
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, at
10:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol, 8:00 pm EST, NBC
December 23:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and
the Island of Misfit Toys, 7:00 am EST, ABC Family
A Dennis the
Menace Christmas, 8:30 am EST, ABC Family
Unaccompanied
Minors, 10:30 am EST, ABC Family
Fred Claus, 12:30 pm EST,
ABC Family
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 3:00 pm
EST, ABC Family
The Polar Express, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 7:00 pm EST, ABC
Family
Monday, December 24
Boy Meets World
Christmas Episodes, 7:00 am EST, ABC Family
Full House: A Very
Tanner Christmas, 9:00 am EST, ABC Family
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, 11:00 am EST, ABC Family
The Garfield Show: Home for the Holidays, 11:00 am EST, Cartoon
Network
Gift of the Magi, 2:00 pm EST, Hallmark Movie Channel
The Amazing World of Gumball: Christmas, 6:30 pm ET, Cartoon Network
It’s a Wonderful Life, 8:00 pm EST, NBC
A Christmas Story (24-hour Marathon), starts at 8:00 am EST, TBS
The Regular Show: The Christmas Special, 8:00 pm EST, Cartoon Network
Tuesday, December 25
A Chipmunk Christmas, 9:00 am EST, ABC Family
Disney's
A Christmas Carol, 5:00 pm EST, ABC Family
Home Alone,
7:00 pm EST, ABC Family
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,
9:00 pm EST, ABC Family
See, told ya it was long.
What's your favorite holiday movie? How come?
Thank you for sharing.
I like Elf and National Lampoons Christmas Vacaation! I guess I prefer the comdey selection for Christmas.
Loved one goes in for......
- Cafe Kelly
on Dec. 4, 2012 at 12:33 PM