Many people mark the arrival of the holidays by the prospect of the gifts to buy and receive, the constant loop of Christmas music on the 102.9 radio station or the amount of snow we have to wipe off our car’s windshield in the morning. But for me, it isn’t the music or the presents that announce Christmas’s hold upon us. It’s about what’s on TV.
Every year, several television channels promote a month chock full of classic shows, ones that people all across America associate with a sense of tradition. Let’s be honest, the holiday season wouldn’t hold nearly as much appeal without the timeless repetition of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or Merry Christmas Charlie Brown.
There’s no shortage of television channels that host a scheduled time explicitly devoted to showing the best and most well known of all holiday movies, such as ABC Family, Hallmark, Turner Class Movies (TCM) and many more. In order to help feed your yule time fix, here’s a standard list of days that host the most memorable Christmas and holiday shows being displayed.
December 15th
8 pm on TCM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
8 pm on ABC
A Charlie Brown Christmas
8 pm on AMC
Miracle on 34th Street
December 16th
9 pm on USA
Elf
December 17th
2 pm on ABC Family
Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
3 pm on ABC Family
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
3:30 pm on ABC Family
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
December 20th
9 pm on ABC Family
The Polar Express
December 22st
8 pm to ABC Family
The Santa Clause
10 pm on ABC Family
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
December 23rd
8 pm on ABC Family
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas
December 24th
8 pm on TBS
A Christmas Story
8pm on NBC
It’s A Wonderful Life
December 25th
9 am on WPIX (NY)
The Yule Log
Taylor Werdel is Editorial Editor for The Spartan Speaks