2016 Christmas TV Show Listings

My family loves watching Christmas TV specials together!
Some of our favorites are A Charlie Brown Christmas, Elf, the Grinch, and Frosty The Snowman.

Listed below are the Christmas Specials for MOST CHANNELS
(Premium Channels such as HBO Family as well as Disney & Nickelodeon channels are excluded).
AND I’ve linked them to Amazon to jog your memory for which show it is
OR in case you want to purchase it!
Go ahead and schedule your DVR (or get your kids to do it)!
♥ Purposely plan some family time. ♥

I’ve also put together a list for ONLY ABC Family
(for those of us who no longer have cable and can’t get these shows)

Thanks to Christmas TV Schedule for help compiling this list!

If you hear of or notice something I missed, please leave a comment below, and I’ll update the list.

Wednesday, November 30

8:00pm – Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC)

Thursday, December 1

3:30pm – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Freeform)
6:00pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
7:05pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
8:00pm – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) (ABC)
8:00pm – The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) (TCM)
9:00pm – The Great American Baking Show (ABC)
9:15pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
10:00pm – It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) (TCM)
11:20pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
12:00am – O. Henry’s Full House (1952) (TCM)

Friday, December 2

12:55am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
2:15am – Meet John Doe (1941) (TCM)
4:30am – Fitzwilly (1967) (TCM)
11:00am – Jack Frost (1979, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
12:00pm – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Freeform)
2:30pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
3:35pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
5:10pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
7:15pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
9:20pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
11:25pm – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Freeform)

Saturday, December 3

7:00am – Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (Freeform)
8:30am – Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) (Freeform)
10:00am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy) (Freeform)
12:00pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
2:05pm – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Freeform)
4:40pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
6:45pm – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Freeform)
8:50pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
10:55pm – The Holiday (2006, Jack Black) (Freeform)

Sunday, December 4

7:00am – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
7:30am – Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
8:00am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy) (Freeform)
10:05am – Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
12:10pm – I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998, Jonathan Taylor Thomas) (Freeform)
2:20pm – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Freeform)
4:30pm – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
5:35pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
6:40pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
8:45pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
10:55pm – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)

Monday, December 5

4:00pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
5:00pm – Jingle All the Way (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger) (Freeform)
7:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
8:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC)
9:00pm – Scrooged (1988, Bill Murray) (Freeform)
12:00am – Snowglobe (2007, Christina Milian) (Freeform)

Tuesday, December 6

5:00pm – Scrooged (1988, Bill Murray) (Freeform)
7:00pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
9:00pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)

Wednesday, December 7

5:00pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
7:00pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
9:00pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
12:00am – 12 Dates of Christmas (2011, Amy Smart) (Freeform)

Thursday, December 8

3:00pm – Holiday Joy (Freeform)
5:00pm – Deck the Halls (2006, Danny DeVito, Matthew Broderick) (Freeform)
7:00pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
8:00pm – Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (ABC)
8:30pm – Shrek the Halls (2007, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy) (ABC)
9:00pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
12:00am – Holiday in Handcuffs (2007, Mario Lopez, Melissa Joan Hart) (Freeform)

Friday, December 9

11:00am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
11:30am – Holiday Joy (Freeform)
1:30pm – Home Alone 3 (1997) (Freeform)
3:35pm – Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (2009) (Freeform)
5:40pm – The Search for Santa Paws (2010) (Freeform)
7:45pm – Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012, Cheryl Ladd) (Freeform)
9:50pm – Snow Buddies (2008, Jim Belushi) (Freeform)
11:55pm – Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)

Saturday, December 10

7:00am – Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) (Freeform)
7:30am – Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (2009) (Freeform)
9:30am – The Search for Santa Paws (2010) (Freeform)
11:35am – Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012, Cheryl Ladd) (Freeform)
1:40pm – Snow Buddies (2008, Jim Belushi) (Freeform)
8:00pm – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed) (NBC)
3:45pm – Disney Pixar’s Toy Story (Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
5:45pm – Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 2 (Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
7:50pm – Disney Pixar’s Toy Story 3 (Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
10:20pm – Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (ABC)

Sunday, December 11

12:55am – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
7:00am – The Little Drummer Boy (1968, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
7:30am – Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) (Freeform)
9:35am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007, Robert Wagner) (Freeform)
11:40am – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
12:45pm – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Freeform)
9:25pm – Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (ABC)
9:55pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)

Monday, December 12

5:30pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
7:00pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)8:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC)
8:00pm – Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (2000) (CW)
8:00pm – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (TCM)
9:00pm – The Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown (CW)
9:00pm – EElf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
10:00pm – In the Good Old Summertime (1949) (TCM)

Tuesday, December 13

12:00am – Christmas Cupid (2010, Christina Milian) (Freeform)
12:00am – A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011) (TCM)
1:15am – Bachelor Mother (1939) (TCM)
2:45am – Bundle of Joy (1956) (TCM)
4:30am – Susan Slept Here (1954) (TCM)
3:00pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
4:30pm – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (Freeform)
7:00pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
8:00pm – The Middle (Christmas) (ABC)
8:30pm – American Housewife (Christmas) (ABC)
9:00pm – Fresh Off the Boat (Christmas) (ABC)
9:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
9:30pm – The Real O’Neals (Christmas) (ABC)

Wednesday, December 14

12:00am – Three Days (2001, Kristin Davis) (Freeform)
3:00pm – Home Alone 3 (1997) (Freeform)
5:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
7:00pm – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Freeform)
8:00pm – The Goldbergs (Christmas) (ABC)
8:00pm – The Top 12 Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time (CW)
8:30pm – Speechless (Christmas) (ABC)
9:00pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
9:31pm – Black-ish (Christmas) (ABC)

Thursday, December 15

12:00am – Santa Baby (2006, Jenny McCarthy) (Freeform)
7:30am – Holiday Joy (Freeform)
11:00am – Snow Buddies (2008, Jim Belushi) (Freeform)
1:00pm – Home Alone 3 (1997) (Freeform)
3:00pm – A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007, Robert Wagner) (Freeform)
5:00pm – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Freeform)
7:00pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
8:00pm – Disney’s Prep & Landing (2009) (ABC)
8:00pm – iHeart Radio Jingle Ball 2016 (CW)
8:00pm – The Shop Around the Corner (1944, James Stewart) (TCM)
8:30pm – Disney’s Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice (2011) (Freeform)
9:00pm – The Search for Santa Paws (2010) (Freeform)
10:00pm – Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Barbara Stanwyck) (TCM)

Friday, December 16

12:00am – Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (2009, Jenny McCarthy) (Freeform)
12:00am – Love Finds And Hardy (1938) (TCM)
1:45am – Desk Set (1957) (TCM)
3:45am – Period of Adjustment (1962) (TCM)
7:00am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007, Robert Wagner) (Freeform)
9:10am – Jack Frost (1998, Michael Keaton) (Freeform)
11:15am – The Search for Santa Paws (2010) (Freeform)
1:20pm – Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012, Cheryl Ladd) (Freeform)
3:25pm – Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) (Freeform)
5:30pm – Jingle All the Way (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger) (Freeform)
7:35pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
8:00pm – The 85th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (CW)
8:31pm – Dr. Ken (Christmas) (ABC)
9:45pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
11:55pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)

Saturday, December 17

Time Undetermined: I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown on ABC
7:00am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
7:30am – Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
8:30am – Jingle All the Way (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger) (Freeform)
1:00pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
2:35pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)4:40pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
6:50pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
8:00pm – I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003) (ABC)
11:30pm – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Freeform)

Sunday, December 18

7:00am – Happy Feet (Robin Williams) (Freeform)
9:30am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy) (Freeform)
11:30am – Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) (Freeform)
12:00pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
1:35pm – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Freeform)
4:10pm – Disney’s Prep & Landing (2009) (Freeform)
4:40pm – Disney’s Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice (2011) (Freeform)
5:10pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
7:20pm – Disney Frozen
9:50pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)

Monday, December 19

7:00am – Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (Freeform)
8:30am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas (2007, Robert Wagner) (Freeform)
10:30am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy) (Freeform)
12:35pm – Home Alone 3 (1997) (Freeform)
2:40pm – The Search for Santa Paws (2010) (Freeform)
4:45pm – Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012, Cheryl Ladd) (Freeform)
6:50pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
8:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC)
8:55pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)

Tuesday, December 20

12:00am – Just Friends (2005, Ryan Reynolds) (Freeform)
7:00am – The Search for Santa Paws (2010) (Freeform)
9:10am – Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012, Cheryl Ladd) (Freeform)
11:15am – Home Alone 3 (1997) (Freeform)
1:25pm – The Holiday (2006, Jack Black) (Freeform)
4:30pm – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
5:35pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
6:40pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
8:00pm – Terry Crews Saves Christmas (CW)
8:50pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
9:00pm – The Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown (CW)

Wednesday, December 21

12:00am – Holidaze (2013, Jennie Garth, Cameron Mathison) (Freeform)
7:00am – Snow Buddies (2008, Jim Belushi) (Freeform)
9:00am – Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (2009) (Freeform)
11:05am – Happy Feet Two (Freeform)
1:10pm – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
2:10pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
3:15pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
5:20pm – Disney’s Prep & Landing (2009) (Freeform)
5:50pm – Disney’s Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice (2011) (Freeform)
6:20pm – Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (ABC)
6:50pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
8:00pm – Terry Crews Saves Christmas (CW)
8:55pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)

Thursday, December 22

12:00am – The Mistle-Tones (2012, Tori Spelling) (Freeform)
11:30am – The Little Drummer Boy (1968, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
12:00pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
2:05pm – Jack Frost (1998, Michael Keaton) (Freeform)
4:10pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
4:40pm – Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014, Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) (ABC)
5:10pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
6:45pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
8:00pm – Terry Crews Saves Christmas (CW)
8:00pm – Holiday Affair (1949, Robert Mitchum) (TCM)
8:55pm – Jingle All the Way (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger) (Freeform)
9:45pm – Remember the Night (1940) (TCM)
11:30pm – A Christmas Carol (1951, Alastair Sim) (TCM)

Friday, December 23

12:00am – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
1:15am – Babes in Toyland (1934) (TCM)
2:45am – Little Women (1949) (TCM)
5:00am – A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011) (TCM)
7:00am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (1976, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
7:30am – Jack Frost (1998, Michael Keaton) (Freeform)
11:00am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish (1998, Eugene Levy) (Freeform)
1:00pm – Jingle All the Way (1996, Arnold Schwarzenegger) (Freeform)
3:00pm – Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (Freeform)
4:35pm – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
5:40pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
6:45pm – Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009, Jim Carrey) (Freeform)
8:00pm – Terry Crews Saves Christmas (CW)
8:50pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
9:00pm – Terry Crews Saves Christmas (CW)

Saturday, December 24
Christmas Eve!

12:00am – Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) (Freeform)
6:45am – Tenth Avenue Angel (1948) (TCM)
7:00am – Jack Frost (1979, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
8:00am – Meet John Doe (1941) (TCM)
8:05am – Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas (1999) (Freeform)
9:30am – Have Gun, Will Travel (MeTV)
9:40am – Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas (2004) (Freeform)
10:15am – Scrooge (1970) (TCM)
11:15am – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
12:15pm – It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) (TCM)
12:20pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
1:25pm – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Freeform)
2:15pm – Holiday Affair (1949, Robert Mitchum) (TCM)
3:30pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
4:00pm – The Shop Around the Corner (1944, James Stewart) (TCM)
5:35pm – The Santa Clause (1994, Tim Allen) (Freeform)
6:00pm – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) (TCM)
7:40pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
8:00pm – It’s a Wonderful Life (1946, Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed) (NBC)
8:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
8:00pm – Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Barbara Stanwyck) (TCM)
9:45pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
10:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
10:00pm – The Dolly Sisters (1945) (TCM)
11:55pm – Scrooged (1988, Bill Murray) (Freeform)

Sunday, December 25
Merry Christmas!

12:00am – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
12:00am – In the Good Old Summertime (1949) (TCM)
2:00am – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
2:00am – The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941) (TCM)
4:00am – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
4:00am – Bell Book and Candle (1958) (TCM)
6:00am – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
6:00am – Going My Way (1944, Bing Crosby) (TCM)
7:00am – The Search for Santa Paws (2010) (Freeform)
8:00am – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
8:30am – Boys Town (1938) (TCM)
9:00am – The Disney Parks’ Magical Christmas Celebration (ABC)
9:10am – Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws (2009) (Freeform)
10:00am – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
11:20am – Arthur Christmas (2011) (Freeform)
12:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
1:25pm – The Polar Express (2004, Tom Hanks) (Freeform)
2:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
3:30pm – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (1970, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
4:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
4:35pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974, Rankin/Bass) (Freeform)
5:40pm – Elf (2003, Will Ferrell) (Freeform)
6:00pm – A Christmas Story (1983, Peter Billingsley) (TBS)
7:45pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Chevy Chase) (Freeform)
9:00pm – When Calls the Heart (2016, Lori Loughlin) (Hallmark)
9:55pm – Scrooged (1988, Bill Murray) (Freeform)

Monday, December 26

8:00pm – Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (1986) (ABC)
8:00pm – iHeart Radio Jingle Ball 2016 (CW)
9:00pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (1976, Rankin/Bass) (ABC)

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