Holiday TV Guide: When to See Holiday Classics

By Robert Gates (Patch Staff)

What are the holidays without a re-run of that special yuletide movie you cherished each winter as a kid.

Peruse this season’s lineup of holiday programming on network TV to find all the classic holiday films---A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas,Miracle on 34th Street and more.

All times listed are for Southern California.

Monday, Dec. 22

• Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish, 7 a.m., ABC Family
• A Dennis the Menace Christmas, 9 a.m., ABC Family
• Help for the Holidays, 4 p.m., Hallmark
• Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• Meet the Santas, 10 p.m., Hallmark

Tuesday, Dec. 23

• Window Wonderland, 8 a.m., Hallmark
• Santa Baby, 10:30 a.m., ABC Family
• Lucky Christmas, 2 p.m., Hallmark
• All I Want for Christmas, 4 p.m., Hallmark
• Home Alone, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• Shrek the Halls, 8 p.m., ABC
• One Direction: The TV Special, 8 p.m., NBC
• The Polar Express, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• Arthur Christmas, Midnight, ABC Family

Wednesday, Dec. 24

• Arthur Christmas, 7:30 a.m., ABC Family
• Daniel Boone, “The Christmas Story,” 9 a.m., MeTV
• The Christmas Parade, 10 a.m., Hallmark
• Jack Frost (1998), 1 p.m., ABC Family
• I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), 2:15 p.m., TCM
• The Polar Express, 3 p.m., ABC Family
• Home Alone, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• M*A*S*H*, ”Dear Dad,” 7 p.m., MeTV
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• M*A*S*H*, “Dear Sis,” 7:30 p.m., MeTV
• A Christmas Story, marathon runs from 8 p.m., TBS
• Elf, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• Merry Madagascar, 9:30 p.m., CW
• The Christmas Shepherd, 10 p.m., Hallmark
• Scrooged, Midnight, ABC Family

Thursday, Dec. 25

• A Christmas Story, starting at 6 a.m. and running all day, TBS
• The Donna Reed Show, “A Very Merry Christmas,” 7 a.m., MeTV
• ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, 8 a.m., ABC Family
• Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration, 10 a.m., ABC
• A Christmas Carol (1938), 11 a.m., TCM
• Home Alone, 11 a.m., ABC Family
• Debbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle, Noon, Hallmark
• Holiday Affair (1949), 12:15 p.m., TCM
• Gunsmoke, “P.S. Murray Christmas,” 1 p.m., MeTV
• The Nine Lives of Christmas, 1:30 p.m., Hallmark
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• Northpole, 6 p.m., Hallmark
• M*A*S*H*, “Twas the Day After Christmas,” 7 p.m., MeTV
• Elf, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• M*A*S*H*, “Death Takes a Holiday,” 7:30 p.m., MeTV
• The 12 Dogs of Christmas, 8 p.m., CW
• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 8:30 p.m., ABC
• A Royal Christmas, 9 p.m., Hallmark
• Christmas in Connecticut (1945), 10 p.m., TCM
• Home Alone 3, Midnight, ABC Family