2016 Christmas TV Schedule: When Are Holiday Classics On In Tarrytown?

TARRYTOWN, NY — As you try to remember where you stashed wrapping paper and shop for the office grab-bag gift, you can add to the holiday spirit by watching holiday classics like "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer," "A Christmas Carol" and more.

The deluge of Santa Claus, elves and all things Christmas is kicking into high gear. If your family Christmas traditions include gathering the kids to watch “Elf” or “Christmas Vacation,” or a heartwarming oldie like “It’s A Wonderful Life,” we have the dates and times for you to post on your calendar. Check the 2016 season’s lineup of holiday programming on TV to find your favorite classic films — "A Christmas Story," "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," "Miracle on 34th Street" and more.

Patch has pulled together these highlights for holiday shows every night into the new year, courtesy of Freeform (formerly ABC Family) and a holiday TV website. It runs the gamut from Bing Crosby and Jimmy Stewart on Turner Movie Classics to countless showings of Will Ferrell as everyone’s favorite elf. Christmas romances on Hallmark Channel have begun running nearly around the clock.

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Listings are subject to change; check each network’s website for updates.

Here’s the schedule of evening shows, all times Eastern unless otherwise noted:

Friday, December 9

• 5:40 pm - The Search for Santa Paws | Freeform
• 6 pm | Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas | Disney Jr
• 6 pm | Christmas List | Hallmark
• 7 pm | The Christmas Ornament Hallmark Movies
• 7:30 pm | An All Dogs Christmas Carol Discovery Family
• 7:45 pm | Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups | Freeform
• 8 pm | Black Nativity | BET
• 8 pm | Christmas in Homestead | Hallmark
• 8:30 pm | Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special | Disney
• 8:30 pm | SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special | Nick
• 8:30 pm | Love Actually | Oxygen
• 9 pm | The Great Christmas Light Fight | Discovery Family
• 9 pm | Finding Father Christmas | Hallmark Movies
• 9 pm | Falling for Christmas | UP
• 9:50 pm | Snow Buddies | Freeform
• 10 pm | A Heavenly Christmas | Hallmark
• 11 pm | The Christmas Gift | Hallmark Movies
• 11 pm | Naughty & Nice | UP
• 11:55 pm | Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July | Freeform

Saturday, December 10

• 6 pm | A Dream of Christmas | Hallmark
• 6:30 pm | Love Actually | Oxygen
• 7 pm | The Dog Who Saved Christmas | Discovery Family
• 7 pm | A Christmas Wish | Hallmark Movies
• 7 pm | A Christmas Reunion | ION
• 7 pm | Santa Hunters | Nick
• 7 pm | Merry Christmas, Baby! | UP
• 7:30 pm | Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | TBS
• 8 pm | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | CBS
• 8 pm | A Nutcracker Christmas | Hallmark
• 8 pm | It's a Wonderful Life | USA
• 8 pm | Homicide for the Holidays | Oxygen
• 8 pm | The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story | TBS
• 8 pm | It's a Wonderful Life | USA
• 8:30 pm | My Music (The Carpenters Christmas) | PBS
• 9 pm | Frosty the Snowman | CBS
• 9 pm | Hearts of Christmas | Hallmark Movies
• 9 pm | Christmas with the Andersons | ION
• 9 pm | A Baby for Christmas | UP
• 9:30 pm | Frosty Returns | CBS
• 10 pm | A Perfect Christmas | Hallmark
• 10:05 pm | The Great Christmas Light Fight | Disney
• 10:20 pm | Toy Story That Time Forgot | Freeform
• 10:50 pm Arthur Christmas | Freeform
• 11 pm | The Great Christmas Light Fight | Disney
• 11 pm | Operation Christmas | Hallmark Movies
• 11 pm | Holiday Road Trip | ION
• 11 pm | Brian Setzer Orchestra Live Christmas Extravaganza | MTV Live
• 11 pm | Christmas Oranges | TBN
• 11 pm | Merry Christmas, Baby! | UP

Sunday, December 11

• 5 pm | A Christmas Story 2 | CMT
• 5 pm | Christmas Secret | Hallmark Movies
• 5 pm | A Christmas Mystery | ION
• 5 pm | Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night | VH1
• 5 pm | The Rooftop Christmas Tree | UP
• 6 pm | A December Bride | Hallmark
• 6 pm | White House Christmas 2016 | HGTV
• 7 pm | Season’s Greetings | UP
• 7 pm | Journey Back to Christmas | Hallmark Movies
• 7 pm | A Christmas Truce | ION
• 8 pm | Love You Like Christmas | Hallmark
• 9 pm | Sound of Christmas | Hallmark Movies
• 9 pm | Husband for Christmas | ION
• 9:25 pm | Toy Story That Time Forgot | Freeform
• 9:55 pm | The Polar Express | Freeform
• 10 pm | 12 Gifts of Christmas | Hallmark
• 11 pm | The Christmas Note | Hallmark Movies
• 11 pm | A Cinderella Christmas | ION

Monday, December 12

• 5:30 pm - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas | Freeform
• 7 pm - The Polar Express | Freeform
• 8 pm - The Great Christmas Light Fight | ABC
• 8 pm - Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer | CW
• 8 pm- Meet Me in St. Louis | TCM
• 9 pm - The Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown | CW
• 9 pm - Elf | Freeform
• 10 pm- In the Good Old Summertime | TCM
• 12 am - Christmas Cupid | Freeform
• 12 am- A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | TCM
• 1:15am - Bachelor Mother | TCM
• 2:45am - Bundle of Joy | TCM
• 4:30am - Susan Slept Here | TCM

Tuesday, December 13

• 7 pm - Elf | Freeform
• 9 pm - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Freeform
• 12 am - Three Days | Freeform

Wednesday, December 14

• 5 pm - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Freeform
• 7 pm - Arthur Christmas | Freeform
• 8 pm - The Top 12 Greatest Christmas Movies of All Time | CW
• 8 pm - A Pentatonix Christmas Special | NBC
• 8 pm - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | TNT
• 8:30 pm - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas | TNT
• 9 pm - The Santa Clause | Freeform
• 12 am - Santa Baby | Freeform

Thursday, December 15

• 5 pm - Arthur Christmas | Freeform
• 7 pm - The Santa Clause | Freeform
• 8 pm - Disney's Prep & Landing | ABC
• 8 pm - iHeart Radio Jingle Ball 2016 | CW
• 8 pm- The Shop Around the Corner | TCM
• 8:30 pm - Disney's Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice | ABC
• 9 pm - The Search for Santa Paws | Freeform
• 10 pm- Christmas in Connecticut | TCM
• 12 am - Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe | Freeform)
• 12 am- Love Finds And Hardy | TCM
• 1:45am - Desk Set | TCM
• 3:45am - Period of Adjustment | TCM

Friday, December 16

• 5:30 pm - Jingle All the Way | Freeform
• 7:35 pm - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Freeform
• 8 pm - The 85th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade | CW
• 9:45 pm - The Polar Express | Freeform
• 11:55 pm - Disney's A Christmas Carol | Freeform

Saturday, December 17

• 6:50 pm - The Santa Clause | Freeform
• 8 pm - I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown | ABC
• 8 pm - My Christmas Love | Hallmark

Sunday, December 18

• 5:10 pm - The Santa Clause | Freeform
• 8 pm - Sleigh Bells Ring | Hallmark
• 9:50 pm - Elf | Freeform

Thursday, December 22

• 6:45 pm - Elf | Freeform
• 8 pm - Terry Crews Saves Christmas | CW
• 8 pm- Holiday Affair | TCM
• 8:55 pm - Jingle All the Way | Freeform
• 9:45pm - Remember the Night | TCM
• 11:30pm - A Christmas Carol | TCM
• 12 am - Disney's A Christmas Carol | Freeform
• 1:15am - Babes in Toyland | TCM
• 2:45am - Little Women | TCM

Friday, December 23

• 5 am - A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! | TCM
• 7 am - Frosty's Winter Wonderland | Freeform
• 7:30 am - Jack Frost | Freeform
• 11 am - Richie Rich's Christmas Wish | Freeform
• 1 pm - Jingle All the Way | Freeform
• 3 pm - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas | Freeform
• 4:35 pm - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town | Freeform
• 5:40 pm - The Year Without a Santa Claus | Freeform
• 6:45 pm - Disney's A Christmas Carol | Freeform
• 8 pm - A Home for the Holidays | CBS
• 8 pm - Terry Crews Saves Christmas | CW
• 8:50 pm - The Santa Clause | Freeform
• 9 pm - Terry Crews Saves Christmas | CW
• 12 am - Home Alone: The Holiday Heist | Freeform

Saturday, December 24

• 6:45am - Tenth Avenue Angel | TCM
• 8 am- Meet John Doe | TCM
• 10:15am - Scrooge | TCM
• 12:15pm - It Happened on 5th Avenue | TCM
• 2:15pm - Holiday Affair | TCM
• 3:30pm - The Polar Express | Freeform
• 4 pm- The Shop Around the Corner | TCM
• 5:35pm - The Santa Clause | Freeform
• 6 pm- Meet Me in St. Louis | TCM
• 7:40pm - Elf | Freeform
• 8 pm- It's a Wonderful Life | NBC
• 8 pm- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 8 pm- Christmas in Connecticut | TCM
• 9:45pm - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Freeform
• 10 pm- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 10 pm- The Dolly Sisters | TCM
• 11:55pm - Scrooged | Freeform
• 12 am- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 12 am- In the Good Old Summertime | TCM
• 2 am- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 2 am- The Man Who Came to Dinner | TCM
• 4 am- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 4 am- Bell Book and Candle | TCM

Sunday, December 25

• 6 am- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 6 am- Going My Way | TCM
• 7 am - The Search for Santa Paws | Freeform
• 8 am- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 8:30am - Boys Town | TCM
• 9 am - The Disney Parks' Magical Christmas Celebration | ABC
• 9:10 am - Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws | Freeform
• 10 am- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 11:20 am - Arthur Christmas | Freeform
• 12 pm- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 1:25 pm - The Polar Express | Freeform
• 2 pm- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 3:30 pm - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town | Freeform
• 4 pm- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 4:35 pm - The Year Without a Santa Claus | Freeform
• 5:40 pm - Elf | Freeform
• 6 pm- A Christmas Story | TBS
• 7:45 pm - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Freeform
• 9 pm - When Calls the Heart | Hallmark
• 9:55 pm - Scrooged | Freeform

Written by Deb Belt (Patch Staff)

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