2014 Holiday TV Schedule: When to Tune in to Watch Holiday Classics

By Allie Aylward

Few things are more exciting than catching 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.

Wednesday, Nov. 19

• Window Wonderland, 10 a.m., Hallmark
• A Town Without Christmas, 1 p.m., HallMV
• All I Want for Christmas, 4 p.m., Hallmark
• A Christmas Proposal, 8 p.m., Lifetime
• Let it Snow, 8 p.m., Hallmark
• Christmas Town, 9 p.m., UP
• Dear Santa, 10 p.m., Lifetime
  
  

Thursday, Nov. 20

• Let It Snow, 4 p.m., Hallmark
• A Christmas Visitor, 5 p.m., Hallmark
• Jingle All the Way, 5:30 p.m., HBO Family
• Home for the Holidays, 6 p.m., Lifetime
• A Christmas Carol (1951), 7 p.m., Hallmark
• Quantum Leap (Christmas), 7 p.m., Esquire
• Holiday Affair (1949), 9 p.m., Hallmark
• Deck the Halls, 10 p.m., Lifetime
  
  

Friday, Nov. 21

• Cancel Christmas, 1 p.m., Hallmark
• The Three Gifts, 3 p.m., Hallmark Movies
• Home by Christmas, 6 p.m., Lifetime
• The Wishing Tree, 9 p.m., Hallmark Movies
• Under the Mistletoe, 10 p.m., Lifetime
  
  

Saturday, Nov. 22

• Jingle All the Way (animated), 2 p.m., Hallmark
• A Town Without Christmas (2001), 5 p.m., Hallmark
• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 7:30 p.m., TBS
• Mike & Molly (Christmas), 9 p.m., FX

Sunday, Nov. 23

• The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Fred Claus, 3 p.m., TBS
• A Christmas Memory, 3:20 p.m., Starz Kids
• Under the Mistletoe, 5 p.m., Lifetime
• Home Alone, 5:30 p.m., TBS
• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 7:30 p.m., TBS
• Seasons of Love, 9 p.m., Lifetime
• The Nightmare Before Christmas, 10:30 p.m., ABC Family

Monday, Nov. 24

• A Christmas Memory, 11:40 a.m., StarzKF
• Debbie Macomber’s Trading Christmas, 2 p.m., Hallmark
• Window Wonderland, 4 p.m., Hallmark
• Debbie Macomber’s Mrs. Miracle, 10 p.m., Hallmark
• Finding Mrs. Clause, Midnight, Lifetime

Tuesday, Nov. 25

• The Wishing Tree, 9 a.m., HALLMV
• The Case for Christmas, 1 p.m., Hallmark
• The Christmas Choir, 3 p.m., HALLMV
• Mike & Molly - Karaoke Christmas, 4 p.m., FX
• A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004), 5 p.m., Hallmark
• Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle, Midnight, Hallmark

Wednesday, Nov. 26

• The Cast of A Christmas Story: Where Are They Now, 5:30 p.m., TV Guide
• A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, 8 p.m., ABC
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 8 p.m., CBS
• Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, 8 p.m., CW
• A Christmas Tree Miracle, 9 p.m., UP

Thursday, Nov. 27

• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, 9 a.m., NBC
• The Holiday, 8 p.m., Lifetime
• Holiday Inn (1942), 10 p.m., Lifetime
• Comedy Central’s All-Star Non-Denominational Christmas Special, 10 p.m., Comedy Central

Friday, Nov. 28

• Frosty the Snowman, 9 p.m., CBS
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, 9:00 p.m., CW
• Yes, Virginia, 9:30 p.m., CBS
• Home Alone 3, Midnight, ABC Family

Saturday, Nov. 29

• The Flight Before Christmas, 8 p.m., CBS
• Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, 8 p.m., Lifetime
• Debbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle, 8 p.m., Hallmark
• The Story of Santa Claus, 9 p.m., CBS
• Home Alone 3, 12 a.m., ABC Family

Sunday, Nov. 30

• Finding John Christmas, 1 p.m., HALLMV
• An Old-Fashioned Christmas, 3 p.m., HALL MV
• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 8 p.m., ABC
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 10 p.m., ABC Family

Monday, Dec. 1

• Jack Frost (1979), 4 p.m., ABC Family
• Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, 5 p.m. ABC Family
• Elf, 8 p.m., ABC Family
• CMA Country Christmas, 8 p.m., ABC
• The Santa Clause, 10 p.m., ABC Family
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 10:30 p.m., AMC

Tuesday, Dec. 2

• Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July, 4 p.m., ABC Family
• Elf, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause, 8 p.m., ABC Family
• The Toy that Time Forgot, 8 p.m., ABC
• A Charlie Brown Christmas, 8:30 p.m., ABC
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, 10 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, 10:30 p.m., AMC

Wednesday, Dec. 3

• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 8 p.m., AMC
• Christmas in Rockefeller Center, 8 p.m., NBC
• The Polar Express, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• SNL Christmas, 9 p.m., NBC

Thursday, Dec. 4

• Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• A Year Without a Santa Claus, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• The Polar Express, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, 8 p.m., AMC
• Disney’s A Christmas Carol, 9 p.m., ABC Family

Friday, Dec. 5

• Disney’s A Christmas Carol, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• How Murray Saved Christmas, 8 p.m., NBC
• The Nativity Story, 8 p.m., AMC
• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 8 p.m., ABC Family
• Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, 10:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Fred Claus, 11:30 p.m., ABC Family

Saturday, Dec. 6

• All I Want for Christmas (1991), 7 a.m., ABC Family
• Fred Claus, 11 a.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, 2 p.m., ABC Family
• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 4 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, 7 p.m., AMC
• Frosty The Snowman, 8 p.m., CBS
• ‘I Love Lucy’ Christmas Special, 8 p.m., CBS
• It’s a Wonderful Life, 8 p.m., NBC
• Elf, 8:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Yes, Virginia, 8:30 p.m., CBS
• Arthur Christmas, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• Jack Frost (1979), 1 a.m., ABC Family

Sunday, Dec. 7

• Arthur Christmas, 11:30 a.m., ABC Family
• Jack Frost (1998), 1:30 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, 3:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Scrooge (1970), 4:30 p.m., TCM
• Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, 8 p.m., AMC
• Elf, 8:30 p.m., ABC Family
• The Year Without a Santa Claus, 11 p.m., ABC Family

Monday, Dec. 8

• The Year Without a Santa Claus, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• Elf, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, 8 p.m., AMC
• Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, 10 p.m., ABC Family

Tuesday, Dec. 9

• Frosty’s Winter Wonderland, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, 8 p.m., ABC
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 8 p.m., CBS
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 10:31 p.m., AMC
• Wednesday, Dec. 10
• The Year Without a Santa Claus, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, 10:30 p.m., AMC

Thursday, Dec. 11

• Reindeer Games, 10 a.m., AMC
• Jack Frost (1998), 5 p.m., ABC Family
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, 8 p.m., AMC
• Scrooged, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• Holiday Affair (1949), 9:45 p.m., TCM

Friday, Dec. 12

• Jack Frost (1979), 4:30 p.m., ABC Family
• White Christmas, 7 p.m., AMC
• The Santa Clause, 7:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994), 9:30 p.m., ABC Family

Saturday, Dec. 13

• Home Alone 3, 11 a.m., ABC Family
• Miracle on 34th Street, 3 p.m., ABC Family
• White Christmas, 3 p.m., AMC
• Mickey’s Christmas Carol, 5:30 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• Miracle on 34th Street, 7 p.m., AMC
• Frosty Returns, 9:30 p.m., CBS
• Fred Claus, 11:30 p.m., ABC Family

Sunday, Dec. 14

• Miracle on 34th Street, 7 a.m., ABC Family
• Disney’s A Christmas Carol, 9:30 a.m., ABC Family
• Jack Frost (1998), 11:30 a.m., ABC Family
• Fred Clause, 1:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, 10:30 p.m., AMC

Monday, Dec. 15

• The Santa Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause, 5:30 p.m., AMC
• The Year Without a Santa Claus, 8 p.m., ABC Family
• The Polar Express, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, 10:31 p.m., AMC

Tuesday, Dec. 16

• The Polar Express, 6:30 p.m., ABC Family
• A Charlie Brown Christmas, 8 p.m., ABC
• Miracle on 34th Street, 8 p.m., AMC
• Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, 8 p.m., NBC
• Prep & Landing, 8 p.m., ABC
• Home Alone, 8:30 p.m., ABC Family

Wednesday, Dec. 17

• Disney’s The Christmas Carol, 1 p.m., ABC Family
• Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town, 5:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Home Alone, 6:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York, 8 p.m., NBC
• White Christmas, 8 p.m., AMC
• The Santa Clause, 9 p.m., ABC Family
• Thursday, Dec. 18
• Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• White Christmas, 5:15 p.m., AMC
• The Santa Clause, 6:30 p.m., ABC Family
• A Christmas Carol (1938), 8 p.m., TCM
• Miracle on 34th Street, 8 p.m., AMC
• Fred Claus, 8:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Scrooge (1970), 9:15 p.m., TCM
• Scrooge (1935), 11:15 p.m., TCM

Friday, Dec. 19

• Holiday Inn (1942), 10:15 a.m., AMC
• Miracle on 34th Street, 12:30 p.m., AMC
• I’ll Be Seeing You (1944), 12:30 p.m., TCM
• Fred Claus, 3:30 p.m., ABC Family
• Holiday Affair (1949), 4 p.m., TCM
• Home Alone, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• Elf, 8 p.m., ABC Family
• A Home for the Holidays, 9 p.m., CBS
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special, 9:30 p.m., CW
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 10 p.m., ABC Family
• Scrooged, Midnight, ABC Family

Saturday, Dec. 20

• The Year Without a Santa Claus, 11 a.m., ABC Family
• Arthur Christmas, Noon, ABC Family
• Snow Bride, 2 p.m., Hallmark
• Home Alone, 2 p.m., ABC Family
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 4 p.m., ABC Family
• Hitched for the Holidays, 6 p.m., Hallmark
• Elf, 6 p.m., ABC Family
• I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown!, 8 p.m., ABC
• Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 8 p.m., ABC Family
• Home Alone, 10:30 p.m., ABC Family

Sunday, Dec. 21

• Mistletoe Over Manhattan, 8 a.m., Hallmark
• Arthur Christmas, 9 a.m., ABC Family
• The Little Drummer Boy, 1 p.m., ABC Family
• Debbie Macomber’s Mr. Miracle, 4 p.m., Hallmark
• Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 5 p.m., ABC Family
• A Royal Christmas, 6 p.m., Hallmark
• Home Alone, 7:30 p.m., ABC Family
• The Polar Express, 10 p.m., ABC Family

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
• 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
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• 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
• ‘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
• 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
• Elf, 7 p.m., ABC Family
• 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

All air times are listed in Eastern Standard Time.