December has finally arrived — and with it comes classic Christmas films, airing every night of the week! From old favorites like 1945’s Christmas in Connecticut to more modern fare like Christmas with the Kranks, you can catch nearly 60 airings of classic holiday films this week. Check out our day-by-day guide to everything Christmas airing on primetime and beyond, and you won’t miss a single, jingle bell-filled moment of family fun.

Classic Christmas Movies & TV Highlights Airing on Monday, December 1

6pm Home Alone (1990, Family) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM
6pm Scrooged (1988, Comedy) Bill Murray, Karen Allen AMC
6:15pm Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986, Children) Hugh Bigney, Vanessa Sharp HDNETMV
6:15pm Reindeer Games (2000, Crime drama) Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise FLIX
7:18pm Christmas With the Kranks (2004, Comedy) Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis HBO
8pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo AMC
8:25pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Children) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM
11pm Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (1986, Children) Hugh Bigney, Vanessa Sharp HDNETMV

Classic Christmas Movies & TV Highlights Airing on Tuesday, December 2

5:40pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Children) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM
5:45pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo AMC
7:25pm Babes in Toyland (1986, Children) Pat Morita, Drew Barrymore HDNETMV
8pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan AMC
8:20pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, Children) Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor FREEFORM
9:16pm Bad Santa (2003, Comedy) Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox HBOZ

Classic Christmas Movies & TV Highlights Airing on Wednesday, December 3

The Legend of Frosty the Snowman

Freeform, 12:30pm

This animated special from 2005 is narrated by Burt Reynolds and features SpongeBob SquarePants voice actors Bill Fagerbakke and Tom Kenny. Frosty the Snowman (Fagerbakke) has to prove to Mr. Tinkerton (Kenny), the stodgy mayor of Evergreen, that magic really does exist.

93rd Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center

NBC, 8pm Live

Happy’s Place star Reba McEntire will headline as the host of this year’s annual tree lighting celebration in Rockefeller Center, which will air over a two-hour telecast.

5pm A Christmas Story (1983, Family) Peter Billingsley, Darren McGavin TNT
6pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan AMC
6:30pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, Children) Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor FREEFORM
8pm The Polar Express (2004, Children) Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter AMC

10pm Reindeer Games (2000, Crime drama) Ben Affleck, Gary Sinise SHOCSE
10:14pm The Wizard of Oz (1939, Family) Judy Garland, Frank Morgan HBOZ

Classic Christmas Movies & TV Highlights Airing on Thursday, December 4

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Best Christmas Movies Ever!

The CW, 8pm

Join over 50 stars, writers, athletes, directors and critics as they share the spirit of the season and discuss such beloved classics as Home Alone, Elf, The Santa Clause, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, It’s a Wonderful Life and, of course, Die Hard in this Christmas special feature.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

NBC, 8pm

In this original 1966 animated TV special based on Dr. Seuss’ classic story, Boris Karloff narrates and voices the titular Grinch, who schemes to steal every material vestige of Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. But the Grinch ultimately discovers he can’t remove the spirit of Christmas from the Whos’ hearts. The special will encore on Christmas Day.

Frosty the Snowman

NBC, 8:30pm

Jimmy Durante narrates this classic animated musical special, with Jackie Vernon providing the voice of the “jolly, happy soul” whose old silk hat full of magic brings him to life.

6pm The Polar Express (2004, Children) Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter AMC
6:25pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Children) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM
7:13pm Bad Santa (2003, Comedy) Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Cox HBO2

Classic Christmas Movies & TV Highlights Airing on Friday, December 5

Bell, Book and Candle

FMC, 8pm

After James Stewart‘s and Kim Novak’s thrilling roles in Vertigo in May 1958, audiences could watch the pair again that November in this much lighter fare. Novak stars as Gillian, a Manhattan witch who’s bored with potions and spells until she sets her sights on her handsome upstairs neighbor, book publisher Shepherd Henderson (Stewart). Gillian, however, gets far more than she bargained for when she casts a love spell on him over the Christmas holidays.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

NBC, 8pm

The beloved Rankin/Bass animated production from 1964 continues as the longest-running holiday special in television history. Narrated by Burl Ives, it follows Rudolph and his friends — Hermey the Elf, Yukon Cornelius and others — as they go down in history by saving Christmas.

5:10pm The Santa Clause (1994, Family) Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold FREEFORM
5:30pm Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005, Fantasy) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint BRAVO
7:20pm The Santa Clause 2 (2002, Family) Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell FREEFORM
8pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo AMC
8pm The Polar Express (2004, Children) Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter WE

9pm Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001, Children) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint BRAVO

10pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan WE
10:15pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo AMC

Classic Christmas Movies & TV Highlights Airing on Saturday, December 6

Classic Christmas Cartoons

MeTV Toons, beginning at 6pm

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If you’re not already full of the holiday spirit, MeTV Toons is ready to help you get there, with hours of Christmas cartoons every Saturday and Sunday from now until Dec. 21, 2025! On weekend evenings, on Saturdays and Sundays, viewers can sit down to Christmas classics featuring your favorite toon stars, including Yogi Bear, the Flintstones, the Smurfs, Casper, the Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, Bugs Bunny, and more. Relive your favorite ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s holiday memories!

5pm The Polar Express (2004, Children) Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter AMC
5:55pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Children) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM

6pm Surviving Christmas (2004, Comedy) Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini VH1
6:30pm Serendipity (2001, Romance-comedy) John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale FLIX

7pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo BBCA
7:25pm Jingle All the Way (1996, Family) Arnold Schwarzenegger FXM

9:30pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan AMC
10:15pm Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, Children) Jim Carrey, Jeffrey Tambor FREEFORM
10:24pm Christmas With the Kranks (2004, Comedy) Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis HBOC
10:30pm Surviving Christmas (2004, Comedy) Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini VH1
11:05pm The Preacher’s Wife (1996, Fantasy) Denzel Washington, Whitney Houston FXM
11:15pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo BBCA
11:30pm The Polar Express (2004, Children) Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter AMC

Classic Christmas Movies & TV Highlights Airing on Sunday, December 7

I’ll Be Seeing You

FETV, 3pm

Two sad souls, each with a secret — he has PTSD from war action, she’s on a brief furlough from prison —meet cute on a train during the Christmas season in a moment that may just bring much needed joy to their lives. This exceedingly popular 1944 drama, with Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten and Shirley Temple, tackled some serious subjects with intelligence and sensitivity and remains a popular holiday favorite as two people, both broken in spirit, slowly come to believe in the possibility of second chances.

5:25pm Serendipity (2001, Romance-comedy) John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale FAMZ
6pm Elf (2003, Children) Will Ferrell, James Caan AMC
7:15pm Home Alone (1990, Family) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM

8pm Christmas in Connecticut (1945, Comedy) Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan TCM
8pm National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989, Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo AMC
9:45pm Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992, Children) Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci FREEFORM