Christmas Shows

Well, since no one was able to give me a website or blog or anything that would help in my quest to see my favorite Christmas shows and movies, I compiled a (partial) list of of shows and movies that will be on TV during the season. This is just a partial list, mind you, and I will be adding to it as I get more information. All times are Eastern and I listed only the company (ABC, TNT, Hallmark etc.) so be sure to check your local listings for channel and time (as I don't guarantee I didn't typo the times).

12-01 Nick & Jessica’s Family Christmas 9:00 pm ABC
12-01 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 8:00 pm CBS
12-01 The Christmas Box 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-02 A Boyfriend for Christmas 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-03 Frosty Returns 8:30 pm CBS
12-03 Frosty the Snowman 8:00 pm CBS
12-03 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 9:00 pm Cartoon Network
12-03 Santa Jr. 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-04 A Christmas Visitor 7:00 pm Hallmark
12-04 Season for Miracles 5:00 pm Hallmark
12-05 ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas 12:00 am Family
12-05 A Christmas Carol 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-05 A Very Married Christmas 9:00 pm CBS
12-05 The Christmas Box 7:00 pm Hallmark
12-05 The Christmas Gift 1:00 pm Hallmark
12-05 The Christmas Gift 1:00 pm Hallmark
12-05 The Leprechaun’s Christmas Gold 12:30 am Family
12-06 A Christmas Carol 9:00 pm USA
12-07 12 Days of Christmas Eve 8:00 pm and 10:00 pm USA
12-07 A Charlie Brown Christmas 8:00 pm ABC
12-07 A Christmas Carol 4:00 pm USA
12-07 Once Upon a Christmas 9:00 am Hallmark
12-08 A Clay Aiken Christmas 8:00 pm NBC
12-08 Twice Upon a Christmas 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-09 Christmas in Rockefeller Center 9:00 pm NBC
12-10 Christmas in Connecticut 6:00 am TCM
12-11 A Christmas Carol 4:00 pm USA
12-11 A Christmas Carol 7:00 pm Hallmark
12-11 Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 11:00 pm Hallmark
12-11 Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-11 The Christmas Gift 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-11 The Night They Saved Christmas 1:00 pm Hallmark
12-12 A Christmas Memory 11:00 pm Hallmark
12-12 A Christmas Memory 3:00 pm Hallmark
12-12 Meet Me in St Louis 10:00 am TCM
12-12 Mrs. Santa Claus 1:00 pm Hallmark
12-12 Season for Miracles 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-12 The Bishop’s Wife 12:00 pm TCM
12-13 The Christmas Gift 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-15 A Christmas Carol 9:00 pm TNT
12-15 Christmas in Connecticut 12:00 pm TCM
12-15 King of Kings 3:00 am TNT
12-16 Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-18 A Boyfriend for Christmas 7:00 pm Hallmark
12-18 Angel in the Family 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-18 Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue 1:00 pm Hallmark
12-18 Santa Jr. 5:00 pm Hallmark
12-19 A Christmas Carol 3:00 am Hallmark
12-19 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 9:00 pm NBC
12-19 Once Upon a Christmas 11:00 pm Hallmark
12-19 Once Upon a Christmas 3:00 pm Hallmark
12-19 Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 7:00 pm Hallmark
12-19 The Christmas Box 7:00 pm Hallmark
12-19 Twice Upon a Christmas 5:00 pm Hallmark
12-20 Christmas Vacation 2 8:00 pm NBC
12-21 A Christmas Carol 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-21 The Greatest Story Ever Told 11:00 pm TCM
12-22 A Christmas Story 12:15 am TCM
12-22 The Night They Saved Christmas 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-23 A Christmas Carol 8:00 pm TCM
12-23 Angel in the Family 9:00 pm Hallmark
12-23 The Man Who Came to Dinner 9:30 pm TCM
12-24 A Christmas Visitor 10:00 pm Hallmark
12-24 A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie 10:00 am Hallmark
12-24 Holiday Inn 12:00 am TCM
12-24 Season for Miracles 6:00 pm Hallmark
12-24 The Christmas Box 2:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 A Boyfriend for Christmas 8:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 A Christmas Carol 3:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 Christmas Snow 8:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 Mrs. Santa Claus 6:00 am Hallmark
12-25 Once Upon a Christmas 11:00 am Hallmark
12-25 Once Upon a Christmas 11:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 Santa Jr. 5:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus 7:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 The Greatest Story Ever Told 2:30 pm TCM
12-25 The Miracle of the Bells 8:15 am TCM
12-25 Twice Upon a Christmas 1:00 pm Hallmark
12-25 The Night They Saved Christmas 9:00 am Hallmark

And this raises the question: what Christmas program or movie makes it Christmas for you? For me, it's A Charlie Brown Christmas, The Bishop's Wife, and A Christmas Carol, preferably the Reginald Owen version (1938, I believe), but I try to see as many of the A Christmas Carol versions as I can every year. The Man Who Came to Dinner is just a hoot and NL's Christmas Vacation and Scrooged have become favorites too. There are others, such as A Flintstone's Christmas that I don't like to miss.