Well, the holiday season is upon us. You know this by the broken femur you’re nursing from being trampled in Best Buy while racing for that $48 Blu-Ray DVD. Or, the $80 Dora Talking Kitchen that you bought for the kids that they’ll play with for five minutes, break in the next five, then turn to you and say “What else you got, bub?”
Yes, it’s the time of year that holiday cheer is intravenously force fed into you. And there’s no better example of that than on the LCD flatscreen mounted above your fireplace. So, to help you overdose on sugar, here’s our handy-dandy guide to all things holiday television, from tonight through Christmas Day. If there’s anything of note missing, be sure to let us know and we’ll add it to the list
7:00 PM – Christmas Outside of the Box (TLC)
8:00 PM – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (AMC) — Rebroadcast at 10:15 PM.
10:00 PM – The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show (CBS) — OK, you can stop scanning this list now
7:00 PM – Christmas In Rockefeller Center (NBC)
8:00 PM – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS)
6:00 PM – The Polar Express (ABC Family) — Rebroadcast at 8:30 PM.
8:00 PM – A Christmas Carol (TCM)
8:00 PM – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (AMC) — Rebroadcast at 10:15 PM. I sense lots of residual checks for Mr. Chase and the gang.
11:30 PM – Tenth Avenue Angel (TCM)
7:00 PM – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (AMC)
10:15 PM – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (AMC)
11:00 AM – A Different Kind of Christmas (Lifetime)
1:00 PM – Deck the Halls (Lifetime)
1:45 PM – Holiday Affair (TCM)
3:0o PM – Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (Lifetime)
4:00 PM – Elf (USA)
5:00 PM – A Boyfriend for Christmas (Lifetime)
7:00 PM – Undercover Christmas (Lifetime)
8:00 – White Christmas (AMC) — Rebroadcast at 10:45 PM.
9:00 PM – 12 Men of Christmas (Lifetime) — Rebroadcast at 11:00 PM.
Sunday, Dec. 6
9:00 AM – In Search of Santa (Cartoon)
11:00 AM – All She Wants for Christmas (Lifetime)
12:00 PM – Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
12:00 PM – Elf (USA) — And now Artie Lange sees the checks roll in this time of year….
1:00 PM – His & Her Christmas (Lifetime)
5:00 PM – Under the Mistletoe (Lifetime)
7:00 PM – A Christmas Proposal (Lifetime)
9:00 PM – Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure (Nickelodeon) — Swiper the Fox ends up on Santa’s naughty list. Well, no duh. The guy’s a petty thief!
9:00 PM – 12 Men of Christmas (Lifetime) – Rebroadcast at 11:00 PM.
9:00 PM – Invasion of the Christmas Lights (TLC)
10:00 PM – Chainsaw Ice Sculptors (TLC)
Monday, Dec. 7
7:00 PM – Twas The Night Before Christmas (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Elf (USA)
7:30 PM – Cranberry Christmas (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special (FOX)
8:00 PM – Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town (ABC)
9:00 PM – Cake Boss (TLC)
10:00 PM – Jack Frost (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Mickey’s Christmas Carol (ABC Family)
7:30 PM – Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too! (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC)
8:00 PM – The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABC Family)
8:30 PM – Prep and Landing (ABC)
9:00 PM – A Miser Brothers’ Christmas (ABC Family)
10:00 PM – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC Family) — 10PM? Seriously? What kids are up at this hour? Oh yeah, I am.
7:00 PM – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (ABC Family)
9:00 PM – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (ABC Family)
9:00 PM – A Boyfriend for Christmas (Lifetime)
10:30 PM – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – Holiday in Handcuffs (ABC Family)
9:00 PM – Recipe for a Perfect Christmas (Lifetime)
10:00 PM – A Flintstone Christmas (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa (NBC)
8:00 PM – Yes, Virginia (CBS)
11:00 AM – Holiday in Your Heart (Lifetime)
11:30 AM – Cranberry Christmas (ABC Family)
12:00 PM – Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas in July (ABC Family)
1:00 PM – Together Again for the First Time (Lifetime)
2:00 PM – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC Family)
3:00 PM – The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABC Family)
3:00 PM – Home By Christmas (Lifetime)
4:00 PM – A Miser Brothers’ Christmas (ABC Family)
5:00 PM – Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town (ABC Family)
5:00 PM – Comfort and Joy (Lifetime)
6:00 PM – Santa Clause 2 (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Holiday Affair (Lifetime)
8:00 PM – It’s a Wonderful Life (NBC)
8:00 PM – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS)
8:00 PM – Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (ABC Family)
9:00 PM – The Flight Before Christmas (CBS)
9:00 PM – Holiday Switch (Lifetime)
10:00 PM – Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (ABC Family)
11:00 PM – Holiday Switch (Lifetime)
10:00 AM – Snow (ABC Family)
11:00 AM – A Very Married Christmas (Lifetime)
12:00 PM – Snow 2 Brain Freeze (ABC Family)
1:00 PM – A Christmas Wedding (Lifetime)
2:00 PM – A Carol Christmas (ABC Family)
3:00 PM – Christmas in Paradise (Lifetime)
4:00 PM – Holiday In Handcuffs (ABC Family)
5:00 PM – Will You Merry Me? (Lifetime)
6:00 PM – Santa Baby (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – An Accidental Christmas (Lifetime)
8:00 PM – Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABC Family)
9:00 PM – A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (Lifetime)
9:00 PM – Elf (USA)
10:00 PM – Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABC Family)
11:00 PM – A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (Lifetime)
5:00 PM – Eloise At Christmastime (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home For Christmas (ABC)
11:00 PM – Elf (USA)
6:00 PM – Gotta Catch Santa Claus (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC) — Featuring Charlie Brown Christmas Tales
8:30 PM – Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (ABC Family)
11:00 PM – Elf (USA)
6:00 PM – Pinocchio’s Christmas (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Mickey’s Christmas Carol (ABC Family)
7:30 PM – Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABC Family)
10:30 PM – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (ABC Family)
6:00 PM – The Story of the First Christmas Snow (ABC Family)
6:30 PM – Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Jack Frost (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – Jack Frost (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – Saturday Night Live Christmas 2009 (NBC)
8:00 PM – Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
10:00 PM – Jingle All The Way (ABC Family)
10:00 PM – Holiday Affair (TCM)
8:00 PM – Frosty the Snowman (CBS)
8:30 PM – Frosty Returns (CBS)
8:00 PM – A Muppets Christmas: Letters To Santa (NBC)
11:00 AM – Sons Of Mistletoe (ABC Family)
1:00 PM – The Christmas List (ABC Family)
3:00 PM – Unlikely Angel (ABC Family)
5:00 PM – A Carol Christmas (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Santa Baby (ABC Family)
9:00 PM – Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABC Family)
11:00 AM – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (ABC Family)
1:00 PM – A Very Brady Christmas (ABC Family)
3:00 PM – Once Upon A Christmas (ABC Family)
5:00 PM – Twice Upon A Christmas (ABC Family)
11:00 AM – Snowglobe (ABC Family)
1:00 PM – Holiday In Handcuffs (ABC Family)
3:00 PM – Santa Baby (ABC Family)
5:00 PM – Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABC Family)
7:30 PM – Miracle on 34th Street (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – The 11th Annual A Home For The Holidays (CBS)
10:00 PM – The Polar Express (ABC Family)
11:00 PM – Mickey’s Christmas Carol (ABC Family)
11:30 PM – Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABC Family)
12:00 PM – Pinocchio’s Christmas (ABC Family)
1:00 PM – Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABC Family)
1:30 PM – Rudolph & Frosty’s Christmas In July (ABC Family)
3:30 PM – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (ABC Family)
5:00 PM – Jack Frost (ABC Family)
6:00 PM – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland (ABC Family)
6:30 PM – Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABC Family)
7:00 PM – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – Santa Claus is Comin’ To Town (ABC Family)
8:00 PM – It’s a Wonderful Life (NBC)
8:00 PM – A Christmas Story Marathon (TBS)
9:00 PM – The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABC Family)
10:00 PM – A Miser Brothers’ Christmas (ABC Family)
10:00 AM – Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC) — Filmed ripe for the holidays in the middle of October. Ho, Ho, Boo!
11:00 AM – Jingle All The Way (ABC Family)
1:00 PM – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (ABC Family)
3:30 PM – Miracle on 34th Street (ABC Family)
Sources: Inside AOL TV,
Clacked by Keith McDuffee
on Dec 01, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
Do you know if the Mickey’s Christmas Carol that comes on Tuesday the 8th is the old one with Scrooge McDuck or some new 3D crap one?
*POST AUTHOR*
Sorry ac, I’m not sure.
It’s the 1983 animated version of the Dicken’s clasic with Mickey Mouse as Bob Cratchit and Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge. The one that was nominated for an Oscar.
Which is, IMHO, the best Christmas special, ever.
I haven’t seen it since it ABC aired it on The Wonderful World of Disney in the 90s. This is exciting. Now if only Obama didn’t move A Charlie Brown Christmas….
Ok, Charlie Brown is up there too. I just get to see that every year, but, like you, haven’t seen Disney’s Scrooge in a long time.