Christmas is Coming!!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

All times Eastern. I may try and update one more time before Christmas if I get a chance. :)


12/17, 2pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "Christmas Amnesia" (ABCFAM)
12/17, 2:30pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "Sabrina, Nipping at your Nose" (ABCFAM)
12/17, 5pm: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/17, 6pm: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (ABCFAM)
12/17, 6:30pm: Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABCFAM) [this may be a lot more far-fetched than some of the other stop-motion animated specials from the past forty years.. but it's cute. Nestor becomes the donkey that Mary rides in on.]
12/17, 7pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/17, 7pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/17, 7pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation" (Disney)
12/17, 7:30pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Toy to the World" (Disney)
12/17, 8pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/17, 8pm: Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
12/17, 8pm: Moonlight & Mistletoe (Hallmark)
12/17, 9pm: Home by Christmas (Lifetime)
12/17, 10pm: All I Want for Christmas (Hallmark)
12/17, 10pm: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/17, 10pm: Holiday Affair (TCM)

12/18, 6:30am: Imagination Movers: "Happy Ha-Ha Holidays" (Disney)
12/18, 7am: Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (ABCFAM)
12/18, 9am: A Dennis the Menace Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/18, 9am: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/18, 2pm: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch: "A Girl and her Cat" (ABCFAM)
12/18, 2pm: Moonlight & Mistletoe (Hallmark)
12/18, 4pm: All I Want for Christmas (Hallmark)
12/18, 6pm: The Note (Hallmark)
12/18, 6pm: Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation (ABCFAM)
12/18, 7pm: Disney's Prep & Landing (ABCFAM)
12/18, 7pm: The Santa Clause (Disney)
12/18, 7:30pm: Batman: "The Brave and the Bold: Invasion of Secret Santas" (Cartoon Network)
12/18, 8pm: Christmas in Canaan (Hallmark)
12/18, 8pm: Frosty the Snowman (CBS)
12/18, 8pm: Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas (History)
12/18, 8pm: The Nativity Story (TNT)
12/18, 8:30pm: Frosty Returns (CBS)
12/18, 9pm: Elf (USA)
12/18, 9pm: An Accidental Christmas (Lifetime)
12/18, 10pm: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Hallmark)
12/18, 10pm: Eight Crazy Nifhts (MTV)

12/19, midnight: That '70s Show: "The Best Christmas Ever" (ABCFAM)
12/19, 12:30am: That '70s Show: "Hyde's Christmas Rager" (ABCFAM)
12/19, 6am: Little Einsteins: "The Christmas Wish" (Disney)
12/19, 6:30am: My Friends Tigger & Pooh: "Super Sleuth Christmas" (Disney)
12/19, 7am: A Flintstone Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/19, 8am: Ernest Saves Christmas (Hallmark)
12/19, 8:30: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/19, 10:30am: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)
12/19, 11am: Christmas at Waters Edge (Lifetime)
12/19, noon: Meet Me in St. Louis (TCM)
12/19, 1pm: A Dad for Christmas (Lifetime)
12/19, 2pm: Christmas in Canaan (Hallmark)
12/19, 2:30pm: That '70s Show: "The Best Christmas Ever" (F/X)
12/19, 3pm: That '70s Show: "Christmas" (F/X)
12/19, 3pm: Home for the Holidays (Lifetime)
12/19, 3pm: Back at the Barnyard: "It's an Udderful Life" (Nick)
12/19, 3:30pm: Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: "Holly Jolly Jimmy" (Nick)
12/19, 4pm: The Town that Santa Forgot (Boomerang)
12/19, 4pm: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Hallmark)
12/19, 5pm: A Town Without Christmas (Lifetime)
12/19, 6pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/19, 6pm: Season for Miracles (Hallmark)
12/19, 7pm: The Christmas Shoes (Lifetime)
12/19, 7pm: Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney)
12/19, 8pm: The Night They Saved Christmas (Hallmark)
12/19, 8pm: Christmas with the Kranks (F/X)
12/19, 8pm: A Muppets' Christmas: Letters to Santa (NBC) [gotta catch it!]
12/19, 8pm: Elf (CBS)
12/19, 8pm: Santa Clause 2 (ABC)
12/19, 9pm: Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (Lifetime)
12/19, 10pm: The Family Stone (F/X)
12/19, 11pm: Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (Lifetime)

12/20, 7am: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/20, 7am: Tigger & Pooh: "Home for the Holly Days" (Disney)
12/20, 7:30am: Tigger & Pooh: "Piglet's Found Art" (Disney)
12/20, 8am: Imagination Movers: "Happy Ha-Ha Holidays" (Disney)
12/20, 8am: A Smoky Mountain Christmas (Hallmark)
12/20, 9am: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)
12/20, 9am: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 9:30am: Mickey's Adventures in Wonderland (Disney)
12/20, 10am: Imagination Movers: "Snow Days" (Disney)
12/20, 10am: Season for Miracles (Hallmark)
12/20, 10:30am: Handy Manny: "A Very Handy Holiday" (Disney)
12/20, 11am: Phineas & Ferb: "S'Winter" (Disney)
12/20, 11am: Special Delivery (Lifetime)
12/20, 11:30am: Phineas & Ferb: "Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation" (Disney)
12/20, 11:30am: Home Alone 3 (ABCFAM)
12/20, noon: The Angel of Pennsylvania Avenue (Hallmark)
12/20, 1pm: Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 1pm: The Road to Christmas (Lifetime)
12/20, 1:30pm: Home Alone 4 (ABCFAM)
12/20, 2pm: Meet the Santas (Hallmark)
12/20, 2pm: Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 3pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/20, 3pm: Secret Santa (Lifetime)
12/20, 3pm: The Fairly OddParents: ""Merry Wishmas! (Nick)
12/20, 3:30pm: SpongeBob SquarePants: "Patchy the Pirate Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas Special" (Nick)
12/20, 4pm: The Ultimate Gift (Hallmark)
12/20, 4:30pm: Olive, The Other Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 4:30pm: The Flintstones: "Christmas Flintstone" (Boomerang)
12/20, 5pm: Christmas with the Kranks (F/X)
12/20, 5pm: Call me Claus (Lifetime)
12/20, 6pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/20, 6pm: Our First Christmas (Hallmark)
12/20, 7pm: Deck the Halls (Lifetime)
12/20, 7pm: The Family Stone (F/X)
12/20, 8pm: The Three Gifts (Hallmark)
12/20, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/20, 8pm: Santa Clause 3 (ABC)
12/20, 8:10pm: Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (Disney)
12/20, 9pm: Eve's Christmas (Lifetime)
12/20, 10pm: Prancer (AMC)
12/20, 10pm: The Christmas Choir (Hallmark)
12/20, 11pm: Eve's Christmas (Lifetime)

12/21, midnight: A Smoky Mountain Christmas (Hallmark)
12/21, midnight: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/21, 2am: Prancer (AMC)
12/21, 6:30am: Imagination Movers: "Happy Ha-Ha Holidays" (Disney)
12/21, 7am: Handy Manny: "A Very Handy Holiday" (Disney)
12/21, 7am: Chasing Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/21, 7:30am: Mickey Saves Santa (Disney)
12/21, 9am: Christmas Do-Over (ABCFAM)
12/21, 11am: Sons of Mistetoe (ABCFAM)
12/21, noon: Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (Disney)
12/21, noon: Anne Tyler's Saint Maybe (Hallmark)
12/21, 1pm: The Christmas List (ABCFAM)
12/21, 1pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation" (Disney)
12/21, 2pm: The Ultimate Gift (Hallmark)
12/21, 2:30pm: Everybody Loves Raymond: "All I Want for Christmas" (TBS)
12/21, 3pm: Unlikely Angel (ABCFAM)
12/21, 4pm: One Magic Christmas (Hallmark)
12/21, 5pm: A Carol Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/21, 5pm: Bah, Humduck! A Loonery Tunes Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/21, 6pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/21, 6pm: A Grandpa for Christmas (Hallmark)
12/21, 7pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/21, 8pm: All I Want for Christmas (Hallmark)
12/21, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/21, 8pm: The Polar Express (Disney)
12/21, 8pm: I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (ABC)
12/21, 9pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/21, 9pm: A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride (Lifetime)
12/21, 9pm: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/21, 9:30pm: Ed, Edd n' Eddy: "Jingle, Jingle, Jangle" (Cartoon Network)
12/21, 10pm: Finding John Christmas (Hallmark)
12/21, 10:30pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)

12/22, 12:45am: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/22, 7am: Home Alone 3 (ABCFAM)
12/22, 8:30am: Mickey Saves Santa (Disney)
12/22, 9am: Home Alone 4 (ABCFAM)
12/22, 9am: Handy Manny: "A Very Handy Holiday" (Disney)
12/22, 9am: Tom & Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale (Cartoon Network)
12/22, 9:30am: Imagination Movers: "Happy Ha-Ha-Holidays" (Disney)
12/22, 10am: Jungle Junction: "The Night Before Zipsmas" "A Gift for Zooter" (Disney)
12/22, 10am: Just Shoot Me: "Christmas? Christmas." (TBS)
12/22, 10am: Camp Lazlo: "Kamp Kringle" (Cartoon Network)
12/22, 10:30am: George in the Jungle: "Jungle Bells" "The Goat of Christmas Presents" (Cartoon Network)
12/22, 10:30am: Tigger & Pooh: "Home for the Holly Days" "Piglet's Found Art" (Disney)
12/22, 11am: Home Improvement: "Twas the Night Before Chaos" (TBS)
12/22, 11am: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/22, noon: The Polar Express (Disney)
12/22, noon: A Grandpa for Christmas (Hallmark)
12/22, 1pm: A Very Brady Christmas (ABCFAM) [I really enjoy this special. It's the type of reunion that does a really good job, I think. The original Cindy is not in it, but the rest of the cast reprises their roles. Some of the kids are married with kids, others facing unknowns in relationships, and almost as if on cue, Carol loses her voice again but manages to get it back to sing "Adeste Fideles" on Christmas morning.]
12/22, 1:15pm: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/22, 3pm: Once Upon a Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/22, 3:15: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/22, 2pm: All I Want For Christmas (Hallmark)
12/22, 4pm: Finding John Christmas (Hallmark)
12/22, 4pm: According to Jim: "An According to Jiminy Christmas" (TBS)
12/22, 4:30pm: According to Jim: "The Christmas Party" (TBS)
12/22, 5pm: Twice Upon a Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/22, 5:30pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/22, 6pm: The Christmas Choir (Hallmark)
12/22, 7pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Toy to the World" (Disney)
12/22, 7:30pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation" (Disney)
12/22, 7:30pm: Dr. Seuss on the Loose (ABCFAM) [I had never heard of it, but a quick internet search reveals that it contains short renditions of Green Eggs and Ham, The Sneetches and The Zax. certainly looking forward to it!]
12/22, 8pm: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Hallmark)
12/22, 8pm: Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (ABCFAM) [apparently this sucker won two Emmys. And I've never even heard of it... adding two great characters together sounds like fun!]
12/22, 8pm: Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney)
12/22, 8pm: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)
12/22, 8pm: Home Alone (F/X)
12/22, 8:30pm: Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
12/22, 8:30pm: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/22, 9pm: Undercover Christmas (Lifetime)
12/22, 9pm: South Park: "Christmas" (Comedy Central)
12/22, 10pm: Home Alone (F/X)
12/22, 10pm: When Angels Come to Town (Hallmark)

12/23, 12:45am: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)
12/23, 7am: Naughty or Nice (ABCFAM)
12/23, 9am: Stealing Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/23, 9am: Casper's Haunted Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/23, 11am: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/23, 11am: Snowglobe (ABCFAM)
12/23, noon: The Night They Saved Christmas (Hallmark)
12/23, 1pm: Holiday in Handcuffs (ABCFAM)
12/23, 2pm: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Hallmark)
12/23, 3pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/23, 4pm: When Angels Come to Town (Hallmark)
12/23, 5pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/23, 6pm: Christmas in Canaan (Hallmark)
12/23, 7pm: Disney's Prep & Landing (ABCFAM)
12/23, 7:30pm: Miracle on 34th Street (ABCFAM)
12/23, 8pm: Silver Bells (Hallmark)
12/23, 8pm: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (ABC)
12/23, 8pm: Eloise at Christmastime (Disney)
12/23, 8pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/23, 8pm: Time Machine: Christmas Unwrapped (History)
12/23, 8:30pm: The 11th Annual A Home for the Holidays (CBS)
12/23, 9pm: Dog the Bounty Hunter: "Holidays with the Chapmans" (A&E)
12/23, 9pm: Holiday Switch (Lifetime)
12/23, 9:15pm: Phineas & Ferb: "Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation" (Disney)
12/23, 10pm: The Polar Express (ABCFAM)
12/23, 10pm: The Family Stone (F/X)
12/23, 10pm: A Season for Miracles (Hallmark)

12/24, 6:30am: Imagination Movers: "Happy Ha-Ha-Holiday" (Disney)
12/24, 7am: The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8am: The Little Drummer Boy (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8:30am: Mickey Saves Santa (Disney)
12/24, 8:30am: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9am: The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9am: Handy Manny: "A Very Handy Holiday" (Disney)
12/24, 9am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 9:30am: Imagination Movers: "Present Problem" (Disney)
12/24, 10am: Jungle Junction: "The Night Before Zipsmas" "A Gift for Zooter" (Disney)
12/24, 10am: Frasier: "Perspectives on Christmas" (Lifetime)
12/24, 10:30om: Frasier: "Merry Christmas, Mrs. Moskowitz" (Lifetime)
12/24, 11am: Mickey's Christmas Carol (ABCFAM)
12/24, 11:30am: Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABCFAM)
12/24, 11:45am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, noon: Pinocchio's Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/24, noon: Christmas in Canaan (Hallmark)
12/24, 1pm: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/24, 1:30pm: Phineas & Ferb : "S'Winter" (Disney)
12/24, 2pm: Silver Bells (Hallmark)
12/24, 2:30pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 2:30pm: Snow Day (F/X)
12/24, 4pm: A Season for Miracles (Hallmark)
12/24, 4pm: The Santa Clause (Disney)
12/24, 5pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/24, 5:15pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 6pm: Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark)
12/24, 6pm: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)
12/24, 6:30pm: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/24, 7pm: Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/24, 8pm: Meet the Santas (Hallmark)
12/24, 8pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8pm: It's a Wonderful Life (NBC)
12/24, 8pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 9pm: The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9pm: 12 Men of Christmas (Lifetime)
12/24, 9:45pm: Christmas in July (TCM)
12/24, 10pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/24, 10pm: Mr. St. Nick (Hallmark)
12/24, 10pm: A Miser Brothers' Christmas (ABCFAM) [new this year!]
12/24, 10:45pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 11pm: Will & Grace: "A Little Christmas Queer" (Lifetime)

12/25, midnight: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, midnight: Golden Girls: "Twas the Nightmare Before Christmas" (Hallmark)
12/25, 12:30am: Golden Girls: "Have Yourself a Very Little Christmas" (Hallmark)
12/25, 1am: Meet me in St. Louis (TCM)
12/25, 1:30am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/25, 2am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 4am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 6am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 6am: Olive, The Other Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
12/25, 6:30am: Prancer (AMC)
12/25, 6:30am: Imagination Movers: "Present Problem" (Disney)
12/25, 7am: Handy Manny: "A Very Handy Holiday" (Disney)
12/25, 7am: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/25, 7am: Little Women (TCM)
12/25, 7:30am: Mickey Saves Santa (Disney)
12/25, 8am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 9am: Cranberry Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/25, 9am: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/25, 9am: Full House: "A Very Tanner Christmas" (ABCFAM)
12/25, 9am: A Christmas Carol - 1938 (TCM)
12/25, 9:30am: Reba: "Cookies For Santa" (Lifetime)
12/25, 10am: Frasier: "The Fight Before Christmas" (Lifetime)
12/25, 10am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 10am: Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
12/25, 10:30am: Frasier: "Mary Christmas" (Lifetime)
12/25, 11am: Will & Grace: "Christmas Break" (Lifetime)
12/25, 11am: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/25, 11am: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/25, 11:30am: Will & Grace: "A Little Christmas Queer" (Lifetime)
12/25, noon: Frasier: "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street" (Lifetime)
12/25, noon: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, noon: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, noon: Debbie Macmober's Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark)
12/25, 12:15pm: Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
12/25, 12:30pm: Frasier: "We Two Kings" (Lifetime)
12/25, 1pm: Comfort and Joy (Lifetime)
12/25, 1:15pm: Santa Claus (AMC)
12/25, 2pm: Meet the Santas (Hallmark)
12/25, 2pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 2pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 3pm: The Road to Christmas (Lifetime)
12/25, 3:30pm: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)
12/25, 3:30pm: Miracle on 34th Street (ABCFAM)
12/25, 4pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 4pm: Mr. St. Nick (Hallmark)
12/25, 4pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 4:30pm: Holiday Affair (TCM)
12/25, 5pm: Eve's Christmas (Lifetime)
12/25, 6pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 6pm: The National Tree (Hallmark)
12/25, 5:30pm: Prancer (AMC)
12/25, 6pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 6:45pm: Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (Disney)
12/25, 7pm: Secret Santa (Lifetime)
12/25, 7:30pm: Home Alone (F/X)
12/25, 8pm: The Three Gifts (Hallmark)
12/25, 8pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/25, 8pm: Elf (USA)
(there's also a Sherlock Holmes Marathon on TCM Christmas Day, from 8pm to 8pm the next day!)
12/25, 9pm: Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (CW)
12/25, 9pm: Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage (Lifetime)
12/25, 9:30pm: Elf (USA)
12/25, 9:30pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/25, 10pm: I'll Be Home for Christmas (Hallmark)
12/25, 10pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 10:30pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/25, 11pm: Will & Grace: "Jingle Balls" (Lifetime)
12/25, 11:30pm: Will & Grace: "All About Christmas Eve" (Lifetime)
12/25, 11:30pm: The Family Stone (F/X)
12/26, midnight: Frasier: "High Holidays" (Lifetime)


And a couple of New Year's Shows, too!

12/29, 8pm: Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABC)
12/30, 8pm: Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! (ABC)