Rockefeller Center Christmas Tonight!!

by Amy K. Bredemeyer

More got added, more to come next week, I'm sure.

Now included: ABC, CBS, NBC, TCM, ABCFAM, AMC, Hallmark.
Some of Cartoon Network & Nickelodeon thru 12/8. Disney thru the 16th.
some random TBS, F/X, TLC, Boomerang, FOX.
All times Eastern.

12/2, 7pm: Pixar Short Films (ABCFAM) [probably not Christmassy, but who doesn't love Pixar?]
12/2, 7pm: Christmas in Rockefeller Center (NBC) [worth catching, the Muppets will be there this year!!]
12/2, 8pm: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS)
12/2, 8pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/2, 9pm: Pixar Short Films (ABCFAM)
12/2, 10:15pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)

12/3, 2pm: Silent Night (Hallmark)
12/3, 4pm: I'll Be Home for Christmas (Hallmark)
12/3, 6pm: The Polar Express (ABCFAM)
12/3, 6pm: Christmas with the Kranks (F/X)
12/3, 8pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/3, 8pm: A Christmas Carol - 1938 (TCM)
12/3, 8pm: A Diva's Christmas Carol (Hallmark)
12/3, 8pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/3, 8:30pm: The Polar Express (ABCFAM)
12/3, 10pm: Ms. Scrooge (Hallmark)
12/3, 10:15pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/3, 11:30pm: Tenth Avenue Angel (TCM)

12/4, noon: A Christmas Carol (Hallmark)
12/4, 2pm: A Diva's Christmas Carol (Hallmark)
12/4, 4pm: Ms. Scrooge (Hallmark)
12/4, 5pm: Deck the Halls (F/X)
12/4, 6pm: A Christmas Visitor (Hallmark)
12/4, 7pm: Home Alone (F/X)
12/4, 7pm: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)
12/4, 8pm: The National Tree (Hallmark)
12/4, 8pm: Merry Christmas Jake & Josh (NICK)
12/4, 8pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/4, 9pm: Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (CW)
12/4, 9pm: Christmas with the Kranks (F/X)
12/4, 10pm: Meet the Santas (Hallmark)
12/4, 10:15pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)

12/5, midnight: Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark)
12/5, 6am: Little Einsteins Christmas (Disney)
12/5, 7am: My Friends Tigger and Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (Disney)
12/5, 7am: Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/5, 8:30am: Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (ABCFAM)
12/5, 9am: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Santa (Disney)
12/5, 10am: A Christmas Visitor (Hallmark)
12/5, 10am: Imagination Movers: Santa (Disney)
12/5, 10:30am: The Dog Who Saved Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/5, 1:45pm: Holiday Affair (TCM)
12/5, 2pm: The National Tree (Hallmark)
12/5, 4pm: Meet the Santas (Hallmark)
12/5, 4pm: Yogi's First Christmas (Boomerang)
12/5, 4pm: Elf (USA)
12/5, 5pm: Home Alone (F/X)
12/5, 6pm: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Hallmark)
12/5, 6pm: Eight Crazy Nights (MTV)
12/5, 7pm: The Santa Clause 2 (Disney)
12/5, 7pm: Christmas with the Kranks (F/X)
12/5, 8pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/5, 8pm: Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark)
12/5, 9pm: Home Alone (F/X)
12/5, 9pm: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Disney)
12/5, 10pm: Debbie Macomber's Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark)
12/5, 10:45pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/5, 11pm: Home Alone 3 (ABCFAM)

12/6, 7am: Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/6, 7am: Tigger & Pooh: Winter (Disney)
12/6, 7:30am: Little Einsteins: Nutcracker (Disney)
12/6, 8:30am: A Dennis the Menace Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/5, 9:30am: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Santa (Disney)
12/5, 10am: Imagination Movers: Presents (Disney)
12/6, noon: Christmas in Connecticut
12/6, noon: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Disney)
12/6, 4pm: A Flintstone Family Christmas (Boomerang)
12/6, 6pm: Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Boomerang)
12/6, 9pm: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure (NICK)
12/6, 10:30pm: Naughty or Nice (ABCFAM)

12/7, 10am: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure (NICK)
12/7, 10:30am: Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (Disney)
12/7, 11am: Diego Saves Christmas (NICK)
12/7, noon: Max and Ruby Christmas Episodes (NICK)
12/7, 1pm: The Backyardigans: The Actions Elves Save Christmas Eve (NICK)
12/7, 2pm: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure (NICK)
12/7, 7pm: Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/7, 7:30pm: Cranberry Christmas (ABCFAM) [haven't seen it]
12/7, 8pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABC)
12/7, 9pm: A Scooby Doo Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/7, 9pm: Cake Boss: Colorful Characters & Christmas Costumes
12/7, 9:30pm: Ed, Edd 'n Eddy: Jingle Jingle Jangle (Cartoon Network)
12/7, 10pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)

12/8, 10am: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure (NICK)
12/8, 2pm: Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure (NICK)
12/8, 6pm: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)
12/8, 7pm: A Scooby Doo Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/8, 7pm: Mickey's Christmas Carol (ABCFAM)
12/8, 7:30pm: Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABCFAM)
12/8, 8pm: The Fairly Oddparents: Christmas Every Day (NICK)
12/8, 8pm: A Charlie Brown Christmas (ABC)
12/8, 8:30pm: Disney's Prep & Landing (ABC)
12/8, 8pm: The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/8, 8:30pm: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12/8, 9pm: A Miser Brothers' Christmas (ABCFAM) [new this year!]
12/8, 9:30pm: Ed, Edd n Eddy's Jingle Jingle Jangle (Cartoon Network)
12/8, 10pm: Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABCFAM)

12/9, 6:30am: Imagination Movers: Santa (Disney)
12/9, 7pm: Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABCFAM)
12/9, 8pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABCFAM)
12/9, 8pm: Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney)
12/9, 9pm: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys (ABCFAM)
12/9, 8:30pm: The Middle: Christmas (ABC)
12/9, 9pm: Modern Family: Undeck the Halls (ABC)
12/9, 10:30pm: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

12/10, noon: Nightmare Before Christmas (Disney)
12/10, 7pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABCFAM)
12/10, 8pm: Holiday in Handcuffs (ABCFAM)
12/10, 10pm: A Flintstone Christmas (ABCFAM) [cute! there are a couple of these specials too, and I like the other one btter, LoL]

12/11, 11am: My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (Disney)
12/11, 8pm: A Muppets' Christmas: Letters to Santa (NBC) [haven't seen it]
12/11, 8pm: Prancer (AMC) [the trailers were so magical when I was a child, I still remember them vividly and I don't know why they left such an impression!]
12/11, 7pm: The Year Without a Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/11, 8pm: The Santa Clause 2 (ABCFAM)
12/11, 8pm: Yes, Virginia (CBS)
12/11, 10pm: Santa Claus: The Movie (AMC) [my parents own this one on VHS and I wasn't allowed to watch it until I was like nine or ten for some reason...]
12/11, 10:45pm: Phinease & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)

12/12, 7am: The Little Drummer Boy (ABCFAM)
12/12, 7:30am: Little Einsteins Christmas (Disney)
12/12, 7:30am: The Little Drummer Boy: Book II (ABCFAM)
12/12, 8am: Pinocchio's Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/12, 8:30am: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABCFAM)
12/12, 9:30am: The Story of the First Christmas Snow (ABCFAM)
12/12, 10am: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/12, 11am: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)
12/12, 11am: Phineas & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)
12/12, 11:30am: Cranberry Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/12, noon: Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July (ABCFAM)
12/12, noon: A Christmas Carol (1938) (TCM)
12/12, 2pm: Rudolph's Shiny New Year (ABCFAM)
12/12, 3pm: A Year Without a Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/12, 4pm: A Miser Brothers' Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/12, 5pm: Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (ABCFAM)
12/12, 6pm: The Santa Clause 2 (ABCFAM)
12/12, 7pm: The Polar Express (Disney)
12/12, 8pm: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (ABCFAM)
12/12, 8pm: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (CBS)
12/13, 8pm: White Christmas (AMC) [two duos get together to do a Christmas show. classic!]
12/12, 8pm: Christmas in Canaan (Hallmark)
12/12, 8pm: It's a Wonderful Life (NBC)
12/12, 9pm: The Flight Before Christmas (CBS)
12/12, 9pm: Eloise at Christmastime (Disney)
12/12, 10pm: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (ABCFAM)

12/13, 6am: Little Einsteins Christmas (Disney)
12/13, 7am: A Garfield Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/13, 7am: My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas (Disney)
12/13, 7:30am: The Little Rascals Christmas Special (ABCFAM)
12/13, 8am: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/13, 9:30am: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Santa (Disney)
12/13, 10am: Snow (ABCFAM)
12/13, noon: Snow 2: Brain Freeze (ABCFAM)
12/13, noon: Eloise at Christmastime (Disney)
12/13, 2pm: A Carol Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/13, 2pm: Phinease & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)
12/13, 4pm: Holiday in Handcuffs (ABCFAM)
12/13, 6pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/13, 6pm: All in the Family: Christmas at the Bunkers (TBS)
12/13, 6:30pm: Sanford & Son: Ebenezer Sanford (TBS)
12/13, 8pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/13, 10pm: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/13, 10:45pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/13, 11:45pm: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Xmas (Cartoon Network) [new]

12/14, 1:15am: White Christmas (AMC)
12/14, 4am: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/14, 9:30am: Imagination Movers: Presents (Disney)
12/14, 10:30am: Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (Disney)
12/14, 5pm: Eloise at Christmastime (ABCFAM)
12/14, 8pm: Shrek the Halls (ABC) [haven't seen it!]
12/14, 8pm: The Ultimate Christmas Present (Disney)
12/14, 8pm: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/14, 10:15pm: Santa Claus: The Movie (AMC)

12/15, 12:30am: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
12/15, 6:30am: Imagination Movers: Santa (Disney)
12/15, 7am: To Grandmother's House We Go (ABCFAM)
12/15, 10:30am: Little Einsteins Christmas (Disney)
12/15, noon: The Ultimate Christmas Present (Disney)
12/15, 6pm: Gotta Catch Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/15, 7pm: Rudoph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & The Island of Misfit Toys (ABCFAM)
12/15, 8:30pm: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)

12/16, 7am: The Munster's Scary Little Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/16, 8:30am: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Santa (Disney)
12/16, 1:15pm: Phinease & Ferb: Letter to Santa (Disney)
12/16, 6pm: Pinocchio's Christmas (ABCFAM) [didn't know this existed! did you??]
12/16, 7pm: Mickey's Christmas Carol (ABCFAM)
12/16, 7:30pm: Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too (ABCFAM)
12/16, 8pm: Happy Feet (ABCFAM) [sadly, I really need to see this!]
12/16, 10:30pm: Frosty's Winter Wonderland (ABCFAM)

12/17, 7am: A Very Brady Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/17, 9am: Christmas Town (ABCFAM)
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: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/17, 8pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/17, 8pm: Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
12/17, 10pm: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/17, 10pm: Holiday Affair (TCM)

12/18, 7am: Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (ABCFAM)
12/18, 9am: A Dennis the Menace Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/18, 6pm: Phineas & Ferb Christmas Vacation (ABCFAM)
12/18, 7pm: Disney's Prep & Landing (ABCFAM)
12/18, 8pm: Frosty the Snowman (CBS)
12/18, 8:30pm: Frosty Returns (CBS)

12/19, 7am: A Flintstone Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/19, 8:30: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/19, 10:30am: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)
12/19, noon: Meet Me in St. Louis (TCM)
12/19, 8pm: A Muppets' Christmas: Letters to Santa (NBC) [gotta catch it!]

12/20, 7am: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/20, 9am: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (ABCFAM)
12/20, 11:30am: Home Alone 3 (ABCFAM)
12/20, 1:30pm: Home Alone 4 (ABCFAM)
12/20, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/20, 10pm: Prancer (AMC)

12/21, midnight: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/21, 2am: Prancer (AMC)
12/21, 7am: Chasing Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/21, 9am: Christmas Do-Over (ABCFAM)
12/21, 11am: Sons of Mistetoe (ABCFAM)
12/21, 1pm: The Christmas List (ABCFAM)
12/21, 3pm: Unlikely Angel (ABCFAM)
12/21, 5pm: A Carol Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/21, 7pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/21, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/21, 9pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/21, 10:30pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)

12/22, 12:45am: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/22, 7am: Home Alone 3 (ABCFAM)
12/22, 9am: Home Alone 4 (ABCFAM)
12/22, 11am: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
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, 5pm: Twice Upon a Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/22, 5:30pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
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: 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: All I Want for Christmas (AMC)

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, 11am: Snowglobe (ABCFAM)
12/23, 1pm: Holiday in Handcuffs (ABCFAM)
12/23, 3pm: Santa Baby (ABCFAM)
12/23, 5pm: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe (ABCFAM)
12/23, 7pm: Disney's Prep & Landing (ABCFAM)
12/23, 7:30pm: Miracle on 34th Street (ABCFAM)
12/23, 8:30pm: The 11th Annual A Home for the Holidays (CBS)
12/23, 10pm: The Polar Express (ABCFAM)

12/24, 7am: The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8am: The Little Drummer Boy (ABCFAM)
12/24, 8:30am: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9am: The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold (ABCFAM)
12/24, 9am: White Christmas (AMC)
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, 1pm: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/24, 2:30pm: White Christmas (AMC)
12/24, 5pm: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/24, 5:15pm: White Christmas (AMC)
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: 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, 9:45pm: Christmas in July (TCM)
12/24, 10pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/24, 10pm: A Miser Brothers' Christmas (ABCFAM) [new this year!]
12/24, 10:45pm: White Christmas (AMC)

12/25, midnight: A Christmas Story (TBS)
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, 6:30am: Prancer (AMC)
12/25, 7am: Jack Frost (ABCFAM)
12/25, 8am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 9am: Cranberry Christmas (ABCFAM)
12/25, 9am: Christmas Eve (AMC)
12/25, 9am: A Christmas Carol - 1938 (ABCFAM)
12/25, 10am: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 11am: Holiday Inn (AMC)
12/25, 11am: Jingle All the Way (ABCFAM)
12/25, noon: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, noon: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 12:15pm: Christmas in Connecticut (TCM)
12/25, 1:15pm: Santa Claus (AMC)
12/25, 2pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
12/25, 2pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
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: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 4:30pm: Holiday Affair (TCM)
12/25, 6pm: A Christmas Story (TBS)
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, 5:30pm: Prancer (AMC)
12/25, 6pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 8pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 8pm: A Christmas Carol (AMC)
12/25, 10pm: Dirty Dancing (TV Guide Network)
12/25, 10:30pm: Holiday Inn (AMC)