***If you’re looking for the 2014 Schedule, please click here: 2014 Holiday Television Specials***
If you’re like me, you LURVE Christmas. And you already have the popcorn in the popper and are waiting for the hot chocolate to brew while the TV stations prep their lineup for the holiday specials. Charlie Brown, Christmas Vacation, The Santa Clause, ELF!, Rudolph and the Grinch – they’re coming!
To help prepare you and your DVR, here is a little breakdown of many of the specials and when they air. This is by no means a complete list, and I’m sure the stations will do their darndest to change this up as soon as they can with additions, switches and new releases, but try to find your favorites and pencil them in. Be sure to leave a comment below and tell me what YOUR favorite Holiday Special is!
Additions:
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC, Nov 28 9AM
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , CBS, Nov. 26 8PM ET
(all times are EST)
This is such a great thing!! I love Ford, my whole family drives them.
Yay thanks for the list! I like to record shows on the DVR for my girls! I wish I had a list like this for Halloween.
That is awesome. What a great fun way to give back.
Thanks for sharing this awesome list! I look forward to the Christmas shows all year!
Thanks for this Christmas specials schedule! Going to pin so I can keep track!
This is making me wish I had cable right now…no ABCFam here…but we do have a couple on DVD:)
Lyndsey, You are awesome. Just made a copy of your Holiday TV schedule and hung it on the fridge. Love watching all the holiday specials with the kiddos.
Yay, thank you for sharing this! I can’t wait!
Oh, we don’t have cable anymore. I wonder if they will stream any of those.
time to start recording the movies. haha
All I have to say is that there is a lot of television I am going to be avoiding for the next several weeks. Thanks for sharing this list.
Thank you for sharing this list! Very handy to glance at to find great Christmas shows for my toddler.
This is making me all giddy with excitement! I don’t know which I want first!
What time zone is this for? Thanks!
Oh I’m so glad you posted this!! Love watching Christmas films. I need to watch all of the 3 Santa Clauses!!
Wow, that’s the coolest thing ever!
Good catch, Michelle – I edited the post to say Eastern Standard Time!! I am unsure it the specials will air later in other time zones.
I just checked again, and updated ONE scheduled showing of Rudolph – I’ll try to keep updating as they add more! 🙂 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, CBS, Nov. 26, 8PM
My dad took me to see the first one in theatres – I loved it more because it was our date. 🙂
Thanks – I get giddy just looking at all my favorites!
Thanks! 🙂 There are so many more that I’m sure they will schedule! I couldn’t find a SINGLE listing for Elf, yet!
Me too!!! 🙂
Here’s to that! I am a Christmas fiend – I have a few on DVD, so those will be watched extra, like Elf and MIracle on 34th Street!
You’re welcome. I always hated searching the TV Guide when I was little. DVR and on Demand is so much better!
Seriously! Ladies and Gentleman, set your DVRs!
hopefully they will = Netflix SHOULD have a holiday section, but I haven’t checked it out yet.
Me too – I’m just as excited as any kid!
Alright! I think that’s my first print out – wonderful, and THANK YOU!
oh, boo. I almost forgot. Maybe Netflix will have a holiday section!
Fabulous! thank you for the pin!
You’re so very welcome – I start jonesing for Christmas as Halloween passes – Thanksgiving doesn’t stand a chance! 🙂
Yep…they do. The girls found it yesterday:)
Me too, the DVR was the best invention for Xmas shows! The Halloween list would be shorter, but we need one!
Oh wow, thank you SO much!!! It’s often a guessing game so this is SO helpful!
Thanks for the schedule. I really enjoy sitting down with my kids during the holidays and watching movies that I used to watch with my family when I was a kid.
This is awesome! I was just telling my Mom that I am looking forward to catching some of the classic holiday specials this year.
I LOVE Christmas specials and movies! Thanks so much for putting this great graphic together!
So cool! We no longer get TV, but we often watch online…and when we’re at my parents’ house, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is always playing in the background! Also, I love the A Christmas Story marathons!
i have so many favorites hard to pick just one.
same here!
no kidding – I could watch it all day long! 🙂 And I do!
you’re welcome – I got giddy just thinking about them all!
yay!
You’re welcome! I’m of the mentality that when it comes on TV, it’s special – I can’t shake it, despite the age of the DVR and DVD!
no kidding – I usually end up missing most of them!
I feel a little silly admitting this, but even though I can watch a lot of this on Netflix, somehow, watching it on TV just seems a little more fun. Totally counter-intuitive too, considering how many commercials are involved. I’ll be watching Elf over and over and over again!
Thank you for this 🙂
You’re welcome! 🙂
Here’s to that – I have the absolute same mentality. I think it stems back to the day when we couldn’t tape anything on TV, even if we wanted to!