I thought I'd put together a comprehensive guide to holiday shows on TV. I'm getting these from different sources, so the exact times are not accurate. These will most likely be in Pacific or Mountain times. Check your local listings for your times. I’ve listed shows after midnight with the night before, to avoid confusion. The new day’s listings will begin with 6am. If you know of a show not on my list, post it here, and I'll edit this message to keep them all on one list.

Friday, December 24:
11:00pm – Barra MacNeils' Cape Breton Christmas (PBS)
11:00pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (ABC Family)
11:00pm – Miracle on 34th St (1947) (AMC)
11:00pm – Ed, Edd 'n Eddy's "Jingle, Jingle, Jangle" (Cartoon Network)
11:00pm – Lizzie McGuire (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
11:00pm – A Christmas Visitor (Hallmark)
11:00pm – A Christmas Story (TBS)
11:00pm – Midnight Mass (WGN)
11:30pm – A Johnny Bravo Christmas (Cartoon Network)
11:35pm – Christmas Eve at St. Peter's Basilica (NBC)
12:00am – Nine Dog Christmas (Cartoon Network)
12:00am – South Park (Christmas Episode) (Comedy Central)
12:00am – Braceface (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
12:00am – Comfort & Joy (Lifetime)
12:00am – Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
12:05am – Christmas Eve at the Crystal Cathedral (CBS)
12:30am – South Park (Christmas Episode) (Comedy Central)
12:30am – Boy Meets World (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
12:30am – Yule Log with Holiday Music (WGN)
1:00am – Oak Ridge Boys Christmas (ABC Family)
1:00am – Miracle on 34th St (1947) (AMC)
1:00am – South Park (Christmas Episode) (Comedy Central)
1:00am – Proud Family (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
1:00am – Jingle All the Way (FX)
1:00am – Receive the Gift (Hallmark)
1:00am – Roseanne (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
1:00am – Ellen (Christmas Episode) (Oxygen)
1:00am – A Christmas Story (TBS)
1:05am – Christmas with the Stars (NBC)
1:30am – Christmas Memories (BET)
1:30am – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon) (Cartoon Network)
1:30am – South Park (Christmas Episode) (Comedy Central)
2:00am – ToonHeads' Christmas Special (Cartoon Network)
2:00am – One Christmas (Hallmark)
2:00am – Providence (Christmas Episode) (Lifetime)
2:00am – My So-Called Life (Christmas Episode) (Noggin)
2:30am – Ashanti's Christmas (BET)
3:00am – Soundstage: Chris Isaak Christmas (PBS)
3:00am – Miracle on 34th St (1947) (AMC)
3:00am – Casper's First Christmas (Cartoon Network)
3:00am – Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
3:00am – Suddenly Susan (Christmas Episode) (Lifetime)
3:00am – A Christmas Story (TBS)
3:05am – The Story of the First Noel (NBC)
3:30am – 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (Cartoon Network)
4:00am – Christmas at Baylor (PBS)
4:00am – Yogi's First Christmas (Cartoon Network)
4:00am – Even Stevens (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
4:30am – Kid Notorious (Christmas Episode) (Comedy Central)
5:00am – Miracle on 34th St (1947) (AMC)
5:00am – A Christmas Story (TBS)
5:00am – Yule Log with Holiday Music (UPN)

Saturday, December 25:
6:00am – A Flintstone Christmas (Cartoon Network)
6:00am – Benji's Very Own Christmas (HBO Family)
6:30am – Book of Pooh (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
7:00am – The Smurfs' Christmas Special (Cartoon Network)
7:00am – Mrs. Santa Claus (Hallmark)
7:00am – Dora the Explorer (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
7:00am – Franklin's Magic Christmas (Noggin)
7:00am – A Christmas Story (TBS)
7:00am – Mr. Ed (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
7:30am – Jingle Bell Christmas (Cartoon Network)
7:30am – Wild Thornberrys (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
7:30am – Dick Van Dyke (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
8:00am – Rocket Power (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
8:00am – The Addams Family (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
8:00am – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (WB)
8:30am – That's So Raven (Christmas Episode) (ABC)
8:30am – A Johnny Bravo Christmas (Cartoon Network)
8:30am – Out of the Box (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
8:30am – Holidays with the Stars (E!)
8:30am – Happy Days (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
9:00am – Olive, The Other Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
9:00am – Higglytown Heroes (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
9:00am – Jingle All the Way (FX)
9:00am – Christmas Snow (Hallmark)
9:00am – Christmas Castles (HGTV)
9:00am – Hey Arnold (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
9:00am – A Christmas Story (TBS)
9:00am – MacGyver (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
9:30am – Lizzie McGuire (Christmas Episode) (ABC)
9:30am – JoJo's Circus (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
9:30am – Christmas Castles (HGTV)
9:30am – Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
10:00am – Kim Possible (Christmas Episode) (ABC)
10:00am – The Night B4 Christmas (Cartoon Network)
10:00am – The Wiggles (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
10:00am – The Night They Saved Christmas (Hallmark)
10:00am – SpongeBob SquarePants (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
10:00am – The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Toon Disney)
10:00am – Gunsmoke (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
10:15am – All I Want for Christmas (HBO2)
10:30am – Noel Noel (Cartoon Network)
11:00am – Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade (ABC)
11:00am – Nine Dog Christmas (Cartoon Network)
11:00am – Stanley (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
11:00am – Jingle All the Way (FX)
11:00am – Fairly OddParents (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
11:00am – Twilight Zone (Christmas Episode) (SCI-FI)
11:00am – A Christmas Story (TBS)
11:00am – Bewitched (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
11:30am – Mickey's Magical Christmas (Disney)
11:30am – Bewitched (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
12:00pm – At Home with the Brave for the Holidays (A&E)
12:00pm – 106th & Park: Top 10 (Christmas Episode) (BET)
12:00pm – Once upon a Christmas (Hallmark)
12:00pm – Year 'Round Christmas (HGTV)
12:00pm – ChalkZone (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
12:00pm – Blue's Clues (Christmas Episode) (Noggin)
12:00pm – Wings (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
12:00pm – Babes in Toyland (WGN)
12:30pm – 'Tis the Season to be Smurfy (Cartoon Network)
12:30pm – My Life as a Teenage Robot (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
12:30pm – Wings (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
1:00pm – The Muppet Christmas Carol (ABC Family)
1:00pm – Ed, Edd 'n Eddy's "Jingle, Jingle, Jangle" (Cartoon Network)
1:00pm – The Santa Claus Brothers (Disney)
1:00pm – Jingle All the Way (FX)
1:00pm – White House Christmas 2004 (HGTV)
1:00pm – All Grown Up (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
1:00pm – A Christmas Story (TBS)
1:00pm – Mr. Ed (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
1:30pm – A Flintstone Christmas (Cartoon Network)
1:30pm – The Dick Van Dyke Show (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
2:00pm – T.D. Jakes Presents: Follow the Star (BET)
2:00pm – Live by Request: Barry Manilow Christmas (Biography)
2:00pm – The "Christmas Special" Christmas Special (Bravo)
2:00pm – The Jetsons: "A Jetson Christmas Carol" (Cartoon Network)
2:00pm – Timothy Tweedle (Disney)
2:00pm – Twice upon a Christmas (Hallmark)
2:00pm – An All Dogs Christmas Carol (Toon Disney)
2:00pm – The Addams Family (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
2:00pm – March of the Wooden Soldiers (WGN)
2:30pm – New Scooby Doo Mysteries "Nutcracker Scoob" (Cartoon Network)
2:30pm – Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale (HBO Family)
2:30pm – Happy Days (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
3:00pm – Seventh Heaven (Christmas Episode) (ABC Family)
3:00pm – The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Cartoon Network)
3:00pm – Christmas in Cowboy Country (CMT)
3:00pm – Mickey's Once upon a Christmas (Disney)
3:00pm – Jingle All the Way (FX)
3:00pm – Extreme Christmas: Bigger & Brighter (HGTV)
3:00pm – Rocko's Modern Life (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
3:00pm – A Christmas Story (TBS)
3:00pm – MacGyver (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
3:00pm – White Christmas (1954, Bing Crosby) (UPN)
3:30pm – CatDog (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
4:00pm – Home Alone (ABC)
4:00pm – Gilmore Girls (Christmas Episode) (ABC Family)
4:00pm – A Johnny Bravo Christmas (Cartoon Network)
4:00pm – A Carol Christmas (Hallmark)
4:00pm – Small Town Christmas 2 (HGTV)
4:00pm – Rugrats (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
4:00pm – Gunsmoke (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
4:00pm – The Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (WGN)
4:30pm – Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (Cartoon Network)
4:30pm – Mole's Christmas (Disney)
5:00pm – Snow (ABC Family)
5:00pm – Let it be Christmas with Alan Jackson (CMT)
5:00pm – Jingle All the Way (FX)
5:00pm – Christmas: Behind the Traditions (HGTV)
5:00pm – A Christmas Story (TBS)
5:00pm – Bewitched (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
5:30pm – The Night B4 Christmas (Cartoon Network)
5:30pm – Doug (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
5:30pm – Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Christmas Episode) (Noggin)
5:30pm – Bewitched (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
6:00pm – Olive, The Other Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
6:00pm – The Secret of Giving (CMT)
6:00pm – Santa Jr. (Hallmark)
6:00pm – Hey Remember: Christmas (HGTV) <---RECOMMENDED!!!
6:00pm – Rugrats (Christmas Episode) (NICK Toon)
6:00pm – Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Christmas Episode) (Noggin)
6:00pm – Wings (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
6:30pm – Rugrats (Christmas Episode) (NICK Toon)
6:30pm – Wings (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
7:00pm – The Sound of Music (ABC)
7:00pm – It's A Wonderful Life (NBC)
7:00pm – Lawrence Welk Christmas Special (PBS)
7:00pm – Three Days (ABC Family)
7:00pm – Noel Noel (Cartoon Network)
7:00pm – Crazy for Christmas (HGTV)
7:00pm – Rugrats (Christmas Episode) (NICK Toon)
7:00pm – A Christmas Story (TBS)
7:00pm – Wings (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
7:00pm – Santa Claus: The Movie (1985, Dudley Moore) (UPN)
7:30pm – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (cartoon) (Cartoon Network)
7:30pm – 'Twas the Night (HBO Family)
7:30pm – Bewitched (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
8:00pm – Dinosaur Christmas (Cartoon Network)
8:00pm – Sister, Sister (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
8:00pm – Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (Hallmark)
8:00pm – Outta Control Christmas (HGTV)
8:00pm – Bewitched (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
8:30pm – Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Christmas Episode) (Noggin)
8:30pm – Cheers (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
9:00pm – The Christmas List (ABC Family)
9:00pm – Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer (Cartoon Network)
9:00pm – The Ultimate Christmas Present (Disney)
9:00pm – The Brady Bunch (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
9:00pm – Becker (Christmas Episode) (WGN)
9:30pm – Romeo! (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
9:30pm – Green Acres (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
9:30pm – Christmas Lilies of the Field (WGN)
10:00pm – Ed, Edd 'n Eddy's "Jingle, Jingle, Jangle" (Cartoon Network)
10:00pm – A Boyfriend for Christmas (Hallmark)
10:00pm – Andy Griffith (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
10:30pm – Red Green (Christmas Episode) (PBS)
10:30pm – The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Cartoon Network)
10:30pm – Three's Company (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
11:00pm – Holiday Festival on Ice (ABC)
11:00pm – Scrooged (1988, Bill Murray) (ABC Family)
11:00pm – The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (Cartoon Network)
11:00pm – Full House (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
11:00pm – Sanford & Son (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
11:30pm – How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Cartoon) (Cartoon Network)
11:30pm – Full House (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
11:30pm – All in the Family (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
12:00am – Let it be Christmas with Alan Jackson (CMT)
12:00am – Braceface (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
12:00am – Once upon a Christmas (Hallmark)
12:00am – Full House (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
12:00am – All in the Family (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
12:30am – Boy Meets World (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
12:30am – All in the Family (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
1:00am – Proud Family (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
1:00am – Roseanne (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
1:00am – Wings (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
1:30am – MWL Stacked (CMT)
1:30am – That's So Raven (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
1:30am – Roseanne (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
1:30am – Bewitched (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
2:00am – Kim Possible (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
2:00pm – Twice upon a Christmas (Hallmark)
2:00am – Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
2:30am – Lizzie McGuire (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
2:30am – Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Christmas Episode) (NICK)
2:30am – Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Christmas Episode) (Noggin)
2:30am – Cheers (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
3:00am – Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
3:00am – Jack Frost (1998, Michael Keaton) (TBS)
3:00am – The Brady Bunch (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
3:30am – Green Acres (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
4:00am – South Park (Christmas Episode) (Comedy Central)
4:00am – Even Stevens (Christmas Episode) (Disney)
4:00am – Andy Griffith (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)
5:30am – All in the Family (Christmas Episode) (TVLAND)

Thanks. A shame that most of the good stuff is on cable networks.

- I can understand the Family Channel playing specials now - the 25 Days of Christmas has been their gimmick for several years, but what's with CBS & ABC both showing Christmas specials on the FIRST of the month?! That's way too early.

- How come no one ever plays Ziggy's Gift anymore?

- I'd like to point folks to The Town That Santa Forgot. It looks like Cartoon Network is only showing it once this year: 8am on Christmas Eve. It's about a spoiled brat named Jeremy Creek who asks for so many presents that Santa thinks "Jeremy Creek" must be the name of a town, not a boy. The whole thing is done in rhyme & narrated by Dick Van Dyke. I think it's a real underrated gem.

Ziggy's Gift is one of the best Christmas specials. Ever.

It's just not Xmas without a visit from these two:



I know what I'm watching tonight.

Thanks for the info. I did update the list. And yes, these times are not going to be accurate for everyone. I checked my local listings, and the Cartoon Network times are 1 hour off for me. So this will give you an idea of when your favorite show is on, but you'll need to check your local paper, or tvguide.com, or excite.com to see when they're playing for you.

Keep the info coming, and I'll update the list!

Amen. Year w/o a Santa Claus is the best of all x-mas programming.

Those two used to give me the creeps as a kid...especially Heat Miser. Love the songs now.

Updated. This should be a sticky through Christmas.

Excellent, thanks for the list, Rob! One made for TV movie I would like to see if you might add to the list is "A Town Without Christmas" which is next showing on LIFETIME channel at 7:00PM Eastern on 12/15/04. This stars Patricia Heaton with Peter Falk appearing in it too. ZAP2IT.com lists the blurb as "A television reporter and an aspiring writer join the search for a missing boy who wrote a disturbing letter to Santa Claus."

You have this already listed, but the "Borrowed Hearts movie at 8:00pm on ABC Family 12/09/04 really is an above average TV Christmas movie in my opinion. It stars Roma Downey and Eric McCormack and the blurb is "A man asks a single employee and her daughter to pose as his family so that he can win a lucrative deal."

Bump. Tonight(12/07/04 Tuesday) is "A Charlie Brown Christmas"! Probably most of us have this on tape/dvd but this is interesting-

"The hour will also include a series of never-before-seen Christmas-themed animated stories entitled Charlie Brown Christmas Tales, based on Schulz's work, in which each of the beloved PEANUTS characters — Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and Sally — will star in his or her own charming animated vignette."

http://abc.go.com/specials/cbrown_christmas.html

That's not on tonight in the Phoenix area. Instead, our ABC is showing some special from the "Sonoran Chef". We have Charlie Brown scheduled for Thursday night, 12/16. Not sure if that's just for us, since we're missing it tonight, or a rerun for everyone. I'm assuming it's Phoenix only.

Christmas Every Day is on! Sweet! Nice flick.

Alistair Sim! Double sweet!

Mr. Magoo! Dare I say it....TRIPLE SWEET!

Hmm. I could've sworn they showed the same special last year following the traditional A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Charlie Brown Christmas takes on a different level of meaning after this week's Arrested Development

Updated through this weekend.

Updated through Fri Dec 17th.

Updated.

This Thursday on TBS, they're having a 2 hour marathon of Seinfeld episodes dealing with Festivus from 9-11PM.

Thanks for the list.

I think tonight I'm going to check out the 'Christmas Special' Christmas Special on Bravo (for some reason I thought about a coffee table book about coffee table books when I saw the promo).

Cartoon Network also has The Venture Brothers - A Very Venture Christmas which premieres Sunday Dec 19th at 11:45 PM, repeat at 2:45 AM. Shorter than other episodes but I'm looking forward to it.

Does anyone know if "Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (Toon Disney)" listed above for Friday 12/17/04 will have the "Mickey's Christmas Carol" segment? This show will broadcast in my time zone from 6:35pm - 8:00pm on that day so I'm hoping it will be long enough to include the Christmas Carol. Thanks in advance for any help.

...would have been nice if the GPTB could have included Alvin & the Chipmunks Christmas special....but there is some other good stuff....

Cartoon Network changed their schedule since I posted this. So I need to go through and change all the Cartoon Network shows.

Nice post, lot of work in there.
Currently I just browse my DVR's EPG for stuff that 'looks good', which is a pain in the arse.

Anyone catch the Powerpuff Girls Christmas episode last year? Is this the one where Santa's Naughty and Nice lists are a target?

Spoiler:


And as much as I have enjoyed A Christmas Story, is anyone else sick of seeing that 74 times a day, Christmas Day, on TBS?

Nope. I watch bits of the movie here and there throughout the day, so when you add it up I pretty much just watch it once all the way through.