This Week's Christmas TV Schedule: When Are Holiday Classics On?

By DEB BELT (Patch Staff)

If your family Christmas traditions including gathering the kids to watch “Elf,” or an oldie but goodie like “It’s A Wonderful Life,” we can help you make plans.

Check this season’s lineup of holiday programming on TV to find your favorite classic films --- A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street and more.

Patch has pulled together these highlights for holiday shows every night this week, courtesy of TV Guide and a holiday TV website. It runs the gamut from Bing Crosby and Jimmy Stewart on Turner Movie Classics to countless showings of Will Ferrell as everyone’s favorite elf, and lots of romances on Hallmark Channel.

»What are your must-see holiday movies? Let us know in the comments.

Listings are subject to change; check each network’s website for updates. Here’s the schedule, all times Pacific unless otherwise noted:

Tuesday, December 8

• 6 p.m. Frosty’s Winter Wonderland | ABC Family
• 6 p.m. Christmas with the Kranks | AMC
• 6:30 p.m. The Santa Clause | ABC Family
• 8 p.m. Jingle All the Way | AMC
• 8:30 p.m. Fresh Off the Boat | ABC
• 8:45p.m. The Polar Express | ABC Family
• 10 p.m. Scrooged | AMC

Wednesday, December 9

• 6 p.m. Mickey’s Christmas Carol | ABC Family
• 6:30 p.m. The Polar Express | ABC Family
• 8 p.m. The Middle | ABC
• 8 p.m. Scrooged | AMC
• 8:30 p.m. The Goldbergs | ABC
• 8:45p.m. Elf | ABC Family
• 9 p.m. Taraji and Terrence’s White Hot Holidays | FOX
• 9:30 p.m. Black-ish | ABC
• 10 p.m. A Christmas Carol | AMC

Thursday, December 10

• 6:30 p.m. Elf | ABC Family
• 7 p.m. Miracle on 34th Street | AMC
• 8:45p.m. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | ABC Family
• 9 p.m. Coat of Many Colors | NBC
• 9:15 p.m. Miracle on 34th Street | AMC
• 11:30 p.m. White Christmas | AMC

Friday, December 11

• 6:45 p.m. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | ABC Family
• 7 p.m. A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa | AMC
• 8 p.m. Last Man Standing | ABC
• 8 p.m. The Hollywood Christmas Parade | CW
• 8 p.m. The Man Who Came to Dinner | TCM
• 8:30 p.m. Dr. Ken | ABC
• 9 p.m. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas | ABC Family
• 10 p.m. Scrooge | TCM

Saturday, December 12

• 6 p.m. Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas | ABC Family
• 8 p.m. On The Twelfth Day of Christmas | Hallmark
• 8 p.m. Becoming Santa | Lifetime
• 9 p.m. The Flight Before Christmas | CBS
• 9 p.m. Elf | ABC Family
• 9 p.m. The Christmas Truce | ION
• 11:15 p.m. Fred Claus | ABC Family

Sunday, December 13

• 7 p.m. A Baby For Christmas | UP
• 9 p.m. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story That Time Forgot | ABC Family
• 9 p.m. Debbie Macomber’s Dashing Through the Snow | Hallmark Movies
• 9 p.m. A Christmas Reunion | ION
• 9 p.m. Wish Upon a Christmas | Lifetime
• 9 p.m. A Baby For Christmas | UP

--“Elf” photo courtesy of Warner Brothers