Your Favorite Holiday Movies and Specials This Week

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.

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Patch has pulled together these highlights for holiday shows every night into the new year, 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. Times may be subject to change. Here’s the schedule.

Thursday, December 24

• 5:30 p.m. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation | ABC Family
• 7 p.m. It’s Your 50th Christmas, Charlie Brown | ABC
• 7 p.m. Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol | CW
• 7 p.m. It’s A Wonderful Life | NBC
• 7 p.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 7 p.m. The Bishop’s Wife | TCM
• 7:45 p.m. Elf | ABC Family
• 8 p.m. A Charlie Brown Christmas | ABC
• 9 p.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 11 p.m. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | ABC Family
• 11 p.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 11:30 p.m. Mrs. Parkington | TCM
• 1 a.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 1:45 a.m. The Shop Around the Corner | TCM
• 3 a.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 3:30 a.m. Little Women | TCM

Friday, December 25

• 5 a.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 5:45 a.m. Little Women | TCM
• 6 a.m. Prancer | ABC Family
• 7 a.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 7:45 a.m. Scrooge | TCM
• 9 a.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 9:45 a.m. 3 Godfathers | TCM
• 10 a.m. Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey | ABC Family
• 10:30 a.m. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town | ABC Family
• 11 a.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 11:30 a.m. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas | ABC Family
• 11:45 a.m. I’ll Be Seeing You | TCM
• 1 p.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 1:15p.m. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause | ABC Family
• 1:15p.m. The Man Who Came to Dinner | TCM
• 3 p.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 3:30 p.m. Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story That Time Forgot | ABC Family
• 4 p.m. Elf | ABC Family
• 5 p.m. A Christmas Story | TBS
• 5 p.m. It Happened on 5th Avenue | TCM
• 7 p.m. CMA Country Christmas | ABC
• 9:15 p.m. Bachelor Mother | TCM

Monday, December 28

• 7 p.m. Happy New Year, Charlie Brown | ABC
• 8 p.m. Rudolph’s Shiny New Year | ABC

Tuesday, December 29

• 8 p.m. Kennedy Center Honors | CBS

Thursday, December 31

• 7 p.m. Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2016 | ABC
• 7 p.m. Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution, Part 1 | FOX
• 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve With Carson Daly | NBC

Friday, January 1

• 10 a.m. Tournament of Roses Parade | NBC