Holiday Programming 2024: Where and When to Find Classic Christmas TV and Movies

The holiday season is here, and that means oodles of Christmas-themed TV to get you feeling festive! We’ve got the scoop on all the heavy holiday hitters, from Rudolph to Frosty to Charlie Brown. We’ve got Tim Allen’s Santa and Jim Carrey’s Grinch. We’ve got no less than five film adaptations of A Christmas Carol—six if you count the Muppet version, which we do.

Best of all, our 2024 guide lists not only when and where to watch Christmas programming on traditional broadcast and cable TV networks, but also which streaming services are currently hosting each program. (Of course, if you use Fioptics+ powered by TiVo, you can simply set a OnePass for your favorite show and pull it up from the broadcast or the streamer.)

If you’ve been thinking of signing up for Fioptics+ for your TV service, there’s no better time! Click here to learn more, and read on to find out how to watch your favorite Christmas movie or special.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

• Streaming on Apple TV+ (free access Dec. 14-15), fuboTV

A Christmas Carol

(1938 version starring Reginald Owen)

• 11:45 a.m. Dec. 8, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 21 (TCM)
• Streaming on Max

A Christmas Carol, aka Scrooge

(1951 version starring Alastair Sim)

• Streaming on Plex, Tubi

A Christmas Carol

(1984 version starring George C. Scott)

• Streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+, Plex, Pluto TV, Roku Channel, Tubi, Xumo Play

A Christmas Carol

(1999 version starring Patrick Stewart)

• 10 p.m. Dec. 5, 2 a.m. Dec. 6 (TNT)
• Streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+

A Christmas Carol

(2009 version starring Jim Carrey)

• 3:10 p.m. Dec. 3, 12:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 3:40 p.m. Dec. 6, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 10 a.m. Dec. 14, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 18, 12 a.m. Dec. 20, 9:35 a.m. Dec. 22, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 23, 12 and 7 a.m. Dec. 25 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Disney+

A Christmas Story

• 8 p.m. Dec. 7, 8 p.m. Dec. 24 – 8 p.m. Dec. 25 (TBS)
• 8 p.m. Dec. 5, 12 a.m. Dec. 6, 7:45 p.m. Dec. 16, 12 a.m. Dec. 17, 9 p.m. Dec. 24 – 9 p.m. Dec. 25 (TNT)
• Streaming on Max

Christmas in Connecticut

• 6 p.m. Dec. 15, 8 p.m. Dec. 22 (TCM)

Christmas with the Kranks

• 10 p.m. Dec. 4, 6 p.m. Dec. 5, 10 p.m. Dec. 10, 8 p.m. Dec. 11, 4 p.m. Dec. 15, 10 p.m. Dec. 17, 6 p.m. Dec. 18, 3 p.m. Dec. 22, 10 p.m. Dec. 23, 2 p.m. Dec. 24, 12 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Dec. 26 (AMC)
• 10:30 a.m. Dec. 5, 8 a.m. Dec. 6, 12 and 7 a.m. Dec. 11, 12 a.m. Dec. 26 (Freeform)
• Streaming on AMC+, Hulu, FreeVee, fuboTV, Hoopla

Die Hard

• 9 p.m. Dec. 6 (AMC)
• 8 p.m. Dec. 14, 1 a.m. Dec. 15 (TBS)
• 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Dec. 22 (TNT)
• Streaming on AMC+, fuboTV, Hulu, Prime Video, Tubi

Elf

• 6 p.m. Dec. 3, 8 and 10 p.m. Dec. 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Dec. 8, 8 p.m. Dec. 10, 6 p.m. Dec, 11, 7 and 11 p.m. Dec. 14, 8 p.m. Dec. 16, 6 p.m. Dec. 17, 8 and 10 p.m. Dec. 19, 7 and 11:15 p.m. Dec. 21, 5 and 11:30 p.m. Dec. 22, 8 p.m. Dec. 23, 6 p.m. Dec. 24, 4:15 and 8:30 p.m. Dec. 25, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 26, 2:45 a.m. Dec. 27 (AMC)
• Streaming on Hulu, Max

Frosty the Snowman

• 8:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 8 p.m. Dec. 11 (NBC)
• 8:35 p.m. Dec. 7, 5:35 p.m. Dec. 8, 8:45 p.m. Dec. 16, 7:20 p.m. Dec. 17, 5:40 p.m. Dec. 21, 2:25 p.m. Dec. 22, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 24, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 25 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Hulu, Prime Video

Frosty’s Winter Wonderland

• 5:45 p.m. Dec. 13, 9 a.m. Dec. 26 (AMC)
• Streaming on AMC+

The Grinch (2018)

• 7:55 p.m. Dec. 3, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 4, 9 p.m. Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 2:05 p.m. Dec. 14, 12:10 p.m. Dec. 15, 9 p.m. Dec. 17, 2:30 p.m. Dec. 18, 10 p.m. Dec. 20, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 21, 9 p.m. Dec. 24, 4 p.m. Dec. 25 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Peacock, fuboTV

Home Alone

• 8 p.m. Dec. 24 (ABC)
• 11 a.m. Dec. 4, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 6, 6 p.m. Dec. 11, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12, 6:45 p.m. Dec. 14, 2:10 p.m. Dec. 15, 3:35 p.m. Dec. 16, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 17, 1:05 p.m. Dec. 19, 5 p.m. Dec. 20, 11:30 a.m. Dec. 21, 4:05 p.m. Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 23, 6 p.m. Dec. 25 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Disney+

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)

• 8 p.m. Dec. 5, 8 p.m. Dec. 25 (NBC)
• 10 a.m. Dec. 14, 2:45 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Dec. 15, 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Dec.19 (TBS)
• 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Dec. 15, 12:30 a.m. Dec. 16 (TNT)
• Streaming on Peacock

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

• 8:30 p.m. Dec. 25 (NBC)
• 5:15 p.m. Dec. 3, 10:15 p.m. Dec. 7, 7:15 p.m. Dec. 8, 8:30 p.m. Dec. 10, 3:30 p.m. Dec. 11, 9:50 p.m. Dec. 13, 4:05 p.m. Dec. 14, 8:20 p.m. Dec. 19, 2:25 p.m. Dec. 20, 9:15 p.m. Dec. 22, 3:50 p.m. Dec. 23 (Freeform)
• Streaming on fuboTV

It’s a Wonderful Life

• 8 p.m. Dec. 24, NBC
• Streaming on Freevee, Hoopla, Plex, Prime Video, Roku Channel, Xumo Play

The Little Drummer Boy

• 10:30 a.m. Dec. 4, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 12, 7:30 a.m. Dec. 20, 7 a.m. Dec. 21 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Hulu, Prime Video

Miracle on 34^th Street (1947)

• 3 a.m. Dec. 25 (AMC)
• Streaming on AMC+, Disney+, fuboTV, Paramount+, Peacock, Pluto TV

Miracle on 34^th Street (1994)

• 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9, 2 p.m. Dec. 10, 11:30 p.m. Dec. 16, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 17, 7 a.m. Dec. 22 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Disney+, fuboTV, Hulu, Peacock, Roku Channel

Muppet Christmas Carol

• Streaming on Disney+

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

• 8 p.m. Dec. 3, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 4, 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Dec. 7, 7 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. Dec. 9; 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Dec. 12, 8:15 p.m. Dec. 15, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Dec. 18, 5:45 p.m. Dec. 19, 4:45 p.m. and 9 p.m. Dec. 21, 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Dec. 22, 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Dec. 24, 2 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. Dec. 25, 8:30 p.m. Dec. 26 (AMC)
• Streaming on Hulu, Max

The Nightmare Before Christmas

• 4:30 p.m. Dec. 5, 2:05 p.m. Dec. 6, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 15, 11:40 a.m. Dec. 22, 2:10 p.m. Dec. 23 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Disney+

The Polar Express

• 5 p.m. Dec. 8, 8 p.m. Dec. 13, 5 p.m. Dec. 14, 10:15 p.m. Dec. 18, 11 a.m. Dec. 22, 1:30 a.m. Dec. 23, 12 a.m. and 4 p.m. Dec. 24, 12 p.m. Dec. 25, 10 a.m. Dec. 26, 12 a.m. Dec. 27 (AMC)
• Streaming on Hulu, Max

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

• 8 p.m. Dec. 6, 8 p.m. Dec. 12 (NBC)
• 9:10 p.m. Dec. 7, 6:10 p.m. Dec. 8, 9:20 p.m. Dec. 16, 7:55 p.m. Dec. 17, 6:15 p.m. Dec. 21, 3 p.m. Dec. 22, 8 p.m. Dec. 24, 11 a.m. Dec. 25 (Freeform)

Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town

• 9 p.m. Dec. 3 (ABC)
• 9:55 p.m. Dec. 3, 1:30 p.m. Dec. 4, 12:55 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 8, 10:25 p.m. Dec. 16, 6:15 p.m. Dec 17, 4:35 p.m. Dec. 21, 1:20 p.m. Dec. 22 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Hulu, Prime Video

The Santa Clause

• 8 p.m. Dec. 22 (ABC)
• 4:30 p.m. Dec. 4, 10 a.m. Dec. 8, 12 p.m. Dec. 9, 6:30 p.m. Dec. 12, 7:20 p.m. Dec. 15, 9 a.m. Dec. 16, 4:30 p.m. Dec. 18, 8 a.m. Dec. 20, 7:20 p.m. Dec. 21, 1 p.m. Dec. 24, 2 p.m. Dec. 25 (Freeform)
• Streaming on Disney+

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

• 6:15 p.m. Dec. 13, 5:15 a.m. Dec. 25, 9:30 a.m. Dec. 26 (AMC)
• Streaming on AMC+

White Christmas

• Streaming on Prime Video

The Year Without a Santa Claus

• 6:45 p.m. Dec. 13, 5:45 a.m. Dec. 24, 8:15 a.m. Dec. 25, 4:45 a.m. Dec. 26 (AMC)

Information is current as of Dec. 3, 2024. All info is subject to change.