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Prime Time Christmas TV Specials from Old Classics to New Favorites

By Kyrie Collins, Macaroni KID Highlands Ranch-Parker-Castle Rock-Lone Tree Publisher December 11, 2022

Here are this year's family-friendly holiday specials, from the classics you grew up watching to your kids' new favorites!

Listings shown are 6:00 AM–11:00 PM MST on weekends/no-school days and 4:00–10:00 PM MST on weekdays. All information is subject to change without notice.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 12

  • 4:00 PM - Home Alone (Freeform)
  • 6:00 PM - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
  • 6:30 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (Freeform)
  • 7:00 PM - The Great Christmas Light Fight (ABC)
  • 8:15 PM - Elf (AMC)
  • 9:00 PM - Baking It: Maya Rudolph & Amy Poehler's Celebrity Holiday Special (NBC)
  • 10:00 PM - Christmas Cupid (Freeform)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13

  • 4:00 PM - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
  • 4:30 PM - The Santa Clause 2 (Freeform)
  • 6:15 PM - Elf (AMC)
  • 7:00 PM - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Freeform)
  • 8:00 PM - CMA Country Christmas (ABC)
  • 8:00 PM - TMZ's Merry Elfin' Christmas (FOX)
  • 8:15 PM - Four Christmases (AMC)
  • 10:00 PM - Snowglobe (Freeform)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14

  • 4:30 PM - Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (Freeform)
  • 4:45 PM - The Year Without a Santa Claus (AMC)
  • 6:00 PM - The Polar Express (AMC)
  • 7:00 PM - Disney's A Christmas Carol (Freeform)
  • 7:00 PM - A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special (NBC)
  • 7:00 PM - A Very Backstreet Holiday (AMC)
  • 8:00 PM - Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (CW)
  • 9:00 PM - Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2022 (CW)
  • 10:00 PM-Midnight - The Simpsons Holiday Episodes (Freeform)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15

  • 4:00 PM - Home Alone (Freeform)
  • 4:45 PM - Elf (AMC)
  • 5:30 PM - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (TNT)
  • 6:00 PM - A Christmas Carol (1999) (TNT)
  • 6:30 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)
  • 6:45 PM - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
  • 7:00 PM - Baking It: Maya Rudolph & Amy Poehler's Celebrity Holiday Special (NBC)
  • 8:00 PM - Christmas Around the USA (CW)
  • 8:00 PM - A Christmas Carol (1999) (TNT)
  • 8:00 PM - Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love (NBC)
  • 10:00 PM - Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve (Freeform)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16

  • 4:45 PM - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
  • 5:30 PM - The Santa Clause 2 (Freeform)
  • 7:00 PM - Four Christmases (AMC)
  • 7:00 PM - Reindeer in Here (CBS)
  • 8:00 PM - The 90th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (CW)
  • 8:00 PM - The Greatest @Home Videos: Holiday Special (CBS)
  • 8:00 PM - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Freeform)
  • 10:00 PM-Midnight - Family Guy Holiday Episodes (Freeform)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17

  • 6:15 AM - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (AMC)
  • 6:45 AM - Frosty's Winter Wonderland (AMC)
  • 7:15 AM - The Year Without a Santa Claus (AMC)
  • 8:00 AM - Home Alone (Freeform)
  • 8:30 AM - 12 Dates of Christmas (AMC)
  • 10:30 AM - Four Christmases (AMC)
  • 10:30 AM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)
  • 12:30 PM - Fred Claus (AMC)
  • 1:00 PM - The Swan Princess Christmas (MyTV)
  • 1:10 PM - Disney's A Christmas Carol (Freeform)
  • 3:00 PM - The Polar Express (AMC)
  • 3:15 PM - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Freeform)
  • 4:55 PM - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) (Freeform)
  • 5:00 PM  - Elf (AMC)
  • 6:55 PM - Home Alone (Freeform)
  • 7:00 PM - Elf (AMC)
  • 8:00 PM - iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2022 (CW)
  • 9:00 PM - The Polar Express (AMC)
  • 9:25 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18

  • 6:00 AM - Call Me Claus (Freeform)
  • 8:00 AM - The Santa Clause (Freeform)
  • 9:45 AM - White Christmas (AMC)
  • 10:10 AM - The Santa Clause 2 (Freeform)
  • 12:40 PM - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Freeform)
  • 2:45 PM - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) (Freeform)
  • 3:00 PM - Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (AMC)
  • 4:45 PM - Home Alone (Freeform)
  • 5:00 PM - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
  • 7:15 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)
  • 7:15 PM - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (AMC)
  • 9:30 PM - Christmas with the Kranks (AMC)
  • 9:55 PM - Scrooged (Freeform)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 19

  • 4:00 PM - Christmas with the Kranks (AMC)
  • 4:30 PM - The Santa Clause (Freeform)
  • 6:00 PM - The Polar Express (AMC)
  • 6:30 PM - The Santa Clause 2 (Freeform)
  • 8:00 PM - Elf (AMC)
  • 8:00 PM - Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2022 (CW)
  • 10:00 PM - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Freeform)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20

  • 4:00 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)
  • 6:30 PM - Last Christmas (Freeform)
  • 10:00 PM - Prancer Returns (Freeform)

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21

  • 4:00 PM - Disney's A Christmas Carol (Freeform)
  • 6:00 PM - Disney's Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Freeform)
  • 6:30 PM - Frosty the Snowman (Freeform)
  • 7:00 PM - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Freeform)
  • 8:00 PM - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Freeform)
  • 10:00 PM-Midnight - The Simpsons Holiday Episodes (Freeform)

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22

  • 7:00 AM - The Search for Santa Paws (Freeform)
  • 9:00 AM - Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (Freeform)
  • 11:00 AM - Kung Fu Panda Holiday (Freeform)
  • 11:30 AM - Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (Freeform)
  • 1:00 PM - Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (Freeform)
  • 2:30 PM - The Star (2017) (Freeform)
  • 4:30 PM - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Freeform)
  • 5:30 PM - Frosty the Snowman (Freeform)
  • 6:00 PM - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Freeform)
  • 7:00 PM - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) (Freeform)
  • 9:00 PM - Disney's Prep & Landing & Disney's Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice (Freeform)
  • 10:00 PM - The Star (2017) (Freeform)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

  • 8:00 AM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)
  • 10:40 AM - Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (Freeform)
  • 1:20 PM - Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (Freeform)
  • 3:00 PM - Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018) (Freeform)
  • 5:00 PM - Home Alone (Freeform)
  • 7:30 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)
  • 10:00 PM - Disney's A Christmas Carol (Freeform)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24

  • 7:30 AM - Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (Freeform)
  • 10:00 AM - Disney's A Christmas Carol (Freeform)
  • 12:00 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)
  • 2:40 PM - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Freeform)
  • 3:45 PM - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Freeform)
  • 4:50 PM - Frosty the Snowman (Freeform)
  • 5:20 PM - The Santa Clause (Freeform)
  • 7:30 PM - The Santa Clause 2 (Freeform)
  • 10:00 PM - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Freeform)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25

  • 7:30 AM - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (Freeform)
  • 8:30 AM - Frosty the Snowman (Freeform)
  • 9:00 AM - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Freeform)
  • 10:00 AM - Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (Freeform)
  • 12:00 PM - The Santa Clause (Freeform)
  • 2:00 PM - The Santa Clause 2 (Freeform)
  • 4:30 PM - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Freeform)
  • 6:30 PM - Home Alone (Freeform)
  • 9:00 PM - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Freeform)