Christmas television Specials 2011
We thought our readers might be interested in the upcoming Christmas specials on television. This list does not attempt to list every program with Christmas content, but was compiled by Forever Christmas Radio to help plan this years Christmas viewing.
December 16, 2011 Friday
Christmas in Boston
ABC Family
7 AM
Three Days
ABC Family
9 AM
The Shop Around the Corner
TCM
12 PM
Mickeys Christmas Special
ABC Family
6 PM
Mickeys Christmas Carol
ABC Family
6:30 PM
The Bishops Wife
TCM
8 PM
Elf
USA
9 PM
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
TCM
10 PM
December 17, 2011 Saturday
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
ABC Family
7 AM
The Little Drummer Boy
ABC Family
7:30 AM
Pinocchios Christmas
ABC Family
8 AM
Rudolphs Shiny New Year
ABC Family
9 AM
Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABC Family
10 AM
Cranberry Christmas
ABC Family
10:30 AM
Jack Frost (1979)
ABC Family
11 AM
Elf
USA
11 AM
The Year Without a Santa Claus
ABC Family
12 PM
A Miser Brothers Christmas
ABC Family
1 PM
Santa Claus Is Comin to Town
ABC Family
2 PM
Frostys Winter Wonderland
ABC Family
3 PM
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
ABC Family
3:30 PM
Christmas Comes Home to Canaan
Hallmark Channel
8 PM *NEW
The Story of Santa Claus (animated special)
CBS
9 PM
Santa Claus Is Comin to Town
ABC Family
10 PM
A Chipmunk Christmas
ABC Family
1:30 AM
December 18, 2011 Sunday
Little Women (1933)
TCM
6 AM
A Chipmunk Christmas
ABC Family
7 AM
Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
ABC Family
7:30 AM
All Mine to Give
TCM
8 AM
The Search for Santa Paws
ABC Family
9:30 AM
The Shop Around the Corner
TCM
10 AM
Richie Richs Christmas Wish
ABC Family
11:30 AM
Since You Went Away
TCM
1 PM
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
ABC Family
1:30 PM
Elf
USA
4 PM
The Polar Express
ABC Family
4 PM
Christmas Magic
Hallmark Channel
8 PM *NEW
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
TCM
8 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner
TCM
10 PM
Elf
USA
11 PM
December 19, 2011 Monday
Picking Up & Dropping Off
ABC Family
7 AM
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
ABC Family
11 AM
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus
ABC Family
11:30 AM
Ill Be Home For Christmas (1998)
ABC Family
1:30 PM
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation
ABC Family
6 PM
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special
ABC Family
12 AM
Merry Madagascar
ABC Family
12:30 AM
Scrooge (1970)
TCM
1 AM
December 20, 2011 Tuesday
Ernest Saves Christmas
ABC Family
7 AM
Merry Madagascar
ABC Family
11 AM
Unaccompanied Minors
ABC Family
11:30 AM
Mickeys Christmas Special
ABC Family
6 PM
The Polar Express
ABC Family
9 PM
Deck the Halls (Mary Higgins Clark)
TNT
9 PM *NEW
Holiday Affair (1949)
TCM
11 PM
A Flintstone Christmas
ABC Family
12 AM
Bachelor Mother
TCM
12:30 AM
Bundle of Joy
TCM
2 AM
In The Good Old Summertime
TCM
3:45 AM
December 21, 2011 Wednesday
Christmas Every Day
ABC Family
7 AM
Sons of Mistletoe
ABC Family
9 AM
The Dog Who Saved Christmas
ABC Family
11 AM
Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
ABC Family
1 PM
The Search for Santa Paws
ABC Family
3 PM
The Polar Express
ABC Family
5 PM
Disney Prep & Landing
ABC Family
7 PM
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
ABC Family
7:30 PM
The Santa Clause
ABC Family
8 PM
Elf
USA
9 PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABC Family
10 PM
Rudolphs Shiny New Year
ABC Family
12 AM
December 22, 2011 Thursday
The Christmas List
ABC Family
7 AM
Christmas Caper
ABC Family
9 AM
Secret Santa
ABC Family
11 AM
Once Upon a Christmas
ABC Family
1 PM
Twice Upon a Christmas
ABC Family
3 PM
The Santa Clause
ABC Family
5 PM
Since You Went Away
TCM
5 PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABC Family
7 PM
The Thin Man
TCM
8 PM
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
ABC Family
9 PM
Dr. Seuss The Grinch Grinches The Cat in the Hat
ABC Family
12 AM
Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat
ABC Family
12:30 AM
December 23, 2011 Friday
Visit to Santa (short 1963)
TCM
5:30 AM
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
TCM
8 AM
Snowglobe
ABC Family
8 AM
A Christmas Carol (1938)
TCM
11 AM
Santa Baby
ABC Family
12 PM
Santa Baby 2 Christmas Maybe
ABC Family
2 PM
Susan Slept Here
TCM
2:15 PM
The Man Who Came to Dinner
TCM
4 PM
Holiday in Handcuffs
ABC Family
4 PM
Scrooge (1970)
TCM
6 PM
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
ABC Family
6 PM
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas
ABC Family
8 PM
Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas
ABC Family
10:30 PM
December 24, 2011 Saturday
Happy Christmas Eve!
Love Finds Andy Hardy
TCM
6 AM
The Little Drummer Boy
ABC Family
7 AM
The Little Drummer Boy Book II
ABC Family
7:30 AM
Little Women (1949)
TCM
8 AM
Cranberry Christmas
ABC Family
8 AM
Puff the Magic Dragon
ABC Family
8:30 AM
Dr. Seuss The Cat in the Hat
ABC Family
9 AM
Dr. Seuss The Lorax
ABC Family
9:30 AM
Pinocchios Christmas
ABC Family
10 AM
Meet John Doe
TCM
10:15 AM
Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABC Family
11 AM
Rudolph & Frostys Christmas in July
ABC Family
11:30 AM
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
TCM
12:30 PM
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys
ABC Family
1:30 PM
Holiday Affair (1949)
TCM
2:30 PM
Mickeys Christmas Carol
ABC Family
3 PM
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
ABC Family
3:30 PM
Jack Frost (1979)
ABC Family
4 PM
In The Good Old Summertime
TCM
4 PM
Disney Prep & Landing
ABC Family
5 PM
Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
ABC Family
5:30 PM
Rudolphs Shiny New Year
ABC Family
6 PM
Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)
TCM
6 PM
Santa Claus Is Comin to Town
ABC Family
7 PM
The Year Without a Santa Claus
ABC Family
8 PM
Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
TCM
8 PM
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
ABC Family
9 PM
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
TCM
10:15 PM
The Santa Clause
ABC Family
11:30 PM
Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABC Family
1:30 AM
The Bishops Wife
TCM
2:30 AM
Tenth Avenue Angel
TCM
4:30 AM
December 25, 2011 Sunday
Merry Christmas!
Mickeys Christmas Carol
ABC Family
7 AM
Jack Frost (1979)
ABC Family
7:30 AM
Pinocchios Christmas
ABC Family
9 AM
Frostys Winter Wonderland
ABC Family
9:30 AM
Twas the Night Before Christmas
ABC Family
10 AM
Rudolphs Shiny New Year
ABC Family
10:30 AM
Santa Claus Is Comin to Town
ABC Family
11:30 AM
Disney Christmas Parade
ABC
12 PM
The Year Without a Santa Claus
ABC Family
12:30 PM
The Santa Clause
ABC Family
1:30 PM
Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
ABC Family
3:30 PM
King of Kings
TCM
5 PM
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
ABC Family
5:30 PM
The Polar Express
ABC Family
8 PM
Going My Way (1944)
TCM
8 PM
Elf
USA
8 PM
Elf
USA
9:30 PM
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
ABC Family
10 PM
SOURCE: http://www.foreverchristmasradio.com/index.php/christmas-tv-schedule/