HOLIDAY MOVIES
DEC. 1
Debbie Macomber’s Call Me Mrs. Miracle
(2010) Mrs. “Miracle” Merkle helps save a strug-
gling department store during the Christmas sea-
son. HM&M 7 pm
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way,
especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV.
ABC FAMILY 7:05 pm
Good Luck Charlie, It’s Christmas! (2011)
Chaos strikes when a woman and her daughter get
separated from their family during the holidays.
DISNEY 8 pm
A Heavenly Christmas (2016) A workaholic’s
untimely death leads to her recruitment as a Christ-
mas angel. Her first task is to help a struggling
singer use his music to heal old wounds. HALL-
MARK 8 pm
A Nanny for Christmas (2010) A career woman
cares for the children of a Beverly Hills advertising
executive during the holidays. LMN 8 pm
Debbie Macomber’s Dashing Through the
Snow (2015) A young woman becomes stranded
in an airport at Christmastime and accepts a ride
from a man who rented the last rental car in town.
As they head north, a hint of romance develops
when they encounter a few bumps on the road.
HM&M 9 pm
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1988) Members
of a New England family reunite for the holiday,
hoping one will return from World War II. GET
TV 9 pm
The Santa Clause (1994) An adman takes over
for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop
mishap on Christmas Eve. ABC FAMILY 9:15 pm
Christmas in Homestead (2016) An actress heads
to the Christmas-obsessed town of Homestead,
Iowa, to shoot a holiday-themed movie. She is
shocked when a romance blooms with Matt, a
single dad. As she gets a taste of small-town life, she
discovers the true meaning of Christmas. HALL-
MARK 10 pm
Christmas in the City (2013) To help her daugh-
ter during the holidays, a woman tries to bring the
Christmas spirit back to her department store.
LMN 10 pm
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) A hobo
shares a New York mansion with a veteran and
others who need a wintertime place to stay.
TCM 10 pm
DEC. 2
The Santa Clause (1994) An adman takes over
for the bearded, big-bellied fellow after a rooftop
mishap on Christmas Eve. ABC FAMILY 7:15
pm
The Nine Lives of Christmas (2014) As the
Christmas holiday draws near, a veterinary stu-
dent and a stray cat challenge a fireman’s com-
mitment to life as a bachelor. HALLMARK 8
pm
12 Men of Christmas (2009) A public-relations
executive uses her media savvy to stir excitement
in a small Montana town. LIFETIME 8 pm
Once Upon a Christmas (2000) The daughter
of Santa Claus vows to transform a single father
and his spoiled children to prove that the spirit
of Christmas exists. GET TV 8 pm
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (2016) Jackie,
a single mom and attorney, looks forward to
spending Christmas alone with her daughter.
Everything goes according to plan until Jackie’s
estranged father shows up on her door step.
HM&M 9 pm
The Polar Express (2004) Animated. The con-
ductor of a train to the North Pole guides a boy
who questions the existence of Santa Claus. ABC
FAMILY 9:20 pm
Matchmaker Santa (2012) Stranded during the
holidays, a young baker discovers the magic of
Christmas and love. HALLMARK 10 pm
Twice Upon a Christmas (2001) When a wid-
ower proposes to Santa’s daughter, his children
try to discover the truth about her past. GET TV
10 pm
Home by Christmas (2006) A housewife must
learn to make it on her own after her husband
divorces her and she loses everything. LIFE-
TIME 10:02 pm
DEC. 3
Merry Kissmas (2015) A magical kiss in an el-
evator leaves a woman torn between two men at
Christmastime. ION 7 pm
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Ruined by a miser
on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man sees life
anew thanks to his guardian angel. NBC 8 pm
A Dream of Christmas (2016) An ambitious
married woman gets more than she bargained for
when her wish to be single again is granted. She
awakens to discover she’s got everything she’s ever
wanted, except her husband. She resolves to find
him a second time. HALLMARK 8 pm
Heaven Sent (2016) An 8-year-old runaway angel
takes it upon herself to rekindle the love between
a couple who are on the verge of a divorce. LIFE-
TIME 8 pm
Elf (2003) Adopted as a baby by one of Santa’s
elves, a man leaves the workshop to search for his
family in New York. ABC FAMILY 8:50 pm
A Firehouse Christmas (2016) As Christmas ap-
proaches, a relationship author tests the true love
between her soon-to-be ex-husband and his fire-
fighting girlfriend. ION 9 pm
Journey Back to Christmas (2016) A nurse from
World War II is transported in time to 2016 and
meets a man who helps her discover the bonds of
family and that the true meaning of Christmas is
timeless. HM&M 9 pm
A Madea Christmas (2013) Madea accompanies
her niece to the country for a surprise holiday visit
with the niece’s daughter, but what they find when
they arrive prompts Madea to dish out her own
brand of Christmas spirit. USA 9 pm
Every Christmas Has a Story (2016) While on
air, a TV personality accidentally admits she hates
Christmas. When she goes to a small town to film
a special to repair her image, the Christmas spirit
begins to change her life. HALLMARK 10 pm
Christmas With the Kranks (2004) A Chicago
couple scramble to put together a holiday celebra-
tion after their daughter decides to come home for
Christmas. LIFETIME 10:02 pm
The Holiday (2006) Two women, one from
America and one from England, swap homes at
Christmastime after bad breakups with their boy-
friends. ABC FAMILY 10:55 pm
DEC. 4
A Prince for Christmas (2015) A prince from Eu-
rope meets a charming waitress when he travels to
America during the Christmas holiday to escape an
arranged marriage. ION 7 pm
Operation Christmas (2016) A single mother is
determined not to let her boyfriend’s deployment
ruin her Christmas. She and her children decide to
give back to other struggling military families on
base. HM&M 7 pm
Christmas With the Kranks (2004) A Chicago
couple scramble to put together a holiday celebra-
tion after their daughter decides to come home for
Christmas. LIFETIME 7 pm
The Santa Clause 2 (2002) Scott Calvin’s world
turns upside down when he’s dealt a double
whammy of bad news: Not only has his son, Char-
lie, landed on this year’s naughty list, but Scott has
to marry by Christmas Eve, or he will stop being
Santa Claus forever. FX 8 pm
Looks Like Christmas (2016) An over-involved
single mother butts heads with a single dad over
the school’s annual Christmas Spectacular, an event
that she feels like she owns. HALLMARK 8 pm
A Song for the Season (1999) A superintendent,
trying to save his high school’s troubled finances,
falls in love with a teacher whose music program he
must cut. GET TV 8 pm
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989)
The Griswolds spend the holiday in a garish way,
especially when a country cousin pulls up in an RV.
ABC FAMILY 8:45 pm
A Cinderella Christmas (2016) At a holiday
masquerade ball, Angie and Nicholas meet and fall
for each other anonymously. While Nicholas tries
to locate the girl of his dreams, Angie must choose
between pursuing her lifelong dream of running a
business or following her heart. ION 9 pm
Hearts of Christmas (2016) When a beloved
neonatal intensive care unit supervisor is forced to
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National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
When to watch: Freeform – Dec. 1, 4, 5, 13, 14,16, 17, 19, 20, 24 & 25
A houseful of oddball relatives, snobby neighbors, a “killer” squirrel,
electrical outages ... what could go wrong?! This 1989 holiday comedy
starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo may be wildly uneven, but
when it hits – and it often does, thanks to supporting players including
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, John
Randolph, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki and Randy Quaid – it really hits,
with some truly memorable slapstick humor. Perhaps wisely overlooked at
the Oscars, it’s still a not-too-guilty pleasure each Christmastime, especially
for our Editor!
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