HOLIDAY MOVIES
The Polar Express (2004 Fantasy) Voices
of Tom Hanks, Michael Jeter. Animated. A
conductor guides a boy to the North Pole.
FREEFORM 8:55 pm
A Bramble House Christmas (2017
Romance) David Haydn-Jones, Autumn
Reeser. A man investigates why his late
father left a nurse $50,000. HM&M 9 pm
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1997
Drama) Ann Jillian, Robert Hays. Former
high-school sweethearts reunite on
Christmas Eve. GET TV 9 pm
A Dream of Christmas (2016 Drama)
Nikki DeLoach, Andrew Walker. A
married woman’s wish to be single is
magically granted. HALLMARK 10 pm
DEC. 6
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (2016
Drama) James Brolin, Mena Suvari. A
woman and her estranged father spend
Christmas together. HM&M 7 pm
Switched for Christmas (2017 Drama)
Estranged identical twins decide to
swap lives up until Christmas Day.
HALLMARK 8 pm
A Song for the Season (1999 Drama)
Naomi Judd, Andy Griffith. A
superintendent is forced to cut the school
music program. GET TV 8 pm
Elf (2003 Comedy) Will Ferrell, James
Caan. A man leaves Santa’s workshop to
search for his family. FREEFORM
8:50 pm
Home Alone (1990 Comedy) Macaulay
Culkin, Joe Pesci. A left-behind boy battles
two burglars in the house. ENCORE 9 pm
Christmas Homecoming (2017 Drama)
Julie Benz, Michael Shanks. A widow and
a soldier team up to save a town’s museum.
HM&M 9 pm
Office Christmas Party (2016 Comedy)
Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn. Two co-
workers throw an epic Christmas party.
SHO2 9 pm
Christmas in Homestead (2016
Romance) Michael Rady, Taylor Cole. An
actress is shocked when a romance blooms.
HALLMARK 10 pm
DEC. 7
Journey Back to Christmas (2016
Drama) Candace Cameron Bure, Oliver
Hudson. A nurse from World War II is
transported in time to 2016. HM&M
7 pm
Office Christmas Party (2016 Comedy)
Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn. Two co-
workers throw an epic Christmas party.
SHOW 7:45 pm
With Love, Christmas (2017 Romance)
Emilie Ullerup, Aaron O’Connell. Melanie
is assigned her office crush for Secret Santa.
HALLMARK 8 pm
The Magical Christmas Ornaments
(2017 Drama) Jessica Lowndes, Brendan
Penny. Marie finds her Christmas spirit
reawakened. HM&M 9 pm
The Night Before (2015 Comedy) Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. Three lifelong
friends party in New York on Christmas
Eve. STARZ 9:57 pm
The Christmas Train (2017 Drama)
Dermot Mulroney, Kimberly Williams-
Paisley. A cynical journalist takes a cross-
country train. HALLMARK 10 pm
DEC. 8
Christmas in Evergreen (2017 Romance)
Ashley Williams, Teddy Sears. A
veterinarian wishes upon a snow globe for
romance. HALLMARK 8 pm
A Christmas Carol (1951 Fantasy)
Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison. A London
miser meets cautionary spirits. TCM 8 pm
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
(1977 Comedy-Drama) Robert Young,
Jane Wyatt. The Anderson clan gets
together for a holiday celebration. GET TV
8 pm
Engaging Father Christmas (2017
Romance) Wendie Malick, Niall Matter.
Ian plans what he thinks is the perfect
marriage proposal. HM&M 9 pm
Scrooge (1935 Fantasy) Seymour Hicks,
Donald Calthrop. Ghosts visit miserly
Scrooge on Christmas Eve. TCM 9:45 pm
A Heavenly Christmas (2016 Drama)
Kristin Davis, Eric McCormack. A
workaholic becomes a Christmas angel after
death. HALLMARK 10 pm
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
(1991 Docudrama) Richard Thomas,
Edward Asner. Holiday woe prompts a
girl’s 1897 query to the New York Sun.
GET TV 10 pm
DEC. 9
A Song for Christmas (2017 Romance)
Becca Tobin, Kevin McGarry. A stranded
pop star finds refuge at a family’s dairy
farm. HM&M 7 pm
Why Him? (2016 Comedy) James Franco,
Bryan Cranston. A man disapproves of his
daughter’s awkward boyfriend. HBO2
7:38 pm
Christmas Encore (2017 Romance)
Premiere. Maggie Lawson, Brennan
Elliott. An actress finds renewed passion for
her craft at Christmas. HALLMARK 8 pm
Christmas in Mississippi (2017
Romance) Premiere. Jana Kramer, Wes
Brown. Holly finds love when she returns
to her hometown. LIFETIME 8 pm
Love the Coopers (2015 Comedy-Drama)
Alan Arkin, John Goodman. Family
members gather for a Christmas Eve
celebration. SHO2 8 pm
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946 Comedy-
Drama) James Stewart, Donna Reed. A
guardian angel strengthens a man ruined by
a miser. USA 8 pm
Miracle in the Wilderness (1991
Western) Kris Kristofferson, Kim Cattrall.
A woman tells the Nativity tale to her
Blackfoot captors. GET TV 8 pm
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
(2006 Comedy) Tim Allen, Martin Short.
Jack Frost wants to freeze Santa out of the
North Pole. FREEFORM 8:35 pm
Christmas Cottage (2017 Drama)
Premiere. Merritt Patterson, Steve Lund.
A cynical designer decorates the romantic
Christmas cottage. HM&M 9 pm
Marry Me at Christmas (2017 Romance)
Rachel Skarsten, Trevor Donovan.
Wedding planner unexpectedly falls for the
bride’s brother. HALLMARK 10 pm
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
(1989 Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly
D’Angelo. A traditional Griswold yuletide
backfires in comic fashion. FREEFORM
10:45 pm
DEC. 10
A Joyous Christmas (2017 Romance)
Natalie Knepp, Michael Rady. A
motivational speaker learns the true
meaning of Christmas. HM&M 7 pm
Miracle on 34th Street (1947 Fantasy)
Maureen O’Hara, John Payne. An
adwoman’s boyfriend defends Macy’s Santa
in court. SUND 7:30 pm
Elf (2003 Comedy) Will Ferrell, James
Caan. A man leaves Santa’s workshop to
search for his family. FREEFORM 8:40
pm
Karen Kingsbury’s Maggie’s Christmas
Miracle (2017 Drama) Premiere. Jill
Wagner, Luke McFarlane. Casey wishes his
Do you smell what I smell?
“ ‘Twas the week before Christmas and fate played a joke. No tree and no presents,
Homer was broke!” In the first-ever episode of “The Simpsons,” “Simpsons Roasting
on an Open Fire,” Marge has to spend all the family’s Christmas present money getting
Bart’s tattoo removed, so Homer gets a job as Santa but bets all his wages on a dog with a
festive name – Santa’s Little Helper.
FXX Dec. 19 8p; Dec. 21 11:30p; Dec. 25 6p; Also streaming on Amazon
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