HOLIDAY MOVIES
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 9:40 pm
Christmas Encore (2017 Romance)
Maggie Lawson, Brennan Elliott. An actress
finds renewed passion for her craft at
Christmas. HALLMARK 10 pm
Remember the Night (1940 Romance-
Comedy) Barbara Stanwyck, Fred
MacMurray. An assistant DA takes a
shoplifter home for the holidays. TCM
10 pm
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1997
Drama) Ann Jillian, Robert Hays. Former
high-school sweethearts reunite on
Christmas Eve. GET TV 10 pm
A Christmas Carol (1999 Fantasy) Patrick
Stewart, Richard E. Grant. Crotchety
Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a holiday
epiphany. TNT 10:15 pm
DEC. 23
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 7 pm
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
(1989 Comedy) Chevy Chase, Beverly
D’Angelo. A traditional Griswold yuletide
backfires in comic fashion. FREEFORM
7:10 pm
Scrooged (1988 Comedy) Bill Murray,
Karen Allen. TV-network bigshot meets
Christmas ghosts. AMC 8 pm
Christmas Getaway (2017 Romance)
Premiere. Bridget Regan, Travis Van
Winkle. A travel writer decides to go on a
Christmas trip, alone. HALLMARK 8 pm
Office Christmas Party (2016 Comedy)
Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn. Two co-
workers throw an epic Christmas party.
SHO2 8 pm
The Best Man Holiday (2013 Comedy-
Drama) Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs.
Longtime friends reunite over the
Christmas holidays. FXM 8 pm
Christmas Cottage (2017 Drama) Merritt
Patterson, Steve Lund. A cynical designer
decorates the romantic Christmas cottage.
HM&M 9 pm
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole
Christmas (2000 Fantasy) Jim Carrey,
Jeffrey Tambor. A curmudgeon hates
the Christmas-loving Whos of Whoville.
FREEFORM 9:20 pm
A Christmas Carol (1984 Fantasy) George
C. Scott, Angela Pleasence. Christmas Eve
spiritual visitations enlighten an old miser.
AMC 10 pm
A Gift to Remember (2017 Romance)
Peter Porte, Ali Liebert. A hopeless
romantic finds love with a handsome
stranger. HALLMARK 10 pm
The Best Man Holiday (2013 Comedy-
Drama) Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs.
Longtime friends reunite over the
Christmas holidays. FXM 10:20 pm
DEC. 24
The Santa Clause 2 (2002 Comedy) Tim
Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell. Santa must get
married in order to keep his job. FX 7 pm
Home Alone (1990 Comedy) Macaulay
Culkin, Joe Pesci. A left-behind boy battles
two burglars in the house. ENCORE
7:08 pm
A Christmas Carol (1984 Fantasy) George
C. Scott, Angela Pleasence. Christmas Eve
spiritual visitations enlighten an old miser.
AMC 7:30 pm
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946 Comedy-
Drama) James Stewart, Donna Reed. A
guardian angel strengthens a man ruined by
a miser. NBC 8 pm
Switched for Christmas (2017 Drama)
Estranged identical twins decide to
swap lives up until Christmas Day.
HALLMARK 8 pm
Fred Claus (2007 Comedy) Vince
Vaughn, Paul Giamatti. Santa’s ne’er-do-
well brother puts Christmas in jeopardy.
HBO 8 pm
A Christmas Story (1983 Comedy) Peter
Billingsley, Darren McGavin. A boy tries to
convince his parents to get him a BB gun.
TBS 8 pm
The Bishop’s Wife (1947 Fantasy) Cary
Grant, Loretta Young. An angel saves a
cleric and his wife from woe. TCM 8 pm
A Christmas Story (1983 Comedy) Peter
Billingsley, Darren McGavin. A boy tries to
convince his parents to get him a BB gun.
TNT 8 pm
The Night Before (2015 Comedy) Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. Three lifelong
friends party in New York on Christmas
Eve. FXX 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
The Santa Clause 2 (2002 Comedy) Tim
Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell. Santa must get
married in order to keep his job. FX 9 pm
Office Christmas Party (2016 Comedy)
Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn. Two co-
workers throw an epic Christmas party.
SHOW 9 pm
Elf (2003 Comedy) Will Ferrell, James
Caan. A man leaves Santa’s workshop to
search for his family. FREEFORM
9:15 pm
Finding Santa (2017 Romance) A woman
rushes to find a St. Nick replacement for a
parade. HALLMARK 9:30 pm
Scrooged (1988 Comedy) Bill Murray,
Karen Allen. TV-network bigshot meets
Christmas ghosts. AMC 10 pm
A Christmas Story (1983 Comedy) Peter
Billingsley, Darren McGavin. A boy tries to
convince his parents to get him a BB gun.
TBS 10 pm
The Bells of St. Mary’s (1945 Drama)
Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman. A carefree
singing priest clashes with a no-nonsense
nun. TCM 10 pm
A Christmas Story (1983 Comedy) Peter
Billingsley, Darren McGavin. A boy tries to
convince his parents to get him a BB gun.
TNT 10 pm
The Night Before (2015 Comedy) Joseph
Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen. Three lifelong
friends party in New York on Christmas
Eve. FXX 10 pm
Home Alone
As for me and Grandpa,
we believe!
A familiar holiday tune -- and one that’s more off-color than most -- is translated
into an animated show as the “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” special sets
visuals to the long-popular Elmo and Patsy song. A youngster has his suspicions
about why his grandmother is missing on Christmas Eve. His quest to find her
involves his not-as-pure-minded cousin (voice of Michele Lee, “Knots Landing’’).
Watch on The CW Dec. 1 8p; Dec. 20 8p; Freeform Dec. 21 7a; Dec. 22 7a
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