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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 29/11/2018 (2121 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Hello, festive flipping friends … remember me? Well, I just happened to be wandering past the ol’ entertainment section here at the Free Press, and Arts & Life editor Alan Small shot me one of those “Hey, didn’t you used to work over here and weren’t you the guy who used to do the Christmas-TV calendar every year?” looks.
You know the look I’m talking about — the one that’s about halfway to a holiday smile, but with a hint of nervous anticipation that maybe you’re going to deliver on one of the smiler’s Christmas wishes. It’s the season of giving, so I knew just what I had to do.
Setting aside the deep thoughts of the Perspectives pages for a couple of hours, I have returned to my TV-watching roots to prepare the annual clip-and-save Christmas TV calendar, a helpful and fridge-magnet-friendly guide to holiday classics and new seasonal favourites in this year’s channel-flipping schedule.
As always, please remember that because we compile this list weeks in advance of the big day, it’s best to check up-to-date listings to confirm air dates and times. Merry December viewing to all!
DEC. 1:
A Twist of Christmas (7 p.m., Lifetime)
The Wishing Tree (8 p.m., CTV)
The Bishop’s Wife (8:45 p.m., TCM)
Christmas at Graceland (9 p.m., W)
DEC. 2:
Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2 p.m., CBC)
The Christmas Pact (7 p.m., Lifetime)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (7:15 p.m., AMC)
Elf (8 p.m., Global)
The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Holiday Special (9 p.m., ABC/CTV)
DEC. 3:
A Godwink Christmas (7 p.m., Citytv)
The Great Christmas Light Fight (7 p.m., ABC)
Holiday Baking Championship (8 p.m., Food)
Pop-Up Santa Holiday Special (8:30 p.m., ABC Spark)
DEC. 4:
Saturday Night Live Best of Christmas (8 p.m., NBC)
Once Upon a Holiday (8 p.m., W)
A Bad Moms Christmas (8:15 p.m., Crave 2)
DEC. 5:
Jingle All the Way (7 p.m., AMC)
Finding Santa (8 p.m., W)
The Search for Santa Paws (9 p.m., YTV)
DEC. 6:
sA Charlie Brown Christmas (7 p.m., ABC)
Frosty the Snowman (7 p.m., CBC)
Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery (8 p.m., E!)
DEC. 7:
A Christmas Story (8 p.m., CBC)
Frozen in Love (9 p.m., Citytv)
How to Holiday with Jordin Sparks and Friends (9 p.m., W)
DEC. 8:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (7 p.m., CBS)
Santa’s Boots (7 p.m., Lifetime)
Frosty the Snowman (8 p.m., CBS)
Snowed Inn Christmas (8 p.m., Global)
Mingle All the Way (9 p.m., W)
DEC. 9:
A Christmas in Tennessee (7 p.m., Lifetime)
The George Lopez Christmas Movie (8 p.m., TLN)
Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa (9 p.m., W)
DEC. 10:
CMA Country Christmas (7 p.m., ABC)
Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe (7 p.m., Citytv)
Miracle on 34th Street (8:15 p.m., AMC)
DEC. 11:
Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas (8 p.m., NBC)
DEC. 12:
Ellen’s Game of Games Holiday Special (7 p.m., NBC)
A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy (9 p.m., NBC)
DEC. 13:
Disney’s Prep & Landing ( 7 p.m., ABC)
Disney’s Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice (7:30 p.m., ABC)
DEC. 14:
I Love Lucy Christmas Special (7 p.m., CBS)
Christmas Around the Corner (7 p.m., Lifetime)
DEC. 15:
Christmas Pen Pals (7 p.m., Lifetime)
DEC.16:
Hometown Christmas (7 p.m., Lifetime)
iHeart Radio Jingle Ball 2018 (7 p.m., CW)
DEC. 17:
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir featuring Sutton Foster and Hugh Bonneville (8 p.m., PBS)
DEC. 18:
Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2018 (7 p.m., CW)
Greatest Holiday Video Countdown (8 p.m., CW)
DEC. 19:
Olaf’s Frozen Adventure (7 p.m., ABC)
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (7 p.m., CW)
Shrek the Halls (7:30 p.m., ABC)
Full Frontal: Christmas on I.C.E. (Comedy, 12:30 a.m.)
DEC. 20:
A Charlie Brown Christmas (7 p.m., ABC)
The Beaverton Ruins Your Holiday Special (8 p.m., CTV)
DEC. 21:
I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (7 p.m., ABC)
Every Day is Christmas (7 p.m., CTV)
A Home for the Holidays: The 20th Anniversary (7 p.m., CBS)
A Christmas Kiss (7 p.m., Lifetime)
DEC. 22:
Christmas in Connecticut (9 p.m., TCM)
DEC. 23:
Marry Me at Christmas (7 p.m., CTV)
Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic (7 p.m., CW)
DEC. 24:
It’s a Wonderful Life (7 p.m., NBC/CTV)
CHRISTMAS DAY:
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade (9 a.m., ABC)
Call the Midwife Holiday Special (8 p.m., PBS)
HAPPY COUCHBOUND HOLIDAYS!
brad.oswald@freepress.mb.ca
Twitter: @BradOswald
Brad Oswald
Perspectives editor
After three decades spent writing stories, columns and opinion pieces about television, comedy and other pop-culture topics in the paper’s entertainment section, Brad Oswald shifted his focus to the deep-thoughts portion of the Free Press’s daily operation.
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