25 Days of Christmas schedule for ABC Family TV
The lineup has been set for this year’s 25 Days of Christmas on TV’s ABC Family channel. It’s too early just yet to set your DVR, so get out your calendar instead.
Beginning Dec. 1, ABC Family will have nightly holiday programming, including classic movies, new episodes of original series and a few non-holiday programs tossed in like little gifts along the way.
This year’s lineup includes new holiday episodes of “The Fosters,” “Switched at Birth,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Chasing Life,” “Melissa & Joey” and “Baby Daddy.” And you can catch some favorite holiday movies, including “The Santa Clause,” “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” and “Home Alone.”
And for those of us who are children of the ’70s, there are a number of Rankin/Bass productions on the schedule, including “The Year Without a Santa Claus” and “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.”
As for the non-holiday fare, look for “The Little Mermaid” and “Toy Story 3.”
Here’s the complete lineup. All times are Eastern and Pacific time.
Monday, Dec. 1
4 p.m.: Jack Frost (1979)
5 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
6 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
8 p.m.: Elf
10 p.m.: The Santa Clause
Midnight: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
1 a.m.: Jack Frost (1979)
Tuesday, Dec. 2
4 p.m.: Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
6 p.m.: Elf
8 p.m.: The Santa Clause
10 p.m.: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
Midnight: Prancer
Wednesday, Dec. 3
5 p.m.: Prancer
7 p.m.: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
9 p.m.: The Polar Express
Midnight: A Very Brady Christmas
Thursday, Dec. 4
5 p.m.: Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
6 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
7 p.m.: The Polar Express
9 p.m.: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Midnight: Snow
Friday, Dec. 5
5 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
6 p.m.: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
8 p.m.: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10:30 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
11:30 p.m.: Fred Claus
Saturday, Dec. 6
7 a.m.: All I Want for Christmas
9 a.m.: A Dennis the Menace Christmas
11 a.m.: Fred Claus
1:30 p.m.: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
2 p.m.: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
4 p.m.: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
6:30 p.m.: Toy Story 3
9 p.m.: Arthur Christmas (Network TV premiere)
11 p.m.: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
1 a.m.: Jack Frost (1979)
Sunday, Dec. 7
7 a.m.: A Dennis the Menace Christmas
9 a.m.: The Little Drummer Boy
9:30 a.m.: Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
11:30 a.m.: Arthur Christmas
1:30 p.m.: Jack Frost (1998)
3:30 p.m.: The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
5:30 p.m.: Toy Story 3
8 p.m.: Toy Story that Time Forgot (ABC Family Premiere)
8:30 p.m.: Elf
10:30 p.m.: Toy Story that Time Forgot
11 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
Monday, Dec. 8
5 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
6 p.m.: Elf
8 p.m.: The Fosters (new holiday episode)
9 p.m.: Switched at Birth (new holiday episode)
10 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
Midnight: The Fosters
1 a.m.: Switched at Birth
Tuesday, Dec. 9
5 p.m.: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
5:30 p.m.: Mickey’s Christmas Carol
6 p.m.: The Little Mermaid
8 p.m.: Pretty Little Liars (new holiday episode)
9 p.m.: Chasing Life (new holiday episode)
10 p.m.: Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
Midnight: Pretty Little Liars
1 a.m.: Chasing Life
Wednesday, Dec. 10
4 p.m.: The Little Mermaid
6 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
7 p.m.: Baby Daddy
7:30 p.m.: Melissa & Joey
8 p.m.: Melissa & Joey (new holiday episode)
8:30 p.m.: Baby Daddy (new holiday episode)
9 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Midnight: Melissa & Joey
12:30 a.m.: Baby Daddy
Thursday, Dec. 11
5 p.m.: Jack Frost (1998)
7 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
9 p.m.: Scrooged
Midnight: The Mistle-Tones
Friday, Dec. 12
4:30 p.m.: Jack Frost (1979)
5:30 p.m.: Scrooged
7:30 p.m.: The Santa Claus
9:30 p.m.: Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
Midnight: Holiday in Handcuffs
Saturday, Dec. 13
7 a.m.: Unlikely Angel
9 a.m.: The Mistle-Tones
11 a.m.: Home Alone 3
1 p.m.: Prancer
3 p.m.: Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
5:30 p.m.: Mickey’s Christmas Carol
6 p.m.: The Santa Claus
8 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
10 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
11 p.m.: Mickey’s Christmas Carol
11:30 p.m.: Fred Claus
Sunday, Dec. 14
7 a.m.: Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
9:30 a.m.: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
11:30 a.m.: Jack Frost (1998)
1:30 p.m.: Fred Claus
4 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
6 p.m.: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
9 p.m.: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Monday, Dec. 15
4:30 p.m.: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
7 p.m.: Disney’s Prep & Landing
7:30 p.m.: Disney’s Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
8 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
9 p.m.: The Polar Express
Midnight: Santa Baby
Tuesday, Dec. 16
2 p.m.: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
4:30 p.m.: Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
6:30 p.m.: The Polar Express
8:30 p.m.: Home Alone
Midnight: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
Wednesday, Dec. 17
7 a.m.: Holidaze
9 a.m.: Santa Baby
11 a.m.: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
1 p.m.: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
3 p.m.: Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas
4:30 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
5:30 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
6:30 p.m.: Home Alone
9 p.m.: The Santa Claus
Midnight: Christmas Cupid
Thursday, Dec. 18
7 a.m.: Christmas Cupid
9 a.m.: Unlikely Angel
11 a.m.: 12 Dates of Christmas
1 p.m.: Holiday in Handcuffs
3 p.m.: Prancer
5 p.m.: Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
7 p.m.: The Santa Claus
8:30 p.m.: Fred Claus
Midnight: Holiday in Handcuffs
Friday, Dec. 19
7 a.m.: Desperately Seeking Santa
9 a.m.: Unaccompanied Minors
11 a.m.: Mickey’s Christmas Carol
11:30 a.m.: Prancer
1:30 p.m.: Jack Frost (1998)
3:30 p.m.: Fred Claus
6 p.m.: Home Alone
8 p.m.: Elf
10 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Midnight: Scrooged
Saturday, Dec. 20
7 a.m.: The Dog Who Saved Christmas Vacation
9 a.m.: Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
11 a.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
Noon: Arthur Christmas
2 p.m.: Home Alone
4 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
6 p.m.: Elf
8 p.m.: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
10:30 p.m.: Home Alone
1 a.m.: A Minor Brothers’ Christmas
Sunday, Dec. 21
7 p.m.: Santa Buddies: The Legend of Santa Paws
9 a.m.: Arthur Christmas
11 a.m.: Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
1 p.m.: The Little Drummer Boy
1:30 p.m.: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
2 p.m.: Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
3 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
4 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
5 p.m.: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas
7:30 p.m.: Home Alone
10 p.m.: Polar Express
Monday, Dec. 22
7 a.m.: Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
9 a.m.: A Dennis the Menace Christmas
11 a.m.: Unlikely Angel
1 p.m.: Snowglobe
3 p.m.: The Mistle-Tones
5 p.m.: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
5:30 p.m.: Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
6:30 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
7:30 p.m.: Mickey’s Christmas Carol
8 p.m.: Toy Story That Time Forgot
8:30 p.m.: The Santa Claus
10:30 p.m.: Toy Story That Time Forgot
Midnight: Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
Tuesday, Dec. 23
7 a.m.: Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
8:30 a.m.: Christmas Cupid
10:30 a.m.: Santa Baby
12:30 p.m.: Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe
2:30 p.m.: Holiday in Handcuffs
4:30 p.m.: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
5 p.m.: The Santa Clause
7 p.m.: Home Alone
9 p.m.: The Polar Express
Wednesday, Dec. 24
7 a.m.: Mickey’s Christmas Carol
7:30 a.m.: Arthur Christmas
11 a.m.: Snow
1 p.m.: Jack Frost
3 p.m.: The Polar Express
5 p.m.: Home Alone
7 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
9 p.m.: Elf
Midnight: Scrooged
Thursday, Dec. 25
7 a.m.: Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
7:30 a.m.: The Little Drummer Boy
8 a.m.: Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
8:30 a.m.: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
9 a.m.: Mickey’s Christmas Carol
11 a.m.: Home Alone
1 p.m.: Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
2 p.m.: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town
3 p.m.: The Year Without a Santa Claus
4 p.m.: Disney’s Prep & Landing
4:30 p.m.: Disney’s Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
5 p.m.: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
7 p.m.: Elf
9 p.m.: Home Alone
Midnight: Home Alone 3
