AMC Best Christmas Ever
AMC had typically aired a rotating lineup of five to six Christmas movies during the holiday season. In 2018, the channel introduced a more extensive holiday lineup branded as “Best Christmas Ever” running from the end of November to December 25th, featuring a mix of popular Christmas and family films, along with other acquired holiday themed TV specials.
AMC’s Best Christmas Ever will begin in November 2022
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in Eastern)
**Page last updated on 12/05/22
Check back in for schedule updates throughout the holidays.
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
- 5:00pm – The Family Man
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
- 6:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 8:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 10:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 12:00am – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Sunday, November 27, 2022
- 9:00pm – Christmas with the Kranks
Monday, November 28, 2022
- 4:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 9:00am – Pinocchio’s Christmas
- 2:45pm – Christmas with the Kranks
- 4:45pm – The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 5:15pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 5:45pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 8:15pm – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
- 8:45pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 10:00pm – White Christmas (1954)
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
- 12:45am – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
- 1:45am – The Family Man
- 4:45am – Pinocchio’s Christmas
- 9:00am – The Little Drummer Boy
- 9:30am – The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
- 10:00am – The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 10:30am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 11:00am – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 1:30pm – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)
- 2:00pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 3:15pm – White Christmas (1954)
- 6:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
- 4:15am – The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
- 5:30am – The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
- 12:45pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Thursday, December 1, 2022
- 12:00am – Groundhog Day
- 4:30am – The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
- 5:00am – Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
- 9:00am – Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- 12:15pm – 12 Dates of Christmas
- 2:15pm – Jack Frost (1979)
- 3:30pm – Jack Frost (1998)
- 6:00pm – Four Christmases
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Friday, December 2, 2022
- 12:30am – Four Christmases
- 2:30am – Jack Frost (1998)
- 5:00am – Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- 5:30am – Little Drummer Boy: Book II
- 9:00am – 12 Dates of Christmas
- 1:30pm – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 6:00pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 6:30pm – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
- 7:00pm – The Polar Express
- 9:00pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus
Saturday, December 3, 2022
- 12:15am – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
- 12:45am – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 2:00am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 5:00am – Little Drummer Boy: Book II
- 5:30am – The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 6:00am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 8:00am – Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
- 10:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 4:30pm – Fred Claus
- 7:00pm – Elf
- 9:00pm – Elf
- 11:00pm – Four Christmases
Sunday, December 4, 2022
- 1:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 3:00am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- 5:00am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 10:45am – Jack Frost
- 2:30pm – Fred Claus
- 5:00pm – Four Christmases
- 7:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 9:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 11:30pm – White Christmas
Monday, December 5, 2022
- 4:45am – Jack Frost
- 9:00am – Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
- 11:00am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- 1:00pm – Groundhog Day
- 8:00pm – The Polar Express
- 10:00pm – Elf
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
- 2:30am – A Different Kind of Christmas
- 4:45am – The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
- 9:15am – The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
- 9:45am – Groundhog Day
- 4:45pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 6:00pm – The Polar Express
- 8:00pm – Elf
- 10:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
- 4:15am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 5:30am – The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
- 9:00am – Jack Frost (1998)
- 6:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 8:15pm – Christmas with the Kranks
- 10:15pm – Four Christmases
Thursday, December 8, 2022
- 12:15am – Christmas with the Kranks
- 2:15am – 12 Dates of Christmas
- 4:15am – Jack Frost (1979)
- 5:30am – Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- 2:00pm – 12 Dates of Christmas
- 4:00pm – Four Christmases
- 6:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Friday, December 9, 2022
- 12:30am – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 5:00am – Grandma Got Run Over by A Reindeer
- 9:15am – The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 2:45pm – White Christmas
- 8:00pm – Elf
- 10:00pm – Elf
Saturday, December 10, 2022
- 2:30am – White Christmas
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Sunday, December 11, 2022
- 6:00am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 12:00pm – Fred Claus
- 2:30pm – Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
- 4:45pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 6:00pm – The Polar Express
- 8:00pm – Elf
- 10:00pm – Elf
Monday, December 12, 2022
- 12:00am – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 1:15am – Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
- 9:00am – The Christmas Shoes
- 11:15am – Jack Frost (1979)
- 12:30pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
- 4:45am – Jack Frost (1979)
- 9:00am – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 11:30am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- 6:00pm – Four Christmases
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – Elf
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
- 9:00am – A Different Kind of Christmas
- 1:15pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 6:45pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 8:00pm – Elf
- 10:00pm – The Polar Express
Thursday, December 15, 2022
- 12:00am – Fred Claus
- 2:30am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 4:30am – The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
- 9:15am – The First Christmas: The Story of The First Christmas Snow
- 9:45am – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 12:15pm – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 2:15pm – Fred Claus
- 4:45pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 6:00pm – The Polar Express
- 8:00pm – Christmas with the Kranks
- 10:00pm – Elf
Friday, December 16, 2022
- 2:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 4:00am – Wish for Christmas
- 9:00am – Grandma Got Run Over by A Reindeer
- 10:00am – Surviving Christmas
- 12:00pm – 12 Dates of Christmas
- 4:00pm – Christmas with the Kranks
- 6:00pm – Elf
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Saturday, December 17, 2022
- 12:30am – Four Christmases
- 2:30am – Surviving Christmas
- 4:30am – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 7:00am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 8:15am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 8:45am – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
- 9:15am – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 10:30am – 12 Dates of Christmas
- 12:30pm – Four Christmases
- 2:30pm – Fred Claus
- 5:00pm – The Polar Express
- 7:00pm – Elf
- 9:00pm – Elf
- 11:00pm – The Polar Express
Sunday, December 18, 2022
- 1:00am – Fred Claus
- 6:00am – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
- 6:30am – Jack Frost
- 11:45am – White Christmas
- 5:00pm – Planes, Trains And Automobiles
- 7:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 9:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 11:30pm – Christmas with the Kranks
Monday, December 19, 2022
- 9:00am – Surviving Christmas
- 4:00pm – Planes, Trains And Automobiles
- 6:00pm – Christmas with the Kranks
- 8:00pm – The Polar Express
- 10:00pm – Elf
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
- 4:30am – The Legend of Frosty the Snowman
- 9:00am – The Leprechauns’ Christmas Gold
- 4:00pm – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 6:00pm – The Polar Express
- 8:00pm – Elf
- 10:00pm – Christmas with the Kranks
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
- 12:00am – Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish
- 2:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 4:00am – Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You
- 9:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 11:00am – Surviving Christmas
- 1:00pm – Jack Frost
- 6:00pm – Christmas With The Kranks
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Thursday, December 22, 2022
- 12:15am – Planes, Trains And Automobiles
- 2:15am – Jack Frost
- 4:45am – The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
- 9:00am – The Sons Of Mistletoe
- 4:00pm – Planes, Trains And Automobiles
- 6:00pm – Four Christmases
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – White Christmas
Friday, December 23, 2022
- 1:00am – Miracle On 34th Street
- 1:45pm – Miracle On 34th Street
- 4:00pm – White Christmas
- 6:45pm – The Year Without A Santa Claus
- 8:00pm – The Polar Express
- 10:00pm – Elf
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It’s Saturday December 3rd, and it says ELF should be on back to back, but I am currently watching Karate Kid on AMC? What is this about?
Just wondering why amc doesn’t post the whole schedule.. it would help so to know what days to watch their christmas schedule.
What happened to the old movie classics like The Bishops Wife, Christmas in Connecticut ?
Those are on TCM
Thanks AMC I love your choices you’re the best.
The land of forgotten Rankin-Bass specials…
W-O-W…. Taking a look at the absolutely clueless, ignorant, simpleton comments here, complaining about what a specific channel shows, & not having a clue that this message board & website have absolutely NOTHING to do with AMC (Or any other channel for that matter!) shows exactly how people can fall for trump & vote maga! The levels of stupidity here & lack of basic common sense are shocking! Do you not look at other networks? Do you not look around this very website to see the schedules of all things Christmas? Do you not own dvds or streaming players so you can watch whatever you want, whenever you want? Good Gawd man!
Feel better about yourself now? And way to go bringing politics into this. I pray you get the help you need.
Someone at AMC Network is scheduling this programming. So yes – the programming on this schedule has everything to do with AMC.
The classics will always be my favorite Christmas movies. Would really like to see them scheduled more than the newer movies many of which are themed with a lot of holiday romance. Repetition of any program is good when it draws and keeps your attention.
Unfortunately not everyone is going to be happy with every movie scheduled.