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 November 26th to December 25th, featuring a mix of popular Christmas and family films, along with other acquired specials.
AMC and AMC+ are set to once again celebrate the holiday season with the return of “Best Christmas Ever,” beginning November 29th running through December 25th. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation star Beverly D’Angelo will host this year’s “Best Christmas Ever,” offering helpful tips based on the hard-learned experiences found in this year’s film lineup. This season’s slate features over 55 titles and more than 575 hours of holiday programming in the days leading up to Christmas with AMC being the exclusive broadcast cable home in December to holiday favorites such as National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, The Polar Express, Four Christmases and Fred Claus.
AMC’s Best Christmas Ever will begin in November 2021
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in Eastern)
**Page last updated on 12/21/21
Check back in for schedule updates throughout the holidays
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
- 6:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 8:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 10:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Thursday, November 25, 2021
- 12:00am – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 2:00am – The Family Stone
Saturday, November 27, 2021
- 5:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Sunday, November 28, 2021
- 7:22am – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
- 1:00pm – To Grandmothers House We Go
- 3:00pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 5:30pm – Merry Madagascar
- 6:00pm – Snow Day
- 8:00pm – Scrooged
- 10:00pm – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
- 1:04am – Jack Frost (1998)
- 3:34am – To Grandmothers House We Go
- 9:00am – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 11:30am – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 1:30pm – Scrooged
- 3:30pm – Snow Day
- 5:30pm – Fred Claus
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Thursday, December 2, 2021
- 1:30pm – The Polar Express
- 3:30pm – Fred Claus
- 6:00pm – Four Christmases
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – The Polar Express
Friday, December 3, 2021
- 12:15am – The Year Without A Santa Claus
- 1:30am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 2:30am – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 3:00am – Little Drummer Boy: Book II
- 3:45am – A Different Kind of Christmas
- 9:00am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 10:00am – Planes, Trains And Automobiles
- 8:00pm – Planes, Trains And Automobiles
Saturday, December 4, 2021
- 3:17am – Surviving Christmas
- 5:16am – The Christmas Shoes
- 2:30pm – Fred Claus
- 5:00pm – Four Christmases
- 7:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 9:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 11:30pm – Four Christmases
Sunday, December 5, 2021
- 1:30am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- 3:30am – A Christmas Story 2
- 10:39am – Fred Claus
Monday, December 6, 2021
- 3:00pm – The Family Man
- 6:00pm – Scrooged
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – Fred Claus
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
- 12:30am – Scrooged
- 2:30am – Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
- 9:00am – The Legend of Frosty the Snowmen
- 10:30am – All I Want for Christmas
- 12:30pm – The Family Man
- 3:30pm – Fred Claus
- 6:00pm – Four Christmases
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
- 2:00pm – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 4:00pm – Snow Day
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Thursday, December 9, 2021
- 3:45am – The Christmas Shoes
- 9:00am – To Grandmother’s House We Go
- 1:00pm – Snow Day
- 3:00pm – Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer
- 4:00pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 5:00pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 7:30pm – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 8:00pm – The Polar Express
Friday, December 10, 2021
- 2:44am – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
- 4:00am – Christmas in Connecticut
- 9:00am – Santa Claus: The Movie
- 11:30am – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 12:00pm – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 1:00pm- Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 6:00pm – The Polar Express
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – Four Christmases
Saturday, December 11, 2021
- 3:45am – White Christmas
- 6:30am – Pinocchio’s Christmas
- 7:45am – The First Christmas: The Story Of The First Christmas Snow
- 8:15am – Jack Frost (1998)
- 9:30am – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 10:00am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 8:00pm – Scrooged
Sunday, December 12, 2021
- 3:00am – Scrooged
- 5:00am – Jack Frost (1979)
- 6:15am – Jack Frost (1979)
- 7:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 9:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Monday, December 13, 2021
- 11:15am – A Dennis the Menace Christmas
- 1:15pm – Fred Claus
- 3:45pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 4:15pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 6:45pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 8:00pm – The Polar Express
- 10:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
- 12:15am – Snow Day
- 2:15am – Fred Claus
- 4:45am – The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
- 9:00am – A Different Kind of Christmas
- 11:15am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 11:45am – Rudolph and Frostys Christmas In July
- 2:15pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 4:00pm – Snow Day
- 6:00pm – The Polar Express
- 8:00pm – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – Scrooged
Wednesday, December 15, 2021
- 2:15am – Merry Madagascar
- 2:45am – Surviving Christmas
- 4:45am – Buster and Chauncey’s Silent Night
- 9:00am – Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer
- 10:00am – Surviving Christmas
- 12:00pm – Scrooged
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – Fred Claus
Thursday, December 16, 2021
- 5:30am – The Leprechauns Christmas Gold
- 11:45am – Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
- 3:30pm – Fred Claus
- 6:00pm – Four Christmases
- 8:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Friday, December 17, 2021
- 4:00pm – Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
- 6:00pm – Scrooged
- 8:00pm – The Polar Express
- 10:00pm – Snow Day
Saturday, December 18, 2021
- 12:00am – Scrooged
- 4:30am – Wish for Christmas
- 6:30am – To Grandmothers House We Go
- 8:30am – Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
- 10:30am – Snow Day
- 3:00pm – Scrooged
- 5:00pm – The Polar Express
- 7:00pm- National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- 9:15pm – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- 11:30am – Fred Claus
Sunday, December 19, 2021
- 4:30am – To Grandmothers House We Go
- 6:30am – The Legend of Frosty the Snowmen
- 8:00am – Jack Frost (1998)
- 10:30am – The Family Man
- 1:30pm – Scrooged
- 5:30pm – Fred Claus
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – Four Christmases
Monday, December 20, 2021
- 2:00am – The Family Man
- 9:00am – A Christmas Story 2
- 6:00pm – Snow Day
- 8:00pm – Scrooged
- 10:00pm – Fred Claus
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
- 5:00am – Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer
- 9:00am – Fred Claus
- 11:15am – Snow Day
- 1:15pm – Scrooged
- 3:15pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 5:45pm – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 6:15pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 6:45am – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 8:00pm – The Polar Express
- 10:00pm – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
- 12:00am – Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
- 2:00am – The Family Man
- 5:15am – Merry Madagascar
- 9:00am – The Family Man
- 11:15am – Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- 1:15pm – Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July
- 3:45pm – ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 4:15pm – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 4:45pm – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 6:00pm – The Polar Express
- 8:00pm – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – Four Christmases
Thursday, December 23, 2021
- 12:30am – Scrooged
- 2:15am – White Christmas
- 5:00am – The Leprechaun’s Christmas Gold
- 5:30am – Little Drummer Boy: Book II
- 9:00am – White Christmas
- 11:45am – Jack Frost (1979)
- 1:00pm – Jack Frost (1998)
- 3:30pm – Scrooged
- 5:30pm – Fred Claus
- 8:00pm – Four Christmases
- 10:00pm – The Polar Express
Friday, December 24, 2021
- 12:00am – Fred Claus
- 2:30am – Merry Madagascar
- 5:30am – The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 6:00am – Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
- 7:00am – The Legend of Frosty the Snowmen
- 8:30am – Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
- 9:00am – The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow
- 10:45am – Twas the Night Before Christmas
- 11:15am – White Christmas
- 2:00pm – Scrooged
- 4:00pm – The Polar Express
- 6:00pm – Four Christmases
- 8:00pm – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- 10:15pm – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
Saturday, December 25, 2021
- 12:30am – The Polar Express
- 2:30am – Fred Claus
- 5:00am – Jack Frost (1979)
- 6:15am – Jack Frost (1998)
- 8:45am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 9:15am – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 10:30am – Scrooged
- 12:30pm – The Polar Express
- 2:30pm – Fred Claus
- 5:00pm – Four Christmases
- 7:00pm – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- 9:15pm – National Lampoons Christmas Vacation
- 11:30pm – Four Christmases
Sunday, December 26, 2021
- 1:30am – The Year Without a Santa Claus
- 2:45am – Frosty’s Winter Wonderland
- 3:15am – White Christmas
- 6:00am – To Grandmothers House We Go
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why do you keep showing the same movies all the time show same new movies like elf, homealone 1,2,3,4,5 and santa clause 1,2,3. Take off fred clause and four christmases and also polar express and also Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
WHY does AMC screen WHITE CHRISTMAS at ungodly the ungodly hours of 2-4am????
PLEASE show more of this classic in a time slot more conducive to family viewing.
IT’S A CLASSIC !!
This lineup is all wrong. It shows National Lampoom
Christmas vacation is playing 2x tonight, but on my Rogers guide it shows Planes Trains and Automobiles and Rudy.
Looks like Christmas Vacation wont be playing in Canada?!!! AMC wth?
Thanks for posting the list!
Want to know if Santa Claus the movie will be on again. I missed it on the 10th of December 2021
Where is Elf? And why is planes, tranes and automobiles being played constantly? Elf is a Christmas staple in so many families households.
Pleasefixthis line up and add Elf, and take out a few planes trades and automobiles.
Thank you so very much!
Elf will be airing December 18th at 7:36am on STARZ.
Where’s Elf? You’re supposed to air that!
Please, understand, people, that AMC does not actually run this website. The schedule is not physically typed out by AMC, then posted to this website. If you wish to make a complaint with how AMC schedules their annual ‘Best Ever Christmas’ holiday programming, you should email their website instead. I can see a lot of you are angry or upset about this year’s schedule so far, but I think you all should just be happy someone has created this website to allow you to track your favorite holiday movies, whether it’s on AMC, Freeform, or another network. Thank you!
AMC Always does this. It is most frustrating and very disappointing. I once complained direct to AMC and they fixed it. We shouldn’t have to do this to enjoy programming. Not sure who schedules for AMC – but they need to pay attention. Unacceptable.
Agree when AMC started no commercials now more commercials than program. Best Christmas Ever would be if it was only Christmas programs not planes trains or other non holiday programs. Please listen.
Where’s Elf??? What a disappointing lineup of films.
I read either starz or showtime has rights this year.
Did Elf The Movie Moved To Another Network Since It’s Not On AMC Or Freeform Anymore Or Did Decided To Take Elf Off The Air And Never Air On TV Ever Again
where is the Christmas schedule
http://www.countdownuntilchristmas.com
Eric, thank you very much for the info and passing it on. i didnt realize how many other place i could find Christmas shows.. being new to streaming and loving Christmas programs as much as i do.. enjoy
Where can I just get a list of all the new Christmas movies this year (2021)? A printable list.
you guy’s show the best christmas movies every year
You should be able to watch movies like Home for Christmas, Ebby, Christmas Diva, Joy and Comfort, The Christmas List from 1997, A Carol Christmas. Why don’t you make a sequel to let it snow ⛄️!
“Ebby” is one of my favorite Christmas movies! No one shows it but you can rent or buy for about $20!!!😱 So many good ones that have been put on some shelf in some back room! The ones you listed are great!
Some of my faves. don’t forget Bishops Wife
If you have internet spend $30 and get Roku. Plenty of free channels. Do a search on the search function for Miracle on 34th Street. It’s free on DDD channel.
Anyone looking for MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, its on FREEFORM December 20, 21st and 22nd in the morning. I believe FREEFORM is a free channel.
They also have classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
If you have Roku do a search for Miracle on 34th Street. It’s free on the DDD channel. Watching out now!
To Walter’s Co. Stick it (34th street) up yours for your xmas gift from us! It’s more non holiday $$$ spirit from Walter’s Co. That’s BS Walt Dizzy Co!
Amc may as well just quit with this along with october fear fest because it is the same lame hand full of movies everyday. How many bloody times can you watch xmas vacation, scrooged and idiocy like gremlins and planes trains Automobiles?? And the last 2 are not even xmas movies ffs. I am well aware that there are legal reasons such as copyright and whatnot but hell there is more than just 6 or 8 movies out there.
Please play the movie Prancer with Sam Elliot and Cloris Leachman.I love
that Christmas movie.
Yes please play this movie!! I have loved it for years and can’t find it without subscribing to Starz on Uverse.
Where is the christmas story movie
A Christmas Story is carried on TBS.
where is the movie called christmas story
Would love to see some of the old movies, like White Christmas (more than once0 Miracle on 34th street, Holiday Inn, Christmas in Connecticut, etc at decent hour – Daytime 10PM Please.
WHITE CHRISTMAS IS ON 12/13/2020 at11:30 am on AMC.
Again this year AMC drops the Christmas spirit ball for so many by running White Christmas only 2 or 3 times at odd early morning hours, and yet such routine banal films available to see on other channels like Lampoons Christmas and Fred Claus are on AMC a dozen times. I will no longer be watching AMC and it’s now off my favorites list. I’ll buy WC. Good luck with your crap repeat programming.
Yarp
I stayed up to see White Christmas at 2:30 this morning, and it wasn’t on….Groundhog Day was!! That was very disappointing. Is it still going to be on the 13th??
WHERE IS MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET 1947 BLACK AND WHITE OR COLOR VERSION THIS HURTS MY HEART THIS IS A CHILDHOOD MOVIE AND I DONT SEE IT AIRING ON TV JUST SAD!!!
Where is the 1947 version of miracle on 34th street? The 1994 version is awful. Also should show other older classic Christmas movies and not the newer crappy movies.
The 1947 version is available on Disney+ if you have it. I do not see it on the AMC schedule for 2020. If that changes I will update above.
MIRACLE ON 34th STREET, it’s on FREEFORM December 20, 21st and 22nd in the morning.
oops! sorry, just realized it’s the 1994 version.
All of these wonderful Christmas movies, and every single one of you have commented something negative about what is or isn’t being broadcast. Networks can’t just show whatever movies they want. They have to have licenses, permission, etc. Just enjoy the movies and quit complaining. Merry Christmas!
Freedom of speech. Sue us then if you do not like what we have to say. Merry Christmas!!
lol ok, keep crying then. Probably not gonna fix your situation, but be proud that you’re taking a stand 😂
You enjoy the crappy new movies, we want to see the classics.
Agreed! All of these other movies are available on other channels. Just takes a little effort to find them.
My 98 year old mother loves to watch Miracle on 34th Street. I could not find it on your 2020 Christmas movie lineup. Please let me know when it is going to air. She doesn’t have that many Christmases left and she will not enjoy the Christmas season as much if she cant see this movie. She lives in an assisted living facility and has access to tv but not to a DVR. HELP!!
The 1947 version is available on Disney+ if you have it. I do not see it on the AMC schedule for 2020. If that changes I will update above.
Please show the original Miracle on 34th Street.
It the only movie I look forward to.
Thank you
I can’t fathom that the stations would forget about the movies that made CHRISTMAS, what it should be. Good will,
Peace on Earth towards all. Let’s get with it stations and remember that good CHRISTMAS movies are out there. They don’t have to be the only ones that millenials remember. If you don’t play the classics, they will never know how good life can really be.
Rudolph with Burl Ives
Freeform (ABC Family) currently owns rights to air the original Rudolph.
Rudolph has been on a few times on another station.
Highly disappointed AMC is not showing more Christmas classics such a shame in so many movies they just replay over and over the same stuff
a&e is playing the cartoon christmas classics starting in november – December.
so disappointed you can’t run white christmas at least once at 8:00. I like christmas vacation but you don’t have to run it at 8 and then again at 10. also what happened to scrooge with george c scott? These are such christmas classics.
Why not just use your pvr to record it?
Shame on AMC. Your programmer is losing touch with the classics.White Christmas with it’s amazing color, great story that starts the holiday season and you’ve lost sight of the fact that AMC USED to make it their Thanksgiving kick the holiday off movie.
You are not giving me much reason to watch your channel at all. So sad that you over play some movies and have forgotten the classics that put you in the limelight. Too bad
I agree. I don’t know who is doing their Christmas programming these days but they are doing a terrible job!! The nasty Four Christmases over the classic White Christmas??? Give me a break!!! White Christmas use to be AMC’s “golden boy” of Christmas movies for the Christmas season. Now they hardly show it at all!! It’s the one that all their viewers clammer for yet they don’t show any more!! It is a real true classic!! A true staple for the Christmas Season!!! Why they have stopped showing it very much is far beyond me and they never show it in prime time any more!! I think Four Christmases is a about as gross a Christmas movie as they can show!!! Yet they show it all the time!! There are a few others they show as well that are not appropriate. And will someone tell me what in the heck Groundhog’s Day has to do with Christmas? – yuck!!! Another few spots that could be filled by White Christmas!!!
There going to be airing it now 😀
Where is the 1954 WHITE CHRISTMAS AND HOME ALONE ??? This is terrible the best most wonderful movies not playing sucks
White Christmas will air on AMC mid-December. Home Alone will be airing on Freeform this year.
I REMEMBER when AMC Network played White Christmas, followed by miracle on 34th st all day, and night lobby . That was the good times because you see the movies when you got a chance to relax, and enjoy them.
When miracle on 34th st. 1947 edition on.
The 1947 version is available on Disney+ if you have it. I do not see it on the AMC schedule for 2020. If that changes I will update above.
Will the movie Prancer air this year?
I hope so it is a good flick. Id personally like to know where A Christmas Story and Home Alone are. Not sure why Gremlins and Planes Trains and Automobiles are constantly on. AMC needs to start thinking.
What does Gremlins and Wizard of OZ or Planes, Trains, and Automobiles…have to do with Christmas??
Just because it was filmed with Christmas as a backdrop to the movie does not mean it’s an actual “Christmas” movie. If we are gonna go down that route we might as well include Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, The Nightmare before Christmas, and Krampus.
Play some of the Good Ol’ Favorites that just make it feel like Christmas, it’s bad enough that they have taken Christmas music off the air we don’t need to lose the great movies too! HO,HO,HO!!!
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is being shown because they are trying to get home for Thanksgiving.
Why do you run White Christmas in the middle of the night? We need to see that movie on the weekends during the day for those of us that still work. Love the Rankin and Bass shows, keep them coming!! No one plays them anymore but AMC. Best Christmas Carol is with George C. Scott! Please play that during daytime weekend hours too.
Pvr perhaps?
When is WHITE CHRISTMAS going to be on? That movie puts me in the Christmas spirit every year. Also, CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES is the 2nd best movie. I would love to see that on too. Would they be advertised to be seen? I don’t want to miss either one. Please play both for an older senior citizen and the new generations.
How about the original Miracle on 34th Street for us oldies?
When is White Christmas going to be aired? I dont see it on the schedule.
Thumbs up if AMC Christmas is better than 25 Days of Christmas
One thing I’d like to know is why A Christmas Story is hardly ever on. It’s one of the best classic Christmas movies ever. AMC is doing the same thing with this as they did with Fear Fest, showing the same crap over and over again.
I love A Christmas Story.Please air it this Christmas!!!
TBS shows that since I believe they own the rights to the movie
a christmas story is on repeatedly on tbs /tnt Dec 24th/25th for more than 24 hours
well said. I wonder if AMC takes notice of these comments at all and maybe just maybe strive to make some changes.
I’m so tired of all the stations playing the same movies on over and over. There is no variety. Does anyone remember Santa clause the movie? From the 80’s That is a true movie that would make any kid believe in Santa. All these stations follow the path that every other channel does. So sad. Not like when we were kids.
will the wizard of oz be on tv this year or on apple tv?
The Wizard of Oz will air Sunday, November 22nd on TBS:
https://www.countdownuntilchristmas.com/channel/turner-broadcasting-station-tbs/
Amc count down to 25 days of christmas
My friends and myself grew up watching an old movie entitled Junior Miss with Peggy Ann Garner, during the Christmas vacation. it would be nice for a new generation to see this movie. put some holiday movies on with limited commercials, that would be a nice treat