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Home for the Holidays
ABC is spreading holiday cheer this season with a lineup of festive programming during the annual “Home for the Holidays” event that will air during the most wonderful time of the year.
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2023 ABC Holiday Programming News
Highlights include The Wonderful World of Disney movies, “Frozen,” “Home Alone,” and “The Santa Clause”; holiday-themed episodes of fan-favorite shows including “The $100,000 Pyramid,” “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and “Shark Tank”; and a magical new season of “The Great Christmas Light Fight” also returns, along with news of a season 12 pickup for 2024.
Dazzling holiday specials, including “CMA Country Christmas” from Nashville, “The Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade,” “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration,” “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest,” and the previously announced “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball 2023” special, round out the schedule.
2023 ABC Christmas Movie Schedule
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in ET)
Airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times/dates can vary by TV provider.
Schedule last updated on 12/12/23
Sunday, November 26, 2023
- 7:00pm – America’s Funniest Home Videos (Christmas)
- 8:00pm – The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration
- 10:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight: “All-Stars 2” (Season Premiere)
Sunday, December 3, 2023
- 8:00pm – The Santa Clause
- 10:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
- 10:01pm – Press Your Luck’s Holiday Extravaganza II
Sunday, December 10, 2023
- 7:00pm – Mickey Saves Christmas
- 7:30pm – Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
- 8:00pm – Frozen
- 10:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
- 8:00pm – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
- 9:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight
Thursday, December 14, 2023
- 8:00pm – CMA Country Christmas
Sunday, December 17, 2023
- 7:00pm – The Sound of Music
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
- 8:00pm – Disney Prep & Landing
- 8:30pm – Disney Prep & Landing 2: Naughty vs. Nice
- 9:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season Finale)
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
- 8:00pm – Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
- 8:30pm – Mickey Saves Christmas
- 9:00pm – The Great Christmas Light Fight
- 10:00pm – CMA Country Christmas
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- 8:00pm – The iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour Presented by Capital One
- IHeartMedia will celebrate the holiday season across the nation with its annual “iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour Presented by Capital One” – the season’s iconic live music event – which captures the music and holiday spirit on iHeartRadio stations across America and the iHeartRadio app, with performances by this year’s biggest artists, including Olivia Rodrigo, Usher, Nicki Minaj, SZA, Niall Horan, OneRepublic, AJR, Sabrina Carpenter, Miguel, Jelly Roll, Big Time Rush, NCT DREAM, Flo Rida and more.
Friday, December 22, 2023
- 8:00pm – Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town
Sunday, December 24, 2023
- 8:00pm – Home Alone
- 11:35pm – Christmas: A Welcoming Story
Monday, December 25, 2023
- 10:00am – Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
Sunday, December 31, 2023
- 8:00pm – Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2024
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Missinf A Christmas Card. It is a wonderful movie!!
A Christmas Card is a Hallmark movie. Look for it on the HAllmark channels.
I wish yall would show more christmas shows.a.week than skipping weeks and put more christmas shows on there.
Please show One Special Night with James Garner & Julie
Andrews.
Alta Saint
One Special Night. Please put it on this year. Thank you.
Please! Please! play the Christmas list this 2014 season. can’t buy it and it is a favourite by everyone.
My husband and I dearly love The Christmas List with Mimi Rogers. We haven’t seen it for 2 years! why hasn’t it been on? it’s such a good movie! Please! Please! Show it this year!! Thanks! I agree with Susieq!
i love all the christmas specials i wish they had a christmas channel not just for the holiday season i have an old v c r j ust for t he old christmas movies and cartoons
Please someone play Borrowed Hearts and An American Christmas Carol. They are both excellent holiday movies!
I would like to see Borrowed Hearts. This is such a great Christmas movie. Please air it before Christmas
Why do the Christmas cartoons/movies stop on Dec 9th?! My children look forward to these shows & hot chocolate with whipped cream on top and roasting marshmellows in the fireplace and making smores. We do this 2-3 times a week during December while watching the shows on ABC. Very disappointed
I would like to request The Christmas Shoes
Looks like the Christmas movie schedule is basically about 6 to 8 movies shown over and over again! I would like to put in a request for “The Christmas List” – from 1997 I believe. That is one of the best Christmas movies. Please consider showing it in 2013. Appreciate it.