TCM (Turner Classic Movies)
Classic Christmas Movies
Every November and December, Turner Classic Movies (aka TCM) airs classic Christmas movies and other holiday-related programs. Movies typically include multiple older versions of A Christmas Carol, and The Bishop’s Wife (1947).
PLEASE NOTE: This is an archive of previous air dates and times.
The current TCM Christmas schedule can be viewed here >>
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I have been watching the past year to see one movie. I love Miklos Roza’s music and heard his El Cid and fell in love with that particular music. I really never saw the picture and have been watching for the past ear to see if it would show up on monthly schedules, but it has not. Hopefully it may play one day soon. I still look for it to show up on the monthly schedule.
THE REASON THEY DON”T SHOW THESE WHOLESOME MOVIES ANYMORE IS because they are part of the COMMUNIST MOVEMENT THE ONE WOLD GOVERNMENT. THAT IS WHY
THEY DON”T Believe IN FAMILY OR CHRIST.
Dean – stop with the caps. That’s just yelling. Save your breath. No one’s listening.
Dean – enough with the caps. You’re just yelling and no one is listening. I printed out the Christmas movies for 2018 and there’s Holiday Inn on Dec.8 at 8:00 pm and Sunday Dec. 23 at 8:00 pm, Christmas in Connecticut Dec. 9, 8:15 am.and Dec. 22 at 10 pm., Holiday Inn Dec. 8, 8:00 pm and Dec. 23 at 6:00 pm, A Christmas Carol Dec. 23, 6:00 am (Scrooge) Dec. 23, 10 pm, and Dec. 24, 10 pm.
That 1935 “Scrooge”sucks, and he’s right, at least
about “Scrooge”/”AChristmas Carol.” There is a definite anti-Christian/Christmas bias on TV. Until this year, I used to watch every version of that movie, this year, only 3 so far, and no Charlie Brown Christmas.
Recall in the early 70s, there was an anti-rural programming purge on the major networks that exists to this day. That’s a fact, even the leftist Wikipedia details it.
I wonder if the lack of the past classic Christmas movies on tcm is a way to desensitize all of us to Christmas in general. Why does hallmark start showing Christmas movies in July? I now wish I hadn’t signed up for the backlot at tcm. The new direction since Robert Osborne is disappointing.
As a loyal viewer of TCM for many years, I’ve lately been quite disappointed in the movie selections in general since Robert Osbourne’s passing. With hundreds of classic Christmas movies there isn’t a need for repeats in the short holiday day season. I’m streaming & recording more these days to compensate for this lack of poor selections. They offer dvds for sale but the majority of people don’t need to buy these when there are other less expensive ways to watch them. TCM needs to get back to their roots or they’ll ultimately lose viewers, unfortunately.
So true!!! It is almost unbelievable that they would go in this direction!
Absolutely true! What a disappointment this Christmas season was on TCM! Not only did they not play many of the much loved Xmas movies at all, but they replayed several so many times I have begun to dislike them! Why is TCM repeating movies so much?
Not only that, But war and westerns…
. . . and Japanese films !
Each yr T.V. disappoints more. Why won’t the air White Christmas,and others. I miss the old traditional Christmas favs.
Hi Christina, many of the older favorites – including White Christmas – will air on AMC this year.
Yes, with umpteen commercials! Bring it back to commercial free TCM, please!
They used to play “White Christmas” every December. Not on their playlist the past few years. Very Disappointing!! It’s my favorite holiday movie.
NBC now owns the rights to this movie. So it’s commercials every 5 minutes.
Are you not showing Scrooge with Albert Finney this year? TCM was the only channel showing it the past few years. Not this year? Soooo disappointing! The entire Christmas lineup this year is disappointing.
I reread all the negative comments about the lack of Christmas films from 2017 on TCM, and the selection is worse this year. Holiday Affair twice in one week? Duplicates when so many movies are out there that you don’t even have represented. Scrooge, the musical with Albert Finney, The Bishop’s Wife… and no Christmas movies on Christmas Day/night.
Too bad the movie “Its a Wonderful Life” has not been shown for years. Of course one can buy the DVD…which I did. That is a good Christmas show.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” has been shown on NBC for several of the last Christmases, and it’s scheduled again for this year (2017).NBC has the exclusive right to air the show for a few more years.
Can you post how NBC only have the rights to air Its a Wondeful Life. Do they air it more than once.
NBC purchased the exclusive rights and usually airs it twice during the holiday season. NBC also owns the USA channel and for the last few years they have also aired it on this channel as well.
“It’s a Wonderful Life” has been shown on NBC for several of the last years, and it’s scheduled again for this year (2017). NBC has the exclusive right to air the movie for a few more years.
Why isnt tmc showing white christmas?
AMC currently owns the rights to show White Christmas:
http://www.countdownuntilchristmas.com/channel/american-movie-classics-channel-amc/
Tell me Miss Christmas TV Admin…..Why do you show “White Christmas” and “Miracle on 34th Street” only a couple times & always late at night and early morning when people that work can’t stay up/be home?? Another station off my list now.
Unfortunately we have no control over air times for any network.
Great question!
Where is the showing of ” The Bells of St. Mary’s “
“Holiday Inn” hasn’t been shown for several years on any channel, including TCM. I agree that the TCM Christmas
movie schedule has been disappointing for the last few years. The Christmas movies they DO show are not
“classics” in many cases, and TCM pads its schedule by showing “Christmas in Connecticut” and others
multiple times. Is TCM trying to make more money from SELLING the DVDS, instead of showing
them on their TV channel? In that case, they are out of luck, because I can always buy the DVDs cheaper elsewhere and for less in shipping costs, too.
10:00pm Christmas Eve
TCM is working in conjunction with Amazon Prime, Hulu, Crackle and the others to make you pay for the once beautiful selection of Xmas movies. I am so outraged. I will not pay for those shows elsewhere. I will stream then if I can, or just do without. Everyone wants to cheat you out of your money. My internet company pays TCM and I feel their selection of movies are horrible. They once were the best thing going. Now , they are horrible.
I agree with the comments about the quality of the movies that TCM is showing. No Holiday Inn, Going My Way aren’t being shown. There are so many classic movies that they just don’t show like Story of Doctor Wassail, King and I, etc. The memorable classics are being shown in the wee hours of the morning. Also, like a scratched record, they keep showing the same movies. Like many things in the world today, TCM is not what it used to be.
Hi. I agree with all the comments on disappointing TCM holiday schedule! What I find amazing is that Halloween there are quite a number of movies shown for that time.
I don’t understand this at all.
Once again, TCM has scheduled a disappointing selection of Christmas movies for 2016. With so many first-rate holiday films from which to choose, why does TCM repeat the same handful of movies each year? And to compound this disappointing selection, why is it necessary to show the same movie twice during the holiday schedule? Do we really need to see “Holiday Affair,” “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “Christmas in Connecticut” THREE times each in December? Why isn’t “Holiday Inn” on the schedule? Or “Miracle on 34th Street”? Or “A Christmas Story”? What about “Elf” or some other, more modern Christmas movies? Surely, with a vault consisting of thousands of movies, TCM could make some better selections than what they’ve chosen this year. I’m a regular viewer of TCM who admires and appreciates the fine work done in preserving and presenting quality films in the interest of educating and entertaining its audience. But TCM could do so much better in its Christmas movie programming.
I couldn’t agree with you more….it is so sad not to see these movies at christmas time….
What happened to all those old fashioned Christmas movies White Christmas holiday inn miracle on 34 st Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol
I have been waiting for TheHoliday Inn movie a classic
I had to buy Holiday Inn and Miracle on 34th Street. Well worth it. I love love love The Man Who Came to Dinner as Monte Wolly is absolutely hilarious