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 Scrooge, and The Bishop’s Wife.
Christmas movies showing on Turner Classic Movies in 2021
PLEASE NOTE: Date/times are subject to change (all times shown in Eastern)
**Page last updated on 10/13/21
Check back in for schedule updates later in the year
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
- 10:00pm – Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Saturday, December 4, 2021
- 12:00pm – A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
Saturday, December 11, 2021
- 5:15am – Holiday From Rules (1959)
- 12:00pm – A Christmas Carol (1938)
Sunday, December 12, 2021
- 4:15pm – Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Monday, December 13, 2021
- 2:00am – Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
Saturday, December 18, 2021
- 6:15pm – Holiday Affair (1949)
Monday, December 20, 2021
- 12:00am – Christmas Past (1925)
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
- 10:30am – A Christmas Carol (1938)
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
- 8:00pm – Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
- 10:00pm – Holiday Affair (1949)
Thursday, December 23, 2021
- 12:00pm – A Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Friday, December 24, 2021
- 12:15pm – Holiday Affair (1949)
- 4:00pm – Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
- 10:00pm – A Christmas Carol (1938)
Archives
- 2020 Turner Classic Movies Christmas Schedule
- 2019 Turner Classic Movies Christmas Schedule
- 2018 Turner Classic Movies Christmas Schedule
TCM should play classic Christmas movies all day long on Christmas Day. Are there not enough Christmas movies to play them all day? Yes, of course there are. Just because Hollywood is full of atheist woke liberals does not mean the rest of us should be without these treasures on Christmas Day. Seriously, TCM should consider their audience when making the schedule.
Instead of countless reruns of “Meet Me in St. Louis”, what about “Holiday Inn” – at least once? Love Robert Osborne intro of The Shop Around the Corner” but that is also being aired a few times. Sadly not seeing some that are perennial favorites in favor of multiple showings of the same flicks…who is programming this anyway?
I was so saddest to see that The Christmas Carol with Sims was not shown this year! The 1938 film is so inferior to the Sims film.! With the current lockdown I looked forward to Tge 1951 film! Where is Holiday Inn!!!I watched the Christmas carol and laughed no heart or depth of feeling! Get rid of it! Mr Barrymore could have saved it!
TCM, ROBERT OSBORNE WOULD BE SO DISAPPOINTED IF HE WITNESSED WHAT IS GOING ON AT TCM. THERE’S AN ENTIRE GENERATION MISSING “CLASSIC” CHRISTMAS MOVIES. WHAT HAPPENED TO TURNER “CLASSIC” MOVIES? DON’T YOU FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO LIVE UP TO YOUR NAME?
I PAY AN EXTRA FEE FROM MY CABLE COMPANY FOR TCM, I’ M CANCELLING TURNER. IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO GET YOUR ATTENTION, IN YOUR GREEDY POCKET
The entire Baby Boomer generation grew up watching the 1951 Alastair Sim version of A Christmas Carol. All my old friends are complaining it’s not on TMC again this year. This film has been deemed the best and most authentic version yet it’s not on TMC but they continue to air the inferior 1938 film. Agree that TMC is no longer worth the extra money. There were so many movies that regularly aired in the 50’s and 60’s that are never on TMC either. No wonder so people are dumping cable and satellite then changing over to Amazon,Hulu,Disney and Netflix.
Since I’m a deranged old lady, I love Bad Santa. Not the sequel though.
Where is Christmas Carol with Alistair Sim? You have repeats of an earlier version, but not showing this classic? Why? It is poor judgment and Robert Osborne would be ashamed of you.
Amazon is buying up all the content they can, that’s why.
A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim is on YouTube for free. The full version. In color.
A Christmas Carol with Alastair Sim is free on YouTube. It is in color also.
when will miracle on 34th street be broadcast. been waiting all tear all year to see it. thank you
The 2019 Christmas schedule was the best! Unfortunately, TCM has gone away from that schedule. If we ever needed great Christmas movies it is 2020! All networks have let us down. You would think only 6-8 movies ever were made and they play them back to back.
Where is “Holiday Inn’ from 1942 with Bing Crosby & Fred Astaire where Bing introduces the song ” White Christmas ” ?????? A real classic !!!!!
I totally agree.
So many people think White Christmas would Danny Kaye is the first time White Christmas was introduced a little do they know.
White Christmas is a joke compared to Holiday inn it’s where Bing first introduces Irving Berlin’s White Christmas and the interaction between Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby is fabulous.
I don’t know how many years now you’ve left out the REAL Christmas shows!!!! Just stop that! It doesn’t matter what year this is! Kids of all ages have grown up with the best top Christmas movies: Holiday Inn, White Christmas, and the one that hasn’t been on in YEEEAASRS!!!! – Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! Basically what soooo many of us are saying is this: PLAY ALL THE GOOD OLD CHRISTMAS MOVIES DURING ONE WEEK OR MORE TIL CHRISTMAS DAY. PERFECT, RIGHT? THE ONLY REASON I HAVE DISH IS TO WATCH TCM!!! IF IT IS GOING TO NOT SHOW THE GREAT, SPECIAL MOVIES,WED GET RID OF DISH AND TCM WHICH WOULD MAKE ME AND MY FAMILY, AND OTHER FAMILIES, SOOOOO SAD!!! WE BOOMERS MATTER TOO, YOU KNOW.SO, WERE EXPECTING THIS FROM YOU AND I THANK YOU VERRRY MUCH, AHEAD IF TIME! ALSO, WE REALLY DON’T THINK MUCH OF UGLY AND STUPID MOVIES, OF “WOMEN DOING FILM” , ETCETCETC! TCM… IS FOR OLDER CLASSIC MOVIES!!!
I agree! I just saw that Holiday Inn is not on the schedule, NOT OK! PLEASE TCM add this classic!
I agree. Where is Holiday Inn and White Christmas?
I too am so disappointed Holiday Inn is not on the Christmas schedule.(it is one of my fav Xmas movies)! And also Its a Wonderful Life is missing from the schedule! And White Christmas is nowhere to be found.I mean c’mon TCM! You’ve got only 3 requirements to be met here…1) Classic, 2) Movie, and 3) Christmas! I’ve been noticing, especially in the last few months, things sure are changing around there. Sadly to me, not for the better. And I am one who usually keeps the channel turned to TCM 24 -7. But lately, not so much. 😕
I agree! Holiday Inn is a Classic Christmas Movie! Where is it this year! Where is it!!
Please play Young at Heart with Doris Day . I don’t understand why you don’t ever play that one . Play it during the Holidays. Thank you.
Can you please please please show “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” with Mickey Rooney. I can’t find this playing anywhere. Your channel plays some movie’s more than once in a month, hoping maybe you could replace one of the repeats with one that isn’t already scheduled, like the one I’m requesting.
I agree Dorthy. I wish “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” could be featured every Christmas season. I love that movie.
Please add It Came Upon a Midnight Clear!!
I have been hoping you would show The Lemon Drop Kid for the last few years, finally found it on YouTube. I’m so disappointed that you are showing so few Christmas movies🥲!
Scrooge with Albert finney
when will a christmas carol 1951 version wiyh alstair slim be shown on tcm
This is an absolute disgrace, they are showing the inferior 1938 version instead.
I do not like the new format TCM has taken. Why call it a
classic channel when less and less actual classics are being
televised.
I totally agree with you! It’s not technically “classic” if they are from 1970 and above. It’s gotten worse!
I agree! Recently one night it seemed all the movies were from 2000 and newer. I think they’re changing a lot! I don’t care for the new program format either.
Why does Turner Classic Movies not show White Christmas? Its one of my favorites.
TCM doesn’t play White Christmas because it’s usually shown on AMC. AMC has a contract with Paramount Pictures, which is the company that owns White Christmas. TCM shows relatively few Paramount movies overall.
White Christmas is playing on AMC Sunday 12/13 @ 11:30 ET
PLEASE!!! TCM has to air all the Christmas movies and more than once.
Especially It’s a Wonderful Life which ABC(?) has masticated into a shredded mess of a film with all the commercials it cuts into it. For the love of all that is right and just, can TCM please rectify this injustice done to such a Christmas classic!
What about airing classic christmas cartoon shorts as well. Merry Melodies, looney tunes, and all the other holiday cartoons from days gone by. We need this so much this year!!
1953 or 1954 a Christmas Carol
It’s a wonderful life too please play
You can find Christmas movie schedules for almost any TV channel by visiting the website
http://www.countdownuntilchristmas.com. On the homepage, click on “Movies by TV Channel, ” and then
click on TCM or whatever channel you like.
Hoping to see The Bishop’s Wife
“The Bishop’s Wife” will be on TCM on Dec. 19 at 6 pm (Eastern Time) in 2020.
Why are you not showing White Christmas???
It’s on AMC
no it is not on AMC
Come on, TCM, please up your Classic Christmas movies game in 2020. We all need it!
It is a Classic movie channel, I wish it won’t show anything made after 1970
Actually, TCM shows movies all the time that were made after 1970.
Just today (11/19), they showed The Sea Wolves (1980). Yesterday
they had Shag: The Movie (1989), The Day I Became A Woman (2000), Lourdes (2009) and Yentl (1983). On 11/21 they’re showing Earth Girls Are Easy (1988).
I don’t know why they don’t update their Holiday showings. It’s disappointing since I love that channel so much.
I so agree with you . TCM had totally changed. Why nit start showing the Christmas classic early like on Thanksgiving day or the day after ??
Turner Classic Movies needs to get on the ball and post the schedule of all Christmas Classic Movies. What does “classics” mean anyhow? The poeple want to see “all” christmas classic movies in 2020!
Why no Christmas movies before 11/27?
Hi William, the last few years TCM has not aired Christmas movies in November (except once in 2018). Each year the number they show dwindles 🙁
Turner hates Christmas.
Can’t even show Thanksgiving classic Trains,planes and automobiles of Thanksgiving day.
Pitiful TCM is just a shadow of its once greatness.
2020 Schedule please!!!
I have waited long enough!!
As of right now, no Christmas movies are scheduled to air on TCM through November 27th. As soon as we have the schedule it will be posted here.
We all would love to get an idea when it’s on so we can put it on our schedule
Waiting on 2020 Christmas Movie Schedule.
when will a christmas carol staring alstair slim be on tcm this year 2020
We will have the TCM schedule up in September 🙂
What’s up? No listing yet. Just waiting. Thank you.
I’ve yet to see 1951 classic Alastair Sim Christmas Carol on schedule, did I miss it or has it not yet been added to schedule?
It has not yet been added.
Please consider showing Alistair Sims Christmas Carol. It’s the best version.
Also, what about Shop Around The Corner?