Classic Christmas Movies
Every November and December, Turner Classic Movies (also known as TCM) airs classic Christmas movies and other holiday-related programs. Movies typically include older versions of “A Christmas Carol” along with black-and-white holiday favorites like The Bishop’s Wife, and Christmas in Connecticut.
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2024 TCM Classic Christmas Schedule
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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 4/22/24
Monday, April 1, 2024
- 6:00am – Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Monday, April 15, 2024
- 11:45am – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- 2:15am – Ben-Hur (1959)
- 6:00am – Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
Friday, April 26, 2024
- 12:00am – Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
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- DirecTV – Channel 156
- DISH Network – Channel 132
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- AT&T U-Verse – Channel 790
- Xfinity – Channel 903
Available on most cable networks. Check with your local provider for channel.
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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?