If
you’ve been paying attention to your television at all you know that channels
like Lifetime, Hallmark, and ABC Family have been showing “Holiday” Specials
since what feels like August but I just couldn’t buy into the program until
after the Dressing had been eaten. I do find it odd that a lot of the animated
specials that I love so much seem to die after the first or second week of Dec.
Thank goodness for ABC Family keeping the animated stop motion holiday special
alive! :D
PLEASE find below a
jpeg of the 2014 Christmas TV Schedule. You should be able to save it without
losing too much of the readability. You are best printing it 11X 17, if able or
saving it to your favorite portable device so you can zoom in and out.
PLEASE
be mindful that several shows appear on the calendar more than once, that’s to
allow people to make choices. If you love Christmas Vacation but it’s the same
time as Mrs. Miracle, well look at that Christmas Vacation is on the following
day so I can watch Mrs. Miracle now and have the best of both worlds. That is
if you plan ahead.
There
are some specials on the aforementioned channels that just didn’t make the
calendar. If something had to be cut for room those went first. If say ABC
family was showing 3 great shows in a row I only listed one and figured while
watching it you’d be alerted to the others, unless it was a show I wanted to
see cause that’s right it’s all about me you are just invited in the car.
That
said if I don’t have the channel I didn’t include it … again cause it’s about
me. There are some great specials on the Hallmark Mysteries and Movie (or
something like that) Channel, the boomerang channel, and the Inspiration
channel, but alas Comcast won’t give me those channels. If you have them check
them out just don’t tell me about the wonderfulness of it all or I’ll start
ranting to Comcast yet again.
As
always there are guidelines. . . .
First . . . a few guidelines:
· NO E-MAILS about taking Christ out of Christmas, it’s just a really
long word and using X-Mas allows for more shows on the already full calendar.
§ Thanks for your
understanding.
§ For those that don’t
understand I’ll be glad to remove you from the list just let me know.
· I live in the central time zone, the times on this
calendar reflect that, adjust accordingly.
§ That said unless
otherwise stated the times are PM
· This
calendar does not focus on established show “Christmas special episodes” so
watch out for those … Psych for instance has a great one and Friends had some
touching Christmas specials. However, that’s not what this calendar is about
however.
· This
calendar contains shows I want to see, so a mixture of adult themed
shows/movies and kid themed shows/movies are represented. Some are classics and
some are new, so PLEASE be mindful of what is on before you sit the kids down
with popcorn to watch.
§ Don’t call me cause
your little one watched some holiday movie on Lifetime or and now has
“questions”. . . . that’s your mess not mine.
¾ Please NOTE: The “NEW” Disney
version of a Christmas Carol (the computer animated Jim Carrey version) is a
little dark and can be scary (much like the original story btw), you might want
to check it out before you and little man/lady plop down with popcorn and a
blanket to “watch a classic.”
· Keep an eye out for additional
shows/movies that pop up throughout the month as networks change their lineups.
· Feel free to add your own specials and
traditions to the calendar that’s what it is there for.
· For
you stay at home mom’s they run specials all day long and for the most part my
calendar focuses on the after work hour times since that is when I can watch.
¾
That’s right it’s all about me!
A few programs of note:
·
A Christmas Story also comes on
several times this year but you have to watch it at least once during the Christmas Day Marathon that begins on
Christmas Eve on TBS!
¾
Bless
you Ted Turner, you crazy old man!!
· National Lampoon’s
Christmas Vacation,
one of the best movies ever, comes on
several times this year. If you don’t know the joy of Chevy Chase finally
getting the lights to finally work…well I feel sorry for you and your family and
the people that know you because you are missing the joy in your life. Correct
that this year please!
· The
Disney Channel is doing their 4th
Annual “Fa-la-la-lidays” with
Christmas themed programming starting Nov.
28th through the end of December. Most of these include holiday
themed shows already on the air, not very many specials which surprised me.
· ABC Family is having a “Family Holiday Classics Marathon” on Dec. 21st, and a “Holiday Movie Marathon” on Dec. 22nd as part of their 25 Days of Christmas programming
starting Dec. 1st through the 25th.
· There
is a new Debbie Macomber Christmas
special, Mr. Miracle airing on Hallmark
several times this season, check it out. It’s typically preceeded by her other
Holiday movies Mrs. Miracle and Trading Christmas, which are also quickly
becoming favorites.
· Hallmark has other new
specials including Christmas Under Wraps
with Candace Cameron of Full House fame.
They will show a marathon of
their “12 New Movies of Christmas” on Christmas Day.
· On
Dec. 24th Turner Classic
Movies – TCM is having a “Night at the Movies – Merry Christmas”
Marathon that starts at 10 AM. This
will include It Happened on 5th Avenue, I’ll be Seeing You, The Shop
Around the Corner, Meet Me in St. Louis, and the Man Who Came To Dinner. Check
out some of these timeless classics.
· Check
out the I Love Lucy Christmas
Special on CBS Dec. 7th a
true comedic legend.
· This
calendar does not contain specials on channels I don’t get, such as the
Boomerang channel, or the BBC, or other awesomeness like that. Those channels
often show classics from my childhood and if Comcast would just let me have it
… oh my bad I digress …. You don’t need to know my cable issues.
· The
“boys” in my life informed me that DIEHARD
should have been on the calendar …. boys are silly … however and I couldn’t
find it showing after Nov. 30th and even then it was on the Esquire
channel so … yeah there’s that. Sorry fellas. I tried.
A few programs of note that are not “Christmas” related but interesting enough to make the calendar include:
o
Peter Pan Live –
Dec. 4th on NBC, I love the story of Peter Pan and the idea behind it
and I really don’t want this to suck.
o
CNN Heroes: An All
Star Tribute – Dec. 7th – it’s nice seeing that in a world full of
insanity there are some people out there trying to do good and are being
recognized for it.
o
Victoria’s Secret
Fashion Show – Dec. 9th on CBS – a dear friend of mine loves this
and insists that it go on the calendar every year, she’s the boss.
o
CNN Film: Dinosaur
13 - Dec. 11th – A dinosaur documentary what more do you need to
know. Dinosaurs are awesome….this one is about the discovery of “Sue” the
largest most complete T-Rex ever found and the battle for ownership of the
fossils.
o
RifTrax Riff Off
Demon Bat – Dec. 16th National Geographic – The Guys from
Mystery Science Theater 3000 did one of these last year and it was great, they
are doing it again this year and in the hopes another success will bring back
MST3K I urge you all to watch.
Anyway,
the intention of this calendar, much like the Halloween one is to get your
family to pause and spend some time together making memories. In this season
where we spend so much time rushing around we forget to enjoy the down time and
enjoy the family time. Great specials come and go and if we don’t watch they
will go forever.
Today’s
“classic Christmas special” may be next year’s no show on the calendar. Which
is the real reason this calendar was born, if we stop watching they will stop
showing. So just because you have Yes Virginia (which aired the Friday after
Thanksgiving and does not appear to be airing again L boooooo CBS !!!!)
on your shelf or Charlie Brown Christmas
(which comes on twice this year … Dec. 2nd and Dec. 16th
on ABC), take the time to watch it with your family as it airs so that it will
air for years to come.
So sit back, laugh, smile, and cry (some of these are sad, I mean who doesn’t cry when George Bailey is standing next to the tree with Mary and his friends are coming in to save the Bailey Savings and Loan, oh no did I give the end away ?!) and have a GREAT Christmas!
Marcy
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