Christmas movie guide: Where and when you can find holiday shows on TV, from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ to the Grinch

If you’re looking for some holiday cheer on TV, you’re in luck.

Television channels started getting into the Christmas spirit in October, but with Thanksgiving, they really kick it into overdrive.

And here’s where you find them all.

Here’s the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s 2021 guide to holiday programming — specifically, movies and specials, not TV shows’ holiday-themed episodes — airing from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day.

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Thursday, Nov. 25

7 a.m. “Another Christmas Kiss” WMLW (2014) Elisabeth Harnois. A woman is wary of a relationship with a dashing billionaire she kissed at a holiday event.

7 a.m. “My Dog’s Christmas Miracle” LIFE (2011) Cynthia Gibb. A Maltese puppy fears losing its owner’s love and goes to extreme measures to prevent a university professor from dating a handsome architect.

8 a.m. “Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS” CBS

9 a.m. “The 95th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” NBC

9 a.m. “The Road Home for Christmas” LIFE (2019) Marla Sokoloff. A pair of rival musicians must learn to get along as they hit the road together to visit their neighboring hometowns when they have no gigs to perform.

10 a.m. “Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic” FREE A look at how all 12 Disney parks, four cruise ships and resorts are transformed into winter wonderlands virtually overnight during the holidays.

11 a.m. “A Christmas Winter Song” LIFE (2019) Ashanti. After hitting rock bottom, a jazz singer struggles to reconnect with his daughter and grandchildren with help from a Christmas shop owner.

11 a.m. “Jingle All the Way 2” FREE (2014) Larry the Cable Guy. A fun-loving, laid-back father and a stepfather compete with one another to find the season’s hottest toy, The Harrison Bear, for their little girl.

1 p.m. “Christmas a La Mode” (2019) LIFE Katie LeClerc. A dairy farmer hosts an ice cream flavor contest during Christmas in the hope of raising enough money to keep her family’s legacy alive.

3 p.m. “Magical Christmas Shoes” LIFE (2019) Erin Karpluk. A young woman rediscovers the wonders of Christmas and finds herself falling in love after she steps into a pair of magical shoes.

5 p.m. “The Santa Squad” LIFE (2020) Rebecca Dalton. An out-of-work teacher is forced to take a job with the Santa Squad to bring the magic of Christmas into the lives of a widower and his two daughters.

6 p.m. “Four Christmases” TBS (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

7 p.m. “The Nine Kittens of Christmas” HALL (2021) Brandon Routh. Two cat lovers reunite when they’re given the job of finding new homes for some kittens at Christmastime.

7 p.m. “My Christmas Inn” LIFE (2018) Tia Mowry-Hardrict. A woman finds herself falling in love when she visits a small town in Alaska, where her aunt has left behind a cozy inn for her to run.

9:03 p.m. “Santa’s Boots” LIFE (2018) Megan Hilty. When a store’s hired Santa Claus disappears, a woman uses the black boot he left behind in a desperate search to find him.

11:01 p.m. “My Christmas Inn” LIFE (2018) Tia Mowry-Hardrict. A woman finds herself falling in love when she visits a small town in Alaska, where her aunt has left behind a cozy inn for her to run.

1:04 a.m. “Santa’s Boots” LIFE (2018) Megan Hilty. When a store’s hired Santa Claus inexplicably disappears, a woman uses the black boot he left behind in a desperate search to find him.

Friday, Nov. 26

7 a.m. “A Country Christmas Story” LIFE (2013) Megyn Price. A young girl from the Appalachian Mountains defies cultural rejection, and her disapproving mother, in order to achieve her dream of country music stardom.

9 a.m. “Christmas Harmony” LIFE (2018) Kelley Jakle. A young woman rediscovers the true spirit of love, music and Christmas when she leaves the big city behind to celebrate the holiday season in her hometown.

11 a.m. “A Christmas Winter Song” LIFE (2019) Ashanti. After hitting rock bottom, a jazz singer struggles to reconnect with his daughter and grandchildren with help from a Christmas shop owner.

1 p.m. “Candy Cane Christmas” LIFE (2020) Beverley Mitchell. A woman embarks on a search for a new Christmas tradition to start and realizes that she is missing love as the most critical part of it.

1:15 p.m. “Four Christmases” TBS (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

3 p.m. “Baking Spirits Bright” LIFE (2021) Rekha Sharma. A woman tries to hang onto the traditions of her family’s fruitcake-making business when her parents bring in a high-powered marketer to boost sales.

5 p.m. “Christmas CEO” HALL (2021) Marisol Nichols. The CEO of a small toy company gets a merger offer from a giant rival company, but she has to get her former business partner’s OK on the deal.

5 p.m. “Dancing Through the Snow” LIFE (2021) AnnaLynne McCord. When a video of him dancing with his daughter goes viral, a single father starts getting lots of attention from eligible women, but he only has eyes for his daughter’s ballet teacher.

6 p.m. “The Loud House Christmas” NICK (2021) Lincoln and his friend Clyde set out to preserve the Loud family’s holiday traditions.

6 p.m. “Four Christmases” TBS (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

7 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” NBC The Grinch tries to stop the Whos down in Whoville from celebrating Christmas in the 1966 animated holiday classic.

7 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” CBS A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

7 p.m. “Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2021” CW

7 p.m. “Christmas From Great American Organs” WVCY

7 p.m. “An Unexpected Christmas” HALL (2021) Bethany Joy Lenz. A writer talks his former girlfriend to pretend they’re back together for Christmas.

7 p.m. “Reba McEntire’s Christmas in Tune” LIFE (2021) Reba McEntire. Years after a country singing duo broke up, professionally and personally, they let their daughter talk them into reuniting for a Christmas charity concert.

7:30 p.m. “5 More Sleeps ‘Til Christmas” NBC New animated holiday special based on a children’s book by Jimmy Fallon.

7:30 p.m. “Frosty Returns” CBS

8 p.m. “Trolls Holiday in Harmony” NBC Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Kenan Thompson and Rachel Bloom provide the voices in this animated musical special spinning off the movie “Trolls.”

8 p.m. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” CW Animated special inspired by the holiday novelty song.

8 p.m. “Trans-Siberian Orchestra Ghosts of Christmas Eve” WMVS Concert performance of a fantasy trip through Christmas, with Jewel, Michael Crawford and Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Ossie Davis narrates.

8:30 p.m. “Four Christmases” TBS (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

9:03 p.m. “Dear Christmas” LIFE (2020) Melissa Joan Hart. A popular podcast host known for being a love expert prepares for her holiday episodes where she shares true romance stories with her listeners.

11:01 p.m. “Reba McEntire’s Christmas in Tune” LIFE (2021) Reba McEntire. Years after a country singing duo broke up, professionally and personally, they let their daughter talk them into reuniting for a Christmas charity concert.

1:04 a.m. “Dear Christmas” LIFE (2020) Melissa Joan Hart. A popular podcast host known for being a love expert prepares for her holiday episodes where she shares true romance stories with her listeners.

Saturday, Nov. 27

5 a.m. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” TBS (1989) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds do Christmas the only way they know how — over the top. (Note: Showing in a marathon for the next 24 hours.)

9 a.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

10 a.m. “A Very Charming Christmas Town” LIFE (2020) Natalie Hall. A travel and lifestyle blogger heads to a small Danish town in California to write about their extravagant Christmas celebration.

11 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

11:30 a.m. “Christmas on Wheels” LIFE (2020) Tiya Sircar. A woman returns home to help her uncle with a broken ankle, but she is sad to discover he sold her mother’s vintage car, which holds special Christmas memories.

1 p.m. “Jingle Belle” LIFE (2018) Tatyana Ali. A young woman is shocked to be working with her old high school sweetheart at her small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant.

3 p.m. “Merry Liddle Christmas” LIFE (2019) Kelly Rowland. Family drama and conflicting holiday traditions make it difficult for a tech entrepreneur to film the perfect Christmas with her family in her new dream home.

4 p.m. “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” AMC (1987) Steve Martin. With a chatterbox companion in tow, a man goes to extreme lengths to get back to his family in time for Thanksgiving.

5 p.m. “Happy Holidays With Bing and Frank” WMVS Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra share Christmas tunes and banter in this 1957 special, filmed in color.

5 p.m. “Making Spirits Bright” HALL (2021) Taylor Cole. The son and daughter of rival holiday decorating families try to heal the rift, and find romance in the process.

5 p.m. “Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding” LIFE (2020) Kelly Rowland. A couple excitedly prepares for their dream destination wedding, but when her hectic family gets involved in the planning, her elitist wedding planner quits.

5:30 p.m. “The Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show” WMVS The Martin and Sinatra clans make merry and sing holiday tunes in this 1967 special, with special guest Sammy Davis Jr.

7 p.m. “Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire” CBS An unlikely reindeer trains for the Reindeer Games.

7 p.m. “Christmas at Castle Hart” HALL (2021) Lacey Chabert. Looking for her roots, a woman goes to Ireland at Christmas, where in a case of mistaken identity she’s hired to plan a holiday party at a castle.

7 p.m. “Merry Liddle Christmas Baby” LIFE (2021) Kelly Rowland. Preparing for the arrival of their first child, the Liddles get ready for a Christmas of surprises.

7:30 p.m. “Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe” CBS It’s Robbie vs. Blitzen in an attempt to stop a reindeer theme park.

8 p.m. “The Story of Santa Claus” CBS A toymaker is determined to deliver a toy to every child on Christmas.

8:25 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

9:03 p.m. “Every Day Is Christmas” LIFE (2018) Toni Braxton. When her past, present and future come before her, a shrewd workaholic is shown the wonders of embracing love and the spirit of Christmas.

10 p.m. “Nutcracker” WVTV (1986) Hugh Duncan Bigney Mitchell. The classic ballet, based on a production by the Pacific Northwest Ballet and designed by Maurice Sendak.

11:01 p.m. “Merry Liddle Christmas Baby” LIFE (2021) Kelly Rowland. Preparing for the arrival of their first child, the Liddles get ready for a Christmas of surprises.

1:04 a.m. “Every Day Is Christmas” LIFE (2018) Toni Braxton. When her past, present and future come before her, a shrewd workaholic is shown the wonders of embracing love and the spirit of Christmas.

Sunday, Nov. 28

6:22 a.m. “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” AMC (1987) Steve Martin. With a chatterbox companion in tow, a man goes to extreme lengths to get back to his family in time for Thanksgiving.

7:35 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

9 a.m. “A Date by Christmas Eve” LIFE (2019) Vanessa Lengies. A brand strategist uses her magical powers to make all the “naughty” people nice again but makes a mistake when her neighbor ends up on the “naughty” list.

11 a.m. “A Very Vintage Christmas” LIFE (2019) Tia Mowry-Hardrict. An antiques shop owner enlists the help of a new acquaintance as she searches for the rightful owner of a hidden box full of romantic mementos.

12:30 p.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

1 p.m. “An Ice Wine Christmas” LIFE (2021) Roselyn Sánchez. A sommelier comes back home to take part in, and preserve, her town’s Ice Wine Christmas Festival.

2 p.m. “The Story of Jesus for Children” WVCY

2:30 p.m. “The Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show” WMVS The Martin and Sinatra clans make merry and sing holiday tunes in this 1967 special, with special guest Sammy Davis Jr.

3 p.m. “The Vine” WVCY

3 p.m. “A Picture Perfect Holiday” LIFE (2021) Tatyana Ali. A fashion photographer goes to a “Christmas photography retreat” and falls for a wildlife photographer.

4 p.m. “Happy Holidays With Bing and Frank” WMVS Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra share Christmas tunes and banter in this 1957 special, filmed in color.

4 p.m. “Babes in Toyland” WVTV (1986) Drew Barrymore. A girl wakes up in Toyland and, with her friends, overthrows the evil Barnaby.

4:30 p.m. “Trans-Siberian Orchestra Ghosts of Christmas Eve” WMVS Concert performance of a fantasy trip through Christmas, with Jewel, Michael Crawford and Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Ossie Davis narrates.

5 p.m. “Christmas in Tahoe” HALL (2021) Laura Osnes. A talent booker trying to save her family hotel’s Christmas show recruits her ex-boyfriend, whose now-famous band had fired her as their manager years earlier.

5 p.m. “You Make It Feel Like Christmas” LIFE (2021) Mary Antonini. A designer is stuck working over the holidays, so her childhood best friend, who’s also her ex-boyfriend, makes it his mission when he comes home from active duty to bring her home for Christmas.

7 p.m. “The Waltons’ Homecoming” CW (2021) Logan Shroyer. When a storm makes it difficult for John Sr. to get back to the family in time for Christmas, John Boy is sent to find him in this Depression-set movie inspired by the 1970s TV series.

7 p.m. “The Christmas Contest” HALL (2021) Candace Cameron Bure. A pair of exes face off in a contest to win money for their selected charities at Christmastime.

7 p.m. “Miracle in Motor City” LIFE (2021) Tia Mowry. A woman enlists her former flame to help her keep her promise to get Motown legend Smokey Robinson to perform at her church’s Christmas pageant.

9:03 p.m. “Mistletoe & Menorahs” LIFE (2019) Kelley Jakle. A toy company executive enlists the help of a co-worker’s friend to better understand Hanukkah if she wants to score a big account before the holidays.

9:30 p.m. “Trans-Siberian Orchestra Ghosts of Christmas Eve” WMVT Concert performance of a fantasy trip through Christmas, with Jewel, Michael Crawford and Trans-Siberian Orchestra; Ossie Davis narrates.

11:01 p.m. “Miracle in Motor City” LIFE (2021) Tia Mowry. A woman enlists her former flame to help her keep her promise to get Motown legend Smokey Robinson to perform at her church’s Christmas pageant.

1:04 a.m. “Mistletoe & Menorahs” LIFE (2019) Kelley Jakle. A toy company executive enlists the help of a co-worker’s friend to better understand Hanukkah if she wants to score a big account before the holidays.

Monday, Nov. 29

6:10 a.m. “Deck the Halls” HBO (2006) Danny DeVito. Two neighbors get into a Christmas lights war when one of them decides to have so many lights they are visible from space, turning the neighborhood upside down.

Noon “Christmas From Great American Organs” WVCY

7 p.m. “The Black Pack: We Three Kings” CW Taye Diggs, Ne-Yo and Eric Bellinger head up a program of holiday music, comedy and dance.

7 p.m. “Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion” LIFE (2021) Michelle Argyris. An event planner has to work around some unusual family dynamics, and some possible romance, when she’s hired to plan a rising singer’s holiday family reunion.

8 p.m. “Adventures in Christmasing” VH1 (2021) Kim Fields. An always-in-control talk show host has her holiday turned upside down when her network bosses send her to spend three days in the wild with an survivalist-show host.

11:01 p.m. “Welcome to the Christmas Family Reunion” LIFE (2021) Michelle Argyris. An event planner has to work around some unusual family dynamics, and some possible romance, when she’s hired to plan a rising singer’s holiday family reunion.

Tuesday, Nov. 30

12:30 p.m. “To Grandmother’s House We Go” AMC (1992) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Twins head to great-grandmother’s house — on their own.

2:30 p.m. “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” AMC Santa must save the day when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman meet an evil wizard.

7 p.m. “Christmas From the Netherlands” WVCY Cathedral concert featuring a 300-voice choir and symphony orchestra.

7 p.m. “Scrooged” AMC (1988) Bill Murray. A TV network executive fires an aide, exploits his secretary and trashes a holiday show on Christmas Eve, until ghostly visitations show him the error of his ways.

7 p.m. “Saying Yes to Christmas” LIFE (2021) Erika Prevost. A Christmas wish forces a career woman to say “yes” to every invite she gets when she’s home for the holidays, including one from an old flame.

9 p.m. “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” AMC (1987) Steve Martin. With a chatterbox companion in tow, a man goes to extreme lengths to get back to his family in time for Thanksgiving.

11:01 p.m. “Saying Yes to Christmas” LIFE (2021) Erika Prevost. A Christmas wish forces a career woman to say “yes” to every invite she gets when she’s home for the holidays, including one from an old flame.

2:34 a.m. “To Grandmother’s House We Go” AMC (1992) Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Twins head to great-grandmother’s house — on their own.

Wednesday, Dec. 1

5 a.m. “2nd Chance for Christmas” SHO (2019) A popular musician learns life lessons as she receives a visit from the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future on Christmas Eve.

6 a.m. “Holiday in Handcuffs” FREE (2007) Melissa Joan Hart. A waitress feels pressured to please her parents, so she kidnaps a customer from her restaurant and takes him to meet her parents as her boyfriend.

8 a.m. “Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July” AMC Santa must save the day when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman meet an evil wizard.

10:05 a.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

10:30 a.m. “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” AMC (1987) Steve Martin. With a chatterbox companion in tow, a man goes to extreme lengths to get back to his family in time for Thanksgiving.

Noon “Christmas From the Netherlands” WVCY Cathedral concert featuring a 300-voice choir and symphony orchestra.

12:15 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

12:30 p.m. “Scrooged” AMC (1988) Bill Murray. A TV network executive fires an aide, exploits his secretary and trashes a holiday show on Christmas Eve, until ghostly visitations show him the error of his ways.

2:45 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

4:30 p.m. “Fred Claus” AMC (2007) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s brother ends up in jail, so Santa gets him to work at the North Pole to help pay off his debt, but his bad attitude begins to try Santa’s patience.

4:50 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

7 p.m. “89th Annual Christmas in Rockefeller Center” NBC

7 p.m. “Beebo Saves Christmas” CW Beebo and friends go to the North Pole and face off with an efficiency-obsessed elf.

7 p.m. “Messiah in the Feast of Dedication” WVCY A look at the meaning of Hanukkah.

7 p.m. “Four Christmases” AMC (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

7 p.m. “Match Made in Mistletoe” LIFE (2021) Natalie Lisinska. An interior designer in Washington, D.C., butts heads with a new ambassador when she’s hired to decorate a foreign embassy for the holidays.

7:20 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

7:30 p.m. “Faith in History — The 12 Days of Christmas” WVCY

8 p.m. “World’s Funniest Animals: Christmas” CW

9 p.m. “Kelly Clarkson Presents When Christmas Comes Around” NBC

9 p.m. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” AMC (1989) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds do Christmas the only way they know how — over the top.

3:30 a.m. “The Legend of Frosty the Snowman” AMC (2005)

Thursday, Dec. 2

6 a.m. “The Mistle-Tones” FREE (2012) Tia Mowry-Hardrict. A girl creates her own singing group around Christmas after she auditions and doesn’t get the part to join a musical group that her late mother started.

9:30 a.m. “The Little Drummer Boy” FREE A poor boy with a drum goes to Bethlehem and tries to find the right gift for the infant Jesus in this 1968 animated special.

10 a.m. “Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House” FREE (2002) French Stewart. With his parents about to divorce, Kevin sets out to stop a kidnapping plot.

Noon “Messiah in the Feast of Dedication” WVCY A look at the meaning of Hanukkah.

12:05 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

12:30 p.m. “Faith in History — The 12 Days of Christmas” WVCY

12:30 p.m. “The Polar Express” AMC (2004) Tom Hanks. A boy takes a ride to the North Pole on a magical train on Christmas Eve.

2:10 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

2:30 p.m. “Fred Claus” AMC (2007) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s brother ends up in jail, so Santa gets him to work at the North Pole to help pay off his debt, but his bad attitude begins to try Santa’s patience.

4:40 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

5 p.m. “Four Christmases” AMC (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

7 p.m. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” AMC (1989) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds do Christmas the only way they know how — over the top.

7 p.m. “A Christmas Village Romance” LIFE (2021) Jeni Ross. To help keep a pioneer village in business, a romance novelist throws a Christmas gala, only to clash with the town historian over the event.

7:20 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

8 p.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

8 p.m. “The (Expletive) Who Stole Christmas” VH1 (2021) RuPaul. A fashion journalist, on assignment in a small, Christmas-obsessed town, finds herself caught up in a high-stakes competition and against a plot “that could destroy Christmas fore-evah!” in this drag-queen-filled drama.

9 p.m. “Pacific Garden Mission Choir Christmas Rally” WVCY Recorded at the Waukesha Exposition Center.

9:15 p.m. “The Polar Express” AMC (2004) Tom Hanks. A boy takes a ride to the North Pole on a magical train on Christmas Eve.

10 p.m. “The Carpenters: Christmas Memories” WMVS

11:15 p.m. “The Year Without a Santa Claus” AMC When Santa decides to take Christmas off, Mrs. Claus goes into action.

12:30 a.m. “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year” AMC

1 a.m. ” ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” AMC When Santa removes a small town from his delivery itinerary, a family endeavors to regain his favor.

2 a.m. “Little Drummer Boy: Book II” AMC

2:30 a.m. “Santa Claus: The Movie” AMC Dudley Moore. Santa’s mission is in doubt when a greedy toymaker tries to take over Christmas.

Friday, Dec. 3

6 a.m. “Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas” WMVS

6 a.m. “The Little Drummer Boy” FREE A poor boy with a drum goes to Bethlehem and tries to find the right gift for the infant Jesus in this 1968 animated special.

6:30 a.m. “Jingle All the Way 2” FREE (2014) Larry the Cable Guy. A man is determined to find the talking bear his daughter wants for Christmas, but the girl’s stepfather is just as determined to stop him.

8 a.m. “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVS

8 a.m. “Rudolph’s Shiny New Year” AMC

8:30 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

9 a.m. “Nature Cat: A Nature Carol” WMVS

9 a.m. “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” AMC (1987) Steve Martin. With a chatterbox companion in tow, a man goes to extreme lengths to get back to his family in time for Thanksgiving.

11:30 a.m. “Let’s Go Luna: Luna’s Christmas Around the World” WMVS Holiday traditions from around the world.

1:30 p.m. “Peg + Cat + Holidays” WMVS

3:35 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

6:15 p.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

7 p.m. “Great Moments of Christmas” WVCY Program of Christmas music.

7 p.m. “Planes, Trains and Automobiles” AMC (1987) Steve Martin. With a chatterbox companion in tow, a man goes to extreme lengths to get back to his family in time for Thanksgiving.

7 p.m. “Eight Gifts of Hanukkah” HALL (2021) Inbar Lavi. During Hanukkah, a woman sets out to identify her secret admirer.

7 p.m. “A Christmas Dance Reunion” LIFE (2021) Corbin Bleu. A successful attorney comes back to a resort to help its operators celebrate the hotel’s final Christmas season, and rekindle an old romance.

8 p.m. “The Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Family Christmas Show” WMVS The Martin and Sinatra clans make merry and sing holiday tunes in this 1967 special, with special guest Sammy Davis Jr.

8 p.m. “The Story of Jesus for Children” WVCY

8:25 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

9 p.m. “The Vine” WVCY

10:55 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

2:17 a.m. “Surviving Christmas” AMC (2004) Ben Affleck. An obnoxious young millionaire pays a family to spend Christmas with him.

Saturday, Dec. 4

6:30 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

8:35 a.m. “Prancer Returns” FREE (2001) John Corbett. A boy finds a reindeer that he’s convinced is one of Santa’s, and when the animal is threatened, the boy runs away with him to protect him.

10:40 a.m. “Home Alone 3” FREE (1997) Alex D. Lind. A boy takes on some spies who are after the top-secret computer chip in his toy car.

Noon “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVT Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

12:50 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

1:30 p.m. “Fred Claus” AMC (2007) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s brother ends up in jail, so Santa gets him to work at the North Pole to help pay off his debt, but his bad attitude begins to try Santa’s patience.

2:55 p.m. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” FREE (2009) Jim Carrey. Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, showing him the errors of his ways in this motion-capture-animated take on the Dickens tale.

4 p.m. “Four Christmases” AMC (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

5 p.m. “A Christmas Story” TBS (1983) Peter Billingsley. In 1940s Indiana, a boy is determined to get what he wants for Christmas — a Red Ryder BB gun.

5:05 p.m. “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” FREE The stop-motion-animation story of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus.

6 p.m. “Pacific Garden Mission Choir Christmas Rally” WVCY Recorded at the Waukesha Exposition Center.

6 p.m. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” AMC (1989) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds do Christmas the only way they know how — over the top.

6:10 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” FREE A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

6:45 p.m. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” FREE Ashamed of being different, Rudolph flees the reindeer games, finds new friends and shares valuable lessons in the classic 1964 animated special.

7 p.m. “It’s a Wonderful Life” NBC (1946) James Stewart. When a man loses hope on Christmas Eve, an angel shows what life would have been like if he hadn’t been born.

7 p.m. “Silent Night: A Song for the World” CW (2020) Documentary about the making and impact of the world’s most famous Christmas carol.

7 p.m. “A Very Merry Bridesmaid” HALL (2021) Emily Osment. With her 30th birthday and her brother’s wedding on the same day — Christmas Eve — a woman focuses on connecting with her childhood crush.

7 p.m. “Kirk Franklin’s A Gospel Christmas” LIFE (2021) Demetria McKinney. A pastor, called to her new church a month before Christmas, has to get the choir ready to open the town’s Winter Jamboree.

7 p.m. “A Christmas Story” TBS (1983) Peter Billingsley. In 1940s Indiana, a boy is determined to get what he wants for Christmas — a Red Ryder BB gun.

7:50 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

8:15 p.m. “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” AMC (1989) Chevy Chase. The Griswolds do Christmas the only way they know how — over the top.

10:20 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

10:30 p.m. “Four Christmases” AMC (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

Sunday, Dec. 5

5:30 a.m. “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVS

6 a.m. “Prancer Returns” FREE (2001) John Corbett. A boy finds a reindeer that he’s convinced is one of Santa’s, and when the animal is threatened, the boy runs away with him to protect him.

8:05 a.m. “Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic” FREE A look at how all 12 Disney parks, four cruise ships and resorts are transformed into winter wonderlands during the holidays.

8:39 a.m. “Fred Claus” AMC (2007) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s brother ends up in jail, so Santa gets him to work at the North Pole to help pay off his debt, but his bad attitude begins to try Santa’s patience.

9:05 a.m. “Unaccompanied Minors” FREE (2006) Dyllan Christopher. Snowed in at a big airport during the holidays, a group of kids set out to create their own holiday celebration.

9:30 a.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

11:10 a.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

2 p.m. “Christmas Manger” WVCY (2018) Tara Reid. An elderly man struggling with the death of his wife finds new purpose with the arrival of his estranged foster child and her young daughter.

2:15 p.m. “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” FREE (1993) The king of Halloween Town tries to bring Christmas back home, but it doesn’t work as planned.

2:30 p.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

2:55 p.m. “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” FREE The stop-motion-animation story of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus.

3 p.m. “2021 Holiday River Parade From San Antonio” WVTV

3:30 p.m. “Red Boots for Christmas” WVCY

4 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” FREE A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

4:35 p.m. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” FREE Ashamed of being different, Rudolph flees the reindeer games, finds new friends and shares valuable lessons in the classic 1964 animated special.

5:40 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

7 p.m. “Sister Swap: A Hometown Holiday” HALL (2021) Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ashley Williams. A widowed mother of a teenager returns to her hometown and gets involved in plans to restore a local movie theater. (Part 2 airs Dec. 12.)

7 p.m. “My Favorite Christmas Melody” LIFE (2021) Mya. A formerly promising singer-songwriter turned commercial jingle writer is enlisted by a high school music teacher to help save the school’s arts program.

7:30 p.m. “The National Christmas Tree Lighting” CBS

8:10 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

10:50 p.m. “Daddy’s Home 2” FREE (2017) Will Ferrell. After making peace with each other, two dads have to deal with their own demanding fathers over the holidays.

Monday, Dec. 6

6 a.m. “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie” FREE (2002) An angel seeks help for Kermit after he loses hope after losing the Muppet Theatre.

10 a.m. “Daddy’s Home 2” FREE (2017) Will Ferrell. After making peace with each other, two dads have to deal with their own demanding fathers over the holidays.

11 a.m. “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas” WMVS

Noon “Great Moments of Christmas” WVCY Program of Christmas music.

1:10 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

3:40 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

5 p.m. “Scrooged” AMC (1988) Bill Murray. A TV network executive fires an aide, exploits his secretary and trashes a holiday show on Christmas Eve, until ghostly visitations show him the error of his ways.

5:20 p.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

7 p.m. “A Very Boy Band Holiday” ABC

1:15 p.m. “Four Christmases” TBS (2008) Reese Witherspoon. A couple scramble, reluctantly, to make it to four separate family holiday celebrations.

7 p.m. “Secretly Santa” LIFE (2021) Alicia Dea Josipovoc. After meeting at a costumed Santa crawl, business rivals continue the flirtation online, even as they spar professionally.

7:30 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

8 p.m. “Hip Hop Family Christmas” VH1 (2021) Keri Hilson. In a bid to soften their image, hip-hop’s most famous family agrees to do a live Christmas TV special.

9 p.m. “Michael Buble Christmas Special” NBC

9 p.m. “Fred Claus” AMC (2007) Vince Vaughn. Santa’s brother ends up in jail, so Santa gets him to work at the North Pole to help pay off his debt, but his bad attitude begins to try Santa’s patience.

9 p.m. “A Christmas Carol” TNT (1999) Patrick Stewart. Miserly Scrooge gets visits from three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

11 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

11:30 p.m. “Scrooged” AMC (1988) Bill Murray. A TV network executive fires an aide, exploits his secretary and trashes a holiday show on Christmas Eve, until ghostly visitations show him the error of his ways.

Tuesday, Dec. 7

6 a.m. “Stealing Christmas” FREE (2003) Tony Danza. After a botched robbery at Christmastime, a man takes a job as a Santa in a small town, and winds up getting the Christmas spirit.

6:30 a.m. “Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas” WMVS

10 a.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

12:30 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

3:10 p.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

5:15 p.m. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” FREE (2009) Jim Carrey. Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, showing him the errors of his ways in this motion-capture-animated take on the Dickens tale.

7 p.m. “Christmas Movie Magic” LIFE (2021) Holly Deveaux. An entertainment writer and small-town movie theater owner join forces to discover the true story of a Christmas classic filmed in the town.

7:20 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

7:30 p.m. “Smoky Mountain Christmas” WVCY

Wednesday, Dec. 8

6 a.m. “Snow” FREE (2004) Tom Cavanagh. With three days before Christmas, a man begrudgingly takes on the task of delivering toys from Santa and manages to spread cheer among downtrodden people.

10 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

Noon “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVS

Noon “Jingle All the Way 2” FREE (2014) Larry the Cable Guy. A man is determined to find the talking bear his daughter wants for Christmas, but the girl’s stepfather is just as determined to stop him.

12:30 p.m. “Smoky Mountain Christmas” WVCY

4 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

6:30 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” FREE (2018) Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Grinch in this animated remake of the classic Christmas story.

7 p.m. “Christmas Around the World” CW A look at how Christmas is celebrated, across the centuries and around the world.

7 p.m. “The First Christmas Tree” WVCY A homeless girl and a stranger spend Christmas Eve together in a deserted city park in this musical Christmas story.

7 p.m. “Christmas With a Crown” LIFE (2021) Lisa Durupt. A woman trying to revive her family’s Christmas festival gets help from a dashing stranger — who turns out to be a prince in disguise.

8:30 p.m. “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” FREE (1993) The king of Halloween Town tries to bring Christmas back home, but it doesn’t work as planned.

11 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

Thursday, Dec. 9

6 a.m. “Snow 2: Brain Freeze” FREE (2008) Tom Cavanagh. While preparing his reindeer, Santa Claus hits his head and loses all of his memories, so Mrs. Claus gets her old boyfriend to help her find Santa.

9:30 a.m. “Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic” FREE A look at how all 12 Disney parks, four cruise ships and resorts are transformed into winter wonderlands during the holidays.

10:30 a.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

Noon “The First Christmas Tree” WVCY A homeless girl and a stranger spend Christmas Eve together in a deserted city park in this musical Christmas story.

12:40 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

2 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

2:50 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” FREE (2018) Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Grinch in this animated remake of the classic Christmas story.

4:50 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

7 p.m. “A Fiancé for Christmas” LIFE (2021) Marie Osmond. A woman’s fake wedding registry is mistaken for the real thing, and when her town decides to throw her a bridal shower, she recruits a guy to pose as her fiancé.

7:20 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

9 p.m. “Singing Men of Oak Brook” WVCY VCY Christmas rally recorded at the Waukesha Exposition Center.

11 p.m. “Snowglobe” FREE (2007) Christina Milian. Only expecting the usual floating snow, a young woman discovers a fantasy world inside a snow globe of her grandmother’s.

Friday, Dec. 10

6 a.m. “Call Me Claus” FREE (2001) Whoopi Goldberg. A TV producer hires a Santa who turns out to really be Santa — and looking for his replacement.

9 a.m. “Nature Cat: A Nature Carol” WMVS

11 a.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

1:35 p.m. “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” FREE (1993) The king of Halloween Town tries to bring Christmas back home, but it doesn’t work as planned.

3:10 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

5:40 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

7 p.m. “Penn & Teller: Merry Fool Us” CW

7 p.m. “Follow the Light” WVCY Christmas concert.

7 p.m. “A Dickens of a Holiday!” HALL (2021) Kristoffer Polaha. A woman recruits an action-movie star and former classmate to play Scrooge for her hometown’s Victorian festival.

7 p.m. “Holiday in Santa Fe” LIFE (2021) Mario Lopez. A family business making holiday items inspired by Mexican Christmas traditions faces challenging times when the family matriarch dies.

8 p.m. “Christmas Manger” WVCY (2018) Tara Reid. An elderly man struggling with the death of his wife finds new purpose with the arrival of his estranged foster child and her young daughter.

8:20 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

9:30 p.m. “Red Boots for Christmas” WVCY

Saturday, Dec. 11

5:30 a.m. “European Christmas Markets” WMVS A tour of holiday markets in Germany, France and Switzerland.

6 a.m. “Unaccompanied Minors” FREE (2006) Dyllan Christopher. Snowed in at a big airport during the holidays, a group of kids set out to create their own holiday celebration.

8:05 a.m. “The Little Drummer Boy” FREE A poor boy with a drum goes to Bethlehem and tries to find the right gift for the infant Jesus in this 1968 animated special.

9:35 a.m. “The Star” FREE (2017) A donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas in this animated movie.

10:40 a.m. “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas” FREE (1999) Three holiday stories with Mickey Mouse and friends.

11 a.m. “Happy Holidays America” WDJT

Noon “Magnificent Mile Lights Festival” WDJT

12:10 p.m. “Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas” FREE (2004) More Christmas tales with favorite Disney characters.

1:40 p.m. “Toy Story That Time Forgot” ABC Trixie the Triceratops is the gang’s only hope of returning to Bonnie’s room after they meet a bunch of delusional action figures during a play date.

3 p.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

6 p.m. “Singing Men of Oak Brook” WVCY VCY Christmas rally recorded at the Waukesha Exposition Center.

7 p.m. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” CBS Ashamed of being different, Rudolph flees the reindeer games, finds new friends and shares valuable lessons in the classic 1964 animated special.

7 p.m. “The Waltons’ Homecoming” CW (2021) Logan Shroyer. When a storm makes it difficult for John Sr. to get back to the family in time for Christmas, John Boy is sent to find him in this Depression-set movie inspired by the 1970s TV series.

7 p.m. “A Royal Queens Christmas” HALL (2021) Megan Park. A woman in Queens gets help from an actual prince for a children’s Christmas show.

7 p.m. “The Holiday Fix Up” LIFE (2021) Jana Kramer. A designer for a popular home renovation show comes back home for the holidays to help renovate an old inn; the contractor on the project is the guy who broke her heart.

7 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” TBS The Grinch tries to stop the Whos down in Whoville from celebrating Christmas in the 1966 animated holiday classic.

7:30 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” TBS The Grinch tries to stop the Whos down in Whoville from celebrating Christmas in the 1966 animated holiday classic.

8 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” CBS A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

8 p.m. “Magnificent Mile Lights Festival” WMLW

8:30 p.m. “Frosty Returns” CBS

10:55 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

Sunday, Dec. 12

6 a.m. “The Star” FREE (2017) A donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas in this animated movie.

8 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

10 a.m. “Jingle All the Way 2” FREE (2014) Larry the Cable Guy. A man is determined to find the talking bear his daughter wants for Christmas, but the girl’s stepfather is just as determined to stop him.

12:05 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

2 p.m. “Small Town Santa” WVTV (2014) Dean Cain. A sheriff who’s lost the holiday spirit on Christmas Eve arrests a home intruder who claims to be Santa Claus.

2 p.m. “The Fourth Wise Man” WVCY (1985) Martin Sheen. The story of Artaban, the fourth Magi.

2:10 p.m. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” FREE (2009) Jim Carrey. Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, showing him the errors of his ways in this motion-capture-animated take on the Dickens tale.

3:10 p.m. “Highlights From ‘The Messiah’ ” WVCY

3:30 p.m. “The Ride” WVCY

4:15 p.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

5 p.m. “White House Christmas 2021” HGTV A behind-the-scenes look at this year’s White House holiday decorations.

6 p.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

6:25 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

7 p.m. “Sister Swap: Christmas in the City” HALL (2021) Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Ashley Williams. When her sister journeys back to their hometown for the holidays, a woman volunteers to run her restaurant in Salt Lake City in her absence, and makes a connection with the restaurant’s reserved manager. (Part 1 aired Dec. 5.)

7 p.m. “People Presents: Blending Christmas” LIFE (2021) Haylie Duff. A couple get ready to spend the holidays together with their families, but the clans’ bickering drives them apart just before Christmas.

7:30 p.m. “A Christmas Proposal” CBS (2021) Jessica Camacho. A struggling chef agrees to pose as the girlfriend of a hotshot attorney to get his family off his back during the holidays.

8 p.m. “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2021” CW

8:55 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

10 p.m. “The Carpenters: Christmas Memories” WMVT

11 p.m. “Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist” FREE (2012) Christian Martyn. A boy protects his home and his sister from bumbling art thieves.

Monday, Dec. 13

6 a.m. “Holiday in Handcuffs” FREE (2007) Melissa Joan Hart. A waitress feels pressured to please her parents, so she kidnaps a customer from her restaurant and takes him to meet her parents as her boyfriend.

9:30 a.m. “Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic” FREE A look at how all 12 Disney parks, four cruise ships and resorts are transformed into winter wonderlands during the holidays.

10:30 a.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

Noon “Follow the Light” WVCY Christmas concert.

12:30 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

1:30 p.m. “Let’s Go Luna: Luna’s Christmas Around the World” WMVS Holiday traditions from around the world.

3 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

5 p.m. “A Chef’s Life Holiday Special” WMVS Chef Vivian Howard serves dishes from her Southern cooking heritage and from her husband’s Hanukkah traditions.

5 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

7 p.m. “Night of Nights” WVCY

7 p.m. “Maps and Mistletoe” LIFE (2021) Humberly Gonzalez. A cartographer gets assigned the task of designing novelty treasure map of the North Pole, and gets help from an explorer of the region.

7:30 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

8 p.m. “20 Years of Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir” WMVS Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the choir and orchestra for this retrospective, with performances by Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Gladys Knight and more.

8 p.m. “Let’s Get Merried” VH1 (2021) Tahj Mowry. At a bachelorette weekend at a Christmas-themed adventure park, a holiday-hating woman decides to get married, that day, to a man she hasn’t met yet.

9 p.m. “Kelly Clarkson Presents When Christmas Comes Around” NBC

1:30 a.m. “20 Years of Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir” WMVS Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the choir and orchestra for this retrospective, with performances by Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Gladys Knight and more.

Tuesday, Dec. 14

6 a.m. “12 Dates of Christmas” FREE (2011) Amy Smart. After a terrible blind date on Christmas Eve, a woman wakes up and discovers she’s reliving that day, and date, over and over again.

9:30 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

10:30 a.m. “Peg + Cat + Holidays” WMVS

11:30 a.m. “Love Actually” FREE (2003) Hugh Grant. Eight people who live in London fall in love, out of love and lament about not having love during the frantic weeks before the Christmas holidays.

2:30 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

5 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

7 p.m. “The Candy Maker’s Christmas” WVCY

7 p.m. “Ghosts of Christmas Past” LIFE (2021) Annie Clark. A fortune teller tells a woman that she will never find true love unless, by Christmas Eve, she makes amends with all the men she’s ghosted on dating apps in the past.

7:30 p.m. “The Prince of Peace” WVCY

7:30 p.m. “Office Christmas Party” FREE (2016) Jason Bateman. When his bossy CEO sister threatens to shut down the business, a branch manager decides the best way to land a client is to throw a wild and crazy Christmas party.

8 p.m. “Gordon Ramsay’s Road Trip: Christmas Vacation” FOX The celebrity chef takes a couple of friends on the road “to find the home of Santa Claus himself.”

8 p.m. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” WMVS A re-imagining of the classic “Nutcracker” story, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and narrated by Alan Cumming.

8 p.m. “Fixer to Fabulous Holiday Surprise” HGTV

9:30 p.m. “All Is Bright: A Concordia Christmas” WMVS Music ensembles from Concordia University Irvine perform.

11 p.m. “The Night Before” FREE (2015) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Three friends attempt to find the Nutcracka Ball, one of New York’s best Christmas parties, when they realize their annual Christmas Eve reunion is ending.

2:30 a.m. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” WMVS A re-imagining of the classic “Nutcracker” story, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and narrated by Alan Cumming.

4 a.m. “All Is Bright: A Concordia Christmas” WMVS Music ensembles from Concordia University Irvine perform.

Wednesday, Dec. 15

6 a.m. “Life-Size 2: A Christmas Eve” FREE (2018) Tyra Banks. A woman worries that her days as CEO of a toy company may be numbered.

8 a.m. “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVS

10 a.m. “Office Christmas Party” FREE (2016) Jason Bateman. When his bossy CEO sister threatens to shut down the business, a branch manager decides the best way to land a client is to throw a wild and crazy Christmas party.

Noon “The Candy Maker’s Christmas” WVCY

12:30 p.m. “The Prince of Peace” WVCY

12:35 p.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

2:30 p.m. “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” WMVS A re-imagining of the classic “Nutcracker” story, with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and narrated by Alan Cumming.

2:45 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

4 p.m. “20 Years of Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir” WMVS Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the choir and orchestra for this retrospective, with performances by Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Gladys Knight and more.

5:15 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

7 p.m. “12’s Season to Celebrate” WISN

7 p.m. “Christmas Gone Viral” WVCY

7 p.m. “The Enchanted Christmas Cake” LIFE (2021) Erica Durance. A woman struggling to keep her bakery running, and to figure out her late grandmother’s recipe for the town’s Enchanted Christmas Cake, agrees to work with a crew filming a Christmas special in her town.

7:20 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

8:30 p.m. “A Very Chrisley Christmas” NBC

11:30 p.m. “Happy Holidays With Bing and Frank” WMVT Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra share Christmas tunes and banter in this 1957 special, filmed in color.

Thursday, Dec. 16

6 a.m. “Black Nativity” FREE (2013) Jacob Latimore. A teenager spends the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, and winds up on an inspirational journey in this adaptation of Langston Hughes’ play.

9:30 a.m. “Let’s Go Luna: Luna’s Christmas Around the World” WMVS Holiday traditions from around the world.

9:30 a.m. “The Preacher’s Wife” FREE (1996) Denzel Washington. A reverend with problems at home and at work prays for guidance and gets it in the form of a guardian angel who immediately begins to win over his wife.

Noon “Christmas Gone Viral” WVCY

Noon “Almost Christmas” FREE (2016). Gabrielle Union. A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

2 p.m. “Rick Steves’ European Christmas” WMVS Travel expert Rick Steves goes on location to experience Christian and pre-Christian holiday traditions around Europe, including England, Norway and more.

2:30 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

5 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

7 p.m. “A Saturday Night Live Christmas” NBC Classic holiday-themed sketches from “Saturday Night Live.”

7 p.m. “Christmas by Chance” LIFE (2021) Winny Clarke. A gift-shop owner is hired by a wealthy entrepreneur to help him put together a proposal for his girlfriend.

7:30 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

9 p.m. “Blessings Gospel Trio Rally” WVCY Recorded at the Waukesha Exposition Center.

Friday, Dec. 17

6:30 a.m. “Nature Cat: A Nature Carol” WMVS

8 a.m. “Love Actually” FREE (2003) Hugh Grant. Eight people who live in London fall in love, out of love and lament about not having love during the frantic weeks before the Christmas holidays.

11 a.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

1:30 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

4:10 p.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

6:20 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

6:40 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” FREE (2018) Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Grinch in this animated remake of the classic Christmas story.

7 p.m. “The 89th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade” CW

7 p.m. “And the Angels Sang” WVCY

7 p.m. “Mistletoe in Montana” LIFE (2021) Melissa Joan Hart. A woman running a vacation ranch connects with a single father who brings his kids to the ranch for Christmas week.

8 p.m. “The Fourth Wise Man” WVCY (1985) Martin Sheen. The story of Artaban, the fourth Magi.

8:50 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

9:10 p.m. “Highlights From ‘The Messiah’ ” WVCY

9:30 p.m. “The Ride” WVCY

10:55 p.m. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” FREE (2009) Jim Carrey. Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, showing him the errors of his ways in this motion-capture-animated take on the Dickens tale.

Saturday, Dec. 18

6:35 a.m. “Love Actually” FREE (2003) Hugh Grant. Eight people who live in London fall in love, out of love and lament about not having love during the frantic weeks before the Christmas holidays.

9:45 a.m. “Unaccompanied Minors” FREE (2006) Dyllan Christopher. Snowed in at a big airport during the holidays, a group of kids set out to create their own holiday celebration.

11:55 a.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

2:05 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

3:10 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” FREE (2018) Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Grinch in this animated remake of the classic Christmas story.

4 p.m. “Texas Music Scene: A Very MusicFest Christmas” WVTV

4:35 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

6 p.m. “Blessings Gospel Trio Rally” WVCY Recorded at the Waukesha Exposition Center.

6 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” TNT The Grinch tries to stop the Whos down in Whoville from celebrating Christmas in the 1966 animated holiday classic.

6:30 p.m. “A Christmas Story” TBS (1983) Peter Billingsley. In 1940s Indiana, a boy is determined to get what he wants for Christmas — a Red Ryder BB gun.

7 p.m. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” CW Animated special inspired by the holiday novelty song.

7 p.m. “The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls” HALL (2021) Robert Buckley. Brothers compete to see who can create the best Christmas house.

7 p.m. “Toying With the Holidays” LIFE (2021) Chad Michael Murray. When she finds out her hometown’s North Pole Express train is off the tracks, a workaholic single mother enlists a former high school classmate to help get the holiday tradition back up and running.

7 p.m. “Holmes for the Holidays” HGTV

8 p.m. “World’s Funniest Animals: Christmas” CW

8:30 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” TNT The Grinch tries to stop the Whos down in Whoville from celebrating Christmas in the 1966 animated holiday classic.

8:40 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

9 p.m. “A Christmas Carol” TNT (1999) Patrick Stewart. Miserly Scrooge gets visits from three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

11:20 p.m. “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas” FREE (1993) The king of Halloween Town tries to bring Christmas back home, but it doesn’t work as planned.

Sunday, Dec. 19

6:30 a.m. “Unaccompanied Minors” FREE (2006) Dyllan Christopher. Snowed in at a big airport during the holidays, a group of kids set out to create their own holiday celebration.

7 a.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

7:30 a.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

8 a.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

8:30 a.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

8:30 a.m. “Home Alone 3” FREE (1997) Alex D. Lind. A boy takes on some spies who are after the top-secret computer chip in his toy car.

9 a.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

10:30 a.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

10 a.m. “Back to Christmas” WDJT (2014) Kelly Overton, Michael Muhney. Magically transported to the Christmas before her canceled wedding, a woman gets a second chance at happiness with her former fiancé.

12:30 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

2 p.m. “A Christmas Village” WVTV (2018) Madeline Leon. To save her own business, a PR wiz who doesn’t have the holiday spirit agrees to help a struggling single father with his failing Christmas village.

2 p.m. “Silver Bells” WVCY (2013) Bruce Boxleitner. An arrogant sportscaster is ordered to perform community service during Christmas and learns the power of giving.

3:30 p.m. “Little Shepherd” WVCY

4 p.m. “Home by Christmas” WVTV (2006) Linda Hamilton. After divorcing her cheating husband, a well-off woman winds up homeless.

5:10 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” FREE A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

5:45 p.m. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” FREE Ashamed of being different, Rudolph flees the reindeer games, finds new friends and shares valuable lessons in the classic 1964 animated special.

6:30 p.m. “A Charlie Brown Christmas” PBS Charlie Brown struggles to find the true meaning of Christmas in this beloved animated holiday classic.

6:50 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

7 p.m. “Christmas Takes Flight” CBS (2021) Katie Lowes. When the CEO who purchased her family’s regional airline cancels the company’s annual holiday benefit for underserved children, a pilot rallies the community to save the event, only to fall for her nemesis.

7 p.m. “Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas” WMVS A look at how many of the contemporary Christmas traditions have origins in Tudor England.

7 p.m. “‘Tis the Season to Be Merry” HALL (2021) Rachael Leigh Cook. A woman writing a book on relationships makes a trip to Vermont.

7 p.m. “Under the Christmas Tree” LIFE (2021) Tattiawana Jones. A Christmas tree master finds the ideal tree for the governor’s holiday celebration — in a marketing wiz’s backyard. The two women clash at first, but then find romance together.

7 p.m. “Home Town: Ben’s Holiday Workshop” HGTV

7 p.m. “Going My Way” TCM (1944) Bing Crosby. An unorthodox priest is brought in to revive a failing urban parish.

8 p.m. “The Black Pack: We Three Kings” CW Taye Diggs, Ne-Yo and Eric Bellinger head up a program of holiday music, comedy and dance.

9:15 p.m. “The Holly and the Ivy” TCM (1952) Ralph Richardson. An English minister and his family are reunited at Christmas.

9:20 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

10:30 p.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2020” WMVS Plans for a traditional holiday at Nonnatus House fall through, and the circus comes to town.

11 p.m. “Christmas Past” TCM (1925) A compilation of short Christmas movies from the silent era.

Midnight “Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic” FREE A look at how all 12 Disney parks, four cruise ships and resorts are transformed into winter wonderlands during the holidays.

12:30 a.m. “Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas” WMVS A look at how many of the contemporary Christmas traditions have origins in Tudor England.

1:15 a.m. “Mon Oncle Antoine” TCM (1971) In rural Quebec during the Christmas season, a boy comes of age.

3:15 a.m. “Fanny and Alexander” TCM (1982) Bertil Guve. Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning film follows the highs and lows of a theatrical Swedish family.

Monday, Dec. 20

6 a.m. “Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas” WMVS

6 a.m. “Prancer Returns” FREE (2001) John Corbett. A boy finds a reindeer that he’s convinced is one of Santa’s, and when the animal is threatened, the boy runs away with him to protect him.

6:30 a.m. “Kind Lady” TCM (1935) Basil Rathbone. On Christmas Eve, a rich woman takes pity on an artist and brings him into her home, but it turns out he has a darker agenda.

8 a.m. “The Man Who Came to Dinner” TCM (1941), Monty Woolley. A blustery critic, injured during a lecture tour, is stuck in the home of a Midwestern family during the holidays.

9:30 a.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

Noon “And the Angels Sang” WVCY

Noon “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

2:30 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

2:35 p.m. “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” FREE The stop-motion-animation story of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus.

3:40 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” FREE A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

4:15 p.m. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” FREE Ashamed of being different, Rudolph flees the reindeer games, finds new friends and shares valuable lessons in the classic 1964 animated special.

5 p.m. “Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas” WMVS A look at how many of the contemporary Christmas traditions have origins in Tudor England.

5:20 p.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

7 p.m. “Secrets of Christmas: Revealed” FOX

7 p.m. “Pensacola Christian College Christmas Special” WVCY

7 p.m. “Candy Cane Candidate” LIFE (2021) Jacky Lai. After a disastrous bid for public office, a woman returns to her hometown for Christmas and finds herself embroiled in politics again — this time, squaring off against the high school rival who defeated her for senior class president.

7:30 p.m. “Bethlehem: Beyond the Christmas Story” WVCY

7:30 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

8 p.m. “Miracle Across 125th Street” VH1 (2021) Nick Cannon. On Christmas Eve, a rapper who battled drug addiction returns to his family’s church in Harlem to confront his past.

9:30 p.m. “Christmas at Belmont” WMVS The 2021 edition of Belmont University’s traditional Christmas concert features alumnus and country-gospel singer Josh Turner.

10:30 p.m. “The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: A New Song of Grace and Truth” WMVS Christmas music from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

11 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

11:30 p.m. “A St. Thomas Christmas: Bloom Eternal” WMVS, WMVT The St. Paul, Minnesota, university’s vocal and instrumental ensembles perform a newly commissioned work, “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming.”

1:30 a.m. “Christmas at Belmont” WMVS The 2021 edition of Belmont University’s traditional Christmas concert features alumnus and country-gospel singer Josh Turner.

4 a.m. “The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: A New Song of Grace and Truth” WMVS Christmas music from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Tuesday, Dec. 21

6:30 a.m. “Three Godfathers” TCM (1936) Walter Brennan. In the old West, a trio of fugitives risk their lives to rescue an infant.

8 a.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2020” WMVT Plans for a traditional holiday at Nonnatus House fall through, and the circus comes to town.

8 a.m. “Bush Christmas” TCM (1947) Chips Rafferty. In Australia, a group of children go after some horse thieves.

9:30 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

9:30 a.m. “A Christmas Carol” TCM (1938) Reginald Owen. On Christmas Eve, three ghosts visit miser Ebenezer Scrooge to show him the error of his ways.

11:30 a.m. “The Little Drummer Boy” FREE A poor boy with a drum goes to Bethlehem and tries to find the right gift for the infant Jesus in this 1968 animated special.

Noon “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVS

Noon “Pensacola Christian College Christmas Special” WVCY

Noon “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” FREE The stop-motion-animation story of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus.

12:30 p.m. “Bethlehem: Beyond the Christmas Story” WVCY

1 p.m. “Daddy’s Home 2” FREE (2017) Will Ferrell. After making peace with each other, two dads have to deal with their own demanding fathers over the holidays.

2:30 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

3 p.m. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” FREE (2009) Jim Carrey. Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, showing him the errors of his ways in this motion-capture-animated take on the Dickens tale.

5 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

7 p.m. “Beebo Saves Christmas” CW Beebo and friends go to the North Pole and face off with an efficiency-obsessed elf.

7 p.m. “In Performance at the White House: Spirit of the Season” PBS Program of holiday music performed at the White House, with Andrea Bocelli, Camila Cabello, Eric Church, Jonas Brothers, Norah Jones, Pentatonix, Billy Porter and more.

7 p.m. “A Christmas Carol” WVCY Dramatic gospel adaptation of Dickens’ story, presented by Falls Baptist Church in Menomonee Falls.

7 p.m. “The Christmas Ball” LIFE (2021) Deidre Mullins. After losing her position as lead ballerina just before the Christmas season’s “Nutcracker” production, a woman retreats to England for the holidays to visit her aunt, who is working with a historian to preserve the family manor.

7 p.m. “Meet Me in St. Louis” TCM (1944) Judy Garland. A family celebrates love, hardship, the World’s Fair and Christmas in 1904 St. Louis.

7:30 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

8 p.m. “A Saturday Night Live Christmas” NBC Classic holiday-themed sketches from “Saturday Night Live.”

8 p.m. “Greatest Holiday Commercials Countdown 2021” CW

9:30 p.m. “Magic of Christmas in Alsace” WMVT A look at holiday celebrations in France’s Alsace region, including decorations, foodways and music.

4 a.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2020” WMVT Plans for a traditional holiday at Nonnatus House fall through, and the circus comes to town.

Wednesday, Dec. 22

5:30 a.m. “Magic of Christmas in Alsace” WMVT A look at holiday celebrations in France’s Alsace region, including decorations, foodways and music.

6 a.m. “The Little Drummer Boy” FREE A poor boy with a drum goes to Bethlehem and tries to find the right gift for the infant Jesus in this 1968 animated special.

6:30 a.m. “Jingle All the Way” FREE (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a career-driven dad frantically searches the stores for a sold-out toy the day before Christmas, he gets competition from a crazy postman on the same quest.

8:30 a.m. “Love the Coopers” FREE (2015) Diane Keaton. Four generations of a holiday-loving family clash on Christmas Eve.

11 a.m. “Daddy’s Home 2” FREE (2017) Will Ferrell. After making peace with each other, two dads have to deal with their own demanding fathers over the holidays.

Noon “A Christmas Carol” WVCY Dramatic gospel adaptation of Dickens’ story, presented by Falls Baptist Church in Menomonee Falls.

1:05 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

2:30 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

3:35 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

6:15 p.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

7 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch” NBC (2018) Benedict Cumberbatch voices the Grinch in this animated remake of the classic Christmas story.

7 p.m. “The Masked Singer Christmas Singalong” FOX

7 p.m. “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” CW Animated special inspired by the holiday novelty song.

7 p.m. “The Birth of the King” WVCY

7 p.m. “It Takes a Christmas Village” LIFE (2021) Brooke Nevin. A small-town mayor, trying to get the community’s Christmas market off the ground, works to convince the reclusive owner of a historic mill to lend the building for the effort.

7 p.m. “Christmas in Connecticut” TCM (1945) Barbara Stanwyck. A magazine writer with little in the way of domestic skills invites a rescued sailor to her home for Christmas for publicity.

8 p.m. “Masters of Illusion: Christmas Magic 2021” CW

8:25 p.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

9 p.m. “Holiday Affair” TCM (1949) Janet Leigh. A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.

11:30 p.m. “Crane Candlelight Concert: 2020 Christmas Past, Christmas Present” WMVT Concert filmed during the pandemic includes socially distanced performances and highlights from previous years’ concerts.

11:55 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

Thursday, Dec. 23

6 a.m. “Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas” WMVS

6 a.m. “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie” FREE (2002) An angel seeks help for Kermit after he loses hope after losing the Muppet Theatre.

7 a.m. “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas” WMVS

8 a.m. “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVS

8 a.m. “Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas” FREE (1999) Three holiday stories with Mickey Mouse and friends.

9 a.m. “Let’s Go Luna: Luna’s Christmas Around the World” WMVS Holiday traditions from around the world.

9:30 a.m. “Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas” FREE (2004) More Christmas tales with favorite Disney characters.

11 a.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

11 a.m. “A Carol for Another Christmas” TCM (1964) Sterling Hayden. A rich businessman gets visits from three ghosts on Christmas Eve.

Noon “The Birth of the King” WVCY

1:05 p.m. “The Star” FREE (2017) A donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas in this animated movie.

2:30 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

3:05 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

5:35 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

7 p.m. “Silent Night: A Song for the World” CW (2020) Documentary about the making and impact of the world’s most famous Christmas carol.

7 p.m. “Rebuilding a Dream Christmas” LIFE (2021) Meggan Kaiser. To get her late grandmother’s Victorian-style house in shape to sell it, a real estate broker hires a single dad to help with the repairs.

7 p.m. “It Happened on Fifth Avenue” TCM (1947) Victor Moore. A pair of homeless men move into a New York City mansion while its owner spends the holidays in the South.

8 p.m. “TMZ’S Merry Elfin’ Christmas: Bye, Bye 2021!” FOX

8:15 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

9 p.m. “CMA Country Christmas” ABC

9 p.m. “Maranatha Symphonic Orchestra & Percussion Ensemble” WVCY

9:15 p.m. “The Man Who Came to Dinner” TCM (1941), Monty Woolley. A blustery critic, injured during a lecture tour, is stuck in the home of a Midwestern family during the holidays.

10:55 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

11:30 p.m. “Holiday Handbells: The Raleigh Ringers” WMVT Holiday concert by Raleigh, North Carolina, community handbell choir.

2:30 a.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2020” WMVT Plans for a traditional holiday at Nonnatus House fall through, and the circus comes to town.

3:30 a.m. “Magic of Christmas in Alsace” WMVT A look at holiday celebrations in France’s Alsace region, including decorations, foodways and music.

Friday, Dec. 24

5:30 a.m. “Let’s Go Luna: Luna’s Christmas Around the World” WMVS Holiday traditions from around the world.

6 a.m. “Prancer Returns” FREE (2001) John Corbett. A boy finds a reindeer that he’s convinced is one of Santa’s, and when the animal is threatened, the boy runs away with him to protect him.

6:30 a.m. “Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas” WMVS

6:45 a.m. “3 Godfathers” TCM (1948) John Wayne. Three Western outlaws risk their lives to get an infant back to civilization.

7 a.m. “Maranatha Symphonic Orchestra & Percussion Ensemble” WVCY

8 a.m. “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVS

8:30 a.m. “Faith in History — The 12 Days of Christmas” WVCY

9:30 a.m. “The Ride” WVCY

9:30 a.m. “The Little Drummer Boy” FREE A poor boy with a drum goes to Bethlehem and tries to find the right gift for the infant Jesus in this 1968 animated special.

10 a.m. “The Promise” WVCY A musical drama based on the life of Jesus.

10 a.m. “The Star” FREE (2017) A donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas in this animated movie.

11 a.m. “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas” WMVS

11:15 a.m. “Holiday Affair” TCM (1949) Janet Leigh. A young widow is torn between a boring businessman and a romantic ne’er-do-well.

Noon “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

12:30 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

1 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

1 p.m. “The Greatest Gift of All” WVCY Musical production.

1:30 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

2 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

2 p.m. “Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas” WMVT A look at how many of the contemporary Christmas traditions have origins in Tudor England.

2:30 p.m. “Letters to Santa” WMVS Milwaukee-area children talk to Santa. This year’s theme: “Santa’s TV Land.”

2:30 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

3 p.m. “Christmas in Connecticut” TCM (1945) Barbara Stanwyck. A magazine writer with little in the way of domestic skills invites a rescued sailor to her home for Christmas for publicity.

3:30 p.m. “Christmas Lights Celebration” WVCY

5 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” FREE (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

5 p.m. “Meet Me in St. Louis” TCM (1944) Judy Garland. A family celebrates love, hardship, the World’s Fair and Christmas in 1904 St. Louis.

7 p.m. “It’s a Wonderful Life” NBC (1946) James Stewart. When a man loses hope on Christmas Eve, an angel shows what life would have been like if he hadn’t been born.

7 p.m. “A Holly Dolly Christmas” CBS Music legend Dolly Parton sings hymns and holiday favorites in this special.

7 p.m. “Christmas Around the World” CW A look at how Christmas is celebrated, across the centuries and around the world.

7 p.m. “The Messiah” WVCY

7 p.m. “Elmbrook Church Christmas Special” WVTV-2

7 p.m. “Hot Chocolate Holiday” LIFE (2021) Aubrey Reynolds. A woman whose coffee shop is known for its hot chocolate, made from her grandmother’s secret recipe, sets out to expose a rival shop owner whose cocoa tastes suspiciously the same.

7 p.m. “A Christmas Story” TBS (1983) Peter Billingsley. In 1940s Indiana, a boy is determined to get what he wants for Christmas — a Red Ryder BB gun. (Note: Showing in a marathon for the next 24 hours.)

7 p.m. “The Bishop’s Wife” TCM (1947) Cary Grant. An angel stirs things up for a struggling minister and his wife during the holidays.

7:30 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” FREE A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

8 p.m. “20 Years of Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir” WMVT Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the choir and orchestra for this retrospective, with performances by Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Gladys Knight and more.

8 p.m. “Silver Bells” WVCY (2013) Bruce Boxleitner. An arrogant sportscaster is ordered to perform community service during Christmas and learns the power of giving.

8 p.m. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” FREE Ashamed of being different, Rudolph flees the reindeer games, finds new friends and shares valuable lessons in the classic 1964 animated special.

8 p.m. “A Christmas Story” TNT (1983) Peter Billingsley. In 1940s Indiana, a boy is determined to get what he wants for Christmas — a Red Ryder BB gun. (Note: Showing in a marathon for the next 24 hours.)

9 p.m. “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” FREE The stop-motion-animation story of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus.

9 p.m. “A Christmas Carol” TCM (1938) Reginald Owen. On Christmas Eve, three ghosts visit miser Ebenezer Scrooge to show him the error of his ways.

9:30 p.m. “Little Shepherd” WVCY

10 p.m. “All Is Bright: A Concordia Christmas” WMVT Music ensembles from Concordia University Irvine perform.

10:30 p.m. “Christmas Eve Mass” NBC

10:30 p.m. “12’s Season to Celebrate” WISN

10:30 p.m. “The St. Olaf Christmas Festival: A New Song of Grace and Truth” WMVT Christmas music from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

10:30 p.m. “Remember the Night” TCM (1940) Barbara Stanwyck. An attorney escorts a convicted shoplifter home for Christmas.

11 p.m. “A Musical Journey of Christmas” WVCY Music at European Christmas markets; performers include the Canadian Brass and Zamfir.

11:30 p.m. “Milwaukee Holiday Lights Festival” WISN

11:30 p.m. “Christmas at Belmont” WMVT The 2021 edition of Belmont University’s traditional Christmas concert features alumnus and country-gospel singer Josh Turner.

Midnight “Midnight Mass From the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist” WISN

12:30 a.m. “Meet John Doe” TCM (1941) Gary Cooper. A reporter passes off a street person as “John Doe,” a man who pledges to kill himself on Christmas Eve to protest where the world is headed.

1 a.m. “A Serenade for Shepherds” ABC

2:45 a.m. “Christmas Eve” TCM (1947) George Raft. A woman has to find her three adopted sons for a reunion on Christmas Eve to avoid losing her fortune.

4 a.m. “20 Years of Christmas With the Mormon Tabernacle Choir” WMVT Brian Stokes Mitchell joins the choir and orchestra for this retrospective, with performances by Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Gladys Knight and more.

Saturday, Dec. 25

5 a.m. “Christmas Mass” WITI

5 a.m. “The Yule Log” ANTENNA

5 a.m. “A Royal Family Christmas” TVONE (2014) Tichina Arnold. After their parents divorce, their children join forces to bring them back together during Christmas.

6 a.m. “Happy Holidays America” WDJT

6 a.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

7 a.m. “The Yule Log” WITI

7 a.m. “Christmas Mass” WVTV-2

7 a.m. “Dear Santa, I Need a Date” TVONE (2019) Ray J. Two successful siblings make a bet on which will find a date for Christmas.

8 a.m. “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVT

8:10 a.m. “The Santa Clause” FREE (1994) Tim Allen. When a man unintentionally makes Santa fall off his roof on Christmas Eve, he’s magically recruited to take Santa’s place.

9 a.m. “Merry Wish-Mas” TVONE (2018) Tamela Mann. A successful businesswoman reluctantly makes the trip home for Christmas.

9:30 a.m. “Christmas Mass” WVTV-2

10 a.m. “Fox Soul’s Christmas Special” WITI

10 a.m. “Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas” WMVS A look at how many of the contemporary Christmas traditions have origins in Tudor England.

10:20 a.m. “The Santa Clause 2” FREE (2002) Tim Allen. After reading through the fine print of his contract, Santa Claus realizes he must find a Mrs. Claus to remain in his current position.

10:30 a.m. “Christmas Mass” WITI

10:30 a.m. “Elmbrook Church Christmas Special” WVTV-2

11 a.m. “A Gospel Christmas” WITI

11 a.m. “Night of Nights” WVCY

11 a.m. “Coins for Christmas” TVONE (2018) Essence Atkins. A single mother desperate for cash at Christmastime takes a gig with a sidelined pro football player who’s secretly nearly broke.

Noon “Smoky Mountain Christmas” WVCY

12:30 p.m. “The Census and the Star” WVCY

12:50 p.m. “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” FREE (2006) Tim Allen. Santa has to stop Jack Frost from taking over Christmas.

1 p.m. “Eve’s Christmas” WVTV-2 (2004) Elisa Donovan. A wish transports a successful businesswoman back in time to when she walked away from romance to leap into her career.

1 p.m. “Miss Me This Christmas” TVONE (2017) Erica Ash. A woman about to finalize her divorce on Christmas Day returns to the place where she had her wedding.

2 p.m. “Blizzard” WVTV (2003) Brenda Blethyn. An ice skater meets an enchanted reindeer.

2 p.m. “Maranatha Baptist Choir Christmas Rally” WVCY

2:45 p.m. “It Happened on Fifth Avenue” TCM (1947) Victor Moore. A pair of homeless men move into a New York City mansion while its owner spends the holidays in the South.

3 p.m. “Texas Music Scene: A Very MusicFest Christmas” WVTV-2

3 p.m. “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” FREE The stop-motion-animation story of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus.

3 p.m. “You Can’t Fight Christmas” TVONE (2017) Brely Evans. A woman uses all her holiday charms to take a businessman’s attention away from shutting down a historic hotel.

3:30 p.m. “Grace Family Christmas” WVCY

4:05 p.m. “Frosty the Snowman” FREE A group of kids are thrilled when their snowman magically comes to life, but they must travel north with him to prevent him from melting.

4:40 p.m. “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” FREE Ashamed of being different, Rudolph flees the reindeer games, finds new friends and shares valuable lessons in the classic 1964 animated special.

5 p.m. “A Christmas Blessing” TVONE (2013) Omari Hardwick. A widowed mother of four and a father who just lost custody of his sons connect at Christmastime.

5:30 p.m. “The Ride” WVCY

5:45 p.m. “Home Alone” FREE (1990) Macaulay Culkin. Inadvertently left home by himself over the holidays, a boy tries to thwart two dimwitted burglars.

6 p.m. “Maranatha Symphonic Orchestra & Percussion Ensemble” WVCY

7 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” NBC The Grinch tries to stop the Whos down in Whoville from celebrating Christmas in the 1966 animated holiday classic.

7 p.m. “Writing Around the Christmas Tree” LIFE (2021) Krystal Joy Brown. A woman successful as a romance novelist but unsuccessful in love goes to a Christmas writer’s retreat.

7 p.m. “Second Chance Christmas” TVONE (2014) McKinley Freeman. A widower and his young stepson try to find common ground.

7:30 p.m. “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” NBC (2000) Jim Carrey. A shunned, spiteful and revenge-seeking Grinch and his dog plot to destroy the joyous Christmas celebration of the citizens of Whoville.

8 p.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021” WMVS Nonnatus House is faced with its busiest Christmas Day ever.

8:15 p.m. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” FREE (1992) Macaulay Culkin. One year after he was left home alone for Christmas, a boy is stranded on his own in New York City, facing the same bumbling crooks.

9 p.m. “Christmas Dilemma” TVONE (2020) Brittany Hall. A newly married couple’s Christmas is upset when both sets of in-laws show up at their home for the holidays.

9:30 p.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021” WMVS Nonnatus House is faced with its busiest Christmas Day ever.

10 p.m. “Chasing Christmas” WVTV (2005) Tom Arnold. A burned-out Ghost of Christmas Past leaves a person stranded in 1965.

10:55 p.m. “Arthur Christmas” FREE (2011) James McAvoy. Santa’s clumsy son scrambles to get a misplaced present to a little girl in time in this animated movie.

11 p.m. “The Christmas Swap” TVONE (2016) Dondre Whitfield. Two brothers magically switch bodies after making a holiday wish.

1 a.m. “Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas” WMVS A look at how many of the contemporary Christmas traditions have origins in Tudor England.

2 a.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021” WMVS Nonnatus House is faced with its busiest Christmas Day ever.

Sunday, Dec. 26

5:30 a.m. “Wild Kratts: A Creature Christmas” WMVT

6:30 a.m. “Nature Cat: A Nature Carol” WMVT

7:30 a.m. “Let’s Go Luna: Luna’s Christmas Around the World” WMVT Holiday traditions from around the world.

8:30 a.m. “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” WMVT

2 p.m. “God With Us” WVCY Animated retelling of the life of Jesus as seen through the eyes of his last surviving apostle, John.

3 p.m. “The Lawrence Welk Show: Christmas Reunion” WMVS

3 p.m. “2021 Holiday River Parade From San Antonio” WVTV

4. p.m. “12’s Season to Celebrate” WISN

4 p.m. “An Accidental Christmas” WVTV (2007) Cynthia Gibb. A separated couple find themselves at the receiving end of their children’s determined efforts to bring them back together.

6 p.m. “European Christmas Markets” WMVS A tour of holiday markets in Germany, France and Switzerland.

6:30 p.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021” WMVS Nonnatus House is faced with its busiest Christmas Day ever.

Midnight “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2019” WMVS Mother Mildred and the Nonatus House team go to the Outer Hebrides in response to a nursing shortage.

Midnight “Lucy Worsley’s 12 Days of Tudor Christmas” WMVT A look at how many of the contemporary Christmas traditions have origins in Tudor England.

Monday, Dec. 27

Noon “The Messiah” WVCY

7 p.m. “In All His Glory” WVCY The story of Jesus, presented by First Baptist Church of Madison, Mississippi.

Tuesday, Dec. 28

Noon “In All His Glory” WVCY The story of Jesus, presented by First Baptist Church of Madison, Mississippi.

7 p.m. “Moody Church Christmas Festival” WVCY

8 p.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021” WMVT Nonnatus House is faced with its busiest Christmas Day ever.

9 p.m. “Kelly Clarkson Presents When Christmas Comes Around” NBC

3 a.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021” WMVT Nonnatus House is faced with its busiest Christmas Day ever.

Wednesday, Dec. 29

Noon “Moody Church Christmas Festival” WVCY

7 p.m. “Quiet Time Christmas” / “Carols of Christmas” WVCY

Thursday, Dec. 30

Noon “Quiet Time Christmas” / “Carols of Christmas” WVCY

2 a.m. “Call the Midwife Holiday Special 2021” WMVT Nonnatus House is faced with its busiest Christmas Day ever.

Friday, Dec. 31

7 p.m. “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022” ABC

7 p.m. “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, Part 1” CBS

7 p.m. “Christmas From Great European Organs” WVCY

9 p.m. “Great Performances at the Met: New Year’s Gala” WMVT

9:30 p.m. “Miley’s New Year’s Eve Party Hosted by Miley Cyrus and Pete Davidson” NBC

10:35 p.m. “New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash, Part 2” CBS

Saturday, Jan. 1

10:30 a.m. “The Rose Parade’s New Year’s Celebration” NBC

8 p.m. “Happy Holidays America” WDJT

10 p.m. “Texas Music Scene: A Very MusicFest Christmas” WVTV

11 p.m. “2021 Holiday River Parade From San Antonio” WVTV

Channel guide

ABC: ABC/WISN-TV (Channel 12)

AMC: AMC TV

ANTENNA: Antenna TV (Channel 6.2, Channel 986 on Spectrum cable)

CBS: CBS/WDJT-TV (Channel 58)

CW: The CW/WVTV-TV (Channel 18)

FOX: Fox/WITI-TV (Channel 6)

FREE: Freeform

HALL: Hallmark Channel

HBO: Home Box Office

HGTV: HGTV (Home and Garden Television)

LIFE: Lifetime Television

NBC: NBC/WTMJ-TV (Channel 4)

NICK: Nickelodeon

PBS: Public Broadcasting System/WMVS-TV (Channel 10)

SHO: Showtime

TBS: Turner Broadcasting System

TCM: Turner Classic Movies

TNT: Turner Network Television

TVONE: TV One

VH1: VH1

WISN: WISN-TV (Channel 12)

WITI: WITI-TV (Channel 6)

WMVS: WMVS-TV (Channel 10)

WMVT: WMVT-TV (Channel 36)

WTMJ: WTMJ-TV (Channel 4)

WVCY: WVCY-TV (Channel 30)

WVTV: WVTV-TV (Channel 18)

WVTV-2: WVTV-2 (Channel 24)

Contact Chris Foran at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at @cforan12.