When Do Christmas Shows Air on TV? Your 2013 Holiday TV Guide

If you're like me, holiday TV shows are just as much a Christmas tradition as is opening presents on Christmas morning. If you want to find out when Rudolph, Grinch and all of your other favorite shows come on TV, here's your TV guide to holiday and Christmas shows.

This isn't a complete list, but more some of the classics that most people will be wanting to watch like Charlie Brown Christmas, Polar Express and, one of my favorites, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Most play multiple times so I included as many as I could find. I wouldn't be surprised if most of these play more than is listed below.

Most of these are on ABCFamily so you may want to set that channel up as your default channel during the holidays.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on CBS - Nov 26, 8PM
Lady Gaga & The Muppets' Holiday Spectacular on ABC - Nov 28, 9:30PM
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (animated) on ABC - Nov 29, 8PM
Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 1, 7AM
Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 1, 8:30AM
Disney's A Christmas Carol on ABCFamily - Dec 1, 3PM
The Polar Express on ABCFamily - Dec 1, 5PM
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 1, 7PM
Winnie The Pooh And Christmas Too on ABCFamily - Dec 2, 6PM
Mickey's Christmas Carol on ABCFamily - Dec 2, 6:30PM
Jack Frost (animated) on ABCFamily - Dec 2, 7PM
A Charlie Brown Christmas on ABC - Dec 2, 8PM
The Santa Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 2, 8PM
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 2, 10PM
Scrooged on ABCFamily - Dec 3, 8PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 3, 10PM
Christmas In Rockefeller Center 2013 on NBC - Dec 4, 7PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 4, 8PM
A Very Brady Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 4, 12AM
The Polar Express on ABCFamily - Dec 5, 7PM
The Sound of Music Live Special Starring Carrie Underwood on NBC - Dec 5, 8PM
The Muppet Christmas Carol on ABCFamily - Dec 5, 9PM
Frosty's Winter Wonderland on ABCFamily - Dec 6, 6PM
Frosty the Snowman on CBS - Dec 6, 8PM
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer And The Island Of Misfit Toys on ABCFamily - Dec 7, 7AM
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 9, 8PM
A Chipmunk Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 10, 6PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 11, 9PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 12, 7PM
Scrooged on ABCFamily - Dec 12, 9PM
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated) on TBS - Dec 13, 8PM
It's a Wonderful Life on NBC - Dec 14, 8PM
Frosty Returnson CBS - Dec 14, 9:30PM
Disney's Prep & Landing on ABCFamily - Dec 15, 10:30AM
Disney's Prep's & Landing: Naughty Vs. Nice on ABCFamily - Dec 15, 11AM
Mickey's Christmas Carol on ABCFamily - Dec 15, 11:30AM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 15, 8PM
Scrooged on ABCFamily - Dec 15, 10PM
The Santa Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 16, 7PM
The Santa Clause 2 on ABCFamily - Dec 16, 9PM
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 16, 11PM
A Diva's Christmas Carol on LIFETIME - Dec 16, 10PM
The Polar Express on ABCFamily - Dec 17, 9PM
The Polar Express on ABCFamily - Dec 18, 5PM
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer And The Island Of Misfit Toys on ABCFamily - Dec 19, 7PM
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 19, 8:30PM
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer And The Island Of Misfit Toys on ABCFamily - Dec 20, 4PM
Frosty's Winter Wonderland on ABCFamily - Dec 20, 5:30PM
A Chipmunk Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 20, 6PM
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 20, 6:30PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 20, 9PM
A Chipmunk Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 21, 3:30PM
National Lampon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 21, 4PM
Unaccompanied Minors on ABCFamily - Dec 22, 11AM
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 22, 7PM
Shrek the Halls on ABC - Dec 23, 8PM
The Polar Express on ABCFamily - Dec 23, 10PM
Scrooged on ABCFamily - Dec 23, 12AM
A Very Brady Christmas on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 7AM
'Twas The Night Before Christmas - ABCFamily on Dec 24, 9AM
Scrooged on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 11AM
The Polar Express on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 1PM
A Christmas Carol on TCM - Dec 24, 1:15PM
The Muppet Christmas Carol on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 3PM
The Santa Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 5PM
The Santa Clause 2 on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 7PM
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (animated) on ABC - Dec 24, 8PM
It's a Wonderful Life on NBC - Dec 24, 8PM
A Christmas Story on TBS - Dec 24, 8PM
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Jim Carrey) on ABC - Dec 24, 8:30PM
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 9PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 24, 12AM
A Christmas Story on TBS - Dec 25 (all day!)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland on ABCFamily - Dec 25, 7AM
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade on ABC - Dec 25, 10AM
The Muppet Christmas Carol on ABCFamily - Dec 25, 11AM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 25, 1PM
The Santa Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 25, 3PM
The Santa Clause 2 on ABCFamily - Dec 25, 5PM
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause on ABCFamily - Dec 25, 7PM
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation on ABCFamily - Dec 25, 9PM