How to Find the Best Christmas TV Shows

Christmas television shows have become quite popular, with some networks devoting full weekends or nightly blocks of programming to them during the holiday season. It’s impossible to watch all of these shows; so how do you find the best Christmas TV programming? Read on to learn more.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• a television set
• DVD player
• TV listings

1. Watch the classics. Shows like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Santa Claus Is Coming to Town have aired every year since the early1960’s. No Christmas would be complete without at least one viewing of these classics. Another can’t-miss Christmas special is A Charlie Brown Christmas, which is one of the rare kid’s specials that addresses the true meaning of Christmas.
2. Pick a few good movies. It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story are two of the most popular Christmas movies of all time. You can’t go wrong with either of these films. Some more “recent” classics include The Santa Clause series starring Tim Allen and Elf starring Will Ferrell.
3. Check out those women’s networks. Networks like Lifetime and Oxygen offer a slew of made for TV Christmas movies. A made for TV classic is Ebbie starring Susan Lucci. A more recent TV movie is Santa Baby starring Jenny McCarthy. If you check your program listings you will be amazed at all of the titles.
4. Don’t discount those “corny” Christmas episodes of your favorite TV shows. The TV Land network airs their annual Merrython, which offers 24 hours of continuous Christmas- themed episodes of classic TV shows. Some of the best Christmas episodes are from The Brady Bunch, All in the Family and Mary Tyler Moore.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember, if you can’t find these Christmas shows on any TV stations (or if you happen to miss them), most of them are available on DVD.