2012 Schedule of TV Holiday Classics and Kids Shows

I love watching the classic Christmas shows; it's one of my favorite parts of the holiday season!  Here's a listing of the most popular kids shows.  For a very extensive listing, as well as some grown-up holiday shows and movies, click the source button at the bottom of this list.

For a full list of Holiday events in the Piedmont Triad, go here.

November 20
10:00am NIK Dora the Explorer - Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade

November 21
7:00am PBS  Arthur's Perfect Christmas
8:00am PBS  Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
9:00am PBS  The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas! NEW
9:30am NIK Dora the Explorer - Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade
2:00pm PBS  Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
3:00pm PBS  The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
4:00pm PBS  Arthur's Perfect Christmas
8:00pm ABC  A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

November 22
7:30am NIK Dora the Explorer - Dora's Thanksgiving Day Parade
8:00am PBS  The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
9:00am PBS  Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
9:00am NBC 86th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
9:00am CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade  LIVE
8:00pm ABC  A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

November 23
7:00am PBS  Arthur's Perfect Christmas
8:00am PBS  The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
7:00pm HALMRK Jingle and Bell's Christmas Star
8:00pm CBS  Frosty The Snowman
8:00pm CW  Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
8:00pm HALMRK Jingle and Bell's Christmas Star
8:30pm CBS  Frosty Returns
9:00pm CBS  Hoops & YoYo Ruin Christmas
9:00pm CW The Happy Elf
9:30pm CBS  It's A SpongeBob Christmas!

November 24
7:00am PBS  Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
8:00am PBS  The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!

November 25
7:00am PBS  Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas
8:00am PBS  The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas!
9:00am PBS  Arthur's Perfect Christmas
4:00pm CARTOON Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale

November 27
8:00pm ABC  How the Grinch Stole Christmas
8:30pm ABC  Shrek the Halls

November 28
8:00pm ABC  A Charlie Brown Christmas
9:00pm NBC  Saturday Night Live - Christmas

December 1
7:00am ABCFAM  Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas

December 2
7:00am ABCFAM  Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas

December 3
5:00pm ABCFAM  Twas the Night Before Christmas
5:30pm ABCFAM  Rudolph's Shiny New Year
6:30pm ABCFAM  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

December 4
4:30pm ABCFAM  Rudolph's Shiny New Year
5:30pm ABCFAM  Mickey's Christmas Carol
6:00pm ABCFAM  Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
6:30pm ABCFAM  Jack Frost (1979)
7:30pm ABCFAM  Frosty's Winter Wonderland
8:00pm CBS  Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer

December 5


12:30am ABCFAM  Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1:00am ABCFAM  Jack Frost (1979)

December 6
4:00pm ABCFAM  Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July

December 10


5:00pm ABCFAM  Mickey's Christmas Carol
5:30pm ABCFAM  Jack Frost (1979)
6:30pm ABCFAM  Frosty's Winter Wonderland
7:00pm ABCFAM  The Year Without a Santa Claus
8:00pm ABCFAM  Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

December 13
8:00pm NBC Christmas in the White House

December 14
9:30pm CBS  The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story

December 15
8:00am ABCFAM  Little Drummer Boy

8:30am ABCFAM  The Little Drummer Boy Book II
9:00am ABCFAM  Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
9:30am ABCFAM  Pinocchio's Christmas
10:30am ABCFAM  A Miser Brothers' Christmas
11:30am ABCFAM The Story of the First Christmas Snow
12:00pm ABCFAM  Twas the Night Before Christmas
12:30pm ABCFAM  Frosty's Winter Wonderland
1:00pm ABCFAM  Jack Frost (1979)
2:00pm ABCFAM  Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July
10:00pm ABCFAM  Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

December 18
8:00pm ABC Charlie Brown Christmas

December 20
8:00pm ABC  I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown

December 22

7:00am ABCFAM  Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas

8:30am ABCFAM  Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
10:00am ABCFAM  Disney Prep & Landing
10:30am ABCFAM  Disney Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
11:00am ABCFAM  Mickey's Christmas Carol
11:30am ABCFAM  Winnie the Pooh & Christmas Too
12:00pm ABCFAM  A Chipmunk Christmas
12:30pm ABCFAM  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2:00pm ABCFAM  Rudolph's Shiny New Year
5:00pm ABCFAM  Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
8:00pm NBC  Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol

December 23

7:00am ABCFAM  Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys

December 25

9:00am ABCFAM  A Chipmunk Christmas

8:00pm ABC  How the Grinch Stole Christmas
8:30pm ABC  Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (movie)

(source)