We have selected our favorite five to highlight. But see below for many more stocking-stuffers. As always, check your local listings for channels and last-minute schedule changes.
A CHRISTMAS STORY:Now all together. "You'll shoot your eye! You'll shoot your eye! " There is a movie that's more quotable than this simple story of a boy and his BB gun? TBS started 24 hours straight A Christmas Story at 8 p.m. Christmas.
It's WONDERFUL LIFE: Remember the time when holiday filming was not cruel hum-bug that Satan the commercialization of the season? Yes, it was in 1946. "Merry Christmas, movies! Merry Christmas, Emporium! Merry Christmas, you're a wonderful old building and loan! " Catch twice, on December 3 and December 24, both days at 8 p.m., on NBC.
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION:Finally, a movie every dysfunctional family can relate to. Watch with shyness and excitement when Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) tries to make Christmas perfect for his family under-appreciative. "Can I fill Your eggnog for You? You get something to eat? Point you out to the middle of nowhere and leave You to die? " ABC Family aired December 7, 10, 12, 22, 23, and 25.
Wonders at 34th Street:No, not soulless remake in 1994. We are talking of 1947 and Natalie Wood as a little girl who was skeptical that really need Kris Kringle. "If You really Santa Claus, You can get it for me. And if not, you're just a good guy with a beard as white as the mother says. " Pass network box on Christmas Eve when Turner Classic Movies airs at 8 p.m.