Christmas Movies on TCM in December

Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan in
Christmas in Connecticut

Every December Turner Classic Movies shows several Christmas movies. This year TCM fans have good reason to rejoice. First, it appears that they showing more Christmas movies than they ever have before. Second, after complaints from many of us over the years, Turner Classic Movies is finally showing The Apartment (1960) during the holiday season. The Apartment unfolds from November 1 to New Year's Eve, with the bulk of the plot unfolding during the holiday season. What is more, Christmas is pivotal to the plot. The Apartment is much more a Christmas movie than some of the movies TCM shows every year in December. In more good news, TCM is actually showing The Thin Man (1934) before Christmas, as well as showing it as part of the marathon of "Thin Man" movies on December 31. In yet more good news, after being absent from the schedule last year, Christmas in Connecticut (1944) is back.

Below is a schedule of the Christmas movies on TCM in December that I have compiled. As usual I have omitted any movies that I don't think of as Christmas movies. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) is one of my favourite movies of all time, but I have never thought of it as a Christmas movie! I also have to point out that all times are Central, so you'll want to adjust the times for other time zones.

Saturday, December 5
2:30 PM The Apartment (1960)
4:45 PM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
9:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)

Sunday December 6
11:00 AM Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
3:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
5:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1944)

Monday, December 7
11:15 PM Babes in Toyland (1934)

Tuesday, December 8
7:00 PM A Christmas Carol (1938)

Saturday, December 12
11:00 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
12:30 PM 3 Godfathers (1949)
2:30 PM Meet John Doe (1941)
4:45 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Sunday, December 13
1:00 PM Bundle of Joy (1956)
5:00 PM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

Friday, December 18
7:00 PM Remember the Night (1940)
8:45 PM The Apartment (1960)
11:00 PM Desk Set (1957)

Saturday, December 19
1:00 AM Black Christmas (1975)
5:00 AM Three Godfathers (1936)
6:20 AM "Big Business" (1929)
8:15 AM Bush Christmas (19470
9:45 AM Night at the Movies: A Merry Christmas! (2011)
1:00 PM Susan Slept Here (1954)
3:00 PM Desk Set (1957)
5:00 PM The Bishop's Wife (1947)
7:00 PM We're No Angels (1955)
9:00 PM Lady on a Train (1945)

Sunday, December 20
1:00 AM Lady in the Lake (1947)
3:00 AM Cover Up (1949)
7:30 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
1:25 PM Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
3:00 PM The Shop Around Corner (1940)
7:00 PM It Happened On 5th Avenue (1947)
11:00 PM Christmas Past (1925)

Monday, December 21
8:00 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
11:00 PM Good Sam (1948)

Tuesday, December 22
2:45 AM Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983)
6:45 AM Cover Up (1949)
7:45 AM Never Say Goodbye (1946)
1:00 PM Lady in the Lake (1947)
4:45 PM The Lion in Winter (1968)
7:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1944)
9:00 PM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
11:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949)

Wednesday, December 23
12:45 AM Night at the Movies, A: Merry Christmas! (2011)
2:00 AM Bachelor Mother (1939)
3:30 AM Bundle of Joy (1956)
5:00 PM Bell, Book and Candle (1959)
9:00 PM The Cheaters (1945)
10:45 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Thursday, December 24
9:00 AM Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
10:45 AM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
1:00 PM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
5:00 PM Christmas in Connecticut (1944)
7:00 PM The Bishop's Wife (1947)
9:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
11:00 PM A Christmas Carol (1938)

Friday, December 25, Christmas Day
12:30 AM Meet John Doe (1941)
2:45 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
4:15 AM Three Godfathers (1936)
8:15 AM The Great Rupert (1950)
9:45 AM Babes in Toyland (1934)
11:14 AM Susan Slept Here (1954)
1:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
3:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
4:45 PM The Apartment (1960)

Thursday, December 31
9:15 AM The Thin Man (1934)