Christmas Movies on TCM in December

Every December Turner Classic Movies shows a number of holiday classics. And every year I provide a schedule for those wanting to watch Christmas movies all month long. This year is no different. As usual, I am not including any movie that I do not consider a "Christmas movie." That means I am not including Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), a movie which I dearly love and finally got to see in the theatre this past September. As much as I love the film, I never have thought of it as a "Christmas movie." I am also not including any version of Little Women, as I don't think of them as "Christmas movies" either. Here I have to go on record as saying that I am sorely disappointed that TCM is showing neither The Apartment (1960) nor Christmas in Connecticut (1945) this year, which, along with It's a Wonderful Life (1946), are my favourite Christmas movies. Fortunately, I am getting to see Christmas in Connecticut in the theatre next week! Anyway, without further ado, here is this year's schedule. All times are Central.

December 1:
11:00 AM Lady in the Lake (1947)
3:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
5:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
7:00 PM A Christmas Carol (1951)
9:00 PM The Bishop's Wife (1947)

December 8:
11:00 AM A Christmas Carol (1938)
12:30 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
2:45 PM O. Henry's Full House (1952)
5:00 PM 3 Godfathers (1949)
7:00 PM It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
9:15 PM The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

December 11:
7:00 PM Bell, Book and Candle (1958)

December 15:
11:00 AM Lady on a Train (1945)
12:45 PM It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
3:00 PM Bell, Book and Candle (1958)
5:00 PM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
7:00 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
9:00 Remember the Night (1940)

 December 22:
11:00 AM A Night at the Movies: Merry Christmas! (2011)
12:15 PM King of Kings (1961)
3:15 PM The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

December 23:
7:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
9:00 PM In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

December 24:
2:30 AM Three Godfathers (1936)
4:00 AM 3 Godfathers (1949)
6:00 AM Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
7:30 AM Fitzwilly (1967)
9:15 AM Period of Adjustment (1962)
11:15 AM In the Good Old Time Summertime (1949)
1:00 PM The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
3:00 PM It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
5:15 PM Holiday Affair (1949)
7:00 PM The Bishop's Wife (1947)
11:00 PM A Christmas Carol (1938)

December 25:
12:30 AM Meet John Doe (1941)
4:30 AM The Great Rupert (1950)
6:00 AM Babes in Toyland (1934)
7:30 AM Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
11:00 AM O. Henry's Full House (1952)
1:15 PM Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
3:00 PM The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
5:00 PM Susan Slept Here (1954)
7:00 PM The Thin Man (1934)

December 31:
8:15 AM The Thin Man (1934)