Home for the holidays: Christmas movies and specials airing on CBC

I look forward to the Christmas movies and specials on TV, and CBC is a big part of that holiday blend. Here are some of the seasonal highlights airing on the Canadian network this December. Click on the link above for all the CBC programming during the holidays.

• Dec. 13 - 22 Minutes: Holiday Special - 8 PM
• Dec. 13 - Gerry Dee: Life After Teaching - 9 PM
• Dec. 14 - Dragons' Den Holiday Special - 8 PM
• Dec. 14 - Season of Song: Canadian Tenors & Friends - 9 PM
• Dec. 15 - Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - 8 PM
• Dec. 15 - Stars on Ice 2011 - 9 PM
• Dec. 16 - Polar Express - 8 PM
• Dec. 18 - P&G Family Sunday: I'll Be Home For Christmas - 5 PM
• Dec. 18 - Mickey's Christmas Carol - 7 PM
• Dec. 18 - Frosty Returns - 7:30 PM
• Dec. 18 - National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - 8 PM
• Dec. 19 - The Santa Clause - 8 PM
• Dec. 20 - The Santa Clause 2 - 8 PM
• Dec. 21 - The Santa Clause 3 - 8 PM
• Dec. 22 - A Christmas Story - 8 PM
• Dec. 23 - Nativity - 8 PM
• Dec. 23 - George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight: Holiday Special - 11:05 PM
• Dec. 24 - Kids' CBC Holiday Morning - 6 AM
• Dec. 24 - The Cat in the Hat | Snow Man's Land - 8 AM
• Dec. 24 - Super WHY! Twas the Night Before Christmas - 8:30 AM
• Dec. 24 - The Doodlebops: A Happy Doodle Christmas - 9 AM
• Dec. 24 - Leon in Wintertime - 12 Noon
• Dec. 24 - Stuart McLean's Vinyl Cafe - 6:30 PM
• Dec. 24 - Season of Song: Canadian Tenors & Friends - 7 PM
• Dec. 24 - Miracle on 34th Street (1994) - 8 PM
• Dec. 24 - Scrooge - 10 PM
• Dec. 25 - Handel's Messiah - 12 Midnight
• Dec. 25 - The Queen's Christmas Message - 12 Noon
• Dec. 25 - Disney Parade - 12:05 PM
• Dec. 25 - Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol - 2:25 PM
• Dec. 25 - Lassie - 4:50 PM
• Dec. 25 - Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - 6:30 PM
• Dec. 25 - The Queen's Christmas Message - 8 PM
• Dec. 25 - A Heartland Christmas - 8:30 PM
• Dec. 26 - Anne Murray: Friends and Legends - 9 PM
• Dec. 27 - Happy Feet - 8 PM
• Dec. 28 - Dragons' Den: Holiday Special - 8 PM
• Dec. 29 - Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie - 8 PM
• Dec. 30 - The Mansbridge Conversations: 2011 - 9 PM
• Dec. 31 - Scotiabank Hockey Tonight - 6:30 PM

Rockefeller Center in New York City - December 2008

Photo by Sue Frause