🎄✨ Your 2025 Holiday Movie & TV Guide

From Santa’s sleigh to silver-screen classics, the 2025 holiday TV and movie lineup brings nonstop cheer all season long.

Santa Claus waves to the crowd from his sleigh during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, one of the most iconic holiday broadcasts returning to screens Nov. 27. Supplied photo.

The most magical season of the year is officially underway, and your screen time just got a whole lot cozier. From all-new Hallmark originals and returning Food Network specials to nostalgic marathons on AMC and NBC’s Christmas classics, MagicSzn has you covered with the ultimate holiday movie and TV calendar.

Streaming or channel surfing, there’s a festive fix for every mood, and it all kicked off Nov. 1.

Hallmark takes the lead (again)

No surprise here: Hallmark is delivering wall-to-wall Christmas comfort, starting with Christmas on Duty (Nov. 1) and A Newport Christmas (Nov. 2). Fans of heartfelt small-town stories can look forward to Three Wisest Men (Nov. 15), Holiday Touchdown (Nov. 22), and Melt My Heart This Christmas (Nov. 23). December keeps the cheer rolling with Twelve Dates ’Til Christmas (Dec. 5) and She’s Making a List (Dec. 6), perfect for hot-chocolate nights and twinkle-light backdrops.

Festive food battles and bake-offs

If your holiday spirit comes with a side of competition, Food Network is serving pure joy. Don’t miss Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas (Nov. 4), Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throw Down (Nov. 11), and Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition (Nov. 17). Sugar, spice, and a little bit of rivalry never hurt anybody.

Streaming sleigh-rides

For binge-watchers, the streaming lineup is stuffed like a Christmas stocking: A Merry Little Ex-Mas (Nov. 12 – Netflix), A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving (Nov. 15 – Apple TV+), Christmas Cookie Challenge (Nov. 22 – Disney+), and Netflix’s Jingle Bell Heist (Nov. 26). Apple TV+ also drops The First Snow of Fraggle Rock on Dec. 5, while FilmRise kicks off an entire Christmastown Movie Marathon running through Dec. 31.

Classics that never melt

AMC has the nostalgia handled. Beginning late November, catch nonstop favorites like The Polar Express, Four Christmases, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (which seems to air about every two hours, and we’re not mad about it). Christmas Eve and Christmas Day bring the marathon magic, capped with It’s a Wonderful Life on CTV and How the Grinch Stole Christmas on NBC.

Big events & parades

Circle November 23 for the 2025 Toronto Santa Claus Parade on Citytv, and November 27 for the 99th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock, two traditions that officially flip the switch to full holiday mode.

Plan your watchlist 🎬

The full interactive MagicSzn Holiday Programming Calendar is now live here. Bookmark it, share it, and check back often for updates (because as we all know, Santa isn’t the only one who likes to make last-minute schedule changes).

Grab your blankets, pour the cocoa, and get ready for the most wonderful screen-time of the year.