AMC's Best Christmas Ever - 2019

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Excerpt from AMC Networks Press Release:

AMC's Best Christmas Ever

Beginning Monday, November 25 at 7:00 p.m. ET

AMC’s Best Christmas Ever event returns this year with our largest slate of holiday programs to-date and expands to all five networks. Running through Christmas Day, the 31-day event will feature over 60 titles and offers more than 700 hours of holiday-themed movies, specials and family favorite films.

AMC Networks will be the exclusive home to many holiday favorites including Elf, The Polar Express, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Miracle on 34th Street (’94), Four Christmases, Fred Claus, and Rankin-Bass Christmas classics including The Year Without a Santa Claus, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Jack Frost, and Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, among many others.

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*Note: Always please be sure to check ratings of these films before viewing with your family.

For the most part, it appears AMC will be playing some standard family-friendly favorites: Miracle on 34th Street (’94), The Polar Express, and the Rankin Bass cartoons we all love - from generation to generation! I'm so happy to see so many of these classic Christmas cartoons continue to air on TV!

I love them all, but ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas is my number 1, sentimental Rankin Bass favorite!

Blessings to all who visit here! Net

🌟🎄 LIFETIME ANNOUNCES SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MOVIE MARATHON TREAT 🌟🎄

LIFETIME PRESS RELEASE:

LIFETIME ANNOUNCES SPECIAL

TREAT EVERYDAY LIKE CHRISTMAS

HOLIDAY MOVIE MARATHON ON JUNE 28

Los Angeles, CA (June 24, 2019) -- It may be June, but Lifetime is providing a sneak peek at the It's a Wonderful Lifetime holiday programming slate with a movie marathon to celebrate Christmas in the Summer. With back-to-back airings of six Lifetime Original Holiday movies from years' past, the special all-day marathon concludes with the beloved holiday film Elf. Full slate below.

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Elf
June 28th at 8pm AND 10pm EST/PST

As a baby, Buddy (Will Ferrell) was accidentally transported to the North Pole and raised among Santa's elves. When he discovers that he is actually human, Buddy travels to New York, to search for his real father - Walter Hobbs (James Caan), a cynical businessman. Walter reluctantly begins spending time with the childlike Buddy and hilarious holiday fun results. ELF is directed by Jon Favreau and produced by New Line Cinema.


A Gift Wrapped Christmas
June 28th at 8am EST/PST

Personal shopper Gwen's (Meredith Hagner) newest client, Charlie (Travis Milne), is a high-rolling, workaholic, single father. When Gwen meets his 8-year-old son, Owen, during a package drop, she is saddened to see just how little time Charlie spends with him. Determined to get Charlie to appreciate his family, Gwen makes it her Christmas mission to get him into festive spirit. As she gets closer to Charlie and Owen, she also discovers what she wants for the holidays. A Gift Wrapped Christmas is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment II and Johnson Production Group.


The Christmas Contract
June 28th at 10am EST/PST

It’s Jolie’s (Hilarie Burton) first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break up with Foster (Hunter Burke). Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi (Danneel Ackles) suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack (Robert Buckley), home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for. The Christmas Contract is produced by Active Entertainment. Ken Badish and Daniel Lewis serve as executive producers. Monika Mitchell serves as director with a script by Cassie Doyle.


Poinsettias for Christmas
June 28th at 12pm EST/PST

It's just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town's annual parade. The problem is - the poinsettias have yet to turn red! As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner). Poinsettias for Christmas is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment, Inc. Christie Will Wolf directed from a script written by Barbara Kymlicka.


My Christmas Inn
June 28th at 2pm EST/PST

With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor (Tia Mowry-Hardict) is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson (Rob Mayes), she’s surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for. My Christmas Inn is produced by HYBRID, LLC.


The Flight Before Christmas
June 28th at 4pm EST/PST

When a snowstorm strands their flight in Montana on Christmas Eve, two strangers (Mayim Bialik and Ryan McPartlin) who do not see eye to eye, are forced to share the last available room at a bed-and-breakfast. Also starring Family Matters' veterans Reginald VelJohnson and Jo Marie Payton, The Flight Before Christmas is produced by Hybrid.


A Christmas in Tennessee
June 28th at 6pm EST/PST

Allison Bennet (Rachel Boston), along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha (Patricia Richardson), run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew (Andrew Walker), a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening. And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor—with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk—comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything. A Christmas in Tennessee is produced by Smokey Mountain Films Inc. and Juliette Hagopian. Howard Braunstein serves as executive producer. Gary Yates directs with a script written by Cassie Doyle.

-- LIFETIME PRESS RELEASE --

So... here's the take: Lifetime is getting into the Christmas spirit for this one special day! Our friend, Sabrina, shared this news with us here at It's a Wonderful Movie just the other day when she caught it in the schedule! (You beat the press release, girl!)

This is also the same day - Hallmark Movies & Mysteries will begin Gold Crown Christmas with Christmas in July!

You can see the full schedule,

with Hallmark & Lifetime - *HERE*!

Joy to the World! Net

"AMC BEST CHRISTMAS EVER" - features 35 Christmas Films and 18 Holiday Specials!

Press Release via AMC:

AMC PRESENTS
ITS LARGEST SLATE
OF HOLIDAY PROGRAMMING WITH
"AMC BEST CHRISTMAS EVER"

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Viewers can Celebrate the Season with More Than 600 Hours of Holiday Classic Films, Specials and Family Favorites Beginning November 26 Through December 25

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - AMC has viewers covered this holiday season with "AMC Best Christmas Ever," its largest slate of holiday programming ever featuring 35 films and 18 specials, airing all day, every day. Beginning Monday, November 26 through Christmas Day, the monthlong programming marathon will offer up more than 600 hours of holiday-themed movies, specials and family favorite films, as well as the television debut of Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You (2017). AMC will be the exclusive home to Christmas favorites including Elf, The Polar Express and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation as well as 12 classic Christmas specials from the legendary Rankin/Bass production company, including The Year Without a Santa Claus, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Jack Frost, Rudolph's Shiny New Year and Frosty's Winter Wonderland, among many others.

"In the same way 'AMC Festfest' has become a destination for horror fans every October, 'AMC Best Christmas Ever' is poised to become a new holiday tradition for viewers as we showcase 30 days and nights of Christmas movies and specials," said Tom Halleen, executive vice president of programming and scheduling for AMC and SundanceTV. "We are thrilled to expand our holiday slate - our largest ever - which was many years in the making, so that viewers can turn us on and keep us on all-month long."

A complete list of the films and specials included in "AMC Best Christmas Ever" follows:

Holiday Films:

· Elf (2003)

· National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)

· Polar Express, The (2004)

· Santa Clause 2, The (2002)

· Jingle All the Way (1996)

· Prancer (1989)

· Gremlins (1984)

· Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

· All I Want For Christmas (1991)

· Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

· Christmas in Connecticut (1992)

· Christmas Story 2, A (2012)

· Dennis the Menace Christmas, A (2007)

· Nativity Story, The (2006)

· Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004)

· To Grandmother's House We Go (1992)

· White Christmas (1954)

· Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

· Sons of Mistletoe, The (2001)

· Holiday to Remember, A (1995)

· Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)

· One Magic Christmas (1985)

· Christmas Star, The (1986)

· Scoot & Kassie's Christmas Adventure (2013)

· 12 Dogs of Christmas: Great Puppy Rescue (2012)


Holiday Specials:

· TV Premiere: Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas is You (2017)

· Year Without a Santa Claus, The (1974)

· 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974)

· Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979)

· Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)

· Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976)

· Jack Frost (1979)

· Donkey's Caroling Christmas-tacular (2011)

· Merry Madagascar (2009)

· Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, The (2005)

· First Christmas, The (1975)

· Leprechauns' Christmas Gold, The (1981)

· Life & Adventures of Santa Claus, The (1985)

· Little Drummer Boy Book II, The (1976)

· Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977)

· Pinocchio's Christmas (1980)

· Nuttiest Nutcracker, The (1999)

· Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998)


Family Favorite Films:

· Happy Feet (2006)

· Happy Feet 2 (2011)

· Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)

· Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)

· Miracle (2004)

· Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

· Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

· Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

· Joyful Noise (2012)

· Last Holiday (2006)



About AMC:

AMC is home to some of the most popular and acclaimed programs on television. AMC was the first basic cable network to ever win the Emmy(R) Award for Outstanding Drama Series with "Mad Men" in 2008, which then went on to win the coveted award four years in a row, before "Breaking Bad" won it in 2013 and 2014. The network's series "The Walking Dead" is the highest-rated series in cable history. AMC's other current original drama series include "Better Call Saul," "Fear the Walking Dead," "The Terror," "Into the Badlands," "Humans," "Preacher," "The Son," "McMafia," "Lodge 49" and the forthcoming "The Little Drummer Girl" and "NOS4A2"(wt). AMC also explores authentic worlds and discussion with original shows like "Talking Dead," "Talking with Chris Hardwick," "AMC Visionaries" and "Ride with Norman Reedus." AMC is owned and operated by AMC Networks Inc. and its sister networks include IFC, SundanceTV, BBC America and WE tv. AMC is available across all platforms, including on-air, online, on demand and mobile.

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How wonderful to see so many beloved Christmas classics & more... airing this Christmas Season on AMC! From White Christmas (1954) to Miracle on 34th Street (1947)... and Christmas in Connecticut (1945), Samantha: An American Girl Holiday (2004), Prancer (1989), All I Want For Christmas(1991), plus cherished cartoons, such as: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974), Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977), and The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)... it most definitely sounds like "AMC's BEST CHRISTMAS EVER!!!"

Which Movies or Specials are you MOST looking forward to seeing this year on AMC? Please share in comments below!

Joyous Blessings to all who visit here! Net

🎄 “BEST CHRISTMAS EVER” 🎄 ELF, POLAR EXPRESS, and NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION MOVE TO AMC THIS HOLIDAY SEASON!

AMC has acquired exclusive rights on three popular Christmas movies... Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and The Polar Express, and this year they plan to deck the halls with over 600 hours of Holiday movies and TV specials beginning November 26 and running until Christmas Day!

According to slashfilm.com... "In addition to the aforementioned three holiday hits that got plenty of airtime every single Christmas on Freeform, AMC’s multi-year agreement for new holiday programming also picked up 12 of the 18 classic stop-motion holiday specials from Rankin/Bass (though it’s not clear if the most popular ones like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Santa Claus is Coming to Town are included)."

AMC will use the Christmas movies, states vulture.com, along with more than four dozen other holiday films and specials, to anchor a new, monthlong marathon of Yuletide programming it’s dubbing “Best Christmas Ever.”

Should be fascinating to see how the holiday season unwraps itself on AMC! This network is typically known for holiday programming like Miracle on 34th Street, White Christmas, The Nativity Story, and other beloved classics! It is wonderful to see them add to their schedule these additional films and holiday specials!

More details to come!

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