You can smell it. Christmas is here. If you couldn’t tell by the parking at the shops, then the content on your TV should be signalling something special is going on.

I love Christmas – I really do. All this Christmas programming makes this big old softy just a little warm & gooey inside. So, to assist me as much as you, I offer a guide to everything that’s on TV that has anything remotely to do with Christmas. As you’ll see, if you like Christmas there’s heaps to keep you interested on TV (particularly movies – including the best Christmas movie ever: ELF)…

Sunday 19/12

• Movie: Karrol’s Christmas – 4:10pm, 7Two
• Focus on Christmas – 5pm, Ch7
• The Nutcracker Story – 6pm, ABC2
• The Private Life of a Christmas Masterpiece – 10:10pm, ABC1
• Movie: Bush Christmas – 11:30pm, ABC1

Monday 20/12

• Jamie’s Family Christmas: Turkey & Trimmings – 6:30pm, Ch10

Tuesday 21/12

• Jamie’s Family Christmas: Brunch, Bunch & Breakfast – 6:30pm, Ch10
• Movie: Elf – 7:30pm, GO!
• Santa’s Surprise – 7:30pm, Ch31 BNE
• To The Manor Born: Christmas Special 2007 – 8pm, 7Two
• As it happened: The Last Christmas December 1944 – 8:30pm, SBS2

Wednesday 22/12

• Jamie’s Family Christmas: Roast Potatoes & Veg – 6:30pm, Ch10
• One Foot in the Grave: Christmas Special 1993 – 7:40pm, 7Two

Thursday 23/12

• Compass: Sounds like Christmas – 6:30pm, ABC1
• Jamie’s Family Christmas: Deserts – 6:30pm, Ch10
• Movie: Deck The Halls – 7:30pm, GO!
• Movie: Surviving Christmas – 8:30pm, Ch7
• Merry Christmas, Mr Bean – 8pm, ABC2
• The Royle Family – 8:30pm, ABC2
• All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special – 9pm, 7Two
• Review with Myles Barlow – 9:30pm, ABC2
• Movie: Bad Santa – 9:30pm, GO!
• Peter Serafinowicz Christmas Show – 10pm, ABC2
• Ideal: Xmas – 11pm, ABC2
• Star of Bethlehem: Behind the Myth – 11:10pm, ABC1

Friday 24/12

• Movie: A Grandpa For Christmas – 2:30pm, 7Two
• A Very Barry Christmas – 6pm, ABC3
• Jamie’s Family Christmas: Party Food – 6:30pm, Ch10
• Absolutely Fabulous Christmas Special 2004 – 7pm, ABC2
• That 70’s Show: Christmas – 7pm, 7mate
• Keeping Up Appearances: 1993 Christmas Special – 7pm, 7Two
• Carols From St Mary’s Cathedral – 7:30pm, ABC1
• Shrek The Halls – 7:30pm, Ch9
• The Simpsons – 7:30pm, Ch10
• The Night Before Christmas – 7:30pm, Ch31 BNE
• Robbie The Reindeer: Close Encounters of the Herd Kind – 8pm, ABC2
• Carols by Candlelight – 8pm, Ch9
• One Foot In The Grave: Christmas Special  1993 – 8pm, 7Two
• A Very Specky Christmas – 8:30pm, ABC1
• Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation – 8:30pm, Ch10
• Catherine Tate Christmas Special: Nan’s Christmas Carol – 9:30pm, ABC1
• Movie: Bam Magera Presents: Where the %#*@ is Santa? – 9:40pm, GO!
• Christmas Lights – 10:20pm, ABC1
• Movie: This Christmas – 10:30pm, Ch9
• Christmas Comes But Once A Year – 10:30pm, Ch31 BNE
• World Champion Santa – 10:45pm, ABC1

Saturday 25/12

• Movie: Miracle on 34th Street – 1pm, Ch10
• Movie: Snow Wonder – 1:5pm, GEM
• Movie: It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie – 2:10pm, 7Two
• Movie: Clash of the Santas – 2:30pm, ABC1
• Movie: The Grinch – 3:05pm, Ch10
• Movie: Eloise at Christmas Time – 3:40pm, Ch7
• Movie: A Christmas Visitor – 3:55pm, GEM
• Movie: The Year Without Santa Clause – 4pm, Ch9
• Giggle & Hoot Christmas Special – 2:20pm & 5pm, ABC2
• The Legends of Santa – 5:30pm, SBS1
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday – 6pm, ABC1
• Father Ted Christmas Special – 6pm, ABC2
• The Nanny: Christmas – 6pm, GEM
• Outnumbered: Christmas Special – 6:55pm, ABC2
• The Queen’s Christmas Message – 7:20pm, ABC1
• Kid Vs Kat – 7:25pm, ABC3
• My Family: 2039… A Christmas Oddity – 7:30pm, ABC1
• Mythbusters: Christmas Special – 7:30pm, SBS1
• Movie: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – 7:30pm, Ch9
• Blackadder’s Christmas Carol – 7:30pm, GEM
• Extras: Xmas Special – 8:35pm, ABC2
• RocKwiz 2009 Christmas Special – 9:20pm, SBS1
• Movie: Christmas at the Riviera – 9:55pm, ABC2

It’s sad to note that the second best Christmas movie ever – Die Hard – is missing from this list. Shame, really.

This guide is trying to be as exhaustive as possible for the afternoon into the evening, so if something has been missed (even if local to your region) please leave a comment and I’ll get it included in the guide here. Consequently, this article updates.

Merry Christmas, from me and my family to you and yours.