AMC Networks Sets “Best Christmas Ever” 2025 Lineup

AMC Networks is celebrating the winter holidays with their annual “Best Christmas Ever” lineup, kicking off on November 29, 2025. The holiday-themed programming event includes classics like White Christmas and Rankin/Bass’s stop-motion collection. Elf with Will Ferrell, Christmas Vacation starring Chevy Chase, and Scrooged with Bill Murray return for the holidays, along with the new film A Heart For Christmas starring Nikiva Dionne.

2025’s “Best Christmas Ever,” which features 600 hours of holiday programming, also includes John Candy, Bill Murray, and ’80s marathons. And The Wizard of Oz, which isn’t a Christmas film, will screen on December 6, hot on the heels of Wicked: For Good opening in theaters.

AMC’s “Best Christmas Ever” highlights:

• Murray Christmas Marathon: Scrooged, Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II, and Caddyshack on November 29 at 12pm.

• Christmas with the Kranks: Back-to-back airings of this holiday favorite on November 30 beginning at 5pm.

• Christmas All The Way Marathon: The Polar Express, Elf, and The Wizard of Oz on December 6 at 5pm.

• Holiday Hijinks Marathon on December 7 beginning at 4pm featuring National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Elf, The Great Outdoors, and Trading Places.

• Christmas Candy Marathon on December 9 beginning at 4pm celebrating some of John Candy’s greatest films, including The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, and National Lampoon’s Vacation.

• December the TwELFth on December 12 beginning at 6pm back-to-back 8-hour marathon of modern-day classic Elf.

• Merry ‘80s Marathon goes back in time on December 13 beginning at 11:00am and featuring National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, The Great Outdoors, Ghostbusters, and Ghostbusters II.

• Best Elf Marathon on December 14 beginning at 4:30pm features Elf, Fred Claus, and The Polar Express.

• That’s Not Santa! Marathon on December 19 beginning at 6:30pm and featuring Elf, Trading Places, and Fred Claus.

• Naughty or Nice Weekend on December 20 beginning at 9:45am through December 21 features films on Santa’s lists including Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, The Polar Express, Four Christmases, and more.

• Best Christmas Marathon from December 24 through December 25 with holiday favorites including Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Scrooged, Four Christmases, The Polar Express, Fred Claus, The Wizard of Oz and more.

• Holiday Hangover recovery begins on December 26 at 12p including Elf, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Four Christmases, and Scrooged.

For those who like their holidays on the creepy side, Shudder will offer the following new holiday specials and episodes:

The Haunted Season – The Occupant of the Room: Debuts December 1 on Shudder and AMC+
From renowned author and filmmaker Kier-La Janisse, The Haunted Season is a series of chilling horror tales following the classic tradition of telling ghost stories for Christmas. The festive new film in the horror anthology series, The Occupant of the Room is based on the classic chiller of the same name by Algernon Blackwood about a schoolteacher whose late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps without a reservation leaves him with no option but to accept the room of a missing hotel guest—leading to a sleepless night full of strange and uncanny occurrences.

The Last Drive-In: Joe Bob’s Cold Cruel Christmas: Debuts LIVE on Friday, December 12 on Shudder TV and AMC+ TV
Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl are once again possessed by the Christmas spirit, hosting a double feature of snowy slashers for Joe Bob’s Cold Cruel Christmas – an unholy night full of frozen fear, cold-blooded kills, and the return of their annual charity drive.

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula Holiday of Horrors: Debuts December 16 on Shudder and AMC+
From The Boulet Brothers (The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula) and David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Late Night with the Devil) comes The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors, a chilling holiday-themed horror special produced by Boulet Brothers’ Productions and Good Fiend Productions. The film features four original shorts, each written and directed by a different genre powerhouse: The Boulet Brothers, Dastmalchian, Akeela Cooper (Malignant, M3GAN), and Kate Siegel (The Haunting of Hill House). Starring Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), Steve Agee (Peacemaker), and Tracie Thoms (Death Proof), the anthology blends atmospheric horror, practical gore, and haunting holiday imagery into a new seasonal classic.