Best Christmas Ever 2021: AMC Announces Holiday Programming

AMC Networks unwraps the return of "Best Christmas Ever," the annual seasonal block featuring over 55 titles and more than 575 hours of holiday programming in the days leading up to Christmas. The month-long celebration of the holidays, beginning November 29 and running through December 25 on AMC and AMC+, makes AMC the exclusive broadcast cable home to such fan-favorite films as National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, The Polar Express, Four Christmases, and Fred Claus. Hosted by Christmas Vacation star Beverly D'Angelo, "Best Christmas Ever" 2021 features mini movie marathons, including "Wonka Wonderland" and "Holiday Hijinks," and the streaming premiere of the original film Silent Night on AMC+. 

The movie lineup this year includes A Christmas Carol (1951), Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, Santa Claus: The Movie, Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Scrooged, Jack Frost (1998), and A Christmas Story 2. The new movie Silent Night, starring Kiera Knightley and Matthew Goode, is streaming exclusively on AMC+ starting December 3. 

Movie marathons include:

• "Wonka Wonderland" on November 29 featuring back-to-back showings of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
• "Candy Coated Christmas" marathon on December 3 celebrating some of John Candy's greatest films, including Planes Trains & Automobiles, Summer Rental, The Great Outdoors and National Lampoon's Vacation.
• "Naughty List Marathon" on December 4 including National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Four Christmases, Fred Claus, Gremlins and A Dennis the Menace Christmas.
• Have "A Murray Christmas" with the Bill Murray holiday classics Scrooged, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II on December 11.
• "Holiday Hijinks Marathon" on December 18 featuring National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Fred Claus, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Gremlins, Snow Day, Scrooged, To Grandmother's House We Go and The Polar Express.
• "Best Christmas Ever" concludes with the "Christmas Blowout" from December 24 to December 25 with a packed lineup including National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, White Christmas, The Polar Express, Four Christmases, Fred Claus, Scrooged, Jack Frost (1998), Jack Frost (1979), Snow Day, Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas and The Year Without a Santa Claus.

See the full "Best Christmas Ever" 2021 schedule below: