The holiday season is upon us, so glaze the ham, cook the plum pudding and curl up to enjoy your favourite Christmas classics on Nine and 9Now.
The festive viewing begins this Saturday, December 12, with the modern-day Christmas classic Love Actually at 8.50pm on Channel 9, following Christmas with Delta, a concert from the Opera House featuring Delta Goodrem, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, Olivia Newton-John, Kelly Rowland and Hugh Sheridan.
The festivities continue on Friday, December 18, with a movie double-header: Bad Moms 2 at 8.30pm, followed by Four Holidays, starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, at 10.35pm. Families everywhere can relate to this “dramedy” about a couple forced to visit all four of their divorced parents’ homes on Christmas Day.
We’re taking care of the kids too with The Grinch, the animated Dr Seuss classic, on Channel 9 on Saturday, December 19, backed up with How the Grinch Stole Christmas,starring Jim Carrey, on 9Go! on Sunday, December 20.
If you can’t wait that long, 9Now has 12 days of Christmas movies on demand, including Melissa Joan Hart’s Christmas Reservations and A Very Merry Toy Store, Dolly Parton’s A Country Christmas Story, and Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever.
On Christmas Eve, Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight returns with Livinia Nixon making her hosting debut alongside David Campbell for the national broadcast live from 8.00pm on Channel 9.
Full festive lineup below:
CHANNEL 9
| Date | Show | Time |
| Saturday, December 12 | Christmas with Delta Love Actually | 7.30pm 8.50pm |
| Sunday, December 13 | Blizzard | 2.00pm |
| Monday, December 14 | Christmas in Mississippi | 12.00pm |
| Tuesday, December 15 | A Christmas in Tennessee | 12.00pm |
| Wednesday, December 16 | Christmas Reservation | 12.00pm |
| Thursday, December 17 | A Christmas Wish | 12.00pm |
| Friday, December 18 | Hometown Christmas Bad Moms 2 Four Holidays | 12.00pm 8.30pm 10.35pm |
| Saturday, December 19 | Dr Seuss’s The Grinch Christmas with the Kranks | 7.30pm 9.15pm |
| Sunday, December 20 | A Very Merry Toy Christmas Deck the Halls | 2.00pm 8.30pm |
| Monday, December 21 | Four Christmases and a Wedding | 12.00pm |
| Tuesday, December 22 | The Christmas Consultant | 12.00pm |
| Wednesday, December 23 | My Christmas Prince | 12.00pm |
| Thursday, December 24 | Snowed Inn Christmas Christmas with Delta (30 min version) Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight World’s Best Christmas Ads | 12.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 11.00pm |
| Friday, December 25 | Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Arthur Christmas Disney Singalong Christmas with the Kranks | 9.00am 4.00pm 7.30pm 8.30pm |
9GO!
| Date | Show | Time |
| Sunday, December 20 | The Nutcracker How the Grinch Stole Christmas Love Actually | 4.50pm 7.00pm 9.00pm |
| Tuesday, December 22 | Dr Seuss’ The Grinch Bad Santa | 7.30pm 9.15pm |
| Wednesday, December 23 | Arthur Christmas Four Holidays | 7.30pm 9.30pm |
| Friday, December 25 | How to Train Your Dragon – Homecoming How the Grinch Stole Christmas | 6.00pm 6.30pm |
9NOW – STREAMING ON DEMAND
- Christmas Reservations
- A Christmas Wish
- A Christmas in Tennessee
- Hometown Christmas
- Christmas in Mississippi
- Four Christmases and a Wedding
- My Christmas Prince
- Snowed Inn Christmas
- A Very Merry Toy Store
- Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever
- A Country Christmas Story
- The Christmas Consultant
