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Freeform is REALLY into the holidays this year. After bumping up their regular 13 Nights of Halloween to 31 total nights, they’ve taken their 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS concept and basically extended that too with an additional new programming block inbetween Halloween and Christmas. What is that magical new event called? KICKOFF TO CHRISTMAS!

Yep, that means starting on November 1 — oh yeah, literally the day after Halloween — Freeform switches on the Christmas lights with nightly programming leading up to the popular 25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS which takes place from December 1 – 25.

KICKOFF TO CHRISTMAS SCHEDULE:

Thursday, Nov. 1

  • 5:00 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”
  • 7:10 p.m. – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Snowglobe”


Friday, Nov. 2

  • 2:30 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”
  • 4:40 p.m. – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 6:20 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Inside Out”
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Disney’s Frozen”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “12 Dates of Christmas”


Saturday, Nov. 3

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Titanic” (1997)
  • 11:30 a.m. – “12 Dates of Christmas”
  • 1:35 p.m. – “The Holiday”
  • 4:50 p.m. – “Disney’s Frozen”
  • 7:20 p.m. – “Pitch Perfect”
  • 10:00 p.m. – “Life-Size” – Freeform Premiere
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Snow”


Sunday, Nov. 4

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Sixteen Candles”
  • 9:05 a.m. – “Snow”
  • 11:10 a.m. – “The Holiday”
  • 2:25 p.m. – “Life-Size”
  • 4:30 p.m. – “Pitch Perfect”
  • 7:10 p.m. – “Just Go With It”
  • 9:50 p.m. – “Maleficent”
  • 11:55 p.m. – “Sixteen Candles”


Monday, Nov. 5

  • 4:00 p.m. – “Just Go With It”
  • 6:30 p.m. – “Maleficent”
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Billy Madison”


Tuesday, Nov. 6

  • 3:30 p.m. – “Billy Madison”
  • 5:30 p.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)
  • 8:00 p.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Angels Sing” – Freeform Premiere


Wednesday, Nov. 7

  • 3:30 p.m. – “Angels Sing”
  • 5:30 p.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Sweet Home Alabama”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “The Family Stone”


Thursday, Nov. 8

  • 3:30 p.m. – “The Family Stone”
  • 6:00 p.m. – “Sweet Home Alabama”
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Love the Coopers” – Freeform Premiere
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Babe”


Friday, Nov. 9

  • 1:00 p.m. – “Babe”
  • 3:05 p.m. – “Alvin and the Chipmunks” (2007)
  • 5:10 p.m. – “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” – Freeform Premiere
  • 7:15 p.m. – “Storks” – Freeform Premiere
  • 9:20 p.m. – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 12:00 a.m. – Beethoven


Saturday, Nov. 10

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Alvin and the Chipmunks” (2007)
  • 9:10 a.m. – “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel”
  • 11:15 a.m. – “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”
  • 1:20 p.m. – “Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish”
  • 3:25 p.m. – “Storks”
  • 5:30 p.m. – “Disney’s Meet the Robinsons”
  • 7:35 p.m. – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 9:15 p.m. – “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
  • 11:55 p.m. – “Call Me Claus” – Freeform Premiere


Sunday, Nov. 11

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic”
  • 8:00 a.m. – “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked”
  • 10:10 a.m. – “Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish”
  • 12:20 p.m. – “Call Me Claus”
  • 2:25 p.m. – “Disney’s Meet the Robinsons”
  • 4:30 p.m. – “Deck the Halls”
  • 6:35 p.m. – “Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
  • 9:15 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s The Incredibles”
  • 11:55 p.m. – “Norm of the North” – Network Television Premiere


Monday, Nov. 12

  • 4:00 p.m. – “Norm of the North”
  • 6:10 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s The Incredibles”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “Ice Age: Continental Drift” – Freeform Premiere
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Dennis the Menace” (1993)


Tuesday, Nov. 13

  • 4:30 p.m. – “Dennis the Menace” (1993)
  • 6:40 p.m. – “Ice Age: Continental Drift”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “Despicable Me”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (1998)


Wednesday, Nov. 14

  • 4:30 p.m. – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (1998)
  • 6:40 p.m. – “Despicable Me”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Daddy Day Care”


Thursday, Nov. 15

  • 4:00 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur”
  • 6:00 p.m. – “Deck the Halls”
  • 8:00 p.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “A Cinderella Story”


Friday, Nov. 16

  • 4:00 p.m. – “Deck the Halls”
  • 6:00 p.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 9:00 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Boxtrolls”


Saturday, Nov. 17

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Race for Your Life Charlie Brown”
  • 8:35 a.m. – “Bon Voyage Charlie Brown”
  • 10:10 a.m. – “Little Giants”
  • 12:45 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”
  • 2:50 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story”
  • 4:50 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 2”
  • 6:55 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3”
  • 9:25 p.m. – “Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph”
  • 11:30 p.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)


Sunday, Nov. 18

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Little Giants”
  • 9:35 a.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”
  • 11:40 a.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)
  • 2:15 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 2”
  • 4:20 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3”
  • 6:50 p.m. – “Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph”
  • 8:55 p.m. – “Disney’s The Lion King” (1994)
  • 11:00 p.m. – “Disney’s The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride”
  • 1:00 a.m. – “Decorating Disney: Holiday Magic”


Monday, Nov. 19

  • 2:30 p.m. – “Disney’s The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride”
  • 4:30 p.m. – “Storks”
  • 6:30 p.m. – “Disney’s The Lion King” (1994)
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Cinderella” (Live Action) (2015)
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Sixteen Candles”


Tuesday, Nov. 20

  • 12:00 p.m. – “Sixteen Candles”
  • 2:00 p.m. – “Titanic” (1997)
  • 6:30 p.m. – “Cinderella” (Live Action) (2015)
  • 9:00 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Brave”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Uncle Buck”


Wednesday, Nov. 21

  • 11:30 a.m. – “Uncle Buck”
  • 1:30 p.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 4:30 p.m. – “Disney’s Mulan”
  • 6:30 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Brave”
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Disney’s Zootopia”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Happy Gilmore”


Thursday, Nov. 22

  • 7:30 a.m. – “Happy Gilmore”
  • 11:00 a.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 2:00 p.m. – “Disney’s Mulan”
  • 4:00 p.m. – “Ice Age: Continental Drift”
  • 6:00 p.m. – “Disney’s Zootopia”
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Ratatouille”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “The Lego Movie”


Friday, Nov. 23

  • 7:30 a.m. – “Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups”
  • 11:00 a.m. – “The Lego Movie”
  • 1:30 p.m. – “Ice Age: Continental Drift”
  • 3:30 p.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)
  • 6:00 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Ratatouille”
  • 8:30 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Finding Nemo”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Call Me Claus”


Saturday, Nov. 24

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Bon Voyage Charlie Brown”
  • 8:30 a.m. – “Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure” – Freeform Premiere
  • 10:30 a.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)
  • 1:05 p.m. – “Disney’s Tarzan”
  • 3:10 p.m. – “Despicable Me”
  • 5:15 p.m. – “Disney-Pixar’s Finding Nemo”
  • 7:45 p.m. – “The Santa Clause”
  • 9:50 p.m. – “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”
  • 11:55 p.m. – “Life Size”


Sunday, Nov. 25

  • 7:00 a.m. – “Yogi Bear”
  • 8:35 a.m. – “Richie Rich’s Christmas Wish”
  • 10:35 a.m. – “Disney’s Tarzan”
  • 12:40 p.m. – “Despicable Me”
  • 2:45 p.m. – “Life Size”
  • 4:50 p.m. – “The Santa Clause”
  • 6:55 p.m. – “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”
  • 9:00 p.m. – “The Truth About Christmas” – Freeform Original Film Premiere
  • 11:00 p.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”


Monday, Nov. 26

  • 12:00 p.m. – “The Truth About Christmas”
  • 2:05 p.m. – “Mrs. Doubtfire”
  • 5:10 p.m. – “Disney’s Meet the Robinsons”
  • 7:15 p.m. – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 8:55 p.m. – “Paddington” – Network Television Premiere
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1996)


Tuesday, Nov. 27

  • 1:00 p.m. – “Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame” (1996)
  • 3:00 p.m. – “Disney’s Meet the Robinsons”
  • 5:05 p.m. – “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
  • 6:45 p.m. – “Paddington”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “Despicable Me”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Eight Crazy Nights”


Wednesday, Nov. 28

  • 12:00 p.m. – “Eight Crazy Nights”
  • 2:00 p.m. – “Unaccompanied Minors”
  • 4:10 p.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)
  • 6:40 p.m. – “Despicable Me”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Unaccompanied Minors”


Thursday, Nov. 29

  • 1:00 p.m. – “Jumanji” (1995)
  • 3:30 p.m. – “The Holiday”
  • 6:40 p.m. – “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “The Santa Clause”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “Jingle All The Way 2” – Freeform Premiere


Friday, Nov. 30

  • 1:30 p.m. – “The Holiday”
  • 4:35 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”
  • 6:40 p.m. – “The Santa Clause”
  • 8:50 p.m. – “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause”
  • 12:00 a.m. – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” (1998)