What Christmas specials have been repeated the most besides Charlie Brown?

and I just mean network TV. I would guess it's Frosty or Grinch.

Uniblab...

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" beats "Charlie Brown" by a year.

As for "The Grinch", after CBS lost the rights, it was off network TV for a
few years (it returned to the WB after several years of being cable-only).

et472...

I don't recall a year when there was no Grinch here in Canada. So I
suspect it's record holds at least here, though given it isn't as
old as the others, it wouldn't be the longest running.

[ Doc ]...

Everyone else is focusing on the animated/cartoon stuff but one I've become
plumb tired of in recent years is "A Christmas Story". Either TNT or TBS
run it for 24 hours straight every year. It's gotten to the point where I
hate little Ralphie, his Red Ryder B.B. Gun and both TNT and TBS.

Russell Watson...

"Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas" has been around since '66,
which IIRC is the year after "A Charlie Brown Christmas". "Rudolph the
Rednose Reindeer" beats them both, dating to 1964, while "Frosty the
Snowman" was quite a bit later. I think around '68 or '69 because I
was 9 or 10 when it first came out and my brother who is 6 years
younger than me remembers the first time it came on, while he wasn't
born yet for Rudolph's debut and at 1 and 2 was too young to remember
Charlie Brown or Grinch until they had been around a few years.

stonej...

Ranking them on how well they present the holiday theme in general:

1. Charlie Brown
2. Grinch
3. Rudolph
4. Frosty

Just my opinion of course. :)

Greg...

One of my favorites, and I'd call it a Recent Classic, is Olive the
Other Reindeer. I'd rank it with Rudolph for presentation.

Greg Zywick

Russell Watson...

No, not just yours. I never thought to "rank" them, per se, myself,
but if I had my list would be exactly the same as yours for the shows
listed. I'd put quite a few others that date back to the '60s or
early/mid-'70s in between 3 and 4 if we were going for the entire list
of perennials, including "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "The Night
Before Christmas", "Little Drummer Boy" (which appears to have
disappeared in recent years: too religious?), et.al. Frosty is more of
a "Winter" story than a "Christmas" story, IMO.

et472...

Checking IMDB:

Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 1964
A Charlie Brown Christmas 1965
How The Grinch Stole Christmas 1966
Little Drummer Boy 1968
Frosty the Snowman 1969
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 1970

I don't recall the Mr. Magoo being a long time staple, and when
it aired a few years back I couldn't say if I'd seen it before.

Marlene Blanshay...

it seems that magoo was almost invisible for a long time... i remembered
it on tv when i was quite young and then, it vanished at least on my
channels.

Let's not forget the Waltons' Pilot, which was what, 1971? THat's not
quite as old as the grinch, but 35 years is plenty....

Certainly the next three have aired every year, at least that
I can remember, so their number of repeats is a reflection of
their order of first release.

Little Drummer Boy aired for what seemed like a long time
back then, but disappeared, at least from network tv, for
a long time. It reappeared at some point, but it sure
isn't a regular thing.

I never particularly liked Frosty, especially since it has
less of a Christmas theme, so I honestly can't say if it
has aired every year since. But even if it did, it would
have three less airings than The Grinch, and five less
airings that Rudolph.

Of course, this is just older animated. Since some of
these have aired every year since, later animated specials
mean nothing even if they did air every year.

Various movies had decent runs, and some of them might
beat out Charlie Brown. "It's a Wonderful Life", if
it's aired regularly for at least 42 years. One or
more of the movie versions of "A Christmas Carol" may
have a longer run, again depending on whether they've
aired every year. I can remember the Alistair Simms
version running when I was a kid, so I suspect that
may hold a record. I think there might have been
some pre-sixties films that have had really long
runs.

Others, they seemed to run for a few years, and
then disappear. "An American Christmas Carol" with
Henry Winkler is one. "The Man in the Santa Claus Suit"
had a good run. The Marlo Thomas verions of "A Christmas
Carol". "A Hobo's Christmas". "Ernest Saves Christmas".

Jude Cormier...

That was actually a remake of "It's a Wonderful Life" called "It Happened
One Christmas".

Even "Prancer" at this point has had a fair run, and I well
remember when it first came out.

The one Christmas movie that has had the longest run in
recent years is "One Magic Christmas", from 1985.

KenStahl...

Rudolf would be right up there as well.