Old Time Radio Christmas Shows | Old Time Radio
Old Time Radio Christmas Shows | Old Time Radio brings you classic Christmas stories, holiday comedy, mystery, drama, Westerns, and seasonal specials from the golden age of radio. Celebrate the season with beloved performers, timeless Christmas tales, and vintage broadcasts filled with warmth, humor, suspense, and nostalgia. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Featuring holiday episodes from legendary programs across classic radio, Old Time Radio Christmas Shows is a collection of memorable Christmas entertainment from broadcasting’s golden age. Rediscover classic old time radio Christmas shows, vintage holiday radio, Christmas stories, holiday specials, nostalgic entertainment, and golden age radio.
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September 20, 2026 • 31 mins
Columbia Workshop, episode 59, presents “The Plot to Overthrow Christmas,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1940. Written, produced, and directed by Norman Corwin, this sustaining-program holiday fantasy features performers including Eric Burroughs, Martin Gabel, and Ray Collins.
In Corwin’s richly rhymed comic fantasy, Mephistopheles assembles an infernal council of history and literature’...
In Corwin’s richly rhymed comic fantasy, Mephistopheles assembles an infernal council of history and literature’...
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September 13, 2026 • 30 mins
My Friend Irma presents “Double Surprise,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 22, 1947. This holiday episode is commonly listed as episode 37 and stars Marie Wilson as Irma Peterson and Cathy Lewis as Jane Stacy.
On Christmas Eve in Apartment 3B, Irma prepares a surprise Christmas party for her friends. But as the evening draws near, unexpected complications threaten to change her holiday plans. Written, pro...
On Christmas Eve in Apartment 3B, Irma prepares a surprise Christmas party for her friends. But as the evening draws near, unexpected complications threaten to change her holiday plans. Written, pro...
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September 6, 2026 • 46 mins
Christmas Sing With Bing: “Holiday Broadcast” originally aired on CBS Radio on December 24, 1955. This archival Christmas Eve special is the inaugural A Christmas Sing with Bing broadcast.
Bing Crosby hosts an hour of traditional carols in an around-the-world musical format, joined by Paul Weston and His Orchestra, the Norman Luboff Choir, and choral performances associated with the United States, Canada, France,...
Bing Crosby hosts an hour of traditional carols in an around-the-world musical format, joined by Paul Weston and His Orchestra, the Norman Luboff Choir, and choral performances associated with the United States, Canada, France,...
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August 30, 2026 • 30 mins
Suspense presents “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 21, 1953. Episode 531 stars Greer Garson as Miss Buff, a devoted governess, in a holiday drama written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by Elliott Lewis.
On Christmas Eve, Miss Buff cares for young Kathy Harper as the child’s parents are expected home from Paris. With troubling reports surroundi...
On Christmas Eve, Miss Buff cares for young Kathy Harper as the child’s parents are expected home from Paris. With troubling reports surroundi...
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August 23, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents It’s a Wonderful Life, originally broadcast on March 10, 1947. The episode is commonly listed as number 563, though some secondary sources list it as 562.
Adapted from Frank Capra’s 1946 film, this Christmas Eve drama follows Bedford Falls’ George Bailey as family obligations, the local Building and Loan, and a crisis involving financier Henry F. Potter leave him at a desperate cr...
Adapted from Frank Capra’s 1946 film, this Christmas Eve drama follows Bedford Falls’ George Bailey as family obligations, the local Building and Loan, and a crisis involving financier Henry F. Potter leave him at a desperate cr...
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August 18, 2026 • 29 mins
The Shadow, “Cold Death,” originally broadcast December 19, 1937. In this Christmas-season episode, Orson Welles stars as Lamont Cranston, with Agnes Moorehead as Margo Lane, on the Mutual Broadcasting System’s Blue Coal program.
Just before Christmas, Cranston investigates the bleak mill village of Carverville, where owner Daniel Carver’s workers face bitter winter hardship in unsafe, unheated homes....
Just before Christmas, Cranston investigates the bleak mill village of Carverville, where owner Daniel Carver’s workers face bitter winter hardship in unsafe, unheated homes....
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August 16, 2026 • 30 mins
Escape presents “The Cave,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 24, 1950. Commonly listed as episode 138, this sustaining-program Christmas fantasy was written by Antony Ellis and features John Dehner, Georgia Ellis, and Peggy Webber.
In this gentle holiday adventure, a man recalls a Christmas-time childhood excursion: two ten-year-old boys explore a cave and find themselves drawn into an imaginative and peri...
In this gentle holiday adventure, a man recalls a Christmas-time childhood excursion: two ten-year-old boys explore a cave and find themselves drawn into an imaginative and peri...
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August 16, 2026 • 28 mins
The Six Shooter presents “Britt Ponset’s Christmas Carol,” originally broadcast on December 20, 1953. Episode 14 of the NBC Radio Network series stars James Stewart as drifting cowboy Britt Ponset.
On a wintry trail near Thompson’s Corners, Britt encounters Johnny, a boy traveling away from home just before Christmas. To help the youngster see the season differently, Britt tells a frontier-flavored re...
On a wintry trail near Thompson’s Corners, Britt encounters Johnny, a boy traveling away from home just before Christmas. To help the youngster see the season differently, Britt tells a frontier-flavored re...
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August 16, 2026 • 60 mins
Lux Radio Theatre presents “Miracle on 34th Street,” originally broadcast December 22, 1947 (episode 595). This CBS holiday adaptation of the 1947 20th Century-Fox film reunites its principal stars, including Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, and Natalie Wood.
As the Christmas season begins in New York City, a Macy’s executive hires a kindly elderly man to fill in as parade Santa. His remarkab...
As the Christmas season begins in New York City, a Macy’s executive hires a kindly elderly man to fill in as parade Santa. His remarkab...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Lone Ranger Christmas Comes To Sandy [episode 2486] Broadcast 12/24/1948, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home en...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Garry Moore Thanksgiving Pilgrim Opera [episode 11] Broadcast 11/22/1946, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home en...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Jack Benny Thanksgiving At Mary'S House [episode 0] Broadcast 11/26/1944, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home en...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Columbia Workshop The Plot To Overthrow Christmas [episode 59] Broadcast 12/22/1940, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Lux Radio Theatre It'S A Wonderful Life [episode 562] Broadcast 3/10/1947, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home e...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Bing Crosby (Chesterfield Show) Guests Crosby Family And Dixie Lee [episode 47] Broadcast 12/20/1950, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when ra...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - A Day In The Life Of Dennis Day Christmas Show [episode 13] Broadcast 12/25/1946, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Shadow Joey'S Christmas Story [episode 207] Broadcast 12/22/1940, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainm...
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May 24, 2026 • 14 mins
https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Pt [episode 4] Broadcast 12/22/1955, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of home entertainment, delivering mystery, susp...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - First Nighter Little Town Of Bethlehem (Repeat) [episode 656] Broadcast 12/22/1945, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart ...
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https://www.oldtimeretroradio.com This episode features Old Time Radio Christmas Shows - Tales Of The Texas Rangers Christmas Present [episode 24] Broadcast 12/24/1950, a restored classic from the golden age of radio. A classic old time radio broadcast from the golden age of radio, featuring original radio drama, authentic performances, and timeless storytelling. These historic programs reflect an era when radio was the heart of h...
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