November 28-30 - Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days, and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Scheduled to show on 35mm film. Onsale for members 10/8; for the general public, on 10/15 at 1 p.m. - Based on the popular children's book, The Polar Express is the story of the titular magical train, which delivers children to the North Pole on Christmas Eve.

December 5, 6 and 7 - Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days., Sunday at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. - Scheduled to show on 35mm film courtesy of the Branigin Family Film Library. The Friday and Saturday evening shows will have extended pre-show activities, with the anthem starting around 8:10 - 8:15 p.m, and short cartoon and film to follow. - In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

December 9, Tuesday at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. On sale for members 10/15; for the general public, on 10/22 at 1 p.m. - The most sought-after big band in the world returns to perform live at The Historic Artcraft Theatre for two shows full of swing music and big band sounds. The 18-piece band will play numerous selections from the storied repertoire of Glenn Miller.

December 12, 13 and 14 - Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days., Sunday at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. - Scheduled to show on 35mm film. On sale for members 10/22; for the general public, on 10/29 at 1 p.m. - George Bailey, a community banker who has seemingly lost it all on Christmas Eve, falls into despair - when he's visited his guardian angel, Clarence, who shows him what life would be like if he'd never existed.

December 18 - Thursday at 7 p.m. This show is available to members only, as a thank you for supporting The Historic Artcraft Theatre. What it is: While preparing an overly commercialized live broadcast of A Christmas Carol, heartless TV executive Frank Cross is visited by the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future as they encourage him to change his ways.

December 19, 20 and 21 - Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. both days., Sunday at 2 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. - Scheduled to show on 35mm film. On sale for members 10/29; on sale for the general public, on 11/5 at 1 p.m. - The Griswold family is preparing for the best Christmas yet - but bosses, in-laws, extended family and circumstance threaten to turn the holiday into a circus.

December 22 and 23 - Monday and Tuesday at 2 p.m. both days. Scheduled to show on 35mm film courtesy of the Branigin Film Library. On sale for members 11/5; for the general public, on 11/12 at 1 p.m. - An adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens Christmas novella, The Muppet Christmas Carol brings together Michael Caine and Jim Henson's Muppets to tell the story of Ebenezer Scrooge's encounter with three spirits on Christmas Eve.

December 22 and 23 - Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. both days - Scheduled to show on 35mm film courtesy of the Branigin Family Film Library - On sale for members 11/5; on sale for the general public, on 11/12 at 1 p.m. - An off-duty NYC police officer visting his estranged wife in LA at her office's Christmas party finds himself embroiled in a terrorist hostage plot.