How the Grinch Stole Christmas live stream: How to watch online

One of the most beloved animated classics is back on television. Here’s how to watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ online live stream later tonight.

More than 50 years after its initial release, How the Grinch Stole Christmas remains as culturally relevant as ever. Not only has it received its second cinematic reboot with a more saccharine 3D-animated film this year, simply titled The Grinch, but its story and musical notes resonate to this date.

None of the later remakes, specials or television films touch the quality of the original Dr. Seuss story. Its art style is evocative of the characters, especially when it comes to the conniving, sniveling sneers of the Grinch and the doe-eyed naiveté of Cindy Lou Who. You can really feel the expressiveness of the characters, helping cement its status as a legendarily strong holiday film.

Most importantly, due to NBC holding the rights to this TV special all these years, How the Grinch Stole Christmas has recently become the changing of the guard for TV specials. It’s now a special primed for the Friday after Thanksgiving, effectively setting the stage for the month of holiday commercials and marketing yet to come.

That’s right, it was just weeks ago that we were experiencing the joys of Halloween (no, I’m not talking about Halloween Is Grinch Night; the somehow-Emmy-winning 1977 follow-up Halloween special). Now that Thanksgiving is older and too many football teams are playing on short rest for the audiences at home, it’s effectively the beginning of Christmas time now. Embrace it!

Here’s how you can watch the How the Grinch Stole Christmas live stream online later tonight, setting up the festive holiday season:

Date: Friday, Nov, 23
Start Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Episode: “How The Grinch Stole Christmas”
TV Channel: NBC
Live Stream: Stream 1 | Stream 2 | Stream 3

We’re just over a month away from Christmas now; time to get your holiday preparations in order, no matter what you celebrate!