25+ Christmas Movies to Stream & Where to Find Them! (Updated 2023)

25 Christmas Movies to Stream last updated on 12/1/22 by the Down the Hobbit Hole Blog Team
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25+ Christmas Movies to Stream & Where to Find Them!

The holiday season is finally here. I don’t know about you, but I need a solid 25 days of beautiful Christmas movies in my life. We’ve put together some suggestions for you and your family to watch over the holiday season PLUS where to find them! We hope you all stay safe, healthy, happy, and entertained during the final month of the year.

5+ Netflix Christmas Movies to Stream

1) Jingle Jangle: this new family musical is one not to miss. Find our full review & discussion questions right here!

2) Angela’s Christmas: A truly heartwarming (& short) animated movie to remind us all about the true spirit of Christmas. Part 2- Angela’s Christmas Wish is also out! These are short & must watches!!!

3) A Boy Called Christmas: A new origin story for Father Christmas. Check out out review here!

4) Klaus: This is a personal favorite that adds depth to the origins of Santa!

5) White Christmas: It’s a beloved holiday classic for a reason. And one of our favorite musicals!

Other Netflix Christmas Movies Streaming Options:

-Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
-Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas
-Trolls Holiday
–Nailed It: Holiday
–Elf Pets

Halmark-ish movies I have personally watched and are Hallmark level appropriate:
–Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
–A Christmas Prince Series
–The Holiday Calendar
–The Princess Switch 1 & 2

Find our other family friendly Netflix Suggestions here!

5+ Hulu Christmas Movies to Stream

1) Great American Baking show: I love holiday cooking shows and this one is so fun! The things they come up with are amazzzzing!

2) Elf: This Will Ferrell classic will have the entire family laughing and feeling the holiday spirit.

3) The How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming holiday special. It’s a short a lot of people missed, but it’s really good! And check out our review of the 3rd movie here!

4) The Polar Express: This Christmas movie was an instant classic and is a must watch for many families every year!

5) Your favorite CHRISTMAS EPISODES! Look up ‘family holiday episodes’ and a whole list will pop up of not only the more recent shows, but all the way back to the Brady Bunch!

Other Hulu Christmas Movies to Stream:

–12 Dog Days of Christmas
-Disney Magical Holiday Celebration
–A CMA Christmas
–Christmas Vacation

Find our other family friendly Hulu Suggestions here!

5+ Prime Video Christmas Movies to Stream

1) It’s a Wonderful Life: One of the most classic Christmas movies that’s a must watch for us every year. And a GREAT watch for 2020. Even when all hope seems lost, there’s always things and people to be grateful for in this small town.

2) Christmas Candle: This Max Lucado holiday tale is an inspiring tale of miracles and holiday warmth.

3) A Christmas Princess: A holiday princess romance story.

4) Merry Little Batman: This fun animated movie follows Damian Wayne as he longs to follow his dad’s footsteps.

5) The Man Who Invented Christmas: The story of Charles Dickens having severe writers block as he start getting the ideas for A Christmas Carol. How Charles Dickens brought Christmas back to the masses.

Other Prime Video Christmas Movies to Stream:

–The Ultimate Gift (heart wrenching but inspiring!)
–The Snowy Day
–If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie
–Click, Clack, Moo: Christmas at the Farm
–Pete the Cat: A Very Groovy Christmas
–The Snowman
–The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas

Find our other family friendly Amazon Prime Video Suggestions here!

5 Disney Plus Christmas Movies to Stream

1) Olaf’s Frozen Adventure: Join Olaf as he tries to find a new tradition for Anna and Else. This is a fun journey through different holiday celebrations with some hilarious one liners. My FAVORITE Frozen song is Olaf’s main holiday adventure song!

2) Noelle: What happens when the daughter of Santa wants to be the heir of the family business, but her older brother is the chosen one? (We reviewed it here!)

3) Muppet Christmas Carol: The retelling of this classic Christmas stories mixed with the joyous behavior of the Muppet cast. *The animated A Christmas Carol is also a must watch!*

4) The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: A fun take on the classic ballet. This is a great watch for the family!

5) Home Alone You can also check out our full review of Home Sweet Home Alone right here.

Other Disney Plus Christmas Movies to Check Out:

–Nightmare Before Christmas
–Lego Star Wars Holiday Special
–Prep and Landing
–Santa Clause 1-3 + the new Series!
–Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
–Beauty and the Best: The Enchanted Christmas
–The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe (Check out our post on it here with curriculum!)
–Decorating Disney Holiday Magic: If you’ve ever been to or wanted to go to Disney during the holidays- this is a must watch documentary.

**When you click to search at the bottom of the app, you can find their full happy holidays collections. here you will find all of the Disney channel holiday episodes they have, plus all of the Disney Jr holiday episodes!! (And the America’s Funniest Home Videos Christmas Episodes!)**

Find our other family friendly Disney Plus Suggestions here!

5+ HBO Max Christmas Movies to Stream

1) Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas: Join the cast of Sesame Street as they reminisce on old times in order to get into the Christmas Spirit

2) Polar Express: Believe in the spirit of Christmas again with this fun family, Santa, classic!

3) Scooby Doo: Haunted Holidays: An evil snowman comes to life and the crew has to come to solve the mystery

4) A Christmas Carol: This 1938 tells the story that brought us modern day Christmas. Although probably a little slow for younger viewers, it is a fun watch for those older members of the family.

5) Elf: This might not be as kid friendly as you remember it being. Will Ferrell provides an amazingly funny story of a human elf who leaves the north pole in order to find his family.

Other HBO Max Christmas Movies Options:

-There are lots of Christmas episodes on HBO Max; like the holiday armadillo Friends episode!
–Polar Express
–Christmas Vacation
–A Christmas Story and its sequel, A Christmas Story Christmas
–A Christmas Mystery
–A Hollywood Christmas
-Elmo and Tango Holiday Helpers

Check out our other Family friendly HBO Max Suggestions here!

10 Christmas Movies to Rent or Buy

1) Polar Express: An amazingly vivid movie in which kids take a train to the north pole. Grab the book here.

2) The Star: See the story of Jesus’ birthday through the eyes of the animals in the Manger. Check out our full The Star Review here!

3) Elf: This might not be as kid friendly as you remember it being. Will Ferrell provides an amazingly funny story of a human elf who leaves the north pole in order to find his family.

4) A Christmas Story: Not appropriate for younger viewers, follow young Ralphie as he simultaneously dodges his bully and dreams of his absolutely perfect Christmas day.

5) The Nativity Story: A retelling of the harrowing trip Mary and Joseph took before the birth of Jesus.

6) Rise of the Guardians: The fate of the worlds holiday heroes falls onto the shoulders of one of the more unlikely ones- Jack Frost! This is such a fun adventure- one of our favorites!

7) The Claymations: Classic Christmas Cartoons! The Christmas claymations are all Christmas classics. We are not aware of these streaming anywhere, though they do usually air on ABC. But we love Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and more.

8) A Charlie Brown Christmas! The Charlie Brown classics have now made their home on Apple TV, but will be aired a couple of times on cable as well this year. But it’s the perfect time to buy them digitally because these are ones we stream every year.

9) Christmas Vacation: It’s not appropriate for younger kids, but it’s one of our favorite Christmas comedies to watch every year. For a similar movie, check out Christmas with the Kranks.

10) Dr Seuss’ The Grinch! Find our full review of this 2018 animated adaption here. You can find the classic cartoon here and the live action Grinch here.

11) A Christmas Carol! There’s the Patrick Stewart version, The Muppets version, the Disney animated version, or the 1970 musical version, Scrooge!

Make sure to check out our other Christmas posts!

– 10+ Fun, socially distant, family holiday activities!

– New Christmas picture books + some of our favorite read alouds!

– Our family advent devotional series for the month of December!

-Our review with discussion questions for the new Netflix musical Jingle Jangle!

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