Guide of Christmas Shows to Stream This Holiday Season
You won’t have to worry about finding a Christmas-themed flick to enjoy with your family and friends with all the options available across various streaming services. You may already be familiar with Christmas classics like ‘Elf’, ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’, and ‘The Polar Express’ which deserve special mentions and don’t seem to lose their charm over the years.
Spirited
While Will Ferrell already made himself a Christmas movie icon with ‘Elf’, in this flick he puts a hilarious spin on Charles Dickens's classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ with his roles as a producer and the ‘Ghost of Christmas Present’. Add Ryan Reynolds as the media consultant Clint Briggs who tries to profit off Christmas and many musical numbers to the mix, and what you get is over two hours of infectious holiday spirit and laughs. The movie also stars Octavia Spencer.
Watch it now on Apple TV.
Peanuts Animated Shows
Everyone loves the anthropomorphic, pensive beagle Snoopy and Apple TV will be adding a bunch of animated shows featuring the black and white dog and the Peanuts gang soon. ‘I Want a Dog for Christmas’ and ‘Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales’ will be added to the platform for the first-time starting 2 December. ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ will be available to non-subscribers for free from 22 - 25 December.
Watch on Apple TV.
The Santa Clauses
The 1994 film starring Tim Allen –– who took over Santa Claus’s role after he accidentally caused him to fall from his roof –– has become a cult classic and spawned two full-length sequel films. In this six-episode TV series, Scott Calvin’s Santa magic starts to decline after three decades. He sets out in the search of a successor so that he can retire and focus on being a family man.
Watch it now on Disney+ Hotstar
Best in Snow
While this isn’t strictly a movie, teams around the world have been transported to a magical snowy village to show off their brrr-illiant snow-carving skills in this holiday special. The teams will have to compete against each other to transform ten-by-ten feet blocks of snow into creations that have been inspired by Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Studios, and The Muppets Studios. Catch everyone’s favourite Muppet, Kermit the Frog as a special guest star.
Watch it now on Disney+ Hotstar.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Calling all Marvel fans! Check out your favourite superheroes before they hit the silver screen again next year. The Guardians head to Earth to search for the perfect present and to make Christmas one that Quill will never forget. Get some laughs as they get up to their usual shenanigans and some ‘ho-ho-hos’ with Mantis, Orax, Nebula, Cosmo and even Kevin Bacon.
Watch it on Disney+ Hotstar
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
The synopsis reads: ‘With his very soul on the line, Scrooge has but one Christmas Eve left to face his past and build a better future’. While you may think that the Charles Dickens novel has been adapted to death, it's still worth watching an animated adaptation that can be enjoyed by the entire family after you’ve finished decking the halls and hanging up your mistletoe. You also may recognise the voice of the dashing Luke Evans –– who portrayed Gaston in Disney's 2017 live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast –– as the grouchy Ebenezer Scrooge.
Airs 2 December on Netflix.
Falling for Christmas
If like us you grew up watching Lindsay Lohan in ‘The Parent Trap’, ‘Mean Girls’, and ‘Freaky Friday’, you’ll want to catch the actresses’ return after nearly a decade. The premise feels like a Hallmark movie, but who doesn’t love a good rom-com every once in a while? Sierra Belmont is a spoiled heiress who is diagnosed with amnesia after getting into a skiing accident. She then finds herself being looked after by a good-looking lodge owner (Glee’s Chord Overstreet) and his daughter.
Fun fact: this show also stars British actor George Young, whose father is Malaysian.
Watch it now on Netflix.
The Boss Baby Christmas Bonus
Everyone’s favourite atypical baby is back just in time to give you some festive cheer ––– although he doesn’t really want anything to do with Christmas. Although it’s Boss Baby’s first time celebrating Christmas, he refuses to join in on all the celebrations that his big brother Tim introduces him to. Watch what happens when he’s accidentally mistaken for an elf and gets sent to the North Pole instead. This 44-minute show also features guest star George Lopez as Santa.
The show will be coming to Netflix on 6 December.
Merry Christmas, everyone, and happy streaming!
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