I was typing out the Freeform 25 Days of Christmas movie list as I obsessively do every year and I thought to myself, ‘I should make an ultimate Christmas movie list for my blog!’
This isn’t an official challenge and you don’t need to keep track or put any pressure on yourself to finish (or even start!) this list, but I thought it’d be fun. I’ll probably report my progress some time at the end of the month. (And if you watched some of these in November it totally counts. I would never restrict Christmas cheer to December!)
Feel free to play along if you want to!
Claymations:
A Year Without a Santa Claus (AV) (F)
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (F)
Jack Frost (F)
Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer (F)
Rudolph’s Shiny New Year (F)
Animated/Kids:
The Nightmare Before Christmas (N) (F)
The Polar Express (AV) (F)
The Muppet Christmas Carol (HBO go)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (AV) (ABC go)
Mickey’s Christmas Carol (F)
Arthur Christmas (F)
The Classics
White Christmas (N)
It’s A Wonderful Life (AV)
Miracle on 34th Street (AV)
Holiday Inn
The Bishop’s Wife
The Contemporary Classics
Love Actually (N)
The Family Stone
The Holiday (N) (AV)
Jingle All the Way
Serendipity (N)
Trading Places
The Overly Played:
A Christmas Story (AV)
The Santa Clause [bonus points for each sequel watched] (N) (F)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation [uncensored, of course] (F -censored)
Home Alone (HBO go)
Elf (AV) (F)
Half-Hour Specials:
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
The Little Drummer Boy
Mickey’s Christmas Carol (F)
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas [animated]
BONUS: Weird Animated Movies From Our Past That We Barely Remember:
Babes in Toyland
The Nutcracker Prince
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Edit… [Find it on: (H) hulu, (N) netflix, (AV) amazon video, (F) freeform]
Some of these might not be free. And some might be incorrect. Hey, I tried.
While I didn’t include Die Hard, it can be found on Amazon Video 😉
I know I’m missing a million movies. What are some of your favorites?
Life as Louise 
I don’t see die hard on this list….because it’s not christmas until hans gruber falls off nakatomi plaza lol.
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I never respond to comments on my posts out of order but I feel like I need to address this, lol. I promise that I originally had a category called “Not Really Christmas-y Christmas Movies” and Die Hard was on it. Hahaha. But it didn’t fit on my graphic and it got cut. Sorry!!!
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This gives me ALL THE HAPPY FEELS. Christmas movies are truly my favorite, cheesy and all!
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I think the list is a helpful reminder when the only thing playing on Freeform is The Santa Clause. Lol!
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I came to say exactly what Kathy says. DIE HARD FOREVER
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Okayyyyyy, like I just said to Kathy… I originally had a category called “Not Really Christmas-y Christmas Movies” and Die Hard was on it. It didn’t fit on my graphic and it got cut. Sorry, ladies!!! Lol!
And I’ve never seen Die Hard, haha, so I don’t have an argument for or against it. Lol
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This is a great list! I haven’t seen a few of these. You forgot my two favourite ones though – Muppet Family Christmas and Muppet Christmas Carol! My hubby and I are going to watch 12 Christmas movies in anticipation of Christmas so this will help us think of some that we don’t always watch.
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Thank you! Muppet Christmas Carol is up there (under ANIMATED/KIDS) but I didn’t include Muppet Family Christmas- whoops!! I looove the muppets 🙂 Your 12 movies with your husband sounds so fun! I can usually only get K to watch a handful- although Polar Express is a staple in our house!
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Hahahahaaha Kathy!!! My most watch every year include Elf, Home Alone, Family Stone, The Holiday and both the animated Grinch and the one with Jim Carey. I already have Zoe addicted to that one. She is obsessed! Chris loves Bad Santa, so we have to watch that several times too.
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Oh. my. gosh. I HATE Elf. Hahahaha! We just had this debate at Thanksgiving with my family! Lol. I know I’m soooo alone in that opinion. Ha! The Family Stone, the animated Grinch, and all the Claymations will forever be my favorites. K loves The Polar Express- which is so funny to me!
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Most of my favorites are in the “contemporary classics” section – The Family Stone is my very favorite but I also love The Holiday and Love Actually. Trading Places was a family tradition when I was growing up but I haven’t seen it in years! And Elf – A must watch! Swede likes the Grinch & Charlie Brown & Polar Express. I like White Christmas but I haven’t ever seen any of the other classic ones. And I know this is an unpopular opinion but I HATE Christmas Vacation!
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I have never seen Christmas Vacation… ha! I’ll give you my opinion when/if I watch it this year. Also- brace yourself- I’ve never seen It’s A Wonderful Life! I love The Family Stone and K loooooves Trading Places. We’ve already watched it once this year. Ha. He also really likes The Polar Express. It’s become a tradition for us to watch it together 🙂
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I love watching the animated classics from my childhood, like Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, Grinch. I love Elf, Love Actually and Home Alone. To be completely honest, I actually like Home Alone 2 better but can no longer watch it because the Dotard of Covfefe is in it and makes me scream like Kevin. I’ve only started to watch the real classics, like White Christmas and love them. I’m down with Die Hard being a Christmas movie, but I don’t understand why Freeform considers Harry Potter movies and The Incredibles to be Christmas movies. Yes, some of the HP movies have a Christmas scene but they are not Christmas movies and I say that as a diehard HP fan!
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I totally don’t understand how the HP or Pixar movies are considered holidays. I think it’s Freeforms way of playing movies they already own the rights to without shelling out any money 😉 It irritates me when they play HP for Halloween, too. Yes, there are wizards and witches, but it’s NOT Halloween. Lol
The Home Alone movies make me crazy. They annoy me. Hahaha!
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Okay but the question is where can I find all of these gems?! Are they all streaming, or…?
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Oooooooookay, lady 😛 I updated it to include some channels and/or streaming platforms 😉 Lol
Calling me out on my laziness. Hahahaha!
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This is so fun! I love watching Christmas movies 🙂
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Me too! Hopefully I squeeze in some Hallmark ones this year so I can recommend some of those 🙂 Ha.
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Oh, I love Christmas movies. I was just making a list earlier today with some that I want to try and find because I don’t think I’ve seen them or it’s been awhile! Thanks for this!!
-Lauren
http://www.shootingstarsmag.net
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I haven’t seen all of these, but I’m hoping to watch those ones and check them off this year 🙂
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I appreciate your categorizations and keys!
MFD is into Christmas movies. I only like the sort of not-Christmasy Christmas movies like Bad Santa, etc. Oh, I do like Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story also.
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It was a last minute add on so I’m not 100% on the accuracy. Lol. But thanks!
K doesn’t really like any Christmas movies. He enjoys The Grinch and The Polar Express, but my favorites are the claymations that I watched with my dad as a kid. It’s like pulling teeth getting K to watch them. Lol
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Emmitt Otter’s Jugband Christmas is missing. Just sayin’…
But you do have the Muppets (twice) so that kind of makes up for it. Hooray for the Muppets!
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I have never in my life heard of that movie, but now I have to go look for it. Lol
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This is a perfect reference!!!
Fraggle Rock. What a memory.
There’s an OLDDDDD one that was something about otters & a jug band… I used to love that one. I need to try & find it.
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Jana just mentioned it! Emmitt Otter’s Jugband Christmas? I’ve never ever ever heard of it. Now I’m going to go see what the fuss is about, though 😉
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OMG. AUDREY. I LITERALLY JUST FINISHED WRITING A CHRISTMAS MOVIE POST AND THEN I SAW THIS!!! Great minds. You know the rest. 😉
It’s so fun to see which movies from my own list made it onto yours, too!! I’ve never seen the Bishop’s Wife–is it good? I saw it on a bunch of other movie lists but couldn’t decide if it was worth watching (but I value your opinion, duh, which is why I’m asking you 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Great minds, for sure!! 😀 Haha! If I’ve seen The Bishop’s Wife it’s been a long, long time. Admittedly, I haven’t seen all these film. I’m planning to see the ones that I haven’t yet, though!
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This is an awesome list! I love it!
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Thanks so much, Steph 🙂
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I will be referncing this list! There are so many I haven’t seen! I just watch the same few movies every year – Elf, Charlie Brown, The Grinch!
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I do the same thing! I was hoping the list inspired ME to branch out a little 😉 Especially in the “classics” category. I always end up loving those movies!
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‘the bell of fraggle rock’ how did i have NO idea this was a thing?! i am just about to get into the christmas spirit so this list is helpful. hopefully by next christmas atlas will sit still long enough to watch more than 3.5 minutes of a movie with me!
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Hopefully you can watch some of these during naptime or after bedtime 😉 Enjoy the anti-movie watching while you can… When my cousin was 3 she became obsessed with The Wiggles Christmas and I swear to Moses we watched that 593 times one year. I wanted to stick my finger in the Christmas tree lights. Hahahaha.
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I think you got all my favorites, including Babes in Toyland!! No one ever knows what I’m talking about when I quote that movie. My siblings and I watched it all the time as kids! I bought the DVD a few years ago and think I need to watch it ASAP.
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I honestly wondered if I was the only person who’d ever watched that movie! No one has heard of it when I bring it up! I have distinct memories of watching it, though! Lol
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You have brought to mind some favorites of mine that I had completely forgotten about such as Serendipity and Jack Frost❤️
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