Special Features

Finding where to stream your favorite Christmas and holiday movies can feel like a treasure hunt. Movies no longer stay with the same service indefinitely as licensing rights frequently expire. Comparing last year’s list of holiday movie locations, many titles have moved to different platforms.

This year, we’ve organized the list by streaming service. If you’re considering trying a new app or even subscribing for the season, you can check which holiday movies are available.

Many streaming players now offer global search functionality for titles. If you want to watch a specific movie, you can typically locate it this way.

Since many classics have been remade, the year of release is included with each title, and some listings include the names of lead actors to help identify the version or provide clarity for lesser-known films.

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Hulu
• Deck the Halls (2006) Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998) Jonathan Taylor Thomas
• Jingle All the Way (1996) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sinbad
• The Nutcracker (1993) Macaulay Culkin
• Elf (2003)
• Fred Claus (2007) Paul Giamatti
• Jack Frost (1998) Michael Keaton
• Christmas Vacation (1989)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004) Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis
• Die Hard (1988)
• Frosty the Snowman (1969) Rankin/Bass stop motion
• A Christmas Carol (1984) George C. Scott
• Santa Claus Is Coming to Town (1970) Rankin/Bass
• The Little Drummer Boy (1968) Rankin/Bass stop motion
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

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Disney+
• Elf (2003)
• Home Alone and Home Alone 2 (1990, 1992) and other sequels
• Noelle (2019) Anna Kendrick, Bill Hader, Shirley MacLaine
• The Santa Clause (1994) and its sequels
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1990)
• I’ll Be Home for Christmas (1998)
• A Christmas Star (1986)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• Nutcrackers (2024) Ben Stiller
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)
• Frosty the Snowman (1969) Rankin/Bass stop motion
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

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Paramount+
• Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
• Scrooged (1988)
• A Christmas Carol (1984)
• Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights (1999)
• Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (2021)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Bad Santa 2 (2016)
• Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
• Love the Coopers (2015) Diane Keaton (on SHOWTIME)
• Happy Christmas (2014) Anna Kendrick
• The 12 Days of Christmas (2022) Kelsey Grammer
• Home for the Holidays (1995)
• Last Holiday (2006)

Paramount+ also includes CBS TV shows. Look for “’Tis the Season for Streaming” in the Explore Collections row, featuring classic Christmas episodes from Cheers, The Twilight Zone Classic, The Brady Bunch, The Andy Griffith Show, Taxi, Happy Days, Family Ties, MacGyver, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Gunsmoke. It also includes a collection of Frasier holiday episodes.

For children and nostalgic parents, Paramount+ offers holiday episodes of Fairly OddParents, The Wild Thornberrys, Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants, Hey Arnold!, and Rugrats (including Hanukkah and Kwanzaa episodes).

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Netflix
The Princess Switch trilogy (The Princess Switch, Switched Again, Romancing the Star)
• Klaus (2019)
• Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020)
• White Christmas (1954)
• Alien Christmas (2020) (Animated; 100% on Rotten Tomatoes)
• A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
• A Castle for Christmas (2021) Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes
• A Christmas Prince trilogy (A Christmas Prince, The Royal Wedding, The Royal Baby)
• The Noel Diary (2022)
• The Christmas Chronicles (2018) Kurt Russell
• The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
• A Very Murray Christmas (2015) Bill Murray
• Single All the Way (2021)
• The Knight Before Christmas (2019)
• Love Actually (2003)
• Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square (2020)
• Holiday in the Wild (2019) Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis
• El Camino Christmas (2017) Vincent D’Onofrio, Jessica Alba, Dax Shepard, Tim Allen
• The Holiday Calendar (2018)
• Holiday Rush (2019)
• Best. Christmas. Ever! (2023) Heather Graham, Jason Biggs
• Christmas Inheritance (2017)
• Holidate (2020)
• Operation Christmas Drop (2020)
• Love Hard (2021)
• Christmas with You (2022) Aimee Garcia, Freddie Prinze Jr.
• Dash & Lily (2020) (Limited series)

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Additional Services
• Peacock
• Prime Video
• Apple TV+
• MAX
• STARZ
• MGM+