Is This The Only Holiday Movie Round-Up You Need This Year? Entirely Possible, TBH

By Ruth Young

Some of these picks are classics, some are cheesy rom-coms and some are maybe not the first movie you think of when you think of the holidays, but they’re all streaming now for your December binge-watching needs.

New Holiday Movies and Specials to Stream This Month

Falling For Christmas

Where to Watch: Netflix, streaming now

What it’s About: A young, newly engaged heiress has a skiing accident in the days before Christmas. After she is diagnosed with amnesia, she finds herself in the care of the handsome cabin owner and his daughter.

A Christmas Story Christmas

Where to Watch: Crave, streaming now

What its About: In this long-awaited follow-up to holiday classic A Christmas Story, Ralphie returns to give his kids a magical Christmas like the one he had as a child. (Btw, the OG movie is steaming now on Prime Video, if you want to make it a double-feature.)

Santa Camp

Where to Watch: Crave, streaming now

What its About: Professional Santas meet at a training camp and seek to incorporate more diversity in their ranks.

Spirited

Where to Watch: Apple TV+, streaming now

What its About: A musical version of Charles Dickens' story of a miserly misanthrope who's taken on a magical journey.

Best in Snow

Where to Watch: Disney+, streaming now

What its About: Teams from around the world are transported to a magical snowy village and thrown into a competition where they transform blocks of snow into creations inspired by Pixar, Marvel, Walt Disney Animation, Walt Disney Studios and The Muppets Studio.

The Noel Diary

Where to Watch: Netflix, streaming now

What its About: When a best-selling author returns home at Christmas to settle his mother's estate, he finds a diary that holds secrets to the past.

Holiday Harmony

Where to Watch: Crave, streaming now

What its About: With just two weeks to get to the iHeartRadio Christmas Eve performance of her dreams, singer/songwriter Gail takes on a group of misfit kids hoping to perform in a Christmas Eve gala of their own.

Christmas With You

Where to Watch: Netflix, streaming now

What its About: Angelina, a pop star, escapes from her daily life to grant a young fan's wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Where to Watch: Disney+, streaming now

What its About: Star-Lord, Drax, Rocket, Mantis, and Groot engage in some spirited shenanigans.

The Hip Hop Nutcracker

Where to Watch: Disney+, streaming now

What its About: Maria-Clara embarks on a holiday adventure to bring her parents back together; she finds help along the way from the magical toymaker, Drosselmeyer, and the Nutcracker, whom she brings to life.

The Santa Clauses

Where to Watch: Disney+, streaming now

What its About: Scott Calvin is on the brink of his 65th birthday. Realizing that he can't be Santa forever, Scott sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while preparing his family for a new adventure in a life south of the pole. (You can also watch the original The Santa Clause on Disney+.)

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Where to Watch: Netflix, premieres December 2nd

What its About: On Christmas Eve miserly businessman Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future in the hope that he will learn the error of his ways.

Hotel for the Holidays

Where to Watch: Amazon Freevee, premieres December 2

What its About: Georgia is a young woman and the manager of a high-end hotel that attracts guests of all kinds, including heartbroken singles, an infamous pop star, and a European ex-prince who recently abdicated his throne. They are all looking to escape from their everyday lives and come to the hotel as a sanctuary over the holidays. Georgia's work and personal life become entangled when she is caught between the hotel chef Luke and the sophisticated ex-prince staying at the hotel during the holidays.

Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays

Where to Watch: Disney+, premieres December 2

What its About: Pentatonix is struggling to find inspiration for their annual holiday album; with the help of some Disney magic, they're soon on tour around the world, discovering holiday traditions and inspiration from Pentatonix fans all around the globe.

Your Christmas or Mine?

Where to Watch: Prime Video, premieres December 2

What its About: Students Hayley and James are young and in love. After saying goodbye for Christmas at a London train station, they both make the same mad split-second decision to swap trains and surprise each other. Passing each other in the station, they are completely unaware that they have just swapped Christmases.

I Hate Christmas

Where to Watch: Netflix, premieres December 7

What its About: After lying to her family about having a boyfriend, a single nurse begins a desperate search to find a partner by Christmas — which is in 24 days.

I Believe in Santa

Where to Watch: Netflix, premieres December 14

What its About: After five happy months dating Tom, Lisa's horrified to learn he's obsessed with her least favorite holiday. Is it time to give Christmas another chance?

Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery

Where to Watch: Netflix, premieres December 15

What its About: Senior Detective Terry Seattle is back and this time, the case is critical. Along with his two celebrity guest stars, Jason Bateman and Maya Rudolph, he is on a mission to figure out...who killed Santa? But here's the catch: Jason Bateman and Maya Rudolph aren't being given the script. They have no idea what's about to happen to them. Together, with Terry Seattle (and many surprises), they will have to improvise their way through the case... but it will be up to both of them to name the killer.