The holiday season just isn't the same without the classic TV specials, movies, and animated programs that we've come to know and love. Here are over one hundred Christmas movies and videos you can watch for free on the Web.
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Full Length Movies
- Santa Claus Conquers the Martians: Kids help Santa defeat Martians who threaten to take away Christmas.
- Holiday Inn: Irving Berlin, dancing, and music; can't get better than that.
- Miracle on 34th Street: Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
- It's a Wonderful Life: One of the most classic Christmas movies of all time, with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed.
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol from 1935.
- A Christmas Carol (1971, Richard Williams): The excellent 1972 animated version of the Charles Dickens classic.
- Mystery Science Theater: "Santa Claus": After Mike and the 'bots exchange gifts, they get to watch a movie where Santa Claus has to outwit Satan in order to deliver gifts.
- The Star Wars Holiday Special: A really awful movie about Star Wars and the true meaning of Christmas.
- Babes in Toyland: Starring the comic duo of Laurel and Hardy.
- The Great Rupert: A squirrel helps a poor vaudeville family led by Jimmy Durante at Christmas by stealing cash their landlord has stashed in a wall.
- Benji's Very Own Christmas Story: The dog's version of Christmas.
- The 12 Dogs of Christmas: Dogs celebrate Christmas, of course.
Classic Television Specials
- Rudoph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The story of Rudolph, the Bumble, Santa, and Herbie the Elf.
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show : Christmas and the Hard Luck Kid: Mary has to work on Christmas Day.
- The Bob Newhart Show : I'm Dreaming Of A Slight Christmas: Will a power failure spoil Christmas?
- Green Acres : An Old Fashioned Christmas: An old-fashioned Christmas.
- The Donna Reed Show : A Very Merry Christmas: Doesn't anyone have Christmas spirit?
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents : Back for Christmas: A thriller for Christmas.
- The Big Valley : Judgement In Heaven: Can this outlaw be reformed in time for Christmas?
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : The Case of the Christmas Pudding: A mysterious Christmas.
Holiday Music Videos
- Heidi Klum "Wonderland": The world famous model tries her hand at singing a Christmas song.
- JoJo Christmas in Washington Performance: JoJo sings Sleigh Ride and The Christmas Song for the Christmas in Washington Special
- Il Divo: Lovely performance from Il Divo in Washington, D.C.
- Mannheim Steamroller "Pat a Pan": Gorgeous music from one of the best Mannheim Steamroller holiday releases ever.
- Carrie Underwood "Oh Holy Night": Carrie Underwood sings in front of the President and friends.
- Happy Christmas (War Is Over): John Lennon sings.
- Pavarotti Domingo Carreras - Happy Christmas/War Is Over: A classical twist on a favorite Christmas song.
- Christina Aguilera's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: The pop diva sings her heart out.
Christmas Videos Odds and Ends
- Public Service Announcement on Fire Safety: See how fast a Christmas tree can go up in flames.
- Christmas Lights Gone Wild: A fantastic home-grown light display.
- Frisco Christmas Lights - Wizards of Winter: Another amazing outdoor lights display.
- Christmas Light Show: Set to the tune of "Amazing Grace".
- Christmas Light Hero: An outdoor display and live "Guitar Hero" play. Cinderella Castle Christmas Lights in Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney World puts on an amazing lights display for Christmas.
- Christmas Lights and the Nutcracker: Christmas lights synchronized to "The Nutcracker".
Christmas Movie Parodies
- Saturday Night Live "Christmas For The Jews": A Robert Smigel short.
- Saturday Night Live "A Bear City Christmas": Christmas caroling with the bears.
- A Christmas Message from Catharine Zeta-Jones: Parody of Catherine Zeta-Jones addressing her fans at Christmastime, as portrayed brilliantly by Dawn French of French & Saunders.
- Janice Dickinson's 12 Days of Christmas: Former model gives her version of the song.
Television Specials
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Santa Claus and the 10th Avenue Kid": An ex-convict department store Santa has his heart set on robbery until he meets and befriends a juvenile delinquent he hopes to reform.
- Jack Benny's Christmas Special: An annual event on Jack Benny's radio show, Jack takes a trip to the local department store, only to run into some familiar characters.
- Father Knows Best : The Christmas Story: Classic 50's sitcom takes on Christmas.
- Green Acres : An Old Fashioned Christmas: An old-fashioned Christmas.
- Lassie (1954) : The Christmas Story: Lassie is seriously injured; will Christmas still be Christmas?
Animation, Stop-Motion, Puppets
- A Muppet Family Christmas: Fozzie and Snowman and the Muppets sing together.
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The classic stop-motion film with Frosty, Rudolph, and the rest of the crew.
- The Insects' Christmas: A Russian stop-motion short film from 1913.
- Santa Claus's Punch and Judy: Santa magically creates a Punch and Judy puppet show to the delight of children at a Christmas party.
The Nutcracker
- The Nutcracker with Mikhail Baryshnikov: An amazing performance, one of the most celebrated of all time.
- "The Nutcracker" presented by the Marinsky in Leningrad, Russia: This video is the full-length production by the world famous ballet company.
- Nutcracker Movie: Gorgeous movie from the 80's with design input from the legendary Maurice Sendak.
- The Nutcracker (BBC Royal Opera House): This is a full-length (1 hour, 48 minutes long) video of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov and choreographed by Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov and released by the BBC (2001).
Cartoons
- Rudoph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The story of Rudolph, the Bumble, Santa, and Herbie the Elf.
- Frosty the Snowman: "Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly happy soul..."
- Santa and the Three Bears: Bear cubs want to meet Santa.
- Fat Albert : Christmas Special: A Scrooge-ish twist for the cartoon characters.
- Christmas is Here Again: A group of orphans tries to save Christmas.
- A Cosmic Christmas: A very silly animated Christmas special.
- A Christmas Carol: The excellent 1969 animated version of the Charles Dickens classic.
- Donald Duck's Christmas: This is an original Walt Disney cartoon with Donald Duck.
- Mickey's Christmas Carol: Mickey Mouse gives his version of the classic holiday story.
- Hector's Hectic Life: A messy family dog is told by its owner that it will be thrown out in the cold, after three puppies show up on the doorstep, complicating the dog's life. The owner, thinking the dog is responsible for the mess, finally discovers the puppies and all ends well.
- Star Wars Christmas Animated Special: A Star Wars cartoon special that was a part of a longer Christmas special that aired in 1978 on CBS.
- The Bible Christmas Story: Animated retelling of the classic tale.
- YuGiOh Christmas Special: The card game gets a Christmas special.
