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20 Movies You Can Stream for Free to Get Into the Christmas Spirit

The weather outside may be frightful, but your Christmas content viewing doesn’t have to be that way. While the holidays are prime season to break the bank, streaming services such as IMDb TV, Tubi, VUDU and Crackle are here to offer you some relief and give you Christmas content free of charge. This holiday season, they are offering classic titles such as “Deck the Halls,” “Joyeux Noel,” “The Miracle on 34th Street” and many more for your viewing pleasure.

So as you churn out that eggnog, you can indulge in the titles below and many more this holiday season — for free!

IMDb TV

A Merry Friggin’ Christmas (2014)

“Boyd Mitchler and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits. Upon realizing that he left all his son’s gifts at home, he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8-hour round trip before sunrise.”

Becoming Santa (2015)

“A woman brings her boyfriend home for Christmas to meet her parents, Santa and Mrs. Claus. He must decide if he’s willing to continue their relationship after learning that he’d be next in line for Santa’s job.”

Finding Mrs. Claus (2012)

“When Mrs. Claus (Mira Sorvino) feels neglected by her less than attentive husband (Will Sasso), she goes to Las Vegas to help a little girl with her Christmas wish. But when Santa finds out and follows her to Sin City to make amends, he puts Christmas at risk when things don’t go quite as he planned.”

A Wish Upon Christmas (2015)

“A Corporate actuary goes back to her old home town to shut down a factory. The owner is her old high school sweetheart who thinks she has come to save it. Perhaps a little Christmas magic can save the day?”

A Country Christmas Story (2013)

“A teenage chorister from a small Appalachian town dreams of becoming a country music star.”

Tubi

A Husband for Christmas (2016)

“Two co-workers agree to a loveless marriage of convenience, but as they become acquainted, an unrealized chemistry grows between them.”

The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)

“A kindly old gentleman working as a Macy’s department store Santa causes a commotion when he claims to be the real St. Nick.”

Noel (2004)

“As five strangers come together on Christmas Eve, a story of peace, companionship, comfort, love and healing unfolds against the backdrop of New York City. Noel, with its stunning cast and inspirational story, proves miracles are closer than you think.”

Deck the Halls (2004)

A widow returns home with her young son to work for her father and gets a surprise in the form of a neighbor in a red suit, who rides a sleigh.

A Cinderella Christmas (2016)

“The Christmasquerade Ball gives hardworking Angie a chance to let loose. She quickly charms Nicholas but has to go suddenly, leaving him only one clue to find her in this modern, holiday take on the classic fairy tale.”

VUDU

Marry Me for Christmas (2013)

“Home for Christmas, single ad agency owner Marci (Malinda Williams) fakes having a fiancé to deflect mounting family pressure to get married.”

12 Days of Giving (2017)

“A man who wins a small fortune decides to share his winnings by acting as a Secret Santa to people in a small town. One of the characters chosen is a boy whose father is deceased.”

Small Town Santa (2014)

“On the eve of Christmas, Sheriff Rick Langston has lost his holiday spirit. But when he arrests a home intruder claiming to be Santa Claus, his world gets turned upside-down! With the help of Lucy, the new girl in town, Santa helps show Rick that even when you feel like all is lost, love is all around you.”

Santa & Pete (1999)

“It’s the first Christmas without Grandma and a difficult time for the family, until Grandpa decides to share a story with his ten-year-old grandson Terence. It’s the story of Santa and Pete, a tale that has been handed down for generations.”

A Dog for Christmas (2015)

“It is a “Christmas stay-cation” for the holidays! Kassandra wants a puppy for Christmas, but mom and dad are not ready for that commitment. Will Santa grant her only wish?”

Crackle

Happy Christmas (2014)

“An irresponsible 20-something-year-old, Jenny (Anna Kendrick)arrives in Chicago to live with her older brother Jeff (Joe Swanberg) and his novelist wife, Kelly (Melanie Lynskey) after a break-up. Jenny’s arrival shakes up their quiet domesticity as she and her friend Carson (Lena Dunham) instigate an evolution in Kelly’s life and career.”

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

“It’s Christmas Eve in northern Finland, and an archeological dig has just unearthed Santa Claus. But this Santa isn’t one you want coming to town. When local children begin disappearing, Pietari and his father capture the mythological being and attempt to sell Santa to the corporation sponsoring the dig.”

Joyeux Noel (2006)

“Joyeux Noel tells the true-life story of the spontaneous Christmas Eve truce declared by Scottish, French and German troops in the trenches of World War I. Enemies leave their weapons behind for one night as they band together in brotherhood and forget about the brutalities of war.”

Christmas on Division Street (1991)

“Hume Cronyn steals what there is to steal of Christmas on Division Street. Cronyn plays a smooth-talking skid row derelict who befriends wealthy Philadelphia ‘mainline’ kid Fred Savage. Both the old bum and the young preppie have lost faith in themselves and the world.”

Tokyo Godfathers (2004)

“In Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches, these three forgotten members of society band together to solve the mystery of the abandoned child and the fate of her parents. Along the way, encounters with seemingly unrelated events and people force them to confront their own haunted pasts, as they learn to face their future together.”


Stephanie Sengwe is writer based in New York who covers companies in the streaming industry including AT&T, Amazon, Apple, Hulu, Roku, and Netflix . She also contributes daily news coverage on streaming services and devices for The Streamable.

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