Christmas Classics
This 1965 animated special features Charlie Brown searching for the true meaning of Christmas.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
This 2003 comedy stars Will Ferrell as a human raised by elves at the North Pole.
What is Elf?
In this SpongeBob holiday episode, Patchy the Pirate hosts as Bikini Bottom celebrates Christmas for the first time.
What is Christmas Who??
This film stars Macaulay Culkin as a kid who defends his house from burglars.
What is Home Alone?
This green character steals presents from Whoville but eventually learns the meaning of Christmas.
Who is The Grinch?
In this 1946 film, George Bailey learns what life would be like if he had never been born.
What is It’s a Wonderful Life?
In this Netflix original, siblings Kate and Teddy team up with Santa after accidentally crashing his sleigh.
What is The Christmas Chronicles?
This yellow family celebrates Christmas every year in Springfield, beginning with their 1989 pilot episode.
What is The Simpsons?
In this sequel, Kevin gets lost in New York City just before Christmas.
What is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York?
This villainous kid invents traps and chaos in the Phineas and Ferb Christmas special.
Who is Dr. Doofenshmirtz?
This 1964 stop-motion special features a misfit elf, an abominable snow monster, and a certain red-nosed reindeer.
What is Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
This animated Netflix movie about a toymaker became a modern holiday favorite for its stunning art style.
What is Klaus?
In this classic special, a snowman narrates the story of a magical hat that brings him to life.
What is Frosty the Snowman?
This comedy features a disastrous family Christmas hosted by Clark Griswold.
What is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?
This grouchy green character from The Amazing World of Gumball tries to ruin Christmas for the Watterson family in a holiday-themed episode.
Who is Grinch-like Rob?
(or simply Who is Rob?)
This animated 1970 special explains how a baby named Kris becomes Santa Claus.
What is Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town?
This 2018 Dr. Seuss remake features Benedict Cumberbatch voicing Christmas’s most famous grump.
What is The Grinch?
In this hit Disney Channel series, the Loud siblings scramble to make the perfect Christmas for their parents in the episode “11 Louds a Leapin’.”
What is The Loud House?
This 2004 film shows a boy who stops believing in Santa until a magical train takes him to the North Pole.
What is The Polar Express?
This icy villain from Disney’s Frozen becomes the source of winter mayhem—though not intentionally—after she accidentally unleashes her powers.
Who is Elsa?
(Or: Who is Queen Elsa of Arendelle?)
This ballet-turned-animated movie follows a girl named Clara who battles the Mouse King and visits the Land of Sweets.
What is The Nutcracker?
This 2020 romantic comedy starring Kristen Stewart and Dan Levy became one of the most streamed holiday films of the decade.
What is Happiest Season?
This long-running Disney character series released a Christmas special called Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas in 1999.
What is Mickey Mouse & Friends?
This 1996 film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a desperate dad hunting for the last Turbo Man toy.
What is Jingle All the Way?
This chaotic blue alien from a Disney movie creates a holiday disaster when he tries to build his own Christmas tree and ends up causing destruction on the island.
Who is Stitch?
(from Lilo & Stitch)