Christmas Movies (80s-2000s)
This 1990 film features two burglars known as the Wet Bandits.
Home Alone
This singer made All I Want for Christmas Is You unavoidable every December.
Mariah Carey
This Canadian broadcaster has hired Christmas programming for generations.
CBC
This now-defunct Canadian department store was famous for its Christmas catalogue.
Eaton's
This group made Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord a Christmas staple worldwide.
Boney M.
This 2003 Christmas movie stars Will Ferrell as a human raised by elves.
Elf
This Canadian crooner released one of the best-selling Christmas albums of the 2000s.
Michael Bublé
This holiday staple, A Christmas Story, was filmed largely in this Canadian city.
Toronto
This retailer’s Christmas Wish Book was a must-read for kids across Canada.
Sears
This song by José Feliciano proves Christmas music doesn’t have to be English.
Feliz Navidad.
Clark Griswold’s holiday plans fall apart in this 1989 Christmas comedy.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
This Canadian song, River, is widely played at Christmas despite not being a holiday song.
Joni Mitchell
This Canadian singer released one of Canada’s most beloved Christmas albums in the 1980s.
Anne Murray
This Canadian department store is known for its striped blankets and holiday window displays.
Hudson's Bay Company
This Christmas song topped charts internationally and resurges every December without being new.
Last Christmas
This 2004 movie shows what happens when a couple decides to skip Christmas entirely.
Christmas with the Kranks
This Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
Jingle Bells
This Canadian folk singer’s winter song is often included on Christmas playlists.
Gordon Lightfoot
This department store closed all Canadian locations in 2018, ending a major Christmas shopping era.
Sears Canada
This Christmas song was originally released in the 1950s but became more popular decades later through radio and retail playlists.
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
This movie was filmed in Regina, Saskatchewan that features a homecoming of a previously overweight character who falls for his highschool best friend.
Just Friends
This 1940s song remains one of the best-selling Christmas singles of all time.
White Christmas
This Indigenous-led network regularly features holiday and winter programming.
APTN
This French-Canadian department store is one of the remaining icons of this time.
Simons
This popular Alpine ski resort town is where Wham!’s Last Christmas music video was filmed.
St. Moritz