90s Christmas nostalgia

Kevin gets left behind, the house becomes a fortress, and a lot of us still know the soundtrack by heart. On Disney+. The 1990 one, not a remix.

Michael Caine plays Scrooge with a straight face and the Muppets do the rest. It might be the best Christmas movie, and we will not be taking questions. Disney+.

Jack Skellington tries to run Christmas and gets the joy all wrong before he gets it right. Halloween bones, Christmas heart, and it is on Disney+.

Patrick Stewart plays Scrooge like a man who has been cold for a long time and is tired of it. The 1999 television Carol, included with Prime.

Kevin and the same two burglars, this time in a toy-store New York. Bigger, louder, and still the sequel people quote. Disney+ again.

A different kid, a different set of crooks, and a remote-control car that does a lot of work. It is the 1997 one. Lower stakes, same Disney+ shelf, fine if the first two are worn out.

A college kid has to get home for Christmas or lose the car, and the country between him and the dinner table does not cooperate. A 1998 Disney comedy. Jonathan Taylor Thomas, if that name just warmed you.

Richard Attenborough is Kris Kringle in the remake, and the department store is still on trial. It landed on Hulu. A good one if the 1947 film feels too old for the room and you still want the belief.

A direct-to-video Richie Rich Christmas from 1998, which is exactly the time capsule it sounds like. On Disney+ and Prime. Kids who like a silly rich-kid plot will be fine. Adults may feel the decade.

Tim Allen's workaholic dad puts on the suit and the job starts to stick. The 1994 movie that made a generation believe the beard comes with paperwork. On Disney+.

Two kids scheme to get their divorced parents back together by Christmas. A 1991 family movie on Paramount+. Pure 90s wish fulfillment, in a nice way.

A lonely token-collector saves a stranger and gets folded into his family by accident, at Christmas. Sandra Bullock, 1995, on Disney+. One of the great cozy romcoms.