Family and kids Christmas on Prime Video

Buddy the elf goes to New York to find his dad and treats the whole city like the North Pole. Will Ferrell, 2003, and it is on Prime and Max. If the room can only agree on one movie, it is often this.

Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, two sisters, and a Vermont inn that needs a miracle and a song. On Prime and Paramount+. If the room wants one classic, this is a very good vote.

A department-store Santa might be the real one, and a little girl is trying to decide what she is allowed to believe. The 1947 film, on Disney+ and Prime. Still the gentlest argument for wonder.

Jim Carrey plays the whole haunting in the motion-capture Carol. It is darker than the Muppet one and very watchable. Prime and Disney+ both have it.

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.

Madea gets dragged into a small-town Christmas and the town does not survive unchanged. Tyler Perry, PG-13, on Prime. You know if Madea is your December person.

Eddie Murphy makes a wish to win the decorating contest and the wish has fine print. A big Prime comedy, PG-13, with enough chaos for a Friday.

The 1979 Rankin/Bass winter tale, about an hour, with the old stop-motion charm. On Prime. Not the 1998 Michael Keaton one, which we could not confirm on a service this week.

Santa gets kidnapped and Dwayne Johnson has to get him back before Christmas morning. Big, silly, PG-13, and on Prime because Amazon made it. A blockbuster, not a lullaby.

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.

Rudolph has a New Year's errand, which is how you keep the Christmas special feeling going one more night. About fifty minutes, on Prime.

An angel, played by Cary Grant, arrives to help a bishop who has forgotten why he wanted the cathedral. Christmas, romance, and a very light touch. On Prime and Tubi.

The 2001 Barbie Nutcracker, which was a first ballet for a lot of kids who never made it to the theater. On Netflix and Prime. Tutus welcome.

A soft 2020 Christmas movie, and it is everywhere we checked: Netflix, Prime, Paramount+, Peacock, and Tubi. When a title is this easy to find, the couch wins.

The Nativity as a musical, young and bright, with songs that follow you into the kitchen. On Prime and Hulu. A good one when you want the story and you also want a chorus.

Mary and Joseph on the road to Bethlehem, told straight, with Keisha Castle-Hughes. On Prime. A quiet one for Christmas Eve when you want the story itself.