Christmas traditions shape films, animated specials and television stories about gifts, family and Santa Claus. The season makes room for family comedies, fantasies and darker holiday horror, with familiar favorites returning each year.
Watch the Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: The Getaway trailer as Greg Heffley’s family heads on an island vacation. Streaming December 4 on Disney+.
Watch the trailer for A Proud Family Wizmas, a stop-motion Christmas musical featuring six original songs, premiering November 14 on Disney+.
Watch the Mickey’s Home Alone trailer as Mickey and Pluto defend Christmas dinner. The new Disney special premieres November 26 on Disney Jr.
Disney has revealed its 2026 holiday programming lineup for ABC, including ‘Mickey’s Christmas Carol,’ ‘Home Alone,’ ‘The Santa Clause’ and Disney’s annual Christmas specials.
The official ‘Werwulf‘ wolf's head wall sculpture costs $178, but The Blackened Teeth is keeping its final design hidden until December 26.
Imprint Films collects ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night 3‘, ‘Initiation‘, and ‘The Toy Maker‘ in a limited Blu-ray hardbox arriving January 20, 2027.
Shane McKenzie‘s official ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night‘ novelization adapts Mike P. Nelson‘s 2025 slasher reboot, arriving November 24 in hardcover, paperback, and ebook.
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Santa in ‘The Man with the Bag‘, a Prime Video Christmas action-comedy arriving December 2, 2026.
Fight off the post-Halloween blues with five movies packed with autumn atmosphere, mischievous monsters, mysteries, comedy, and Thanksgiving-season comfort.
Earl the Squirrel will make his balloon debut at the 2026 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, with a design inspired by classic cartoons and ‘Christmas Vacation‘.
‘Werwulf‘ will screen in 35mm at select theaters on Christmas Day, and we have a full list of locations for tickets to Robert Eggers‘ horror film.
Freddy Fazbear’s $499.99 Spirit Halloween animatronic is appearing at Hot Topic, with Spirit Christmas teasing the ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s‘ favorite for the holidays.
The Jingles popcorn bucket from ‘Christmas at the Kringles‘ puts a bizarre spin on movie collectibles ahead of the horror comedy’s October 30 release.
Spirit Halloween’s Christmas counterpart is returning for its third season, with 44 Spirit Christmas stores bringing holiday decorations, gifts and festive experiences to shoppers.
Grinchmas returns to Universal Studios Hollywood for Christmas 2026, joined by Harry Potter festivities, SUPER NINTENDO WORLD decorations and the debut of Merry Minions.
The new ‘Christmas at the Kringles‘ trailer unleashes a Christmas-obsessed cult, a rogue Santa, chainsaws, beheadings and one very disturbing Christmas Gimp.
A rumored ‘Ghostbusters‘ movie called ‘Nightmare on 34th Street‘ could bring the franchise into Christmas territory, while Sony and Netflix expand the series.
Cinemark has unveiled a Santa Jack popcorn bucket with a detachable hat and LED light for the October 16 return of ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas.’