I might love to point out my younger daughter all the perfect Christmas motion pictures on the market, however sadly, I can solely maintain her consideration for therefore lengthy. Youngsters right this moment are spoiled by the sheer variety of issues they’ll do, and whereas she could love watching one thing with me, ultimately she needs to maneuver on to one thing else. I do know lots of different children are the identical, so we set about discovering brief Christmas specials for the child who can solely dedicate a lot consideration.
With 2024 winding down and the 2025 TV schedule on the horizon, there’s not a lot left to do however watch vacation specials. Winter break is simply across the nook for a lot of faculty kids, so possibly make a remark to tug up these Christmas specials for the younger ones to look at after they want some fast leisure.
A Garfield Christmas Particular
Whereas I admittedly had some points with exhibiting my little one The Garfield Film earlier this yr, we had a blast watching A Garfield Christmas Particular. Jon takes Garfield out to his household farm, the place we meet numerous different individuals within the Arbuckle household. It is not precisely what Garfield had in thoughts for Christmas, however he is a cat, so I really feel like his creativeness is fairly skinny as is.
What I liked about this one is that there is really a very heartwarming story and we see Garfield as much more sympathetic than he normally is. The particular can also be actually vibrant with coloration, so I felt prefer it did a greater job at grabbing my child’s consideration than the typical vacation particular.
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Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue
When you’re a father or mother throughout the vacation season nowadays, likelihood is you are actively taking part within the Elf On A Shelf development. Whereas I might love Thanos to come back to my home to snap ours to oblivion, my daughter loves it and is obsessive about any and all issues associated to the franchise. All this to say, it was her who discovered Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue, and it is one she’d extremely advocate.
Those that have an elf and a Netflix subscription would do nicely to fireside this one up when issues are getting a bit too rowdy round the home. I will be candid, there wasn’t quite a bit for me to get pleasure from about this one, however my daughter liked watching the elves run round and sing contemplating she’s by no means awake when hers does, and that was sufficient to make me comfortable.
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Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas
I used to be skeptical of Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, primarily as a result of I contemplate Elf probably the greatest Christmas motion pictures. I am additionally not somebody who notably likes musicals, however after I noticed this was a stop-motion function, I made a decision to provide it an opportunity. A lot to my shock, The Massive Bang Idea‘s Jim Parsons is the voice of Buddy, and all of it was uphill from there.
The musical model is kind of the identical story, with some scenes added in primarily for the aim of placing a track in. The jokes do not hit as arduous with Parsons delivering them as they do with Will Ferrell, however with the animation, it is fairly simple to consider this film as one thing fully separated from the function movie. Plus, all it did was get my daughter inquisitive about watching the precise Elf film once more. Possibly this time, she’ll sit by way of the entire thing.
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The Smurfs Christmas
“This isn’t the Smurfs I do know” was the primary phrases out of my daughter’s mouth after I fired this up. It is a completely legitimate response contemplating I am actually solely acquainted with reruns of the cartoon collection that initially aired earlier than I used to be even born. That mentioned, I had a sense she’d be down with watching The Smurfs Christmas, and simply as I predicted, she liked it.
Honest warning: The Smurfs Christmas is a bit wild. There was a scene during which I believed Gargamel was going to die a horrible dying by the hands of a wizard. I assume issues had been only a bit extra hardcore in kids’s reveals within the Nineteen Eighties as a result of I am unable to think about that occuring within the upcoming Smurfs film. Regardless of that one second, I believe that is one which the youngsters can get pleasure from in a comparatively brief period of time, after which go about their day.
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The Legend Of Frosty The Snowman
Sadly, Frosty The Snowman (and Rudolph The Purple Nosed Reindeer) just isn’t accessible on streaming this yr, however a sequel that was made within the mid-2000s is. The third installment within the franchise is not the traditional, nevertheless it’s on par quality-wise from the unique. Viewers will get to see Frosty working round and making children chortle together with his vacation cheer, and that is ok in my e-book.
I’ll say as a small gripe to this particular that it is chock stuffed with some preachy criticisms of “children right this moment do not have enjoyable like they used to,” which simply irked me. Like, I do not assume I’ve ever needed to inform my child to throw a snowball and I did not slap it out of their hand as a result of I believed it was too harmful. There’s lots of goofy stuff like that, possibly as a result of it was made potential by individuals who thought a 30+ yr previous kids’s particular wanted a 3rd entry.
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Trolls Vacation Particular
Trolls‘ Poppy might be essentially the most beloved kids’s character in my family, so Trolls Vacation Particular was a simple win. The plot is centered round her discovery that the Bergens don’t rejoice holidays, which ends up in her attempting to persuade them to rejoice the multitude of holidays that Troll individuals observe. As is commonly the case in these adventures, Poppy goes in with the perfect of intentions, however issues rapidly begin to spiral uncontrolled.
I give this one the very best marks of any of the specials, primarily as a result of there’s an actual authenticity to it. Most the entire Trolls voice actors from the flicks are concerned in it, and it is fairly humorous. Plus, should you like this one, there’s one other vacation particular (Trolls: Vacation In Concord) to take a look at afterward!
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Streaming is the place to be for vacation specials, particularly when the lengthy days of winter break method for youngsters. Take a look at a few of these plus extra on their respective platforms, and possibly assist these children construct a tolerance for the longer motion pictures.