5 Christmas Films To Watch On Netflix Over The Festive Season!

24 Dec 2025, 10:00 by Shannon Keenan · SPIN South West

Tis the season to Netflix and chill!

If you're looking for something to get you into the Christmas spirit this festive season then Netflix has you covered.

Here are 5 Christmas films to watch whether you're still wrapping presents or getting cozy on the couch...

1. The Christmas Chronicles

The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.

2. The Holiday

Amanda lives in LA and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey and is a journalist. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both trying to forget their troubled love lives, until love finds them anyways.

3. Holidate

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

4. Nativity!

An uptight but secretly heartbroken primary school teacher's little white lie about Hollywood coming to see his class' nativity play grows like wildfire in his rag-tag school low on self-esteem.

5. A Merry Little Ex-Mas

A separated couple tries celebrating one last Christmas together with their kids before their divorce. However, the husband's new girlfriend joins the festivities, causing tension and chaos during the holidays.

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