Many

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stories have been adapted to feature films and TV specials, and have been broadcast and repeated many times on television; since the popularization of home video in the 1980s, their many editions are sold and re-sold every year during the holiday shopping season.

Theatrical

Christmas-themed films which received a

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Meet Me in St. Louis ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' is a 1944 American Christmas film, Christmas musical film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Divided into a series of seasonal vignettes, starting with Summer 1903, it relates the story of a year in the life of the Smith famil ...

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The Bishop's Wife ''The Bishop's Wife'' (also known as ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'') is a 1947 American romantic comedy film directed by Henry Koster and starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven. The plot is about an angel who helps a bishop with his ...

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''A Christmas Carol'' adaptations

''The Nutcracker'' adaptations

Christmas action films

Christmas horror films

Christmas Thriller films

Short films

Made-for-television and direct-to-video

These are films that were made for television (including streaming services), or for the

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Theatrical

''A Christmas Carol'' adaptations

''The Nutcracker'' adaptations

Christmas action films

Christmas horror films

Christmas Thriller films

Short films

Made-for-television and direct-to-video

Family

''A Christmas Carol'' adaptations

Christmas animals

Children's

Adult/horror

TV series

Comedy

Fantasy/Superhero

Family

Children's

Drama

Romance

Adult/horror/thriller/crime

See also

References