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Topics: Christmas, Entertainment, Movies
Marissa Dow
It’s that time of year when it’s hard to conceive of a thought more complex than what gifts I get to open Christmas morning or “jingle bells, batman smells, Robin laid an egg.” The holidays can be an exhausting time of year whether your schedule is packed with back-to-back end-of-year social engagements or you’re making the bold choice to spend Christmas alone. That’s where binging as many Christmas movies as your last two brain cells can handle comes in. Watching a seasonal flick, let alone one cheesier than the cranberry brie you brought to the office holiday party, is the perfect antidote to becoming a Scrooge. I’m talking about storylines so absurd and lines so silly you have to permit yourself several festive cocktails to accompany the experience. Looking for a list of the best bad Christmas movies from Hallmark to Netflix? Look no further!
If you’re craving some remarkably vanilla characters, an unexpected ~whirlwind romance~, and a dash of Parisian magic, Netflix’s latest Christmas gem is for you.
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It’s giving She’s the Man (Christmas Version). In this delightfully corny flick, a single mom disguises herself as a man to get a Santa gig at a luxury ski resort.
An Olivia Holt and Connor Swindells collab? I’m sat. In this movie, they fall in love while robbing a posh London department store… points for originality.
Lindsay Lohan is back, babes. In her 2024 Christmas hit, she gets stuck in a house with her bratty MIL and bitter ex.
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Single people representation is VERY important around Christmastime, especially when it involves Jennifer Coolidge.
I’m gonna keep it real with you: Hot Frosty could be hotter. But the charming small-town flick (with just a dash of copaganda) is perfect for cuddling after a long night.
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This movie about revisiting Christmas past in New York isn’t simply “bad,” it’s borderline unhinged in the best way possible, which is why you need to stream ASAP.
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Lilo’s other Christmas movie with Chord Overstreet of Glee fame will make you want to get cozy by a ski lodge fireplace sooner rather than later.
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Vanessa Hudgens, thespian that she is, plays not one, not two, but three different international girl boss relatives who must save the mythical kingdom (that is not Genovea) time and time again.
I cannot ring in the new year without watching Christina Milian nap so hard she actually stumbles into the fake town in her snowglobe.
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Melissa Joan Hart’s ABC Family (yep, I’m old) gem about kidnapping Mario Lopez is a kooky blizzard storm I just never get sick of. It’s also worth noting the cast was actually sick with flu while filming, which only makes their shenanigans nuttier.
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One of my favorite Netflix Christmas movies ever features a grown adult lawyer who is the perfect guy — except he genuinely believes in Santa Claus.
Romcom icon Dermot Mulroney plays a widower who ambushes his daughter with a new relationship that happens to be with her ex-best friend. Sweet, right?
If you’ve been obsessed with Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This, give his wifey’s latest holiday project some love, why don’t ya?
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Pour the wine, grab the cheese, and buckle up for premenopausal party time.
I feel like this little ditty didn’t get enough attention. Vanessa Hudgens is back in love with royalty, except this time he’s medieval.
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Eddie Murphy, sir, I’ll follow you anywhere. This time it’s to a world where a silly goofy Christmas Carol is taken super literally.
This catfishing saga in Upstate New York is some of Nina Dobrev’s best work.
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The wayyyyy fake European dynasties have a chokehold on the Netflix Christmas universe??? Magical.
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Been curious what Freddie Prinze Jr. is up to? Playing the leading man in a movie about a pop star who needs a local musician’s help to fix her image, apparently.
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Danny Pellegrino is now no longer just a fan favorite in the world of Bravo discourse, he’s a Hallmark movie-writing king, too!
Three simple words: Jonathan Taylor Thomas. Oh and Jessica Biel, too.
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I’m not sure there’s any bigger Christmas nightmare than having to relive a bad date in the cold.
