10 Christmas Movies from History you must see at least once

In the first instalment of our Hollywood History series we are taking a look at Christmas films. We’ve selected 10 Christmas films from all throughout cinema history and we think these are films that you must see at least once!
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:40 Santa Claus
1:10 Scrooge
2:15 It’s a Wonderful Life
3:03 Miracle on 34th Street
3:36 A Charlie Brown Christmas
4:34 national Lampoons Christmas Vacation
5:11 Home Alone
5:49 Elf
6:43 The Polar Express
7:40 The Christmas Chronicles
8:28 Notable Mentions
9:20 Conclusion

[@francineharbour3943]

I am not a film historian, but I am 65 and a big film history buff. I really appreciate the inclusion of the 1898 and 1901 film clips. I had no idea! The woman who narrated has both a very pleasant and professional voice, no small feat for a "female" voice (which I get to say as a female professional speaker!). The script is above par too and includes details not usually recited in these types of videos (Y2K bug!) Thanks for the excellent effort. It's on my Christmas docs Playlist. Welldone!

[@cinemaretrospective]

Thank you so much for your kind words. We’re so glad you enjoyed this video!

[@cinemaretrospective]

Let us know your thoughts! Was there anything that surprised you?

[@jamescopsey8334]

National Lampoons 😊

[@cinemaretrospective]

That’s definitely a favourite for us too!

[@taranerison6153]

Those clips were not from the original Miracle on 34th Street

[@cinemaretrospective]

Well spotted! We had clips from a few versions of the film but we must’ve cut out the original in the final edits. Thank you for letting us know!

[@Rusty3659]

The clips were from a television adaption with MacDonald Carey and Thomas Mitchell as Kris Kringle. The problem was they only had an hour and couldn't properly tell the story. There was another television version with Sebastian Cabot and it was the first time lots of ever saw Miracle On 34th Street.

[@cinemaretrospective]

Great additional information. Thanks for sharing!

[@chrisdavis9637]

I think those clips was from a film in the 50s

[@christopherclegg3845]

How could you not include “A Christmas Story” or “White Christmas” at all, but you give honorable mention to “Office Christmas party”. Seriously!!

[@cinemaretrospective]

Thank you for your feedback. We agree that “A Christmas Story” and “White Christmas” are true classics. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to include all the great Christmas films while keeping the video at a reasonable length and wanted to include a range of different genres from all the different decades so that there was something for everyone.