Best New Christmas Movies 2025 Streaming Guide and Must‑Watch Picks

Every December, our screens explode with snow-dusted small towns, meet-cutes in coffee shops, and twinkle lights bright enough to power the North Pole. But 2025’s lineup of Christmas TV movies? It’s something else entirely.

We’re talking gender-bending Santas, pickleball tournaments, and a wild sleigh ride through the absurd, the adorable, and the genuinely unhinged. Whether you’re a holiday movie masochist or a true fan of festive fluff, this year’s releases are primed to deliver heaps of *so-bad-it’s-good* cheer.

Ready to unwrap the season’s weirdest and most wonderful Christmas premieres? Here’s what’s coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Lifetime, Hallmark, and GAF—before Santa even buckles his belt.

The Holiday Hustle Begins: Netflix and Prime Video Go Big

Streaming giants are out front this year, showing off just how alive and well the Christmas movie industrial complex really is. Netflix and Prime Video both seem convinced we’ll take a little chaos with our cocoa.

Netflix’s *My Secret Santa*: When Santa’s Suit Doesn’t Fit the Stereotype

Netflix kicks things off on Wednesday, December 3 with *My Secret Santa*, a gender-twisting holiday romp that gives the Santa story a fresh spin. Alexandra Breckenridge (*Virgin River*) stars as a single mom who disguises herself as a man to land a Santa gig at a ski resort.

There’s a flurry of mistaken identities, awkward run-ins, and a budding romance with the resort’s manager, played by Ryan Eggold (*New Amsterdam*). What could have been a heavy-handed take on gender politics just leans right into the absurdity.

Expect snowball fights, heartwarming lessons, and maybe even a joke or two about *Claus kinks*. It’s a holiday fantasy that asks a question no one saw coming: Can Christmas magic survive a fake beard and a secret identity?

Prime Video’s *Oh. What. Fun.*: A Reverse *Home Alone* with Hollywood Royalty

On the same day, Prime Video drops its own glitter-bomb: *Oh. What. Fun.*. The title winks as hard as its cast list sparkles—Michelle Pfeiffer leads a crew that includes Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary, Jason Schwartzman, and Eva Longoria.

This one flips the *Home Alone* formula, following Pfeiffer’s perfectionist homemaker as she goes to ridiculous lengths to keep her holiday chaos-free. Longoria, as an *Oprah-inspired* Zazzy Tims, reportedly steals the show with a meta layer of hilarity.

There’s slapstick, satire, and a few surprisingly sweet moments buried in the tinsel tornado. Prime Video clearly spent big here—and honestly, you can tell.

Lifetime Doubles Down on the Dark Side of Christmas

Lifetime’s never met a melodrama it didn’t love, and this year the network is leaning in hard. Forget cozy cocoa—these movies come with a side of anxiety.

*Do You Fear What I Fear*: The Creepiest Christmas of the Year

Premiering Thursday, December 4, *Do You Fear What I Fear* takes the term *holiday spirit* somewhere new. Claire (Ciara Hanna) is a small-town woman trying to start over in the city, but mysterious Christmas decorations with unsettling messages start popping up in her apartment.

Is it her charming new neighbor? Her obsessive ex? Or something much darker? Lifetime takes what could be a stalker thriller and twists it into a Christmas romance—because of course they do.

It’s part *You*, part *Love Actually*, and 100% Lifetime chaos.

*Christmas in Alaska*: Love in a Frozen Newsroom

Just a week later, on Wednesday, December 12, Lifetime brings us *Christmas in Alaska*. Rival journalists (Emma Johnson and Marcus Rosner) are stranded together after a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness.

They battle the elements and their own ambitions, and, naturally, sparks fly. The movie pokes fun at the idea that *lucrative promotions in reporting* are even real, but between the landscapes and the slow-burn romance, it’s hard not to get sucked in.

Escapism at its snowiest, honestly. If you’ve ever dreamed of finding love in the middle of nowhere, this one’s for you.

Hallmark and GAF Keep It Cozy—With a Twist

Hallmark and GAF aren’t straying far from their roots: heartwarming, small-town stories stuffed with every festive trope. Still, even these networks are tossing a few new ingredients into the cookie dough.

Hallmark’s *She’s Making a List*: Santa Goes Corporate

Premiering Saturday, December 6, *She’s Making a List* stars Lacey Chabert as Isabel, a Christmas list inspector for the *Naughty or Nice Group*, a consulting firm working for Santa. Her job? Use high-tech algorithms to decide which kids make the cut.

She’s about to label one child *naughty* when she meets his widowed dad—and suddenly, her heart’s data starts glitching. It’s a clever update to Santa’s system, showing that even in the digital age, Christmas magic needs a human touch.

GAF’s *Have We Met This Christmas?*: Amnesia, Inns, and Inevitable Love

On GAF, *Have We Met This Christmas?* (premiering Thursday, December 13) delivers a classic case of holiday amnesia. Danica McKellar plays a real estate developer who loses her memory after a car accident and ends up at a secluded mountain lodge.

She meets a flannel-clad dreamboat (Jesse Hutch) and, of course, falls in love. The twist? The lodge is about to be demolished by a ruthless developer who’s gone missing—spoiler alert, it’s her.

It’s cozy, predictable, and gently funny. But honestly, sometimes you just want to know exactly where a holiday movie’s headed, right?

Lifetime Serves Up a Sporty Sequel Setup

Just when you think Lifetime’s run out of Christmas tropes, they throw in something no one asked for: *A Pickleball Christmas*. Premiering Thursday, December 20, the film stars James Lafferty as a former tennis champ who returns home to Florida for the holidays.

His family’s racquet club is about to be sold, so he teams up with the local coach (Zibby Allen) to save it with a high-stakes pickleball tournament. The stakes are silly, the romance is inevitable, and the puns are probably relentless.

Best part? Lifetime already greenlit a sequel: *A Pickleball Christmas 2: Dink the Halls*. If that’s not a Christmas miracle, what is?

Final Thoughts: The Joy of the Ridiculous

What really pulls people in isn’t some groundbreaking plot twist—it’s how these movies just dive headfirst into the holiday formula. They’re like comfort food, but with a side of glitter and a wink of absurdity.

*My Secret Santa* brings in wild, gender-bending comedy. Then there’s *Do You Fear What I Fear*, mixing festive cheer with a dash of paranoia.

Honestly, 2025’s Christmas movie lineup is proof—there’s just never too much tinsel, right?

So grab your hot cocoa. Wrap up in your softest blanket.

And, hey, bring your most forgiving sense of humor. Whether you’re laughing with these films or at them, I’d say the real gift this holiday season is just soaking in all that glorious nonsense.