Holiday film-watching season is here, and we love a good original: Paramount+ streaming services original holiday comedy "Dear Santa" comes from Rhode Island's Farrelly Brothers and stars Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, and Post Malone in a story of a young boy who mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with a typo, causing Jack Black's character's arrival to make a bit of mischief on the holidays. The film premieres Monday, November 25, streaming exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and the following day in the UK and Australia.
For the kids, "Spongebob Squarepants' Spongebob and Sandy Country Christmas" is a new half-hour special in which one of Sandy's experiments goes south, and the Cheeks family bands together to save Christmas in Bikini Bottom. The special will premiere on Nickelodeon and stream exclusively on Paramount+ on December 2.
From Paramount+: This 'Tis The Season For Streaming Collection boasts new and returning titles across 20 curated carousels, including:
Season's Greetings: Beloved classics like Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (December 1), Scrooged, Christmas Cupid, A Christmas Carol (1984) (December 1), A Christmas Carol (1999) and fresh holiday fare including DEAR SANTA, Daddy's Home 2, Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, and Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
Laughing All the Way: Comedy classics to make the season merry, including Bad Santa, Bad Santa 2, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Deck the Halls, Ernest Saves Christmas, MATT ROGERS: HAVE YOU HEARD OF CHRISTMAS?*, Last Holiday and Home for the Holidays.
Falalala Family Fun: Seasonal classics for family movie night, including Arthur Christmas (December 1), All I Want for Christmas, Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, Unaccompanied Minors, Snow Day, Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale, The Loud House Thanksgiving Special, A Boy Named Charlie Brown.
Merry Nickmas: Holiday episodes from favorite family-friendly franchises, including SpongeBob SquarePants ("It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"), Rugrats ("Rugrats Chanukah," "A Rugrats Kwanzaa"), Avatar: The Last Airbender ("Winter Solstice," Parts 1 & 2") and The Loud House ("11 Louds a Leapin," "Season's Cheating/A Flipmas Carol").
Horror for the Holidays: Horrors for the Holidays including Smile (2022), A Quiet Place: Day One, Reindeer Games, Beau is Afraid*, Edward Scissorhands, Orphan: First Kill, The Exorcist* and APARTMENT 7A.
Ha Ha Holidays: Seasonal episodes from fan-favorite series, such as Ghosts ("The Christmas Spirit," Parts 1 & 2), Everybody Hates Chris ("Everybody Hates Kwanzaa," "Everybody Hates Christmas") and Sabrina the Teenage Witch ("Sabrina Claus," "Christmas Amnesia," "A Girl and Her Cat").
Classic Christmas Episodes: Classic episodes from past series including The Twilight Zone ("The Night of the Meek," "Five Characters in Search of an Exit," "The Changing of the Guard"), The Brady Bunch ("The Voice of Christmas"), Taxi ("A Full House For Christmas," "Get Me Through the Holidays") and Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Tapestry," "Devil's Due").
Celebrate with CBS**: Special holiday programming from CBS coming to Paramount+, including National Christmas Tree Lighting (December 20), Josh Groban & Friends Go Home For The Holidays (December 20), and holiday episodes of Elsbeth (December 5), Matlock (December 5), The Equalizer (December 8), NCIS (December 16), NCIS: Origins (December 16), Ghosts (one-hour special on December 19) and The Price Is Right At Night (December 24). Paramount+ will also make comedy holiday wishes come true with the streaming premiere of CBS's original holiday movie Nugget is Dead? A Christmas Story (November 21) and Nate Bargatze's Nashville Christmas (December 19).
Merry Musicals: Holiday musicals and timeless classics, including Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!, Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas, My Fair Lady*, Oliver!, Footloose, Grease and School of Rock,
Christmas with the Cranes: Holiday episodes from both the original and new Paramount+ Original series FRASIER, as well as Cheers.
FREE STREAMING
Holiday content is available for free on Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service. It includes 24/7 channels in the "Season's Greetings" category, such as Crackling Fireplace, Pluto TV Christmas, Hallmark Movies & More Holiday Favorites, Holiday Movie Favorites by Lifetime, Home for the Holidays, and more.
