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A young elf mistakes a tiny alien for a Christmas gift, not knowing her new plaything has plans to destroy Earth's gravity — and steal all the presents.

A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.

When Jen gets the chance to enter a brand’s design contest, she poses as a family influencer, enlisting the help of her best friend, Max, and her baby nephew. When her video is selected as a finalist, Jen is torn on whether to go on with her perfect “family” or reveal the truth.

Taras Hrynchenko, a lonely elderly war veteran, decides to cut all contacts with his family for reasons unbeknownst to anyone but himself. His eight-year-old son Mirchyk accidentally comes across a pile of unopened letters that the family has been trying to send to Taras for years, yet, as they were never able to trace him, the letters never reached their intended destination. However, after a surprising mishap, the family ultimately ends up together at the Christmas table. However, things aren't as idyllic as it seems, with the many unresolved conflicts and grievances threatening to undermine an idyllic reunion.

A young woman finds herself in a fight for survival against an evil maniac with an unlikely motive.

Marco, a lovable but stubborn and stingy man, decides to steal a Christmas tree from the forest during a blizzard. Trouble arises when his girlfriend, Vera, learns about the plan, and doesn’t approve of it. Upset, she leaves Marco to his own devices and heads home. Alone in the forest, Marco has to learn how to ask for forgiveness.

The story of a mischievous father who calls his very busy kids to tell them that, after 55 years of marriage, he and their mom are getting divorced. Horrified by the news, the children prepare to fly home to stop the divorce and save their parents' marriage.

On Christmas Eve in 1968 six-year-old army brat Clairee simultaneously learns the hard truth about Santa Claus and the realities of war. Her bullying older brother Mickey informs her that Santa insn't real and that their absent father is actually far away, serving his country in the Vietnam War.

Adventure Bay's main rival wants to ruin Christmas. Mayor Harold Humdinger covets an undeserved gift and ruins Santa's plans. The Brave Puppies, along with Robops, must outrun Humdinger, help Santa deliver all the presents on time, and save the holiday. At this time, Santiago and his team are waiting for an exciting adventure to save Christmas! On the island of Encanto, the holiday is under threat: the treacherous Enrique sends a snowstorm to Santa and takes all the gifts for himself. But the wit and courage of Santiago and his team help to overcome all the traps of Enrique.

It’s Christmas Day in Marseille. Maïka, a young woman living alone, has just had an erotic dream about Zinédine Zidane. She then sets off to wander around the city.

The Johnson family is moving in to a big, old house that has been empty for decades. Olivia, the oldest daughter, experiences inexplicable things. She tries to convince those around her that there is a darker energy in the house, but no one believes her. She starts questioning whether what she sees actually exists or whether her mind is playing tricks on her.

Xmas eve eve brings us back to a cold night in December 2020, in Queens, New York under semi-lockdown, where a chase between ex-lovers Dennis and Tom is happening within the overhead subway train.

"In Xmas 1986, George Kuchar’s mother Stella has come to stay with him for the holidays. After a series of dinners with friends, Stella’s repeated discussions about her shingles and Kuchar’s ominous film-noirish narration, Kuchar rescues the morale of a dinner party gone bad thanks to an undercooked ham by presenting his hosts with a very memorable holiday gift." – Kyle Riley

Jason invites himself to a family's holiday reunion.

a christmas '24 reunion with the petite butches and dyke house

Christmas special featuring comedians and other recognisable faces as they discuss their yuletide grievances.

Defining actual meaning of the word 'Couple'. A proud gay boy is educating his younger brother about homosexuality by using toys.

Elton John performs on Christmas Eve in this special concert event, broadcast live in 1982 on BBC 2.

A couple and their friends spend Christmas in a lonely cabin, until their troubles relationship becomes the least of their problems...

Tamaki (Miho Nakayama) and Ako (Shizuka Kudo) are two friends living together. Although their personalities differ, they share the same wish - to find love before Christmas.

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

You'd better watch out - Willie T. Soke is coming to town, and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.

Ebenezer Scrooge is far too greedy to understand that Christmas is a time for kindness and generosity. But with the guidance of some new found friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the spirit of the season. A retelling of the classic Dickens tale with Disney's classic characters.

A young boy makes a snowman one Christmas Eve, which comes to life at midnight and takes him on a magical adventure to the North Pole to meet Santa Claus.

Following a brutal home invasion on Christmas Eve, 17-year-old aspiring pro gamer Mikey Finnegan is left comatose. His consciousness is then thrust into a surreal journey to ancient Bethlehem. Guided by his Guardian Angel, Mikey must locate the Baby Jesus to secure his path back to his own life.

Nollaí tells the story of a young Irish deer who lives with a family of humans, as he embarks on a journey of self-discovery to find out where he came from.

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

It's Christmas Eve 1944 in the small town of Bedford Falls, New York. A despondent and suicidal Mary Bailey Hatch is praying for guidance on what to do about an incident no fault of her own which threatens her name and the community standing of her longtime family business, the Bailey Building and Loan, which she took over after the passing of her father. What Mary does not know is that most in town, including her husband George Hatch and their children, are also praying for her. All the prayers are heard by Joseph, God's gatekeeper of prayers. As there are no other angels available on such a busy day, Joseph assigns Clara Oddbody, angel second class (i.e. she has yet to receive her wings), to Mary's case, which he reluctantly does as Clara has never been assigned a case on her own in the two hundred years she's been in heaven for good reason.

Christmas abounds with traditions, from neighborhood carolers to lovingly decorated trees, but from where did all these rituals emerge? This enlightening program looks at the origins of the Western world's most popular Christmas traditions -- from the significance of December 25th and its relationship to winter solstice to the enchanting legend of Santa Claus and Prince Albert's 1841 unveiling of the Christmas tree.

On Christmas Eve, Santa feeds his reindeer and loads his sleigh, before going on his journey to deliver toys to the children of the world.

Uncle Wormsley is a grey, decaying old man with cobweb-like hair and rotten fingernails. A lone figure who keeps himself to himself, Wormsley's only friend is a monstrous crab called Crabsley, who lives in a dungeon under his house.

While the rest of the world is getting ready for Christmas, all the bears in Bearbank are getting ready to sleep… except for Ted E. Bear. Ted gets curious about the holiday, and sets out to learn the meaning of it from Santa Claus himself.

Episodes of "Elves of the Forest" (1984) dubbed in English and edited together into a short movie by DIC Animation City.

A musical special from Granada with David Essex, Mari Wilson, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Shakin' Stevens, The Nolans, Toto Coelo, The Mighty Wah!, Musical Youth and Toyah performing festive classics.

With the help of Charles Dickens, two young children attempt to save the essence of Christmas from the evil Mantu.

Episodes of "Elves of the Forest" (1984) dubbed in English and edited together into a movie by DIC Animation City.

It's Christmas Eve, and a young man manages to get a tree to put up at the last minute. But that same night he will come face to face with a stark truth: What you own ends up owning you.

Waldo and his friends learn that Santa's gift list has been scrambled. So it's up to Waldo, Woof and Wenda to help straighten things out or else Christmas may be canceled. And, as always, the evil Odlaw trails behind.

Hacking at Leaves documents artist and hazmat-suit aficionado Johannes Grenzfurthner as he attempts to come to terms with the United States' colonial past, Navajo tribal history, and the hacker movement. The story hones in on a small tinker space in Durango, Colorado, that made significant contributions to worldwide COVID relief efforts. But things go awry when Uncle Sam interferes with the film's production.

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.