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2024 streaming holiday specials: A full list of favorites and how to watch them
It's already the holiday season on streaming platforms, with plenty of yuletide content on Netflix, Disney+, and more.
Whether you’re channel-surfing on cable or scrolling through your favorite streaming platform, one thing is clear: When it comes to viewing options, the holiday season is overflowing with choices. Dozens of the 100+ new 2024 holiday movies have already debuted on the likes of Hallmark and Netflix, and the seasonal holiday specials have begun to crop up as well.
Whether you’re looking forward to cozying up on the couch to watch Sabrina Carpenter’s new Netflix Christmas special or frantically trying to figure out how to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” we’ve got you covered.
Here is the full list of streaming holiday specials to watch for 2024, plus some additional details on how to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” (Note: If you’re looking for classic TV specials like “Frosty the Snowman,” check out the list of holiday TV specials.)
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(New and upcoming releases are listed in bold.)
2024 HOLIDAY WATCH GUIDE
How to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in 2024
Back in 2020, Apple TV+ acquired the exclusive rights to the various Charlie Brown animated specials, including “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” and “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
While PBS was able to air the Christmas special in previous years, for 2024, the only way to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and other Peanuts specials are through Apple TV+.
The company is providing a two-day window on Dec.14 and 15 for non-subscribers to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” for free with no login required. Beyond that, you’ll need to subscribe to Apple TV+ — though if you’re a new customer, you can also take advantage of a free 7-day trial and then cancel.
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With that taken care of, here are all of the holidays specials to watch on various streaming platforms.
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2024 Netflix Holiday Specials
“Is it Cake? Holiday” (Nov. 28)
“A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter” (Dec. 6)
“The Great British Baking Show: Holidays” (Dec. 9)
“The Action Pack Saves Christmas”
“An Elf’s Story”
“Angela’s Christmas”
“Angela’s Christmas 2”
“Blown Away: Christmas”
“Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus”
“Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square”
“Dreamworks Holiday Classics”
“Elves”
“Happy Holidays from Madagascar”
“Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas”
“LEGO Friends: Holiday Special”
“My Little Pony: Winter Wishday”
“Nailed it! Holiday!”
“School of Chocolate”
“Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” (2022)
“A Very Murray Christmas”
“Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery”
2024 Disney+ Holiday Specials
“Mickey and Minnie’s Christmas Carols” (Nov. 30)
“The Wonderful World of Disney: Holiday Spectacular” (Dec. 2)
“Mickey and the Very Many Christmases” (Dec. 2)
“CMA Country Christmas” (Dec. 4)
“Doctor Who – Joy To The World” (Dec. 25)
“A Very Boy Band Christmas”
“Best in Snow”
“Christmas With Walt Disney”
“Disney Channel Holiday House Party”
“Disney Channel’s Epic Holiday Showdown”
“Disney’s Fairytale Weddings: Holiday Magic”
“Doctor Who Holiday Special: The Church on Ruby Road”
“Donna Hay Christmas”
“Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special”
“From Our Family to Yours”
“The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special”
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“High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special”
“The Hip Hop Nutcracker”
“LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special”
“Mickey & Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas”
“Mickey Saves Christmas”
“Mickey’s Christmas Carol”
“Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas”
“Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas”
“Olaf’s Frozen Adventure”
“Once Upon a Snowman”
“Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays”
“Pluto’s Christmas Tree”
“Prep & Landing”
“Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice”
“Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa”
“Puppy for Hanukkah”
“The Santa Clauses” Season 2
“Santa’s Workshop”
“The Shepherd”
“The Small One”
“Toy Story: That Time Forgot”
“A Very Backstreet Holiday”
2024 Prime Video Holiday Specials
“Jeff Dunham’s Scrooged-Up Holiday Special“
“Jack in Time for Christmas” (Dec. 3)
“Christmas Cartoons: 14 Christmas Cartoon Classics – 2 Hours of Holiday Favorites”
“Click, Clack, Moo: Christmas at the Farm”
“Do, Re & Mi Holiday Special: Merry Nestivus”
“Emmett Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas”
“If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie”
“Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas is You”
“Merry Little Batman”
“The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About Christmas”
“The Kacey Musgraves Holiday Show”
2024 Apple TV+ Holiday Specials
“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse”
“Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tales”
“A Charlie Brown Christmas”
“A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving”
“Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock — Night of the Lights”
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“Frog and Toad — Christmas Eve”
“Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas”
“Happy New Year, Charlie Brown”
“I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown”
“It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown”
“Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special”
“Mariah’s Christmas: The Magic Continues”
“Peanuts Original Holiday Special: “For Auld Lang Syne”
“Sago Mini Friends — New Year’s Steve”
“Shape Island — The Winter Blues”
“The Snoopy Show — Happiness is Holiday Traditions”
2024 Max Holiday Specials
“Kids Baking Championship: Frosting the Snowman” (Dec. 3)
“Batwheels, The Great Christmas Caper, Season 2” (Dec. 6)
“Tiny Toons Looniversity: Winter In Blunderland Season 2” (Dec. 6)
“Batwheels Holiday Special: Holidays on Ice”
“Big Holiday Food Fight”
“Bugs Bunny Builders Holiday Special: Looneyburg Lights”
“Christmas Cookie Challenge”
“Christmas Eve on Sesame Street”
“Elmo Saves Christmas”
“Elmo & Tango Holiday Helpers”
“The Great Holiday Bake War”
“Holiday Baking Championship”
“Holiday Wars”
“Looney Tunes Cartoons aka Bugs Bunny’s 24 Carrot Holiday Special”
“My Gift: A Christmas Special from Carrie Underwood”
“Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas”
“Scooby-Doo! Haunted Holidays”
“Selena + Chef: Home for the Holidays”
“Sesame Street: Holiday at Hooper’s”
“Sesame Street’s The Nutcracker”
2024 Paramount+ Holiday Specials
“SpongeBob & Sandy’s Country Christmas” (Dec. 2)
“National Christmas Tree Lighting” (Dec. 20)
“Josh Groban & Friends Go Home for the Holidays” (December 20)
“Baby Shark’s Big Fishmas Special”
“The Loud House Thanksgiving Special”
“Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!”
“Matt Rogers’ Have You Heard of Christmas”
“One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga”
“Reindeer in Here”
“Reno 911!: It’s A Wonderful Heist”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race Holi-slay Spectacular”
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“Santa Stole Our Dog”
“SpongeBob’s Twas The Night Before Spongemas”
2024 Peacock Holiday Specials
“The 98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” (Nov. 28)
“Donkey’s Caroling Christmas-Tacular” (December 1)
“Christmas In Rockefeller Center” (Dec. 4)
“Jimmy Fallon’s Holiday Seasoning Spectacular” (Dec. 4)
“A Motown Christmas” (Dec. 11)
“Barry Manilow’s A Very Barry Christmas”
“Blake Shelton’s Holiday Bartacular Featuring Ice T”
“Casper’s Haunted Christmas”
“Christmas at Graceland”
“Christmas at the Opry”
“A Saturday Night Live Christmas Special”
“The Legend of Frosty the Snowman”
“The Little Drummer Boy”
“O’ Christmas Tree”
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