After indulging in a heap of scrumptious meals and Thanksgiving films for teenagers, it’s time to crank up the Christmas content material. Fortunately, we now have an inventory of kid-friendly Christmas specials coming to streaming companies this yr. After the final Thanksgiving film ends on Nov. 25, you and your loved ones can tune into these movies.
‘Home Sweet Home Alone’ (a Christmas and Thanksgiving film for kidsavailable 11/12 on Disney+)
One of many earlier Christmas releases in 2021, Home Sweet Home Alone can double as a Thanksgiving film for teenagers. The remake of the 1990 movie follows an analogous method: a younger boy (Archie Yates) left behind in the course of the holidays has to defend his home from robbers. On this model, although, the robbers (Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper) are a bit much less menacing. Followers of the unique ought to preserve a watch out for Buzz McCallister (Devin Ratray).
‘Waffles + Mochi’s Vacation Feast’ (a Christmas and Thanksgiving film for teenagers accessible 11/23 on Netflix)
Within the vacation particular of Michelle Obama’s child’s cooking collection, Waffles and Mochi scramble to put collectively a celebration for Freezie Day, a vacation all about meals. They carry meals from all internationally for the Freezie Day feast. With the give attention to a celebration of meals, that is additionally an awesome possibility as a Thanksgiving film for teenagers.
‘A Boy Called Christmas’ (accessible 11/24 on Netflix)
On this new Maggie Smith-narrated Santa origin story, a boy named Nikolas units out on a quest to discover his long-lost father. He groups up with a mouse and a reindeer to discover an elf village for his dad. The solid additionally contains Kristen Wiig, Michiel Huisman, Jim Broadbent, and Sally Hawkins.
‘Robin Robin’ (accessible 11/24 on Netflix)
On this candy, cease movement movie, mice increase a hen named Robin after her egg rolled right into a trash dump. Realizing that she’s totally different from her mouse household, she needs to show herself. So, with the assistance of one other hen (Richard E. Grant), she makes an attempt a heist on a human house. Alongside the best way, Robin learns deal about herself. Gillian Anderson additionally stars as a villainous cat.
‘8-Bit Christmas’ (a Christmas and Thanksgiving film for kidsavailable 11/25 on HBO Max)
8-Bit Christmas is a little bit of 80s nostalgia a few 10-year-old boy in Chicago who will do no matter it takes to get a model new Nintendo for Christmas. The movie is out there on Thanksgiving, so it might double as a Thanksgiving film for teenagers. Neil Patrick Harris performs an grownup model of the character who tells the story to his daughter.
‘Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas’ (accessible 12/3 on Netflix)
In Shaun the Sheep’s newest journey, the sheep’s raid on the farmhouse to get larger stockings for Christmas goes fallacious, and Timmy goes lacking. Shaun and the opposite sheep have to get Timmy again earlier than he finally ends up as a gift beneath another person’s tree.
‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ (accessible on Apple TV+)
Although not a brand new movie, A Charlie Brown Christmas is a traditional value watching time and time once more. That is now accessible on Apple TV+, as is the Thanksgiving film for teenagers, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. A depressing Charlie Brown cheers up when Lucy duties him with getting a tree for the Christmas program. The brief, poignant movie touches on “what Christmas is all about.” For anybody with out Apple TV+, A Charlie Brown Christmas will air on PBS at 7:30 pm EST.
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