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Disney+ Festive Binge Guide 2025: What to Stream

Explore Disney+ festive favourites and new releases for 2025, from classics to Originals for the whole family.
Explore Disney+ festive favourites and new releases for 2025, from classics to Originals for the whole family.

This December, Disney+ is bringing the ultimate festive cheer with a handpicked mix of holiday classics, brand-new Originals, and beloved favourites for the whole family!

Whether staying home, travelling, or keeping cool indoors, Disney+ offers a lifetime of great stories across Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and Hulu, perfect for kids, families, and fans of every kind of entertainment.

An Almost Christmas Story

TX: Currently Streaming

“An Almost Christmas Story” follows Moon, a curious young owl who unexpectedly finds himself stuck in a Christmas tree destined for Rockefeller Plaza. In his attempts to escape the bustling city, Moon befriends a lost little girl named Luna.

Together, they embark on a heartwarming adventure, discovering the magic of the holiday season and forming an unlikely bond as they journey back home to their parents.

A Very Jonas Christmas

TX: Currently Streaming

The Jonas Brothers close out their tour with a massive show in London, and all they want is to get back home to spend Christmas with their respective families. As Kevin, Joe, and Nick encounter a series of missed connections and escalating obstacles, their brotherly bond is tested.

All three brothers have been grappling with their roles in the band: Kevin longs to try something new, Joe reconnects with someone from his past, and Nick feels the weight of decision-making responsibilities.

As they encounter setback after setback while trying to get home before the holiday, the brothers learn to tap into the Christmas spirit and reconnect with each other in this family movie, featuring brand-new original songs and special celebrity guests.      

Doctor Who: The Church on Ruby Road

TX: Currently Streaming

Long ago, on Christmas Eve, a baby was abandoned in the snow. Today, Ruby Sunday meets the Doctor, goblins, stolen babies, and perhaps, the secret of her birth.

Home Alone 

TX: Currently Streaming

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister has become the man of the house overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he’s not decking the halls with tinsel and holly.

Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin’s rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!

Home Alone 2: Lost In New York

TX: Currently Streaming

Kevin McCallister is in New York City with enough money to turn the Big Apple into his own playground! But Kevin won’t be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New York too, plotting a huge holiday heist.

Kevin’s ready to welcome them with a battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget!

Fantastic Four: First Steps

TX: Currently Streaming

Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” introduces Marvel’s First Family — Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm/Human Torch and Ben Grimm/The Thing — as they face a daunting challenge.

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

Last Christmas

TX: Currently Streaming

From director Paul Feig (Bridesmaids) and Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Emma Thompson (Bridget Jones’s Baby) comes a heartfelt romantic comedy inspired by the unforgettable music of George Michael.

Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) stars as Kate, who works as an elf at a year-round holiday shop. Kate faces an endless streak of bad luck and poor decision-making until she meets Tom (Henry Golding, Crazy Rich Asians), a kind-hearted man with a mysterious past who challenges her cynical world view.

It seems like nothing can keep this mismatched couple together, but sometimes you gotta listen to your heart…and you gotta have faith.

Lilo & Stitch

TX: Currently Streaming

Experience this wildly funny and touching live-action reimagining of Disney’s beloved animated classic. When a lonely girl named Lilo adopts Stitch, a rambunctious alien “puppy,” Stitch helps to mend Lilo’s broken family — but not without wreaking hilarious havoc and mischievous fun on the Hawaiian Islands.

Miracle on 34th Street

TX: Currently Streaming

Six-year-old Susan has doubts about childhood’s most enduring miracle, Santa Claus. Her mother told her the “secret” about Santa a long time ago, so Susan doesn’t expect to receive the most important gifts on her Christmas list.

But after meeting a special department store Santa who’s convinced he’s the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all, something to believe in.           

Olaf’s Frozen Adventure

TX: Currently Streaming

It’s the first holiday season since the gates reopened, and Anna and Elsa host a celebration for all of Arendelle. When the townspeople unexpectedly leave early to enjoy their individual holiday customs, the sisters realise they have no family traditions of their own.

So Olaf sets out to comb the kingdom to bring home the best traditions and save this first Christmas for his friends.

Percy Jackson and The Olympians Season 2

TX: 10 December

After Camp Half-Blood’s border is attacked, Percy Jackson sets off on an epic odyssey into the Sea of Monsters in search of his best friend, Grover and the one thing that may save Camp – the Golden Fleece.

With help from Annabeth, Clarisse, and cyclops Tyson, Percy’s survival is key to stopping Luke, the Titan Kronos and their impending plan to bring down Olympus.          

Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas

TX: Currently Streaming

Discover the true meaning of the holiday season with this live-action adaptation of the beloved classic.

Why is The Grinch such a grouch? No one seems to know, until little Cindy Lou Who takes matters into her own hands and turns both Whoville and the Grinch’s world upside down, inside out…and funny side up.

The Holiday

TX: Currently Streaming

Cameron Diaz and Academy Award®-winner Kate Winslet star as two women who have just survived bad bouts of man trouble just before the holidays.

Desperate for a change of scene, they swap houses and travel in different directions (Diaz to London, Winslet to Los Angeles), each finds herself alone in an unfamiliar town. Still, neither remains a stranger in her new surroundings for long.

The all-star cast includes Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Ed Burns and Rufus Sewell. From writer-director Nancy Meyers.         

The Nutcracker

TX: Currently Streaming

On Christmas Eve, a young girl named Clara wants to stay up to play with her Nutcracker doll, but she must go to bed.

After everyone has retired, she sneaks downstairs to be with her doll, falls asleep and dreams a magical dream: Clara is kidnapped by a Mouse King, but her Nutcracker doll–now a dashing prince–rescues her.

The Simpsons

TX: Currently Streaming

This beloved animated comedy follows the Simpson family and the residents of the typical American town of Springfield. Homer Simpson works at the local nuclear plant and does his best to lead his family, but often finds that they are leading him.

Living with Homer at 742 Evergreen Terrace are loving, blue-haired matriarch Marge, troublemaking son Bart, overachieving daughter Lisa and pacifier-sucking baby Maggie.  

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

TX: Currently Streaming

Bored with the same old scare-and-scream routine, Pumpkin King Jack Skellington longs to spread the joy of Christmas. But his merry mission puts Santa in jeopardy and creates a nightmare for good little boys and girls everywhere!    

While You Were Sleeping

TX: Currently Streaming

You’ll fall in love with While You Were Sleeping, the hit romantic comedy that woke everyone up to adorable Sandra Bullock. As Lucy, a lonely subway worker, she becomes smitten with a handsome stranger (Peter Gallagher).

But when she saves his life after he’s been mugged and fallen into a coma, his hilariously offbeat family mistakes her for his fiancée! Soon, the mix-ups escalate as Lucy fabricates a life between herself and a man she’s never met!

And when Lucy falls for his charming brother (Bill Pullman) the situation really gets uproarious – as she’s forced to choose between the two!

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