DECEMBER MADNESS: EVERY MOVIE I WATCHED IN DECEMBER 2022

I keep a daily list of every movie & TV show I watch. Every December I cram in as many Christmas themed films as I can. This year my holiday marathon actually began in November and continued after the 25th with some tangentially-themed Christmas movies. Below you will find my list for December 2022, a mix of classic films, new favorites, and recent additions to my yearly viewing tradition. My year ended with a three day marathon of Cheech & Chong movies. 

 Titles in bold indicate lesser-known (or unexpected) Christmas movies that I recommend others give a try next year. 

(movie titles are FULLY CAPITALIZED. Television show titles are not.) 

12/1 HOLIDAY AFFAIR, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS! (1966) 

12/2 THE SANTA CLAUSE, HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2 

12/3 THE FIRST CHRISTMAS: THE STORY OF THE FIRST CHRISTMAS SNOW, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER 

12/4 THE LEPRECHAUNS’ CHRISTMAS GOLD, VIOLENT NIGHT, PINOCCHIO’S CHRISTMAS 

12/5 THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN, THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (1933, short), PLUTO’S CHRISTMAS TREE (short) 

12/6 HOLIDAY INN, WHITE CHRISTMAS 

12/7 IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, The Santa Clauses 

12/8 CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT, REMEMBER THE NIGHT 

12/9 THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, ERNEST GOES TO JAIL, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951), JACK FROST (1979) 

12/10 GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO, ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 

12/11 HOME ALONE, BABES IN TOYLAND (1997), Pee-wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special 

12/12 RUDOLPH AND FROSTY’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1984) 

12/13 A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1999), FITZWILLY 

12/14 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947), IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE, The Santa Clauses 

12/15 PRANCER, MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: THE ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS 

12/16 FROSTY’S WINTER WONDERLAND, A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS: LETTERS FROM SANTA, CRICKET ON THE HEARTH (1967)

12/17 BABES IN TOYLAND (1961), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2009) 

12/18 SCROOGED, MICKEY’S ONCE UPON A CHRISTMAS 

12/19 AND SO THEY WERE MARRIED, THE THIN MAN, SANTA’S WORKSHOP (short)

12/20 NESTOR THE LONG-EARED CHRISTMAS DONKEY, MEET JOHN DOE, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1971) 

12/21 SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE, SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN 

12/22 THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, A MUPPET FAMILY CHRISTMAS, THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS, The Golden Girls 

12/23 MY REPUTATION, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1938), ‘TWAS THE NIGHT, ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS, Seinfeld 

12/24 ALL MINE TO GIVE, HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (2000), MISTER MAGOO’S CHRISTMAS CAROL, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER

12/25 A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS; IT’S CHRISTMASTIME AGAIN, CHARLIE BROWN; RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MOVIE; THE POLAR EXPRESS 

12/26 THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE, CROOKS ANONYMOUS 

12/27 LARCENY, INC.; 3 GODFATHERS (1948), The Golden Girls 

12/28 GOING MY WAY, NICE DREAMS, The Golden Girls 

12/29 THINGS ARE TOUGH ALL OVER, THEODORE REX, The Golden Girls 

12/30 UP IN SMOKE, The Golden Girls 

12/31 OSCAR, CHEECH AND CHONG’S THE CORSICAN BROTHERS, The Golden Girls 

-T.Z.