169 Christmas Movies and Animated Features

Compiling this list was rather nostalgic for me, as I fondly remember some of the films from my childhood, as others doubtless will.

Some of these are available on DVD; some are not. Many of them will doubtless air on television this holiday season. I have tried to include both the old and the new in this little directory.

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1. All I Want for Christmas (1991)


2. American Christmas Carol, An (TV) (1979)


3. Babes in Toyland (1934)


4. Babes in Toyland (1961)


5. Babes in Toyland (TV) (1986)


6. Bells of St. Mary's, The (1945)


7. Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The (1983) (TV)


8. Bishops Wife, The (1947)


9. Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV)


10. Black Christmas (1974)

The Geography of Christmas (U.S.)

The list below probably isn't exhaustive even as far as the U.S. is concerned; if I had included Christmas-related place names from other lands, the list would have been much longer than this. I also have excluded names like "Snowflake, Arizona," which don't seem to be specifically Christmas-related. And some will doubtless quibble with a few of the names I've selected, nevertheless.

Place names such as the following bring an interesting question to mind: Supposing that those who seek to replace the ubiquitous and time-honored greeting of "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Holidays" should triumph in their cause, will there be a call for Christmas Cove, Maine to change its name to "Holiday Cove?" And what about Santa Claus, Indiana & Georgia?

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Advent, West Virginia
Bethlehem: Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas
Carol City: Florida
Christmas: Florida, Michigan
Christmas Bay: Texas
Christmas Cove: Maine
Christmas Mountain: Alaska, Idaho
Christmas Valley: California (Tahoe), Oregon
Eggnog: Utah
Eggnog Branch: Texas
Epiphany: South Dakota
Holly: Colorado, Michigan, West Virginia
Joseph City: Arizona
Mistletoe: Kentucky
Navidad: Texas
Nazareth: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas
Noel: Missouri, Virginia
North Pole: Alaska, New York
Partridge: Kansas, Kentucky
Rudolph: Ohio, Wisconsin
Saint Mary's City: Maryland
Santa Claus: Georgia, Indiana
Silver Bell: Arizona
Star City: West Virginia
Wreath Hill: Wyoming

If you know of verifiable Christmas-related place names not on this list, leave us a comment with your info!