30 Best Christmas Comedy Movies and Where to Watch Them

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The holiday season is the perfect time to curl up and enjoy some classic Christmas comedies, offering festive cheer, heartfelt moments, and plenty of laughs. These films have become timeless staples of the holiday season, blending humor with holiday magic.

Here’s how you can find these holiday classics for streaming online. So, curl up in your blankets, put your Santa cap on, and get ready for a Christmassy binge. 

Which Christmas comedies are essential to watch?

Few Christmas comedies are as iconic as Home Alone (1990) and its sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992). Starring Macaulay Culkin, these films follow the hilarious antics of Kevin McCallister as he outsmarts bumbling burglars. Equally beloved is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989), a chaotic tale of holiday mishaps with Chevy Chase as the perpetually unlucky Clark Griswold.

Family-centric comedies like Elf (2003) bring magical charm with Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised by elves, spreading holiday cheer in New York. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), starring Jim Carrey, reimagines Dr. Seuss’ story with whimsy and hilarity. Arthur Christmas (2011), a modern animated classic, explores the comical logistics behind Santa’s high-tech gift deliveries.

For a darker, edgier take on holiday humor, Bad Santa (2003) delivers a raunchy yet surprisingly heartfelt story with Billy Bob Thornton as a grumpy mall Santa. Similarly, The Night Before (2015) follows three friends, led by Seth Rogen, on a wild Christmas Eve adventure. Bill Murray’s modern twist on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in Scrooged (1988) blends cynicism with redemption, offering a fresh take on the classic tale.

Movies like Fred Claus (2007), starring Vince Vaughn as Santa’s black-sheep brother, and Jingle All the Way (1996), featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chaotic hunt for a must-have toy, provide laugh-out-loud moments for the whole family. Noelle (2019), starring Anna Kendrick, brings a delightful new spin to the Santa mythos, while Deck the Halls (2006) pits neighbors in a hilarious Christmas lights competition.

Romantic comedies like Love Actually (2003) balance humor with heartfelt moments, exploring multiple interconnected holiday love stories. The Holiday (2006) offers a cozy mix of romance and comedy as two women trade homes for Christmas and find unexpected love.

Animated films like Arthur Christmas (2011) and Klaus (2019) infuse holiday humor with visual wonder. Both films bring warmth and charm to the season while offering meaningful messages for viewers of all ages.

These Christmas comedies range from slapstick to heartwarming, ensuring there’s something for everyone. Whether you love laugh-out-loud chaos or feel-good family fun, these films make every holiday season brighter!

Where can I watch the best Christmas comedies online? 

The list below shows you all the options to watch, buy, or rent these Christmas comedy classics on streaming platforms in India. If you are looking for a light-hearted December binge, we have you covered. Season’s greetings!

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Jio Cinema
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Google Play Movies
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YouTube
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Netflix Kids
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Sun Nxt
Hoichoi
Hungama Play
Alt Balaji
Curiosity Stream
EPIC ON
ShemarooMe
DOCSVILLE
Tata Play
Discovery+
ManoramaMax
MX Player
Spamflix
aha
Plex
WOW Presents Plus
Magellan TV
BroadwayHD
Filmzie
Lionsgate Play
MovieSaints
Dekkoo
True Story
DocAlliance Films
VI movies and tv
Eventive
ShortsTV Amazon Channel
Amazon Video
Cultpix
FilmBox+
Takflix
Amazon miniTV
AD tv
Shahid VIP
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  1. Home Alone

    Home Alone

    1990

    #1

    Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.

  2. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

    #2

    Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

  3. Elf

    Elf

    2003

    #3

    When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

  4. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

    #4

    It's Christmastime, and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration. But things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen, and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going, knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon.

  5. Bad Santa

    Bad Santa

    2003

    #5

    You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Soke is coming to town and he doesn't care if you've been naughty or nice. Wille's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective, a sexy bartender, and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus.

  6. How the Grinch Stole Christmas

    #6

    The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...

  7. Arthur Christmas

    Arthur Christmas

    2011

    #7

    For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in a one-night high-tech operation. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus, the current Santa’s misfit son deemed ineligible for the title, who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present halfway around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.

  8. The Night Before

    The Night Before

    2015

    #8

    In New York City for their annual tradition of Christmas Eve debauchery, three lifelong best friends set out to find the Holy Grail of Christmas parties since their yearly reunion might be coming to an end.

  9. Scrooged

    Scrooged

    1988

    #9

    Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

  10. Jingle All the Way

    Jingle All the Way

    1996

    #10

    Howard Langston, a salesman for a mattress company, is constantly kept busy at his job, disappointing his son. After he misses his son's karate exposition, Howard vows to make it up to him by buying an action figure of his son's favorite television hero for Christmas. Unfortunately for Howard, it is Christmas Eve, and every store is sold out of Turbo Man. Now, Howard must travel all over town and compete with everybody else to find a Turbo Man action figure.

  11. Fred Claus

    Fred Claus

    2007

    #11

    Fred Claus and Santa Claus have been estranged brothers for many years. Now Fred must reconcile his differences with his brother whom he believes overshadows him. When an efficiency expert assesses the workings at the North Pole and threatens to shut Santa down, Fred must help his brother to save Christmas.

  12. Love Actually

    Love Actually

    2003

    #12

    Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.

  13. The Holiday

    The Holiday

    2006

    #13

    Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

  14. Klaus

    Klaus

    2019

    #14

    When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.

  15. Noelle

    Noelle

    2019

    #15

    Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.

  16. Deck the Halls

    Deck the Halls

    2006

    #16

    Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.

  17. Four Christmases

    Four Christmases

    2008

    #17

    Brad and Kate have made something of an art form out of avoiding their families during the holidays, but this year their foolproof plan is about go bust -- big time. Stuck at the city airport after all departing flights are canceled, the couple is embarrassed to see their ruse exposed to the world by an overzealous television reporter. Now, Brad and Kate are left with precious little choice other than to swallow their pride and suffer the rounds.

  18. The Santa Clause

    The Santa Clause

    1994

    #18

    On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

  19. The Santa Clause 2

    #19

    Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

  20. Happiest Season

    Happiest Season

    2020

    #20

    A young woman's plans to propose to her girlfriend while at her family's annual holiday party are upended when she discovers her partner hasn't yet come out to her conservative parents.