LibGuides: Happy Holidays 2022: Movies and Music

Online Holiday Movies

Black Nativity
In a contemporary adaptation of Langston Hughes' celebrated play, the holiday musical drama BLACK NATIVITY follows Langston, a street-wise teen from Baltimore raised by a single mother, as he journeys to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives Reverend Cornell and Aretha Cobbs
Deck the Halls
This holiday comedy is centered around two neighbors in a small New England town who go to war when one of them decides to decorate his house with a so many Christmas lights that they are visible from space. The neighborhood is turned upside down as the families try to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
The Family Stone
The comedy revolves around the annual holiday gathering of a bohemian family that's thrown into turmoil when the fair-haired son introduces his fiancée, a high strung New York businesswoman whom the family hates.
Jingle All The Way
Dad's Christmas Eve turns into a hilarious nightmare scramble across the city to obtain the virtually impossible-to-find toy.
Miracle on 34th Street
In this retelling of a holiday classic, Kris Kringle is hired on as Macy's department store Santa Claus for the Christmas season. An unscrupulous corporate rival tries to discredit Kris while angling to gobble up the financially beleaguered store in a hostile corporate takeover bid. The result is a sensational trial to determine the state of Kris' health (or lack thereof) and whether Santa Claus actually exists.
The Nutcracker
Angels and sugarplums, candy canes and mice...a magic prince, a winsome young girl, a mysterious old man and a Christmas tree that grows and grows and grows...George Balanchine's joyous and beloved holiday fantasy lights up the screen for Christmas in a dazzling feature film.

Online Holiday Movies for Kids

A Child's Christmas
In this animated version of Dylan Thomas' classic children's book A Child's Christmas in Wales, a young boy asks an elderly man what Christmas was like when he was a boy.
Home Alone
When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister's family rushes off on a holiday trip to Paris three days before Christmas, they accidentally leave the youngster behind to deck the halls with a barrage of booby traps to keep out a bumbling pair of burglars who have discovered that this tough little tyke is home alone.
Ice Age : A Mammoth Christmas
When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's naughty list, he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world.

Holiday DVDs

The Christmas Wife
Call Number: PN1997.2 .C477 2001

ISBN: 9780769414010

Recently widowed John Tanner, not wanting to spend Christmas alone, decides to seek companionship through a "social introductions" agency. He meets Iris, who, though shy and reserved, agrees to join him. Soon a warm relationship develops, but there is a secret side to Iris, that, when revealed, will change both their lives forever.
It's a Wonderful Life
Call Number: PN1997.C36 F726 1991

ISBN: 9781555268725

Sentimental classic about a young man who attempts to end his own life, only to be shown the error of his ways by his guardian angel.
Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker!
Call Number: DAN 6 MVY DIS 14

ISBN: 9780769779263

Follows Clara's journey from a bleak Christmas Eve at Dr. Dross' Orphanage, through a shimmering wonderland to the spectacular candy land of Sweetieland. Tchaikovsky's much-loved score and Olivier Award-winning designer Anthony Ward's stunning sets and costumes with sizzling choreography. Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker promises a fresh serving of the traditonal Christmas fare.
The Santa Clause
Call Number: PN1997 .S36 1995

ISBN: 0788800442

Comedy/fantasy about single father Scott Calvin and his young son Charlie whose house is visited by Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. When Santa falls off their roof and is injured, Charlie persuades his dad to take over Santa's job.

Streaming Holiday Music

Holiday CDs

Christmas Stays the Same
Call Number: M2065 C47 2000

Christmas stays the same -- Here comes Santa Claus / Santa Claus is comin' to town -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas -- The little drummer boy -- Do you hear what I hear? -- Christmas through a child's eyes -- Silent night -- O come o come Emmanuel / What child is this? -- The Christmas song -- The Christmas medley. I'll be home for Christmas ; Let it snow ; Silver & gold -- Ave Maria / Schubert -- O holy night -- The bells of St. Paul.
A Merry Little Christmas
Call Number: M2065 M47 2000

ISBN: 755962572X

Publication Date: 2000

The Christmas song -- I'll be home for Christmas -- White Christmas -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas -- River -- O come, o come, Emmanuel -- Xicochi, xicochi -- I wonder as I wander -- Away in a manger -- Lo, how a rose e're blooming -- Welsh carol / traditional -- Past three o'clock -- O magnum mysterium -- Silent night
A Smooth Jazz Christmas
Call Number: M1629.3.C5 K69 2001

Smooth jazz Christmas overture. Let it snow ; Winter wonderland -- What child is this -- Angels we have heard on high -- Jingle bells -- Santa Claus is coming to town -- The Christmas song -- O Tannenbaum ; Sleigh ride medley -- Silent night -- Beneath the moonlit sky -- Little drummer boy -- Hark! the herald angels sing -- December makes me feel this way -- Boogie woogie Santa Claus -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas -- White Christmas -- Eight candles (a song for Hannukkah) -- Get here (for the holidays) -- Twas the night before Christmas.
This Christmas Time
Call Number: M2065 .L66 2000

Santa Claus is comin' to town -- Please come home for Christmas -- Have yourself a merry little Christmas -- If every day could be Christmas -- Little drummer boy -- O holy night -- Reason for the season -- What child is this -- Winter wonderland -- The Christmas song (chestnuts roasting on an open fire) -- This Christmas time.