Best Christmas Movies on Peacock: 2023 Edition

‘Tis the season for streaming, and Peacock is here to help you find some of the most festive and heart-pounding titles around.

It’s nearly impossible to think about Christmas movies without Hallmark coming to mind, and Peacock has you covered with holiday hits like The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, November Christmas, and more ready to stream now.

But that’s not all the platform has to offer, as Peacock also offers everything from old Christmas classics like How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, to brand new original titles like Genie. And if you want to spice things up, they even play with the genre to include some holiday horrors like Better Watch Out in their streaming list, as well.

With no shortage of terrific titles to look forward to, Peacock has you covered with nearly anything you would hope to find in your 2023 Christmastime streaming. Read on to learn more about their best seasonal titles currently available.

1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

   Originally released as a CBS TV movie in 1966, this beloved classic 30-minute special was the first onscreen adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ 1957 children’s book of the same name. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! tells the story of a lonely and cynical creature called the Grinch (Boris Karloff), who decides to ruin Christmas for the village of Whoville by dressing up as Santa Claus and stealing their presents on Christmas Eve. You likely know how it all goes down, but it truly never gets old, so be sure to check it out this year on Peacock.

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2. The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

   The Most Wonderful Time of the Year is a family comedy-drama that first premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2008. The film revolves around a working single mother named Jennifer Cullen (Brooke Burns), whose Scrooge-like attitude towards the holidays is challenged when her retired police officer uncle, Ralph (Henry Winkler), visits for Christmas with a carefree handsome stranger named Morgan Derby (Warren Christie) in tow. Though Jennifer is initially wary of Morgan, his playful attitude towards life and growing bond with her six-year-old son, Brian (Connor Levins), just might help her to believe in love and the Christmas spirit again.

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3. November Christmas

   This 2010 Hallmark Christmas drama offers a moving depiction of human beings’ capacity to rally around and support one another in difficult times. November Christmas follows an 8-year-old girl named Vanessa Marks (Emily Alyn Lind) as she battles cancer with the support of her mother, Beth (Sarah Paulson), and father, Tom (John Corbett). Inspired by young Vanessa’s bravery in the face of her time seemingly running out, the family’s whole small Rhode Island community rallies around her to help her experience special holiday moments early (like Halloween in August and Christmas in November), with extra assistance from neighboring farmer Jess Sanford (Sam Elliott).

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4. Better Watch Out

   If you’d like something festive without being family-friendly, you can check out this 2016 Christmas psychological horror film. Better Watch Out centers on 17-year-old babysitter Ashley (Olivia DeJonge) who experiences a night of true terror while babysitting 12-year-old Luke Lerner (Levi Miller) around Christmastime at the Lerners’ quiet suburban home. Strange things start to occur when a seeming home invasion reveals that something even more sinister and disturbing is afoot, forcing Ashley to fight for her life.

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5. A Christmas Proposal

   This 2021 made-for-TV movie out of CBS is a more recent holiday romantic comedy well worth streaming this Christmas season. Full of delectable, tropey goodness, A Christmas Proposal follows down-on-her-luck chef Maria Winters (Jessica Camacho) as she agrees to pretend to be the girlfriend of hotshot Seattle attorney Julian Diaz (Adam Rodriguez) to help prove he’s worthy of taking over the family law firm, with the promise of Julian’s help is realizing Maria’s longtime dream of owning her own food truck business. But Maria and Julian’s fake dating business arrangement quickly grows more complicated as genuine sparks begin to fly between them.

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6. Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas

   Relive the many joys of the canceled-too-soon NBC musical comedy-drama series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist with this 2021 holiday special. Picking up after the events of the show’s second and final season, Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas follows Zoey Clarke’s (Jane Levy) efforts to create an unforgettable and magical Christmas this year in honor of her late father, Mitch (Peter Gallagher). But in this first holiday celebration without him, Zoey finds that trying to do all of their dad’s traditions in his stead during an already emotionally turbulent Christmastime is bound to be more complicated than she ever could have anticipated.

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7. Genie

   Last but not least, you can celebrate Christmas with this recently released Peacock Original fantasy comedy that’s all about human connection, growth, and family. After workaholic Bernard (Paapa Kwakye Essiedu) shows up late and giftless for his young daughter’s (Jordyn McIntosh) birthday, his wife Julie (Denée Benton) leaves him to take Julie to spend the holidays with her mom. But Bernard finds a miraculous last chance to get his family back when he accidentally releases a genie named Flora (Melissa McCarthy), who uses her magic and charm to help him experience life, friendship, and love in ways he never could have imagined.

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