This is going to be short and sweet, but I wanted to share our Christmas movie bucket list that we do each year. I like to do this as a Countdown to Christmas. I offer the kids a movie and popcorn each day if homework is done and their rooms are tidy. Obviously this works better for younger children (5-12). For teens, you may have to bribe them a little to participate in the family time. I am sure some credits to their iTunes account or Apple Pay can help ;). I feel that it gets the kids in the spirit, and helps them unwind at the same time, which is a win – win for us Martha types 😉
Christmas Movie Bucket List free printable below for downloading.
- Elf (mild language)
- A Nightmare before Christmas
- Home Alone (language)
- Christmas Story (language)
- Polar Express
- Christmas Vacation (language, sexual references)
- The Star
- Eloise Christmas
- Santa Clause 1, 2, 3
- Santa Paws
- Scrooged (language, sexual references)
- A Miracle on 34th Street
- Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas
- All I Want for Christmas is you
- Elmo’s Christmas Countdown (no joke, my kids still want to watch this)
- Shrek the Halls
- Santa Claus is coming to Town
- The Snowman
- A Hallmark movie (I go through the list each year and find one that is kid friendly)
- Prancer
- Jack Frost
- On Christmas Day we watch Disney in the morning and after the kids are in bed we watch Love Actually.
I know there are a lot of Christmas Movie List printables on Pinterest, but I couldn’t leave you without offering my own simple printable version. Have fun and don’t forget the popcorn! If there is a Christmas movie not on my bucket list that you feel is essential, then please share in the comments!!!