What to Watch: Gentle Family-Friendly Christmas Specials

THE WORLD OF PETER RABBIT & FRIENDS – THE TAILOR OF GLOUCESTER is a simple, nostalgic animated Christmas tale about an elderly tailor, who, using the last of his money, works to complete a special order as a group of mice work to help him. The tailor works himself to the bone and becomes ill before he can finish a coat for the mayor’s wedding on Christmas Day. After accidentally releasing some mice that his cat hid for later, the mice return his kindness.

Netflix’s A TRASH TRUCK CHRISTMAS is a heartwarming, enjoyably gentle show for young children, where Hank and his Trash Truck and animal friends find Santa and his sleigh crashed nearby and must help Santa to save Christmas.

IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A CHRISTMAS COOKIE is an animated Christmas special episode featuring Mouse and his human friend. It’s Christmas Eve, and Mouse wakes up to the smell of cookies coming from the bedroom. He finds his human friend, Oliver, who explains that he’s baking Christmas cookies.to leave out for Santa. The friends prepare for Oliver’s surprise Christmas Eve performance. Mouse can’t wait and almost ruins the surprise. Mouse and other animal friends work to fix the issue. But will they have time to save the holiday show? With a strong moral worldview, IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A CHRISTMAS COOKIE, is a delightful, wholesome, well-made, slow-paced show that young children will love

BLUEY is a 2D animated pre-school series on Disney Plus about a young dog and her family experiencing life through imaginative play. In the Season One episode, “Verandah Santa,” Bluey and her family play a game on Christmas Eve: leaving surprise gifts on the bed without getting caught. However, a one-year-old dog unknowingly soils everyone’s spirits. Will Bluey be able to rekindle that holiday spirit?

THE SNOWMAN is a timeless classic animated special told without words about a British boy who finds his snowman come to life on Christmas eve night as they embark on a simply glorious adventure together to meet Father Christmas.

In A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, based on the PEANUTS comic strip created by Charles Schultz, Charlie Brown is depressed by all the bustle of the Christmas season, but Linus shows him that the true meaning of Christmas is the birth of the Savior of all mankind, Jesus Christ. A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS is a terrific, exemplary, funny, and profound short Christmas movie for the whole family about the true meaning of Christmas.

VEGGIETALES: THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT is an animated comedy about a group of friends who put on a show to teach a young boy about the true meaning of Christmas. THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT is another entertaining and engaging VeggieTales program for families that brings the story of the birth of Jesus Christ to life in a humorous, colorful way.