With so many animated Christmas/winter holiday specials out there sometimes it gets hard to keep track of them all so we’ve put together a list of some obvious favorites such as A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas as well as plenty of forgotten gems such as Ziggy’s Gift and little-known titles such as Brer Rabbit’s Christmas Carol. Special thanks to Kristin C. for helping to compile this list.
Disney:
Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmas | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Mickey’s Twice Upon a Christmas | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 8 – Holiday Celebration With Mickey & Pals | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 9 – Classic Holiday Stories | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Includes The Small One, Pluto’s Christmas Tree, and Mickey’s Christmas Carol
3 Wise Men | Wal-Mart
Peanuts:
A Charlie Brown Christmas | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Also includes It’s Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown
I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Pixar:
Knick Knack | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Short found on the Finding Nemo DVD.
Rankin Bass:
The Original Television Christmas Classics | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Rankin-Bass specials including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town, Frosty the Snowman, Frosty Returns, The Little Drummer Boy.
Island of Misfit Toys | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
The Year Without a Santa Claus | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Also includes Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey and Rudolph’s Shiny New Year.
Frosty’s Winter Wonderland/’Twas the Night Before Christmas DVD: | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Jack Frost: An Animated Puppet Christmas Adventure | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Hanukkah:
Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Muppets:
The Muppet Christmas Carol | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas/A Muppet Family Christmas | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Various:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Garfield: Holiday Celebrations | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Ziggy’s Gift | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Will Vinton’s Claymation Christmas Plus Halloween & Easter Celebrations: | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
The Madagascar Penguins in A Christmas Caper | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Short found on DreamWorks Animation’s Madagascar DVD.
An All Dogs Christmas Carol | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
South Park Winter Wonderland | Amazon
Christmas With The Simpsons | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
The Simpsons Christmas 2 | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Alvin & the Chipmunks – A Chipmunk Christmas | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Brer Rabbit’s Christmas Carol | Amazon | Barnes and Noble
Interesting Combo:
3 DVD Christmas Gift Set | Amazon
Here’s a 3 DVD Christmas Gift Set with Patrick Stewart’s A Christmas Carol, Christmas with the Simpsons, and The Songs of Christmas Featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.