The Paramount+ Holiday Collection ‘Tis The Season for Streaming returns to the service today with hundreds of seasonal movies and beloved specials for the whole household to enjoy, including the debut of the streaming service’s first original holiday film, Dear Santa.
The Farrelly Brothers holiday comedy Dear Santa stars Jack Black, Robert Timothy Smith, Keegan-Michael Key, Brianne Howey, Hayes MacArthur, and Post Malone in a story of a young boy who mails his Christmas wish list to Santa with one crucial spelling error, resulting in a devilish Jack Black’s arrival to wreak havoc on the holidays. The film premieres on November 25 exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and the following day in the UK and Australia.
This year’s Paramount+ Holiday Collection will also include the debut of SpongeBob SquarePants – “SpongeBob & Sandy’s Country Christmas,” an all-new half-hour special where one of Sandy’s experiments goes awry and the Cheeks family must team up to save Christmas in Bikini Bottom. The special features stop-motion animation and will premiere on Nickelodeon and stream exclusively on Paramount+ on December 2.
This year’s refreshed ‘Tis The Season for Streaming collection provides entertainment for the entire family, with new and returning titles across 20 expertly curated carousels, including:
Season’s Greetings: Beloved classics like Miracle on 34th Street (1947) (December 1), Scrooged, Christmas Cupid, A Christmas Carol (1984) (December 1), A Christmas Carol (1999) and fresh holiday fare including Dear Santa, Daddy’s Home 2, Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights, and Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!
Laughing All the Way: Comedy classics to make the season merry, including Bad Santa, Bad Santa 2, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Deck the Halls, Ernest Saves Christmas, Matt Rogers: Have You Heard of Christmas?*, Last Holiday, Home for the Holidays, and more.
Falalala Family Fun: Seasonal classics for family movie night, including Arthur Christmas (December 1), All I Want for Christmas, Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, Unaccompanied Minors, Snow Day, Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale, The Loud House Thanksgiving Special, A Boy Named Charlie Brown, and more.
Merry Nickmas: Holiday episodes from favorite family-friendly franchises, including SpongeBob SquarePants (“It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!”), Rugrats (“Rugrats Chanukah,” “A Rugrats Kwanzaa”), Avatar: The Last Airbender (“Winter Solstice,” Parts 1 & 2”), The Loud House (“11 Louds a Leapin,” “Season’s Cheating/A Flipmas Carol”), and more.
Horror for the Holidays: Horrors for the Holidays including Smile (2022), A Quiet Place: Day One, Reindeer Games, Beau is Afraid, Edward Scissorhands, Orphan: First Kill, The Exorcist, Apartment 7A, and more
Ha Ha Holidays: Seasonal episodes from fan-favorite series, such as Ghosts (“The Christmas Spirit,” Parts 1 & 2), Everybody Hates Chris (“Everybody Hates Kwanzaa,” “Everybody Hates Christmas”), Sabrina the Teenage Witch (“Sabrina Claus,” “Christmas Amnesia,” “A Girl and Her Cat”), and more.
Classic Christmas Episodes: Classic episodes from past series including The Twilight Zone (“The Night of the Meek,” “Five Characters in Search of an Exit,” “The Changing of the Guard”), The Brady Bunch (“The Voice of Christmas”), Taxi (“A Full House For Christmas,” “Get Me Through the Holidays”), Star Trek: The Next Generation (“Tapestry,” “Devil’s Due”), and more.
Celebrate with CBS**: Special holiday programming from CBS coming to Paramount+, including National Christmas Tree Lighting (Dec. 20), Josh Groban & Friends Go Home For The Holidays (Dec. 20), and holiday episodes of Elsbeth (December 5), Matlock (December 5), The Equalizer (December 8), NCIS (December 16), NCIS: Origins (December 16), Ghosts (one-hour special on December 19), and The Price Is Right At Night (December 24).
Paramount+ will also make comedy holiday wishes come true with the streaming premiere of CBS’s original holiday movie Nugget is Dead? A Christmas Story (November 21) and Nate Bargatze’s Nashville Christmas (December 19).
Merry Musicals: Holiday musicals and timeless classics, including Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas to All!, Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, My Fair Lady*, Oliver!, Footloose, Grease, School of Rock, and more.
Christmas with the Cranes: Holiday episodes from both the original and new Paramount+ Original series Frasier, as well as Cheers.
Paramount+ is also home to CBS Sports’ marquee matchups this holiday season, streaming some of the biggest games, including the NFL on CBS on Thanksgiving Day featuring the Chicago Bears at the Detroit Lions. NFL ON CBS action continues through the holiday season with live, local-market NFL games every Sunday, including December 22 and 29. The Big Ten Championship game will also air on CBS and stream live on Paramount+ on December 7.
Even more festive content is available for free on Pluto TV, the leading free streaming television service, including 24/7 channels in the “Season’s Greetings” category, such as “Crackling Fireplace,” “Pluto TV Christmas,” “Hallmark Movies & More Holiday Favorites,” “Holiday Movie Favorites by Lifetime,” “Home for the Holidays,” and more.
*Title is available to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan subscribers.
**All Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan subscribers can live stream CBS titles via the live feed on Paramount+. Those titles will be available on demand to all subscribers the day after they air live.
Mirko Parlevliet has been reporting on the entertainment industry since 1998 and founded Vital Thrills to provide the latest news on streaming, movies, and TV shows. He previously created the websites ComingSoon, SuperHeroHype, and ShockTillYouDrop.