Best Christmas TV and movies for kids on Netflix - your guide to what to watch

If you’re looking for new Netflix content this festive season, you’ll be pleased to hear that David and the Elves (Polish: Dawid i Elfy), which is a Polish Christmas film but comes available with English-language dubbing, is new to Netflix.

The film follows a cynical, overworked elf who decides to leave the North Pole in order to experience Christmas in the real, non-magical world.

With laughs and fun moments aplenty, if you’re looking for a magical tale to enchant the kids this Christmas, then David and the Elves could be a great choice.

If you didn’t get a chance to catch this Netflix original film when it was released last year, now is the perfect time.

Boasting an amazing soundtrack and starring Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, and Anika Noni Rose, it makes for a tremendously fun festive watch, particularly for young kids.

With a star-studded cast led by Hollywood veteran Kurt Russell, both The Christmas Chronicles and its recent sequel, which focus on siblings Kate and Teddy Pierce, are most certainly worth a watch this festive season.

Russell’s take on Santa is bizarrely engaging and, as the Pierce family pull an all-nighter in order to save Christmas, there are plenty of sing-a-long opportunities, laughs, and family melodrama to keep audiences of all ages entertained.

An Oscar-nominated, animated adventure that explores the origins tale of Santa Claus, Klaus makes for a tremendously fun watch over the festive season, particularly for kids.

The film follows a selfish, spoilt postman sent to the cold and unforgiving Northern town Smeerensburg, where he forms an unlikely partnership with a reclusive toymaker – and is both cheesy and heart-warming in equal measure.

The Princess Switch film franchise has a third entry this year: The Princess Switch: Romancing the Star, once again starring Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) – this time as three separate lookalikes.

It’s a great premise, and one that is hugely entertaining (if you don’t mind a large helping of cheese).

Netflix releases brand-new Indian Malayalam-language superhero film Minnal Murali this year on Christmas Eve (available with English-language dubbing) – just in time for Christmas!

The film follows a young tailor who unexpectedly gains supernatural powers after he’s struck by lighting. Funny and light-hearted, it’s bound to get the whole family in festive spirits.

Though not strictly a Christmas film, this adaptation of the classic novel Little Women has a distinctly festive feel, given its December 2019 release.

The beloved coming-of-age story of the four March sisters – Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy – gets a new twist from Oscar-nominated director Greta Gerwig, and stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, and Florence Pugh.

Celebrating the theme of women’s empowerment, Little Women is an uplifting watch that’s bound to bring the whole family together over Christmas.

The heartwarming festive special Robin Robin follows a robin raised by a family of mice, and who makes a Christmas wish to become a mouse herself.

This half-hour Christmas stop-motion special is brand new this year from Aardman, the makers of Wallace and Gromit. The animation boasts a beautiful strings-based soundtrack, and the puppets, characters and camera work are nothing short of amazing.

The Dreamworks Christmas special is a must-watch for any young fans of the How to Train Your Dragon film franchise.

This holiday special takes place during Odinyule — the Viking holiday of giving. However, extreme weather may jeopardise the festivities…

Another Aardman Animations creation, this stop-motion movie is clever, genuinely hilarious and will have kids instantly giggling away.

As Shaun becomes entangled in various Christmas misadventures, including an attempt to steal some giant socks from a farmer, the visual gags go from strength to strength and the jokes just keep on coming.

Based on the 2006 book by director Stephen Chiodo and Jim Strain of the same name, Netflix’s stop-motion movie Alien Xmas follows a group of extraterrestrials who land on Earth to steal Christmas. The premise is enchanting: it’s basically a retelling of How the Grinch stole Christmas – but with some extra-terrestrial magic.

The animation has some impressive visuals, which are the work of the Chiodo brothers, who did the stop-motion sequences for the Will Ferrell movie Elf. All in all, this film is bound to get you feeling festive. After all, it’s hard to resist a battle between aliens and elves, isn’t it?

Netflix’s Blown Away: Christmas is a great follow-up to Blown Away seasons 1 and 2, where contestants turn boring panes of glass into amazing creations in an attempt to get their hands on the cash prize.

This lively series special is presented by Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk, who brings us many laugh-out-loud moments alongside glass blower Katherine Gray, a judge from the original series, who brings the expertise.

The festive edition is equal parts festive and cheesy as the contestants attempt to create glass items that reflect an aspect of Christmas. If you’re a fan of series such as The Great British Bake Off or Portrait Artist of the Year, you’ll love this festive Christmas-themed cracker.