‘Tis the season to rejoice over memories of your favorite Christmas movies – but where to stream them? Here’s a handy guide to where you can find your classic preferences, along with some eclectic oddities:

HBO MAX

“A Christmas Carol” (1938) – Reginald Owen is Scrooge

“A Christmas Story” (1983) –  Ralphie wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas

“Elf” (2003) – Will Ferrell discovers he’s not really a North Pole elf.

“Four Christmases”

“Fred Claus”

“Gremlins” (1984)

“Jack Frost”

“Miracle on 34^th Street” (1947) – What happens when Kris Kingle becomes Macy’s Santa?

“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” (1980) – frolic with the Griswold family

“The Polar Express” (2004) – animated

DISNEY+

“Home Alone” (1990) – An eight year-old is accidentally left behind on a family trip

“A Muppet Christmas Carol” (1992) – Michael Caine joins the Muppets

“Jingle All the Way” – Arnold Schwarzenegger is desperate for a Turbo Man action figure (it’s also on Amazon Prime and Hulu)

“Noelle”

“The Night Before Christmas” (1992) – Tim Burton/animated

“The Santa Clause” (1994)

AMAZON PRIME VIDEO:

“Bad Santa” (2003) – Billy Bob Thornton is hilarious as a demented mall Santa

“Arthur Christmas” (2011) – animated

“Holiday Inn” (1942) – Bing Crosby introduces Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” and Fred Astaire dances

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000) – Jim Carrey is the Grinch

“Love Actually” (2003) – romantic comedy with Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant

“Meet Me in St. Louis” (1944) – Judy Garland sings “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

“It’s A Wonderful Life” (1946)- Jimmy Stewart in the most iconic holiday film (also shown on NBC at 8pm on Fri., Dec. 24)

“Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964) – sci-fi fantasy about kidnapping Santa Claus

“Scrooged” (1988) – a weird adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic with Bill Murray

“The Lemon Drop Kid” (1951) – Bob Hope comedy introducing the song “Silver Bells”

NETFLIX:

“White Christmas” (1954) – remake of “Holiday Inn” with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney

“The Holiday” (2006)

“A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas” (2011)

“A Very Murray Christmas” (2015) – Bill Murray is the center of a star-studded variety show

HULU

“A Christmas Carol”

“Christmas in Connecticut” (1945) – Barbara Stanwyck & Dennis Morgan

“Christmas With the Kranks”

“Happiest Season”

“The Holiday”

“The Man Who Invented Christmas”

APPLE TV+

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (1965) – Emmy/Peabody-winning Charles Schultz’s short

PEACOCK

“Die Hard” (1988) – Bruce Willis action thriller (also shown on AMC+)

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (1966) – animated

AMC+

“Die Hard” (1988) – Bruce Willis action thriller (also shown on Peacock)

“Scrooge” (1951) – Alastair Sim is absolutely wicked as Scrooge

TUBI

“The Bells of St. Mary’s” (1945) – Bring Crosby and Ingrid Bergman save a parish school

Next week, I’ll post my 10 best list for 2021.