--- description: A supercut of Christmas movies, from the classics to more modern additions. title: Watch a Two-Minute Supercut of All Your Favorite Christmas Movies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb1179008c0cbae6/69876c71cd1bba4e616f3e67/love-actually.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Two-Minute Supercut of All Your Favorite Christmas Movies  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 3, 2014 8:18 PM CUT  'Love Actually' 'Love Actually'Universal  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Dec 3, 2014 8:18 PM CUT Like it or not, Thanksgiving is over, and the barrage of Christmas cheer won’t be stopping until the sidewalks are strewn with the carcasses of Douglas firs. But since you probably haven’t heard “Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time” six dozen times on the radio, two minutes of Christmas fun are still relatively innocuous. This supercut of “The Greatest Christmas Films of All Time” combines 1940s classics like _It’s a Wonderful Life_ and _Miracle on 34th Street_ with modern additions to the genre, including _Love Actually_ and _Elf_. With a few middling selections like 2003’s _Bad Santa_ and the Arnold Schwarzenegger dud _Jingle All the Way_, there’s a case to be made for removing the word “Greatest” from the video’s title. But there are enough gems to let the stinkers slide. ‘Tis the season to be generous, after all. _MORE:_ [_See the Top 10 Movies of 2014_](http://time.com/3616154/top-10-best-movies-2014/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3616360/christmas-movies-supercut/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3616360/christmas-movies-supercut/"},"headline":"Watch a Two-Minute Supercut of All Your Favorite Christmas Movies","datePublished":"2014-12-03T20:18:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:59.593Z","description":"It's much shorter than the Hallmark Channel marathon","url":"https://time.com/3616360/christmas-movies-supercut/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","christmas","santa claus"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb1179008c0cbae6/69876c71cd1bba4e616f3e67/love-actually.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb1179008c0cbae6/69876c71cd1bba4e616f3e67/love-actually.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MCDLOAC EC003","caption":"MCDLOAC EC003","creditText":"Universal","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3616360/christmas-movies-supercut/","name":"Watch a Two-Minute Supercut of All Your Favorite Christmas Movies"}}]}] ```