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David Huddlestone as Santa Claus. RGR Collection

December 4, 2025

Santa Claus: The Movie at 40 – how a box office flop became a ‘pure panto’ British Christmas staple

Thomas Ruys Smith, University of East Anglia

In the US, Santa Claus: The Movie became an infamous flop, failing to make back its hefty production budget.

The ensemble cast of Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point. Vertigo Releasing

November 22, 2024

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is a tender family drama about the power of home

Jane Barnwell, University of Westminster

This tender family drama uses observational techniques to create atmosphere over story.

November 20, 2024

Nugget Is Dead brings queer love, multiculturalism and Aussie flair to the Christmas movie formula

Phoebe Hart, Queensland University of Technology

The new film from Stan manages to bend the rules of the Christmas genre without breaking them.

Some movie fans who await Christmas Day movie openings will be stuck in the middle of cinema closures due to COVID-19 and streaming restrictions. Here, a still from ‘Wonder Woman 1984.’ (Warner Bros.)

December 9, 2020

All I want for Christmas is a Hollywood blockbuster

Paul Moore, Toronto Metropolitan University

Canadians won’t be able to stream ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ when it launches Christmas Day. Surfing streaming menus and reviews for what to watch and where may become a new Christmas movie tradition.

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