Christmas/Holidays 2014
This is a list of all the Christmas/Holiday themed programs, movies, shorts, etc. that I have watched in 2014. This list includes Thanksgiving, New Year, and even some things that are winter themed. My holiday season is quite long, and runs from November 1st through January 6th, the Epiphany. This list will be finalized on January 7th.
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- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDanny ElfmanChris SarandonCatherine O'HaraJack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
- DirectorMark SandrichRobert AllenStarsBing CrosbyFred AstaireMarjorie ReynoldsAt an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.
- DirectorRobert AlvarezLauren FaustJohn McIntyreStarsTom KennyJennifer HaleMike BellPrincess tries to steal Christmas from the children of the world, and the Powerpuff Girls are to the rescue.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsJudy GarlandMargaret O'BrienMary AstorYoung love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family.
- DirectorWilliam D. RussellStarsRobert YoungJane WyattElinor DonahueUpset with his children's materialistic approach to the holiday season, Jim insists his family drive to the mountains to chop down their Christmas tree. His wish for a simple family Christmas becomes an unfortunate reality when their car gets stuck in a snow drift far from the nearest phone. They take refuge in a mountain lodge that's closed for the season and are befriended by a man, apparently the caretaker, who teaches the children the delights of a simple holiday.
- DirectorOscar RudolphStarsDonna ReedCarl BetzShelley FabaresDonna is frantically making last-minute preparations for Christmas and is vexed when no one seems to care for the fruitcakes she is giving for Christmas presents. Her Christmas spirit is rejuvenated when she learns that no one has planned a Christmas party for the children who cannot leave their ward and return home for the holiday. With the help of the hospital handyman, she tries to rectify the oversight.
- 1988–19991h 37mTV-148.2 (803)TV EpisodeDirectorJim MallonStarsTrace BeaulieuJoel HodgsonJim MallonJoel and the Bots take on the infamous Christmas classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) in which a group of martians kidnap Santa Claus because they have no one on Mars to give their children presents. The crew writes and performs a pinnacle Christmas carol "A Patrick Swayze Christmas" and each member shares a Christmas-themed essay.
- DirectorJay ChandrasekharStarsWendi McLendon-CoveySean GiambroneTroy GentileAs Erica resists helping Bev prepare their traditional Thanksgiving dinner, Murray worries that he's losing Adam to his ne'er-do-well brother, Marvin.
- DirectorBeth McCarthy-MillerStarsEd O'NeillSofía VergaraJulie BowenPhil and Luke take over Thanksgiving duties but Claire readies an emergency plan. Jay and Gloria get their holiday plans interrupted and regret not telling anyone. Cameron has to think of a way to get Lily to wear a dress for dinner.
- DirectorJulius WuDominic BianchiJames PurdumStarsSeth MacFarlaneAlex BorsteinSeth GreenOn the night before Thanksgiving, Peter and Brian get drunk and eat the whole turkey, so they have to get a new one on Thanksgiving Day. With Peter gone, Stewie tries to help Chris take over as the man of the house.
- DirectorBill MelendezPhil RomanStarsTodd BarbeeRobin KohnStephen SheaPeppermint Patty invites herself and her friends over to Charlie Brown's for Thanksgiving, and with Linus, Snoopy, and Woodstock, he attempts to throw together a Thanksgiving dinner.
- 1988–198924mUnrated6.6 (448)TV EpisodeDirectorEvert BrownStarsErin ChaseFrank WelkerBrandon StewartThe Peanuts gang tells the story of the 1620 Mayflower voyage from England to the new world detailing the hardships they faced, how the Natives helped them survive, and ending the following autumn in a feast of Thanksgiving.
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsMary Kay BergmanJennifer HowellJesse Brant HowellThe boys sponsor a starving Ethiopian child, only to have him show up on their doorstep.
- DirectorMatt StoneTrey ParkerStarsMary Kay BergmanJennifer HowellJesse Brant HowellThe town is forced to remove anything that either has anything to do with Christmas or is offensive in the least bit to anyone. And Kyle tries to convince everyone of the existence of "Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo."
- 1977–19871hTV-PG6.7 (174)TV EpisodeDirectorAllen BaronStarsGavin MacLeodBernie KopellFred GrandyAt Christmas, lonely Merrill lacks holiday spirit. Ex-con Dan Barton meets cheating law partner Walter and plans revenge for being convicted of Walter's crime. Paul and Audrey Baines fantasize about divorcing each other.
- StarsYano AnayaGrae DrakeCaseen GainesThis one-hour special includes some archival interviews with the film's biggest stars like Peter Billingsley, but there are new, original interviews with some of the supporting actors and updates on their lives and careers. The actor who played Flick gives away the secret of how they filmed the flag pole scene. "Where Are They Now?" also visits the Cleveland house used for the film's exterior and previews the musical version of the film that's been making the rounds during recent holiday seasons and is now on Broadway.
- DirectorJoe ThomasStarsMichael BubléWalter S. HarrahChris Isaak
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsChevy ChaseMadolyn Smith OsborneKevin O'MorrisonA couple swap city life for the country, but their picturesque new hometown turns out to be just a little bit different to what they were expecting.
- DirectorSteve PurcellStarsTom HanksTim AllenKristen SchaalIt's a post-Christmas play-date and the toys have to go up against the fearsome and aggressive new dino toys.
- DirectorPeter AvanzinoStarsJason AlexanderSean HayesDennis HaysbertOne-hour animated special surrounding a surly deli owner Murray Weiner, who is forced to step into Santa's shoes for one Christmas and bumbles his way into doing a great job.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsOlivia HusseyKeir DulleaMargot KidderDuring their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
- 1990–5.0 (41)TV EpisodeDirectorGary HalvorsonStarsSara BareillesTerry BeemanTony Bennett
- DirectorJules BassArthur Rankin Jr.StarsShirley BoothMickey RooneyDick ShawnWhen a weary and discouraged Santa Claus considers skipping his Christmas Eve run one year, Mrs. Claus and his elves set out to change his mind.
- DirectorMark CaballeroSeamus WalshVincent WallerStarsTom KennyBill FagerbakkeRodger BumpassAll of Bikini Bottom enters a sleigh race to win $1 million. While racing, they are attacked by the abominable snow mollusk. Plankton takes advantage of everyone being gone to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula.
- DirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsChevy ChaseBeverly D'AngeloJuliette LewisThe Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
- 1996–200523mTV-PG7.8 (508)TV EpisodeDirectorJeff MeyerStarsRay RomanoPatricia HeatonBrad GarrettOn Christmas Day, Ray tries to have sex with Debra.
- 2005– 22mTV-147.3 (599)TV EpisodeDirectorShawn MurrayRon HughartBrent WoodsStarsSeth MacFarlaneWendy SchaalScott GrimesStan grows tired of his daily responsibilities and makes a Christmas wish to swap lives with the free-spirited Principal Lewis.
- DirectorMike B. AndersonMark KirklandStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightMarge kicks Homer out of the house for Christmas after he consoles Moe on Christmas Eve instead of going home.
- DirectorTim HillStarsGrumpy CatMegan CharpentierDaniel RoebuckGrumpy Cat is an Internet meme sensation with over 6 million Facebook friends, who has graced the cover of New York Magazine, is the spokescat for Friskies, appeared on American Idol and the MTV Movie Awards.
- 1999– 1h6.6 (24)TV EpisodeDirectorDon Roy KingBeth McCarthy-MillerPaul MillerStarsFred ArmisenDan AykroydAlec BaldwinThe Saturday Night Live 2013 Christmas Special.
- 2013–202322mTV-PG7.6 (408)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid KatzenbergStarsWendi McLendon-CoveySean GiambroneTroy GentileBarry is excited when a modelling representative approaches him, but Erica thinks it's a scam.
- DirectorDon HartmanStarsRobert MitchumJanet LeighWendell CoreyA young widow is torn between a boring attorney and a romantic ne'er-do-well.
- DirectorBurt GillettUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyA collection of arctic animals (seals, walruses, polar bears, penguins) float by on ice floes and on shore, performing various musical numbers.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerA spider sneaks in to a toy store and sees the toys come to life as he plays a tune on the toy piano and record player.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMarion DarlingtonWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerIn the last of the Silly Symphonies season cycle, bears hibernate (or try to), raccoons sneeze, moose swim, and pretty much everyone ice skates. Everyone gathers around the groundhog to see what happens.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsGeorge MagrillBarbara BrewsterGloria BrewsterAt Christmastime, Mickey Mouse, Minnie and Pluto are beset by an enormous litter of bratty orphan cats.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyHarriette HaddonSanta's little helpers must hurry to finish the toys before Christmas Day.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerOn Christmas Eve, Mickey is forced to sell Pluto to a bratty rich kid in order to give some orphans presents.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsAllan WatsonKenny BakerA narrator sings the opening stanzas of the classic poem while we see the house at rest. Santa lands on the roof, comes down the chimney, and opens his bag. The toys march out and decorate the tree, with the toy soldiers shooting balls from their cannon, a toy airplane stringing a garland like skywriting, and the toy firemen applying snow. A blimp delivers the star to the top. Meanwhile, Santa fills the stockings. His laughter awakens the children, who sneak out. The toys rush to their places, and Santa escapes up the chimney just in time. The closing verse is sung.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsJimmie CushmanLester DorrJack MowerTwo penguins woo.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigThe Four BlackbirdsMarcellite GarnerCookies, cakes, and other desserts march in a parade. A gingerbread girl cries because she has nothing to wear; a gingerbread man dresses her up, and she is named cookie queen.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigWalt DisneyMarcellite GarnerMickey and friends have various levels of enjoyment skating on a frozen river. As Mickey and Minnie glide romantically, Donald plays tricks on Pluto and ends up in trouble himself with a kite, from which Mickey must save him.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsAlyce ArdellSara BernerTommy BuppA sailor doll, thrown into a toy dump, rallies the demoralized dolls that were already there.
- DirectorBen SharpsteenStarsPinto ColvigRichard EdwardsClarence NashDonald and Goofy are trappers in the frozen south (Antarctica) with different approaches. Donald sees a penguin and dresses as one to lure her to the chopping block; Goofy baits a trap with fish (then acts like a walrus to capture one that steals his bait bucket).
- DirectorJack KingStarsClarence NashDonald shows his nephews the moves that won him his hockey trophy. But the boys have a few moves of their own.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiStarsTeddy BarrPinto ColvigJohn DehnerJealous of Mickey's kitten, Pluto's devil-self argues with his angel-self over whether or not to rescue the kitten when it falls into a well.
- DirectorJack KinneyBill RobertsStarsJohn McLeishHannes SchrollAfter figuring out how to get dressed, Goofy hits the slopes to demonstrate the art of skiing. Through a series of gags and misadventures, Goofy demonstrates turns, skiing backwards and even the ski jump.
- DirectorJack KingStarsClarence NashDonald Duck, in a battleship made of ice, goes to war against his three nephews, who fight back from their ice fort.
- DirectorNorman FergusonClyde GeronimiJack KinneyStarsAurora MirandaCarmen MolinaDora LuzDonald receives his birthday gifts, which include traditional gifts and information about Brazil (hosted by Zé Carioca) and Mexico (by Panchito, a Mexican Charro Rooster).Los Posadas segment
- DirectorJack KingStarsJohn DehnerClarence NashDonald Duck shirks his duties while working as a gift wrapper in a department store.
- DirectorBill RobertsStarsSterling HollowayThe narrator tells Donald the story of Pablo the penguin, who dreamed of moving to a warmer climate. After several false attempts, he makes a boat out of a chunk of ice. All goes well, until he crosses the equator and his boat starts to melt, but he's able to make due with the bathtub he brought along.
- DirectorCharles NicholsStarsPinto ColvigJames MacDonaldThe snow covered mountains; but not to worry, rescue dog Pluto is on duty. Actually, given that he barely keeps himself safe, maybe you should worry. A playful seal keeps stealing his cask of grog.
- DirectorHamilton LuskeStarsFrances LangfordBuddy ClarkA short segment of the feature film Melody Time (1948), re-released as a separate entity five years afterwards.This is actually an excerpt from the 1949 film, Melody Time.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsDessie FlynnJames MacDonaldClarence NashChip and Dale sneak into Donald Duck's house to steal his walnuts. Donald dresses as Santa Claus to have fun with the two thieving chipmunks, but ends up using the war toys underneath the Christmas tree to do battle with them.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsDessie FlynnClarence NashNorma SwankAfter Donald tricks the chipmunks to shovel snow, they get things a-poppin' in the duck's house.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsRuth CliffordPinto ColvigDessie FlynnThe tree that Mickey and Pluto chop down to bring home for Christmas is the tree that Chip 'n Dale live in.
- DirectorClyde GeronimiWilfred JacksonHamilton LuskeStarsBarbara LuddyLarry RobertsPeggy LeeThe romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.Excerpt
- DirectorRoger AllersA poor young girl has a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames.
- DirectorDon BluthJack CuttingWolfgang ReithermanStarsSean MarshallWilliam WoodsonOlan SouleOrdered by his father to sell his old, small donkey, named Small One, a boy in ancient Palestine takes the donkey to the Jerusalem market. Finding no buyers there, the boy is about to give up when he meets a kind man named Joseph.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsWalt DisneyEdgar BergenDanny AlguireDisney's first-ever TV production. Edgar Bergen takes Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd to a Christmas party thrown by Walt Disney. Clips of movies and animated shorts, including Disney's not yet released Alice in Wonderland, are shown via a magic mirror,
- DirectorBurny MattinsonStarsAlan YoungWayne AllwineHal SmithThe classic Disney animated characters play the roles in this animated retelling of the Charles Dickens masterpiece.
- DirectorJack DonohueHamilton LuskeStarsRay BolgerTommy SandsAnnette FunicelloTelevision show, aired December 17, 1961, being a tour of the Disney Studio and a party celebrating the completion of Babes in Toyland. Annette Funicello hosts the final segment by introducing various cast members who perform.
- 2007–201919mTV-PG7.4 (3.2K)TV EpisodeDirectorMark CendrowskiStarsJohnny GaleckiJim ParsonsKaley CuocoAmy hosts a traditional Victorian Christmas Eve dinner as Raj's father comes to visit, while the guys try to shoo out a bird they let into the university clean room.
- DirectorRobbie CountrymanStarsTim AllenNancy TravisMolly EphraimWhen Mike and Vanessa offer the cash-strapped Kristin and Ryan a very generous Christmas present to put toward their wedding, the couple must decide if they will accept -- but there's a catch that goes along with it. Meanwhile, Kyle has his reasons for asking Ed to teach him how to play poker.
- DirectorMichael J. WeithornStarsKevin JamesLeah ReminiVictor WilliamsCarrie is asked to bake a cake for the church bake sale, but she cannot bake.
- DirectorDon Roy KingStarsVanessa BayerAidy BryantTaran KillamMartin Freeman makes his Saturday Night Live hosting debut while Charli XCX serves as musical guest. Sketches include Charlie Rose Cold Open, Martin Freeman Monologue, Sump'n Claus, Wedding Objections, Hobbit Office, Right Side of the Bed, Church, Weekend Update: Sasheer Zamata, Weekend Update: One-Dimensional Female Character from a Male Driven Comedy, Weekend Update: Jacob the Bar Mitzvah Boy on Hanukkah, Assembly Line, Holiday Gig, and Waterbed Commercial.
- DirectorJerry ZaksStarsRay RomanoPatricia HeatonBrad GarrettMarie writes a letter to include with her Christmas cards - it insults Debra and praises Marie. They decide to write a letter together. Raymond is heavily praised and Robert is not. Robert wants to include his own information.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJames StewartDonna ReedLionel BarrymoreAn angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed.
- DirectorGeorge SeatonStarsEdmund GwennMaureen O'HaraJohn PayneAfter a divorced New York mother hires a nice old man to play Santa Claus at Macy's, she is startled by his claim to be the genuine article. When his sanity is questioned, a lawyer defends him in court by arguing that he's not mistaken.
- DirectorRobert VinceStarsCraig AntonAndrew AstorCharisse BakerThe Buddies remind Santa Paws' feisty son, Puppy Paws, about the true meaning of Christmas.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsAnn AltieriChris DoranSally DryerDepressed at the commercialism he sees around him, Charlie Brown tries to find a deeper meaning to Christmas.
- DirectorBill MelendezStarsJamie E. SmithJohn Christian GraasMarnette PattersonThe Peanuts gang prepares for the holidays in their own unique ways.
- DirectorLarry LeichliterStarsWesley SingermanSerena BermanCorey PadnosThe Peanuts gang have more misadventures at Christmas time.
- DirectorLarry LeichliterBill MelendezStarsJimmy BennettAdam Taylor GordonAshley RoseLinus and Lucy's younger brother Rerun wants a dog for Christmas, and Snoopy's brother Spike may be the answer.
- DirectorLee MendelsonBill MelendezStarsWhoopi GoldbergSally DryerVince GuaraldiNow, years later, fans can get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Christmas favorite. Hosted by comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, this program includes interviews with some of the actors who brought the Peanuts gang to life, and archive footage of the creator himself, Charles Schulz.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA one-man-band tin toy tries to escape a destructive baby.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA snow globe snowman wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a hot party, but the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way, despite all his efforts.
- DirectorGary RydstromStarsTom HanksTim AllenJoan CusackThe toys throw Ken and Barbie a Hawaiian vacation in Bonnie's room.
- DirectorTony CraigBobs GannawayBurny MattinsonStarsCarlos AlazraquiWayne AllwineTony AnselmoMickey and all his friends hold their own Christmas party at the House of Mouse, after being snowed in.
- DirectorMark CaballeroSeamus WalshStarsJim ParsonsMark HamillRachael MacFarlaneA musical, stop-motion adaptation of the well-known movie, Buddy, a human raised in the north pole, goes to New York to find his family.
- DirectorJack HannahStarsJames MacDonaldDessie FlynnClarence NashDonald needs a log for his fire. Unfortunately, the one he picks is occupied by a couple of chipmunks and their stash of acorns. When he cuts it down, Chip and Dale fall out, but their acorns stay behind, so they work at putting out Donald's fire and retrieving their stash. Donald, of course, takes this as calmly and cheerfully as you would expect.
- DirectorPeter HarrisEric TillStarsFrank OzDave GoelzRichard HuntFozzie Bear surprises his mother on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays.
- DirectorHal SutherlandStarsBill CosbyJan CrawfordGerald EdwardsFat Albert, Mushmouth, Rudy, Bill, and the Cosby kid gang are rehearsing their Christmas play in their junkyard clubhouse when suddenly Mr. Tyrone, who owned the junkyard as well as the whole east end of town, show up and threatened to have the clubhouse bulldozed to the ground. Then, a little boy, Marshall; his dad, and his very pregnant mother show up. They had car trouble and they wouldn't take them because they were poor. So Fat Albert offered to take them in while he went to go bargain with Tyrone, but that mean old grinch simply wouldn't listen. It takes Mudfoot to talk some sense into him and melt that icy old heart. Back at the clubhouse, the baby is soon born and in comes Tyrone full of Christmas spirit! Hey, hey, hey!
- DirectorLarry RoemerStarsBillie Mae RichardsBurl IvesLarry D. MannA young reindeer Rudolph lives at the North Pole. His father is one of Santa's reindeer and it is expected that Rudolph will eventually be one too. However, he has a feature which is a setback and causes him to be ostracized: his red nose.
- DirectorJim ReardonLance KramerStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightA freak blizzard traps the students of Springfield Elementary inside their school. Their lives at stake, they are at the mercy of the rescue efforts of a woozy Homer and Ned.
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsPeter BillingsleyMelinda DillonDarren McGavinIn the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie Parker attempts to convince his parents, teacher, and Santa Claus that a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.
- DirectorGary HalvorsonMartin PasettaStarsAlex & SierraJean-Luc BilodeauKobe BryantThe 2014 Disney Parks Christmas Parade Frozen-themed special with musical performances, interviews, and parades.
- 2014–202025mTV-MA7.1 (3.1K)TV EpisodeStarsWill ArnettAmy SedarisAlison BrieBoJack and Todd watch a very special Christmas episode of "Horsin' Around" to celebrate the holidays.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldFrank TashlinStarsBob HopeMarilyn MaxwellLloyd NolanA New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster, prompting him to go into scamming overdrive.
- 2005– 20mTV-MA8.2 (2.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorTodd BiermannStarsCharlie DayGlenn HowertonRob McElhenneyWhen some bad blood with old foes compromises their ideal Thanksgiving, the gang decides to make amends by breaking bread with those they've hurt.
- DirectorJohn BehringStarsStephen AmellKatie CassidyDavid RamseyAfter a fight with Cyrus Gold, aka the Acolyte, Oliver is drugged and left for dead. Determined to cure him, Felicity makes a risky decision. The cure causes Oliver to hallucinate, and what he sees forces him to confront his past. Meanwhile, Barry Allen continues to help Felicity, and their connection grows stronger. The Arrow asks Quentin to look into Gold, but when the stakeout on Gold goes bad, someone is killed. Roy is captured and tortured by Brother Blood.