Further proof, along with “Miracle on 34th Street,” that the best Christmas movies hinge on the postal service. (Streaming on Netflix) — Coyle ...

Further proof, along with “Miracle on 34th Street,” that the best Christmas movies hinge on the postal service. (Streaming on Netflix) — Coyle ...

Best recent kids Christmas movie This image released by Netflix shows characters Klaus, voiced by J.K. Simmons, left, and Jesper, voiced by Jason Schwartzman, in a scene from the animated holiday ...

The best Christmas movies for every mood No one needs us to remind you about the obvious holiday movies playing on repeat on cable, but perhaps you are looking to go beyond the obvious this year.

The very best Christmas movie “The Shop Around the Corner” (1940): You can make a strong case for that other Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie.

(Streaming on Criterion, MAX, Hulu and Prime Video) —Bahr Best performance next to felt “A Muppets Christmas Carol” (1992): It’s one thing to do Dickens with, you know, other humans.

But perhaps you are looking to go beyond the obvious this year (sorry, “Christmas Story,” “White Christmas” etc, etc).

A movie that feels like a Christmas movie but isn’t, really “Grand Budapest Hotel”: Truthfully, there’s nothing outside of a little snow to make Wes Anderson’s 2014 delight a Christmas ...

The ultimate TCM Christmas movie “Christmas in Connecticut” (1945): You don’t have to watch it on TCM, but it’s certainly a fitting place to catch this 1945 screwball classic, with Barbara ...

(Streaming on Criterion, MAX, Hulu and Prime Video) —Bahr Best performance next to felt “A Muppets Christmas Carol” (1992): It’s one thing to do Dickens with, you know, other humans.

(Streaming on Criterion, MAX, Hulu and Prime Video) —Bahr Best performance next to felt “A Muppets Christmas Carol” (1992): It’s one thing to do Dickens with, you know, other humans.