Movies Like Christmas Every Day

If you liked Christmas Every Day (1996), a family and fantasy movie directed by Larry Peerce, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Family Switch (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and family
When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.
2
Noelle (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also family and fantasy
Kris Kringle's daughter, Noelle, sets off on a mission to find and bring back her brother, after he gets cold feet when it's his turn to take over as Santa.
3
Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also family and tv movie
Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.
4
Help for the Holidays (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also family and fantasy
Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he…
5
Christmas...Again?! (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also family and fantasy
Rowena "Ro" is a high-spirited 11-year-old hoping to add more spunk to her Christmas celebrations when her parents’ divorce is going anything but smoothly.
6
Holiday in Handcuffs (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also family and tv movie
A ne’er-do-well thirty-something attempts to appease her family by kidnapping herself an attractive boyfriend for the family Christmas. Despite unlikely odds and dysfunctional family moments, the two fall in love and…
7
The 12 Days of Christmas Eve (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and fantasy
When Brian Conway, a successful businessman whose family relationships have suffered, gets in a car accident on Christmas Eve, Santa gives him twelve chances to redo the day and repair the relationships in his life…
8
The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974)
★ 7.2/10Also family and tv movie
Feeling forgotten by the children of the world, old St. Nick decides to skip his gift-giving journey and take a vacation. Mrs. Claus and two spunky little elves, Jingle and Jangle, set out to see to where all the…
9
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
★ 6/10Also family and fantasy
A Christmas elf accidentally takes off in Santa's sleigh, crash lands in a small town, and loses the magic toy bag. Beethoven must rescue the elf, recover the bag from greedy crooks, and return the sleigh to Santa in…
10
Elf (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also family and fantasy
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging…
11
I'll Be Home for Christmas (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and family
Jackie Foster, a dynamic Assistant District Attorney and single mom, is looking forward to wrapping up her latest case and spending Christmas with Gracie, her adorable and precocious, eight-year old daughter. But when…
12
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and family
Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seated hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.
13
Candy Cane Lane (2023)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and family
Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of…
14
One Magic Christmas (1985)
★ 5.9/10Also family and fantasy
Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.
15
The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and family
Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to…
16
Dashing Through the Snow (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and family
Eddie Garrick is a good-hearted man who has lost his belief in the wonder of Christmas. While spending time with his nine-year-old daughter Charlotte on Christmas Eve, he befriends a mysterious man in a red suit named…
17
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also family and fantasy
Kate Pierce is reluctantly spending Christmas with her mom’s new boyfriend and his son Jack. But when the North Pole and Christmas are threatened to be destroyed, Kate and Jack are unexpectedly pulled into a new…
18
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also family and fantasy
A Californian family inherits a castle in Romania. This is especially exciting to the son, who is obsessed with monsters. And he is not disappointed.
19
Zapped (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie and family
Zoey is a talented dancer whose organized life is rudely disrupted when she moves in with her new step-dad and three step-brothers, until she discovers a dog-training app that can get boys to obey her every command…
20
The Princess Switch: Switched Again (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also family and tv movie
When Duchess Margaret unexpectedly inherits the throne & hits a rough patch with Kevin, it’s up to Stacy to save the day before a new lookalike — party girl Fiona — foils their plans.