The Christmas Movie (franchise)

The Christmas Movie is an American media franchise made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix, loosely based on the 1823 poem  by. The franchise began with the 2023 film The Christmas Movie on Netflix, which was followed by two sequels, The Christmas Movie 2 (2025) and The Christmas Movie 3: Home for the Holidays (2031), with a future fourth film in the works; and by two spin-off prequels, Elves (2028) and Elves World Tour (2036). The franchise also includes many short films, commercials, and a 2028 stage musical adaptation played on Broadway for more than a year.

The Christmas Movie (2023)
Main article: The Christmas Movie

Two brothers, Ben and Patrick Hopeful, are on a last-minute mission to find a present for their sister and they meet Santa Claus who takes them to the North Pole. While at the same time they have to stop Krampus from ruining Christmas.

The Christmas Movie 2 (2025)
Main article: The Christmas Movie 2

Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves go on vacation to Noel Island where Ben, Patrick and their family are at. Meanwhile, they discover lost tribe elves who want to eat them and some of Santa's elves are kidnapped and turned into gremlins.

The Christmas Movie 3: Home for the Holidays (2031)
Main article: The Christmas Movie 3: Home for the Holidays

Teenager Ben Hopeful and his 10-year-old sister, Shane are reunited with Santa Claus when troublemaker threatens to get revenge for Krampus' death and cancel Christmas -- forever.

The Christmas Movie 4 (TBA)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer CEO Michael De Luca revealed in an interview in February 2031 that a fourth Christmas Movie film is in development.

Elves (2028)
Main article: Elves (2028 film)

Scout Elves David and Jack set out to find a new boss and are recruited by Kris Kringle (A young Santa Claus) to help him deliver toys to the children of Sombertown.

Elves World Tour (2036)
Main article: Elves World Tour

The elves go on a tour with Elfis and his new band the Sleigh Riders while also trying to stop a Rock Elf from overthrowing the foreign music genres and destroying Christmas all together.

Christmas Apocalypse (2023)
Jack and David are spending Christmas with Bob. But things go horribly wrong when they do a little last minute gift "shopping". Gingerbread men attacked the North Pole.

How to Have a Snowball Fight? (2023)
Ben, Patrick and their friends have a snowball fight against the high schoolers.

Stranded (2025)
While delivering presents Jack wants to drive but ends up crashing the sleigh into the middle of an island and Santa loses his memory. With Santa having amnesia, Bob takes it upon himself to complete Santa's present deliveries for him. Bob ends up delivering the gifts to the wrong houses, but it brings the people outside to exchange the right gifts to the right folks.

Elf Training Video (2028)
The Elves are depicted as trainees in an industrial training video for new employees of Santa's Workshop at the North Pole. The video details the history of Christmas, its various implements, and what it takes to become a good toymaker.

House Prepping (2028)
Kris and the Elves go out on their first night delivering toys as considered outlaws with some comical situations.

Cast and characters
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This section shows characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.


 * An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
 * A indicates an appearance through archival recording/footage.
 * O indicates an older version of the character.
 * Y indicates a younger version of the character.