Movies like Cancel Christmas (2011)
The best movies like Cancel Christmas (2011) are The Christmas Switch (2014), Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011) and Santa Switch (2013). If Cancel Christmas hooked you with its family and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Search for Santa Paws (2010)6.3/10 from 236 votes
- NewestThe Mistletoe Promise (2016)Released 2016
The Christmas Switch (2014)
Santa Claus temporarily switches bodies with a younger man to make his job easier during Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011)
This year, Santa’s daughter takes her first trip away from the North Pole during the Christmas season hoping to find adventure and love in sunny California. While Santa watches his daughter through a magic snow globe, Annie arrives in L.A. and becomes friends with the owner of Candy Cane Inn, Lucy, and her daughter, Mia. She also quickly lands a job at Wonderland Toys. Wonderland Toys’ owner, Ted is struggling to stay in business selling old-fashioned toys in a digital world. Annie soon realizes that she wants Ted’s business to thrive because she has feelings for this Christmas traditionalist.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSanta Switch (2013)
A struggling dad gets a new start after a strange encounter replaces his mall Santa gig with the real thing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
The Night Before the Night Before Christmas (2010)
When Santa sets off on his Christmas duties a day early, crashes into the Fox family's house, ends up with amnesia and loses his magic sack of presents, he needs help! But the Fox family are a modern and broken family. Can they help him? The parents are preoccupied with work and the kids aren't very festive. But it's up to them to help Santa find his magical bag of toys and the clock is ticking or Christmas will be ruined. Forced to set their own problems aside and work together the Fox family rediscover how much they enjoy being together and realise that maybe they need to reprioritise their lives. The Night Before The Night Before Christmas is a crazy Christmas fantasy for all the family, brimming with festive spirit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Merry In-Laws (2012)
When down-to-earth Alex says yes to her boyfriend's marriage proposal, she has no idea that her future-in-laws are none other than Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
Call Me Claus (2001)
When Lucy Cullins, a successful but cranky producer at a home shopping network hires an actor named Nick to play Santa Claus on the network, she gets more than she bargained for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisSanta, Jr. (2002)
While delivering toys, Santa's son (Nick Stabile) is arrested for trespassing. Dispirited, he turns for help to a public defender (Lauren Holly).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
Snow (2004)
Nick Snowden is reluctantly taking over the family business and with only three days before the big night, one of Nick's younger reindeer is stolen from the North Pole and taken to a zoo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Northpole (2014)
Northpole, the magical city where Santa and his elves live and work is in trouble. Families around the globe have gotten too busy to enjoy the season together, and Northpole depends on their holiday happiness to keep running. In the hopes of turning things around, a determined young elf befriends a little boy with a lot of spirit. His skeptical journalist mom doesn’t have room in her heart for anything but the facts, so it’s going to take a little nudge from his charming teacher to create an unbeatable Christmas team to turn around this town and share the importance of the season with the whole world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorthpole: Open for Christmas (2015)
A successful businesswoman, Mackenzie, inherits her beloved aunt's inn, and chooses to restore the hotel to its original grandeur only to sell it right before Christmas. Unbeknownst to Mackenzie, she receives some unexpected help from a team of elves headed by the cheerful Clementine, who helps Mackenzie rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Search for Santa Paws (2010)
When Santa and his new best friend, Paws, discover that the boys and girls of the world have lost the spirit of the season, they take a trip to New York City. But after Santa loses his memory, it's up to Paws, a faithful orphan named Quinn, her new friend Will, and a wonderful group of magical talking dogs to save St. Nick and show the world what Christmas is really all about.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSnowglobe (2007)
A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSanta Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
When Mrs. Claus travels to Pineville, the merriest place on the planet, a quartet of magical puppies stow away on her sled, granting joyful wishes to the town's boys and girls. However, something goes terribly wrong - the Christmas spirit begins to disappear. Now, the Santa Pups and Mrs. Claus must race to save Christmas magic from running out for all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas Magic (2011)
Carrie Bishop, a successful event planner in New York City, is left unconscious after a car accident. In order to "pass over" to Heaven, she must help Scott Walker and his daughter Abby save their restaurant and find their Christmas spirit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Country Christmas (2013)
When Santa Claus loses his magical powers and becomes stranded in their barn, two children from a small farming community help him save Christmas before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Snow 2: Brain Freeze (2008)
When Nick gets amnesia, it's up to Sandy and Buddy the reindeer to save him and Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Santa Hunters (2014)
Alex received the best Christmas present from his Uncle Charlie - Santa's very own pipe. But when he tried to share his evidence with the world, he was met with pranks from non-believers. Alex and his cousins set out to prove Santa is real.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
The Twelve Trees of Christmas (2013)
Cheri Jamison rallies the residents of her beloved Manhattan neighborhood to participate in a Christmas tree contest when her cherished local library is abruptly set for demolition. Cheri finds herself up against an ambitious developer Tony Shaughnessy, who hires Cordelia, a professional decorator, to win the contest for him. The competition is on, but as Cheri works to save the library she discovers that Tony is more than the heartless man she thought. Will her dedication to the beloved library drive Tony away...and with it a chance at true love?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Becoming Santa (2015)
A man is shocked to learn that the parents of his girlfriend are Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Help for the Holidays (2012)
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 puts Christine on a special assignment, sending her to L.A. to give the VanCamp family—mom Sara (Eva La Rue), dad Scott (Dan Gauthier), and their two kids Ally (Izabela Vidovic) and Will (Mason Cook)—a holiday wake-up call. Will Christine fail her assignment and be sent back to the North Pole for good, or will the VanCamps come to their senses about the meaning of Christmas?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas Spirit (2011)
A cynical youth whose mother is about to lose her job right before the holidays is visited by a magical Christmas spirit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
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 time to save Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Boyfriend for Christmas (2004)
Holly Grant has learned a long time ago not to rely on Santa Claus leaving Mr. Right in her Christmas stocking. But Holly is in for a surprise when a handsome man arrives on her doorstep with a twinkle in his eye and Yuletide tree in tow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Santa Suit (2010)
Drake Hunter, the president of Hunter Marketing, has the perfect plan to boost sales for his father's toy company over the holiday season--hire department store Santas to promote his father's merchandise. When the real Santa Claus turns Drake into a Santa lookalike, Drake finds himself working as a dress-up Kris Kringle to make ends meet. Stripped of power and position, Drake discovers the importance of honesty, compassion, and respect as he helps an unprivileged girl enjoy the magic of Christmas. Stars Kevin Sorbo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & fantasy
Twice Upon a Christmas (2001)
Santa's first born daughter, Rudolfa, is secretly selling pieces of the North Pole, and eventually take over where she attempts to ruin Christmas, and replace Santa's workshop with a brand new casino. But Santa's lost daughter Kristin returns to the North Pole with her two children who are desperate to save Christmas, and rebuild the shattered village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & family
Blizzard (2003)
A young girl's aunt tells her the tale of a young ice skater and an enchanted reindeer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMistletoe Over Manhattan (2011)
Rebecca, Mrs. Claus (Tedde Moore) is worried that her exhausted, workaholic husband (Mairtin O’Carrigan) has lost his holiday spirit. She believes she can help him recapture his bliss and secretly heads to the one place she knows the spirit of Christmas must still exist: New York City, where she first fell in love with Nick. In a crowded New York diner, Rebecca befriends Joe (Greg Bryk), a caring cop who is worried about this kindly grandmother, who’s alone and low on funds. Joe reveals he and his wife Lucy (Tricia Helfer) are in the middle of a divorce. Sensing that Joe is still very much in love with his wife, Rebecca agrees to work temporarily as the family’s nanny until Christmas. To Rebecca’s delight, by healing Joe and Lucy’s family, she shows Santa that Christmas miracles are still possible and his job’s more important than ever!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
The Mistletoe Promise (2016)
A chance meeting between two strangers who share a disdain for Christmas results in The Mistletoe Promise, a pact to help them navigate their holiday complications - together. But as they spend more time with each other and experience the magic of Christmas the phony couple discovers there may be more to their contract than business.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDefending Santa (2013)
Kris Kringle, aka Santa Claus, goes on trial for mental competency in Small Town U.S.A.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
Chasing Christmas (2005)
Jack Cameron is a single dad that decides not to observe Christmas because his wife left him around that time. The ghosts of Christmas past and present try and get Jack to relent, but they screw up their jobs and send themselves on a wild ride through time showing up at various times in Jack's past. As they try and rectify the timeline and get back to the real present, some things are not what they used to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cancel Christmas?
The closest matches to Cancel Christmas are The Christmas Switch (2014), Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011) and Santa Switch (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cancel Christmas?
People who watched Cancel Christmas most often go on to The Christmas Switch (2014), Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011) and Santa Switch (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like Cancel Christmas?
The Search for Santa Paws (2010), rated 6.3/10 by 236 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cancel Christmas?
The Mistletoe Promise (2016) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Cancel Christmas?
Yes: The Christmas Switch (2014), Annie Claus Is Coming to Town (2011) and Santa Switch (2013).
How are movies similar to Cancel Christmas chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cancel Christmas, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.