The Best '90s Christmas Movies to Watch With Your Kids
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It's the most wonderful time of the year, but arguably, the most wonderful years of Christmas movie-making were the '90s, so we're taking it back a couple decades. Although there are plenty of holiday movies made before 1990 and after the millennium, these are the can't-be-missed, must-watch '90s Christmas flicks you need to snuggle up to watch (multiple times) with your family this season.
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.
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Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Year: 1999
Rating: NR
Age your child will enjoy it: 3+
What to look out for: This adorable Christmas movie is totally harmless, but the fact that Santa isn't real is addressed in Goofy and Max's storyline, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are huge brats in the beginning of their story (something you may want to stress to your kids is not cool).
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Year: 1998
Rating: G
Age your child will enjoy it: 3+
What to look out for: This cheesy, heartwarming Christmas story about nonconformity and finding your "people" is adorable and totally harmless.
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The Santa Clause
Year: 1994
Rating: PG
Age your child will enjoy it: 6+
What to look out for: I mean, the whole plot of the movie stems from Scott scaring Santa into a fatal fall off the roof, so do with that tidbit what you will. Other than that and a few hard references to Scott's divorce with Charlie's mother, this movie is totally wholesome and hysterical.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Year: 1994
Rating: PG
Age your child will enjoy it: 6+
What to look out for: There is little to argue against when it comes to this adorable film (though the original 1947 version is totally better), but at first, Susan is a firm disbeliever in Santa, which could prompt your kids to ask some questions about Santa Claus's existence.
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Home Alone
Year: 1990
Rating: PG
Age your child will enjoy it: 7+
What to look out for: The wet bandits are super creepy and talk briefly about biting off each one of Kevin's fingers one by one. There's a bit of swearing, some violence, and Kevin is basically a murderer without the actual murder (you know it's true).
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Year: 1992
Rating: PG
Age your child will enjoy it: 7+
What to look out for: As in the first Home Alone film, there's a ton of physical comedy and slapstick violence, plus a bit of language. (And yes, Kevin is still pretty much a murderer without the actual murder.)
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Jack Frost
Year: 1998
Rating: PG
Age your child will enjoy it: 8+
What to look out for: I'm still not over Michael Keaton's car crash nearly 20 years later, and your kid may never be either. That, and the fact that even though he eventually puts things right with Charlie (as a snowman), he has to go back to being a normal dead person. As he disappears (but not before appearing as Michael Keaton once more) the camera pans and "Landslide" begins to play through the credits — it's devastating, but so worth the heartbreak.
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Jingle All the Way
Year: 1996
Rating: PG
Age your child will enjoy it: 7+
What to look out for: Arnold Schwarzenegger is certifiably insane in this movie (as is Sinbad) and some of his crazy actions are dangerous, leading to explosions and car chases. The main plot of the movie is all about the stress of consumerism around the holidays and can send some kids the wrong message about what Christmas is really supposed to be about.