Don’t forget the Japanese anime movie “Tokyo Godfathers,” by the late Satoshi Kon. The story is about three older homeless people (itself a taboo subject in Japan, and reminiscent of the ‘no room at the inn’ situation of Mary and Joseph) who find themselves with an abandoned baby. Hijinks ensue as they try to care for the baby in street conditions and try to find the child’s parents through their network of underground, underworld, and other types of people usually rejected by posh, modern, glitzy Tokyo society. There are lots of “12 25” references in the movie. It’d probably be be rated ‘R’ for brief exposure – there is a realistic scene with a mother nursing a baby somewhere. But definitely a Christmas Movie that you kinda only realize about 3/4 of the way along.

Satoshi Kon passed at age 46. Most of his works have gritty, realistic elements and he was unusual in the anime industry for drawing older and less perfect-looking characters. His other works include ‘Perfect Blue,’ ‘Millennium Actress,’ ‘Paranoia Agent,’ and ‘Paprika.’

not quite movies, but shows i always watch for xmas are “the snowman” (david bowie does the intro for it), the selfish giant,the happy prince,the town that forgot christmas (charles nelson rielly was a classic humbug in it), and “the hockey sweater”. As for full movies, as mentioned “It’s a Wonderful Life” is about the only one I watch, classic story & Donna Reed is the iconic wife we all wish we had for xmas….

The Bishops Wife with Carey grant. Found that last year. New to me!

“The Shop Around the Corner”. Great movie. Best Xmas Carol is the 1951 w/ Alistar Sim.

The Three Godfathers. I’ve seen three different versions. There’s the classic version with John Wayne, then there’s another from 1935 or 6. Walter Brennan’s in that one. The earliest is from 1929 and is titled Hell’s Heroes. If you’d like to read the Peter Kyne novelette they were based on, you can do that here.
https://archive.org/details/threegodfathers00kyneiala/threegodfathers00kyneiala/mode/2up

The Smarter Half and I watch as many versions of A Christmas Carol we can find on cable. Use to be able to find 7+ starting with a silent version running on 15 or 20 minutes and finishing with the Patrick Stewart version. Can only find 3 or 4 this year.