Christmas movies & shows 2022

An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.

Kevin is separated from his family again when he accidentally boards a flight to New York City during a Christmas trip to Miami. However he crosses paths with the same burglars, who now plan to rob a toy store on Christmas eve.

The gang gets in the holiday spirit with the tale of a plucky lawyer who sets out to save Santa Claus from the clutches of a spoilsport zillionaire.

Joel and the Bots take on the infamous Christmas classic "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)," in which a group of martians kidnap Santa Claus because they have no one on Mars to give their children presents. The crew performs the pinnacle Christmas carol.

Mike and the Bots watch "Santa Claus (1959)" in which the titular character messes around with a devil while trying to deliver gifts and then sing politically correct holiday songs.

The Rifftrax Crew give several holiday short films a good riffing. Weird Al Yankovic makes a guest appearance.

When Santa's sleigh gets stuck in Florida, he tells a group of kids the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The RiffTrax gang provide humorous commentary to the proceedings.

The guys riff on awkward entertainer, Whizzo the Clown

From the strange and ridiculously colorful world of K. Gordon Murray comes the 1959 Holiday classic Santa Claus. Made in Mexico and dubbed into glorious English, Santa Claus tells the story of, well, Santa Claus, who lives in a big white castle above us in Geosynchronous Orbit and watches over us all in a way that would make the NSA jealous. It's Christmas Eve, and on Earth poor little Lupita wishes for a doll. Santa hears her wish and prepares for his yearly visit, helped by the heavily medicated Merlin the Wizard and Santa's unintentionally creepy mechanical reindeer.

On Christmas Day the Texas area to the South West of Fort Worth is struck by a massive storm system sprouting several severe tornadoes.

Join Stephen Colbert and his friends--Toby Keith, Elvis Costello, John Legend, Feist, Willie Nelson, and Jon Stewart --for a yuletide evening of song, dance and nog-induced dementia.

This is a TV special of Charles Dickens story 'A Christmas Carol.' It's an abridged version of Scrooge being visited by three ghosts. Original songs are by Maxwell Anderson and Bernard Herrman.

Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean old miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Bob Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.

Five children from around the world follow Santa home on Christmas Eve, and decide to give him some extra help around the workshop.

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received broken toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

Squirrel Ginger is the ringmaster for an animal circus. A parrot has snuck in using a weasel's ticket; the weasel keeps trying to enter as well, but keeps getting thrown out. The parrot heckles, and is also thrown out. The weasel prepares to clobber the parrot, but a mole pops up with a "Peace on Earth" sign which the weasel smashes on the parrot.

On Christmas Eve, the Little King sneaks two tramps into the castle. The next morning, the three men are thrilled by the presents Santa left behind.

A little squirrel with lots of charm accidentally helps two poor, down-but-NOT-out families overcome their obstacles.

Love blooms between a sympathetic attorney and the comely shoplifter he has taken home for the Christmas holiday.

A food writer who has lied about being the perfect housewife must try to cover her deception when her boss and a returning war hero invite themselves to her home for a traditional family Christmas.

The host for the episode is David Carradine, and the musical guests are the cast from The Pirates of Penzance. The skits for this episode are as follows: Joe Piscopo tries out his voice to become the next SNL announcer, but Don Pardo quickly quashes his hopes. David Carradine wants to sing "I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man" for his opening monologue, but Charles Rocket steps in and stops him at the last moment. A gun shop invites customers to come by for their last-minute Christmas shopping. Caine, the traveling kung-fu master, gets some fashion advice from the owner of a menswear shop. Valley girls Vickie and Debbie go down to the mall to try and impress some boys. For the Rocket Report, Charles does a story about a derelict Santa wandering the streets of New York. Bob Dylan goes to visit Woody Guthrie in the hospital, where the two converse only in folk-song lyrics. An NBC executive stages a worldwide search for a virgin. David extols the virtues of Dopenhagen smokeless marijuana. Mr. Bill reflects on some of his more painful holiday memories. Caine teams up with Bruce Lee for a holiday special. Linda Rondstadt and the cast of Pirates of Penzance perform a medley of songs from the musical, as well as a medley of holiday songs.

The host for the episode is Bill Murray (his second appearance as host), and the musical guests are The Spinners. The skits for this episode are as follows: The phone company admits that its highly touted technological breakthroughs are just hot air used to justify rate increases. During his opening monologue, Bill Murray introduces his best friend, Santa Claus. Tomorrow host Tom Snyder sulks. Father Guido Sarducci talks about the benefits of MX-5 tampons. During the Weekend Update, Brian Doyle-Murray reports on the proper spelling of the name of Libya's leader and an attempt in Arkansas to have creationism taught as science, and Joe Piscopo interviews an aging Muhammad Ali to find out if the legendary boxer is still the greatest. A skit features Christie Brinkley for designer fairy tales. Father Guido Sarducci returns to make his predictions for the coming year. A skit looks at the home life of a family of psychos. Honker gives his views on the economics of Christmas. The Spinners perform a "Then Came You", "I'll Be Around" and "Working My Way Back to You". Michael Davis and the Yale Whiffenpoofs made credited guest appearances.

Sketches include "Rubik's Grenade, Merry Christmas, Dammit!, Clysler-Prymouth, I Came, I Saw, I Came Again, Haram Scarem, Herpes Gone Bananas, Joy of Christmas, A Special Christmas Message." Musical numbers were "You Are and Truly"

Sketch's include "Dion's, Unrequited Sex, Unanswered Questions of the Universe, Hello, Trudy!, Older Sisters of The Young, Pudge and Solomon, Reverend Leroy, Crazy Weinstein, Shoe Tier, Subterraneans." Musical numbers were "Stand Back" and "Nightbird"

One skit features Eddie Murphy as Desmond Tutu, who had just received his Nobel Peace Prize, as a guest on a talk show. A fellow guest is Doug Flutie with his just - won Heisman Trophy. Tutu accidentally breaks Flutie's trophy and tries to fix it on air before Flutie notices.