Watch: A ‘Christmas Movies Through the Years’ Supercut of Favorites
by Alex Billington
December 24, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Treat every day like Christmas… There’s room for everyone on the nice list…” 🎄 Take a fascinating trip through cinema history in these enchanting supercut video created by editor Luís Azevedo for Little White Lies. His latest video is called Christmas Movies Through the Years – it begins with Santa Claus (from 1898) and ends with this year’s indie film Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point (from 2024). Covering more than 100 years! So many B&W classics, and so many modern comedies. There is nothing like a warm & joyful & funny Christmas movie – they’ve been a part of movie history since the start and will continue to be there for many more decades to come. This supercut also includes some forgotten classics like Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) and 🥁 Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas (1977) and Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) and Mixed Nuts (1994). If you want something weird & funky – watch one of these sometime. Or any of the films included in this video. May your holidays be especially relaxing and cozy as you enjoy plenty of movies.
For a huge list of even more films, you can check out the “Neverending Christmas movie list” on Letterboxd.
“A supercut of seasonal favourites spanning over 100 years of cinema.” 🎅 Check out IMDb’s Top 100 list for more X-Mas movies to enjoy. This was commissioned by movie magazine Little White Lies – presenting a look back through cinema history. This latest supercut video was edited & created by Portuguese filmmaker / editor Luís Azevedo – made for the LWL YouTube channel. For more of his videos, follow him on Twitter @LuisAFAzevedo. You can also enjoy more of his video creations from the past few years: Women in Film 2020 retrospective, and What Makes a Great Film Company Logo?, or watch his The Vega Brothers – A Fake Tarantino Movie trailer, the Transformation of Jack Nicholson, The Sounds of Christopher Nolan, Adam Driver Driving, The Colors of Alex Garland, and Wim Wenders & The Road Less Traveled. The complete list of films included in this supercut video can be found at the very end. Which of these movies are your faves?