1960s Christmas TV and Movies
Feeling grinchy? How many days until Christmas? Between shopping, wrapping, decorating, cleaning, and baking, will you have time to watch some vintage Christmas specials? I hope so. Here’s a list of some fun things to cheer you.
The items in bold are available to watch where indicated. I have also included links where possible. Check back periodically as I’ll be updating this list as well.
TV Specials
Amahl and the Night Visitors (1961 ff)
The Andy Williams Christmas Special 1964
The Andy Williams Christmas Special 1965
The Andy Williams Christmas Special 1966
The Andy Williams Christmas Special 1967
The Andy Williams Christmas Special 1968
The Andy Williams Christmas Special 1969
Babes in Toyland (1960) Disney+
The Bell Telephone Hour Christmas specials (1959–1968)
The Bob Hope Christmas Show 1965
The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show 1966
The Bob Hope Christmas Special 1967
The Bob Hope Christmas Special 1968
The Bob Hope Christmas Special 1969
Bing and Carol Together Again for the First Time (1969)
The Bing Crosby Christmas Show (1961)
The Bing Crosby Christmas Show (1962) Tubi
The Bing Crosby Christmas Show (1965)
A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) AppleTV
Cricket on the Hearth (1967)
Christmas At The Hollywood Palace (1969)
Christmas with Andre, Bing, and Mary (1962)
Davey and Goliath: Christmas Lost and Found (1965) series on Tubi, Fawesome
The Enchanted Nutcracker (1961, ABC)
The Flintstones: "Christmas Flintstone" (1964) series on Tubi
Frosty the Snowman (1969) ReDiscover Television
The Hollywood Palace with Bing Crosby (1965)
The Hollywood Palace with Bing Crosby (1966)
The Hollywood Palace with Bing Crosby (1967)
The Hollywood Palace with Bing Crosby (1968)
The Hollywood Palace with Perry Como (1969)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) Peacock
The Little Drummer Boy (1968) ReDiscover Television
The Littlest Angel (1969) Roku Channel
The Judy Garland Christmas Show (1963)
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
The Night Before Christmas (1968)
The Nutcracker (1965)
The Perry Como Holiday Special (1967)
The Promise (1963)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) ReDiscover Television, Yule Log Channel
There is also a Rankin-Bass Christmas Collection on YouTube
Christmas Episodes of 60s TV Shows
Adam-12: "Log 122: "Christmas—The Yellow Dump Truck" (1968) series on FreeVee
The Addams Family: "Christmas with the Addams Family" (1965) series on FreeVee, Roku Channel, Pluto
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: "The Girl in the Emporium" (1960) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Pluto
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: "A Piano for the Fraternity" (1960) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Pluto
The Andy Williams Show Christmas Episode 1962
The Andy Griffith Show: "A Christmas Story" (1960) series on Pluto
The Avengers: "Too Many Christmas Trees" (1965)
Bachelor Father: "Deck the Halls" (1961)
Ben Casey: "Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season" (1962)
The Beverly Hillbillies: "Home for Christmas" (1962) series on Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Filmrise
The Beverly Hillbillies: "No Place Like Home" (1962) series on Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Filmrise
The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Clampetts Get Culture" (1963) series on Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Filmrise
The Beverly Hillbillies: "Christmas at the Clampetts" (1963) series on Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Filmrise
The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Christmas Present" (1966) series on Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Filmrise
The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Week Before Christmas" (1968) series on Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Filmrise
The Beverly Hillbillies: "Christmas in Hooterville" (1968) series on Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Filmrise
Bewitched: "A Vision of Sugar Plums" (1964) series on FreeVee, Classic TV
Bewitched: "Humbug Not to Be Spoken Here" (1967) series on FreeVee, Classic TV
Bewitched: "Santa Comes to Visit and Stays and Stays" (1969) series on FreeVee, Classic TV
The Big Valley: "Judgement in Heaven" (1965)
The Bill Cosby Show: "A Christmas Ballad" (1969)
The Bing Crosby Show: "The Christmas Show" (1964)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: The Eighth Day (1966)
Bonanza: "Gabrielle" (1961) series on Tubi, Roku Channel, Filmrise
Bonanza: "A Christmas Story" (1966) series on Tubi, Roku Channel, Filmrise
The Brady Bunch: "The Voice of Christmas" (1969) series on Pluto
Branded: "A Proud Town" (1965)
The Bullwinkle Show: "Topsy Turvy World" (1962)
Car 54, Where Are You?: "Christmas at the 53rd" (1961) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Plex, Pluto
Channing: "Christmas Day Is Breaking Wan" (1964)
Daniel Boone: "The Christmas Story" (1965)
The Danny Kaye Show: Christmas Show (1964)
The Danny Kaye Show: Christmas Show (1965)
The Danny Kaye Show: Christmas Show (1966)
The Danny Thomas Show: "Christmas Story" (1963) series on Tubi, FreeVee
The Dean Martin Show: Christmas with the Martins and Sinatras (1967)
The Dean Martin Show: Christmas Show (1968)
Dennis the Menace: "The Christmas Horse" (1960) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Plex
Dennis the Menace: "The Fifteen-Foot Christmas Tree" (1961) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Plex
The Dick Van Dyke Show: "The Alan Brady Show Presents" (1963) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Pluto, Plex, Fawesome, Filmrise
The Dick Van Dyke Show: "Uhny Uftz" (1965) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Pluto, Plex, Fawesome, Filmrise
Dobie Gillis: "Jangle Bells" (1960) series on Tubi, FreeVee
Dobie Gillis: "Have Reindeer, Will Travel" (1961) series on Tubi, FreeVee
Dobie Gillis: "Will the Real Santa Claus Please Come Down the Chimney?" (1962) series on Tubi, FreeVee
Dr. Kildare: Season to Be Jolly (1961)
Dr. Kildare: An Exchange of Gifts (1964)
The Doris Day Show: "A Two-Family Christmas" (1969) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Pluto
Dragnet: "The Christmas Story" (1967) series on Tubi, Roku Channel, Filmrise, Plex, Pluto
The DuPont Show with June Allyson: A Silent Panic (1960)
Fair Exchange: "'Twas the Fortnight Before Christmas" (1962)
Family Affair: "Christmas Came a Little Early" (1968) series on Tubi, Pluto
The Flintstones: "Christmas Flintstone" (1964/ABC) series on Tubi
The Flying Nun: "Wailing in a Winter Wonderland" (1967) series on Roku Channel
Follow the Sun: "Mele Kalikimaka to You" (1961)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir: "The Ghost and Christmas Past" (1969)
Gilligan's Island: "Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk" (1964) series on Tubi
Going My Way: "Keep an Eye on Santa Claus" (1962)
Green Acres: "An Old Fashioned Christmas" (1966) series on Pluto
Grindl: "'Twas the Week Before Christmas" (1963)
Have Gun - Will Travel: "Be Not Forgetful of Strangers" (1962) series on Pluto
Hazel: "Hazel's Christmas Shopping" (1961)
Hazel: "Just 86 Shopping Minutes to Christmas" (1964)
Hennesey: "Santa Hits Harvey" (1961)
Here Come the Brides: "A Christmas Place" (1968) series on Roku Channel
The Jack Benny Program: "Christmas Show" (1960) series on Tubi
The Jack Benny Program: "Christmas Party" (1961) series on Tubi
The Jackie Gleason Show: Run, Santa, Run (1966) series on Tubi
The Jackie Gleason Show: The Poor Soul in Christmas-Land (1966) series on Tubi
The Joey Bishop Show: "Baby's First Christmas" (1963) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Filmrise
Julia: "I'm Dreaming of a Black Christmas" (1968)
Kentucky Jones: "Ho, Ho, Ho" (1964)
Kraft Suspense Theatre: "Are There Any More Out There Like You?" (1963)
Laramie: "A Sound of Bells" (1960)
Lassie: "The Christmas Story 1960" (1960)
Lassie: "Yochim's Christmas" (1961)
Lassie: "Lassie's Gift of Love" (1963)
Lassie: "The Little Christmas Tree" (1964)
Lassie: "The Greatest Gift" (1966)
Lassie: "Miracle of the Dove" (1967)
Lassie: "The Blessing" (1969)
The Law and Mr. Jones: "Christmas Is a Legal Holiday" (1960)
The Lucy Show: "Together for Christmas" (1962) series on Tubi, Plex
The Lucy Show: "Lucy the Choirmaster" (1965) series on Tubi, Plex
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: "The Jingle Bells Affair" (1966)
McHale's Navy: "The Day They Captured Santa" (1962)
Mister Ed: "Ed's Christmas Story" (1963)
The Monkees: "The Christmas Show" (1967)
The Munsters: "Grandpa Leaves Home" (1964)
My Mother the Car: "Many Happy No-Returns" (1965)
My Sister Eileen: "Ebenezer Scrooge Appopolous" (1960)
My World and Welcome to It: "Rally Round the Flag" (1969)
The Patty Duke Show: "Christmas Present" (1963) series on Pluto
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall ~ Christmas Special (1959–1962, 1965, 1966)
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall ~ Perry Como's Christmas In Rome (1964)
Pete and Gladys: "Christmas Shopping" (1961)
Petticoat Junction: "Cannonball Christmas" (1963) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Plex
Petticoat Junction: "The Santa Claus Special" (1966) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Plex
The Pruitts of Southampton: "Santa Was a Lady" (1966)
Rawhide: "Twenty-Five Santa Clauses" (1961) series on Pluto
The Real McCoys: "The Diamond Ring" (1961) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Filmrise, Pluto
The Red Skelton Show: Freddie and the Yuletide Doll (1961) series on Tubi, FreeVee
The Red Skelton Show: The Plight Before Christmas (1964) series on Tubi, FreeVee
The Red Skelton Show: Christmas Show (1966) series on Tubi, FreeVee
The Red Skelton Show: A Christmas Urchin (1967) series on Tubi, FreeVee
The Rogues: "Mr. White's Christmas" (1965)
Run for Your Life: "Time and a Half on Christmas Eve" (1966)
The Second Hundred Years: "Luke's First Christmas" (1967)
Shirley Temple's Storybook: "Babes in Toyland" (1960) series on Pluto
The Smothers Brothers Show: "'Twas the Week Before Christmas" (1965)
The Space Kidettes: "The Flight Before Christmas" (1966)
Stagecoach West: "Three Wise Men" (1960)
The Tall Man: "Billy's Baby" (1960)
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales: "Tree Trimmers" (1965)
That Girl: "Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid" (1966) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Pluto, Plex, Filmrise
That Girl: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas, You're Under Arrest" (1967) series on Tubi, FreeVee, Pluto, Plex, Filmrise
That's Life: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" (1968)
That's Life: "Our First Christmas" (1968)
The Twilight Zone: "The Night of the Meek" (1960) series on FreeVee, Pluto, Roku Channel, Classic TV
The Twilight Zone: "Five Characters in Search of an Exit" (1961) series on FreeVee, Pluto, Roku Channel, Classic TV
The Twilight Zone: "The Changing of the Guard" (1962) series on FreeVee, Pluto, Roku Channel, Classic TV
The Untouchables: "The Night They Shot Santa Claus" (1962)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army: "I'm Dreaming of a Wide Isthmus" (1965)
The Wild Wild West: "The Night of the Whirring Death" (1966) series on Pluto
Window on Main Street: "Christmas Memory" (1961)
Movies
Babes in Toyland (1961) Disney version, #1 on my list of Christmas movies Disney+
The Christmas Kid (1967) Tubi
The Christmas Tree (1969) Tubi
Fitzwilly (1967) Pluto, a personal favorite, do yourself a favor and watch it
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates (1958) I remember it being rebroadcast every year. Watch for Sandy from Flipper!
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) Tubi, Plex, Pluto, Fawesome, Filmrise
White Christmas (1954) Fawesome, THE Christmas movie at our house
Scrooge (1951) Plex
The Nutcracker (1967)
A Carol for Another Christmas (1964) Max
Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Disney+
The Apartment (1960) Fawesome, ReDiscover Television
Blast of Silence (1961)
Bell Book and Candle (1958) Tubi
For more details on individual titles, check out:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Christmas_television_specials
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_films
https://www.slashfilm.com/658490/the-best-christmas-movies-ranked/
and, of course IMDB.
I saved most of the YouTube videos to this playlist for convenience. I’ll update it with period specials and movies as the become available.
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Sincerely,
Kate
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