The Best '60s Christmas Movies
The best ‘60s Christmas movies will you make you feel warm and fuzzy all over. Some of the most recognizable faces in Christmas movie history can be found right here, such as Ed Wynn, Sally Dryer, Boris Karloff, and more! If you've been dreaming of a white Christmas, these 1960s Christmas films are definitely for you.
While there were not a ton of Christmas-themed releases in the 1960s, the films that did come out are genre classics. Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang appear in A Charlie Brown Christmas, while Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman star in films of their own. In addition, one of the Christmas season’s best villains, The Grinch, shows up in the cartoon version of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The film was later remade with Jim Carrey in the title role. And we certainly can’t forget the most recognizable Christmas figure of them all-- Santa Claus! This list features French filmmaker Jean Eustache's take on Good St. Nick in the short film, Santa Claus Has Blue Eyes. It stars top French New Wave icon, Jean-Pierre Léaud.
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- 1Janis Orenstein
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Larry Roemer, Kizo Nagashima
Burl Ives narrates an animated tale. - 2Boris Karloff, June Foray, Hal Smith
- Released: 1966
- Directed by: Chuck Jones, Ben Washam
A curmudgeon tries to end merrymaking. - 3Bill Melendez, Peter Robbins, Geoffrey Ornstein
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Bill Melendez
A Charlie Brown Christmas is a musical animated television film based on the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. Produced by Lee Mendelson and directed by Bill Melendez, the program made its ...more - 4June Foray, Paul Frees, Billy De Wolfe
- Released: 1969
- Directed by: Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
Frosty the Snowman is an American animated Christmas family television special based on the song "Frosty the Snowman". The program, which first aired on December 7, 1969 on CBS, was produced for ...more - 5Greer Garson, Zero Mostel, Allen Swift
- Released: 1968
- Directed by: Arthur Rankin, Jr., Jules Bass
The Little Drummer Boy is a 1968 Christmas stop-motion television special produced by Rankin/Bass, based on the song of the same name. It was followed by a sequel in 1976. - 6Jim Backus, Morey Amsterdam
- Released: December 18, 1962
- Directed by: Abe Levitow
Animated version of the Dickens classic, with Mr. Magoo as Mr. Scrooge.
