10 Family Christmas Movies That Lowkey Spoil The Truth About Santa Claus

10 Family Christmas Movies That Lowkey Spoil The Truth About Santa Claus

A surprising amount of Christmas movies pull down the Santa smokescreen and have the potential to plant seeds of doubt in many children’s heads.

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Christmas is one of the best times of the year, partly because of all the great movies that people don’t watch outside of December. There are tons of amazing movies about the holiday season, and many of them are about Santa.

But a surprising amount of Christmas movies pull down the Santa smokescreen, planting seeds of doubt in children’s heads. Any clued-up kid or a child on the cusp of starting to question things will immediately figure it out. These movies might go over really young children’s heads, but the clues have been right in front of them the whole time.

A Christmas Story (1983)

The classic ’80s movie, A Christmas Story, has a very relatable premise, as a young boy desperately wants one specific gift, and if he doesn’t get it, it’ll be an utter disappointment. It’s something that every child has lived through. The gift that Ralphie wants is a BB gun, and when he thinks he’s opened every present and hasn’t received it, he’s miserable. But his father directs him to one hidden gift behind the tree, the BB gun.

It’s absolute excitement for Ralphie, but for young viewers, it’s a wonder how the father knew the gift was behind there and that it was a BB gun. Parents will come under even more fire from their children when they see Ralphie thanking his father too. Why would Ralphie thank his father if it was Santa who brought him the gift?

Miracle On 34th Street (1947)

Both the 1947 movie and the just as good 1994 remake have become essential viewing over Christmas for families with youngsters. Miracle on 34th Street follows a department store Santa Claus who claims he is the real Saint Nick. There’s so much Christmas spirit in the movie and it features one of the most compelling on-screen Santas, but it’ll get some children thinking about how realistic the existence of Santa really is.

In the movie, Susan doesn’t believe Santa is real, and she’s pretty stubborn and firm on her stance for the most part. And as children easily relate to characters in movies, it might lead to some awkward questions when the movie’s over.

The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

There aren’t many Christmas movies released these days that have the makings of a classic, but 2018’s The Christmas Chronicles comes the closest. It’s a fun family movie full of Christmas spirit, as a sister and brother hatch a plan to capture Father Christmas on tape.

However, before that happens, the brother starts talking to his sister about how Santa Claus doesn’t actually exist. The character does eventually turn up, proving the brother wrong, but it’s still enough to plant the sees in any young viewers’ mind that Old Saint Nick isn’t actually real.

Scrooged (1988)

Scrooged is as crass as they come and rated PG-13, but the TV version of the movie is rated PG and on during the daytime, so it’s surely a favorite amongst parents because of its more grown-up comedy.

Of all the countless different takes on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the modern-day Scrooged is arguably the most entertaining, and also plays fast and loose with the source material too. The movie sees Frank insulting everyone, including parents purchasing gifts for their children. And after all of the cynical humor, despite its redeeming ending, children watching it might come out of it not only not believing in Santa, but with a seething hatred of Christmas too.

The Santa Clause (1994)

The Santa Clause is a unique take on the character and the movie fascinatingly builds its own lore, such as how anybody who accidentally kills Santa has to become him. The rules of the world go that deep. The exploration of the character is why The Santa Clause is the perfect Santa movie.

However, those rules don’t exactly align with what has been told to children about Santa. With The Santa Clause feeding kids so much contradictory information, that might lead to some pulling down the smokescreen.

Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992)

There are some Redditors who think Home Alone 2 is better than Home Alone, and part of the reason why is its New York setting, but that’s also part of what ruins the illusion of Santa. However, it may go unnoticed by many young viewers, as it’s right at the end of the movie after all the hijinks and slapstick comedy is over.

Lost In New York is sure to give some kids doubts about Santa when Kevin and his family are in the hotel. As Kevin and the McCallisters wake up on Christmas Day, Mr. Duncan sends them a truckload of free gifts. This might leave many to speculate why it wasn’t Santa who brought them the gifts the night before.

Elf (2003)

There are some terribly mixed messages in Elf regarding the existence of Saint Nick, as there’s so much talk about people not believing in Santa, some of which even comes from the man himself. When Buddy is gearing up to travel to New York, Santa tells him that a lot of non-believers live there.

Children can be quite perceptive, and many can easily pick up on sarcasm, and when Buddy is told about the notion that Santa doesn’t exist, he responds in the most sarcastic manner possible. Not only that but there are kids in the movie who speculate that it’s parents who buy the presents, perhaps planting that idea in young viewers’ heads.

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins might not be the most child-friendly movie in the world, and it’s the reason why the PG-13 rating exists. However, it was clearly made with children in mind, as it has the cute, merchandisable Mogwai, and quirkier parents would be quick to put on the ’80s classic without knowing the repercussions.

In the middle of the movie, Kate goes on somewhat of an over-the-top monologue about how she found out Santa wasn’t real. Parents don’t have to worry about their kids putting pets in blenders and microwaves, but they may have to deal with them crying and asking why they were lied to all these years. Gremlins is an ’80s movie that deserves a remake, but it could be remade without that speech.

The Polar Express (2004)

A live-action Polar Express could fix the dead CGI eyes of the characters in the movie, but what it can’t fix is the major plot hole that gives away the big secret. The movie follows the same problematic formula as Elf, where the children might believe in Santa Claus, but none of the adults do.

Any kid paying attention might have doubts, right away. However, The Polar Express is a wonderful film, and it’s a celebration of Christmas and Santa too, so it’s easy to get swept up in the magic and Christmas cheer and forget about the plot hole.

Jingle All The Way (1996)

The whole premise behind Jingle All The Way is about a father who is on thin ice with his son for missing his karate lesson and has to find him the only gift that he wants, a Turbo Man Doll. As Howard has left it too late to buy the doll, what follows is an action-packed Rat Race-like attempt to find the toy.

Any child watching this would wonder to themselves why Howard is going to such great lengths to find the doll when it’s not his job, but Santa’s, and it’d surely raise suspicions.

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