Christmas titles on OTT that can brighten up the festival season

With Covid restrictions and limitations on outdoor parties, let’s bring the Christmas cheer at home. Settle down with a mug of hot coffee, a bowl of popcorns and your cosiest blanket to binge-watch these Christmas titles on OTT.

A trip to Elfhelm

A Boy Called Christmas: Netflix

Follow the journey of an ordinary young boy, Nikolas, who sets out on an adventure into the snowy North in search of his father, who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. This young boy may not be as ordinary as you think, and his friends, the headstrong reindeer and the talking mouse, definitely are not. This movie ought to leave you feeling like warm cookies on a winter night.

Will he make it?

Hawkeye: Disney+ Hotstar

This Marvel’s series is set in post-blip New York City. Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission—get back to his family for Christmas. Maybe, with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a super hero. The two are forced to work together when a presence from Barton’s past threatens to derail far more than the festive spirit.

What’s cooking

Waffles and Mochi: Netflix

Former First Lady Michelle Obama is joined by puppet pals to discover, cook and eat foods from around the world. Travelling from kitchen to kitchen, restaurant to farms and homes all around the world, and cooking with celebrated chefs and cooks, this show will bring out the chef hidden inside you this Christmas.

Mission to unite

10 Hours for Christmas: Amazon Prime Video

With divorced parents, Julia, Miguel and Bia got used to spending Christmas with an incomplete family. After an unplanned task at their mother’s job, they decide to surprise their parents with a Christmas dinner – and thus, bring them closer together. They have to accomplish this goal in the chaos of the holiday season, and they end up involving their father, in this Christmas mission.

A tough job

Christmas Break-in: Amazon Prime Video

Izzy is an energetic 9-year-old. Overscheduled and running late, her parents can’t pick her up on time on the last day of school before Christmas break. A blizzard complicates the matter, but not as much so as a pair of bad guys who are freezing in an ice- cream truck. The school janitor is kidnapped by them, and it’s up to Izzy to save the day.

Weaving magic

Encanto: Disney+ Hotstar

This animated film of 2021 is the tale of an extraordinary family. When Mirabel, the only ordinary member of the Madrigal family, discovers the magic surrounding their home is in danger, she may be her family’s last hope.