Christmas movies, shows, music to stream on December 25, Boxing Day week

Christmas and Boxing Day week will witness OTT giants streaming a number of movies, shows for their subscribers, The Associated Press reported.

The long-awaited second season of "Squid Game" on Netflix and singing superstar Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas TV special are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you, AP reported.



The long-awaited second season of “Squid Game” begins Thursday on Netflix. Lee Jung-jae returns to lead the seven-episode season, which is already nominated for best drama series at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards. The show follows a game where contestants who are down on their luck and in debt are recruited to compete for a cash prize, only to find out it has deadly consequences. Hwang Dong-hyuk, who created the series and wrote and directed season one, also wrote and directed season two. A third and final season has already completed filming, AP reported.


British filmmaker Andrea Arnold (“Fish Tank”) made perhaps her most divisive movie yet with 'Bird', a coming-of-age tale about a 12-year-old named Bailey (Nykiya Adams) that come to MUBI on Monday, AP reported.


Nothing says “happy holidays” quite like tuning into a festive music special. On Christmas Eve, the Recording Academy and superstar Andrea Bocelli will team up for “Christmas with Andrea Bocelli and Friends: A Grammy Holiday Special,” airing live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8 p.m. (ET). Bocelli will be joined by his family, his wife Veronica and daughter Virginia Bocelli, as well as Jennifer Hudson, Dua Lipa, Sofia Carson and Josh Groban for a memorable night of merry performances.

It’s hard to make the whole family happy on Christmas, especially when someone else controls the remote. But this Wednesday, there’s something for everyone with a Netflix subscription to enjoy: Mariah Carey will kick off the NFL Christmas Gameday with a pre-recorded performance of her smash “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” airing ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers game at 1 pm (ET), and again at 4:30 pm (ET), when the Baltimore Ravens take on the Houston Texans. Music fans would be wise to stay tuned in for the latter match-up: Beyoncé will take the stage at halftime. Who said sport fans and pop heads couldn’t get along?

FAQs

Q1. Where can we watch new movies and shows?
A1. New movies and shows can be watched on Netflix, Prime Video.

Q2. Where can we watch Netflix?
A2. The long-awaited second season of “Squid Game” begins Thursday on Netflix.