My October watchlist didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted because I was so dumb-busy in October and I am still learning to organize my life.  It's an uphill battle, I swear.  So I decided to simplify things in my December watchlist.  I'm rating things (on a scale of how well I liked the film) but I'm not giving you descriptions or extra info because you have probably heard of everything on the list and almost everything is appropriate for the whole family, unlike my October watchlist that featured horror films.
     This list is intended to put you in the mood for Christmas (though not every film is necessarily a Christmas film), so if there's not your thing, check back soon for a post on winter skincare!

1. The Santa Clause ★★★★★
1. The Santa Clause 2 ★★★
2. The Santa Clause 3 ★★
2. The First Christmas: The Story of the First Christmas Snow ★★★
3. Catch Me If You Can ★★★★★ | Not a Christmas film but lots of Christmas scenes and it's a great film and great story.
4. Santa Claus Conquers the Martians ★★ | Seriously, if you haven't seen this, you need to.  Two stars but it's really great to have on in the background for present wrapping or partying or whatever shenanigans you're getting up to this season.
5. Home Alone ★★★★★
1. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York ★★★
6. Bad Santa ★★★½
7. The Little Drummer Boy ★★★½
8. Christmas With The Kranks ★★★½
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas ★★★★
10. Jingle All The Way ★★★½
11. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas ★★★★★
12. Nestor the Long Eared Donkey ★★★★½
13. The Night Before ★★★★
14. Elf ★★★½
15. The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas ★★
16. It’s a Wonderful Life ★★★½
17. The Polar Express ★★★★
18. Ernest Saves Christmas ★★★
19. White Christmas ★★½
20. Funny Farm ★★★
21. Mickey’s Once Upon A Christmas ★★½
22. A Christmas Carol (1984) ★★★
23. Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town ★★½
24. A Christmas Story ★★★★
25. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation ★★★★★

Honorable Mentions

Halloween October is probably my favorite month of the year.  I've got a movie for every day leading up until Halloween to get you even more in the mood for the month of spoop.  I've rated them between 1-5 stars based on personal interest.  I'll include the MPA rating because useful info is useful.

1.   Edward Scissorhands (1990) ★★★★ | drama, fantasy, romance |   A door-to-door saleswoman discovers a shy, gentle young man with scissors for hands living in isolation.  He is brought into a new community and the film takes you on his adventures as he adapts to his new life.  Rated PG-13: sexual references, strong language, alcohol use, some violence.
2.   Hocus Pocus (1993) ★★★★★ | family, comedy | After three centuries, three witch sisters are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it is up to two teenagers, a young girl and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.  Rated PG: some scary sequences and language. 
3.   The Blair Witch Project  (1999) ★★★★ | horror, found footage |  Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.  Rated R: language.    
4.   The Craft  (1996) ★★★★★ | drama, fantasy, horror, thriller |  A newcomer to a Catholic prep high school falls in with a trio of outcast teenage girls who practice witchcraft and they all soon conjure up various spells and curses against those who even slightly anger them.  Rated R:  terror, violence, language.
5.   Halloweentown  (1998) ★★★★ | adventure, comedy, fantasy, family |  After learning she is a witch, a girl (Kimberly J. Brown) helps save a town full of other supernatural creatures.   Rated G.
6.   The Witch (2015) ★★★½ | horror, mystery |   A family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.  Rated R: disturbing violent content, graphic nudity.
7.   Dark Shadows  (2012) ★★★★★ | comedy, fantasy, horror |  An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.  Rated PG-13:  comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language, smoking.      
8.   The Addams Family  (1991) ★★★ | comedy, fantasy |   Con artists plan to fleece an eccentric family using an accomplice who claims to be their long-lost uncle.  Rated PG-13: language, smoking, sensuality, some bloody comic violence.
9.   Beetlejuice  (1988) ★★★½ | comedy, fantasy | A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house.  Rated PG-13: comedic horror violence, alcohol use, some sexual humor, brief strong language.
10.   Sleepy Hollow  (1999)  ★★★ | fantasy, horror, mystery |   Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.  Rated R: graphic horror violence and gore, a scene of sexuality.
11.   The Haunted Mansion (2003)  ★★★ | comedy, family, fantasy, horror, mystery | A realtor and his wife and children are summoned to a mansion, which they soon discover is haunted, and while they attempt to escape, he learns an important lesson about the family he has neglected.  Rated PG: frightening images, thematic elements, language.  

What's your favorite October or Halloween movie? Let me know below and your favorite film might be in part 2!