How long is Help for the Holidays?

Help for the Holidays is 1 h 24 min long (84 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:24 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.

What is Help for the Holidays rated?

Help for the Holidays is rated G in the US.

Where can I stream Help for the Holidays?

In the US, as of 2026-11-05: UP Faith & Family Apple TV channel (subscription), UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel (subscription), Xumo Play (free with ads). Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).

Lights Down — what movie do we watch?Pick tonight's movie →

Lights Down › Tonight's lists › Family movies under 100 minutes › Help for the Holidays

Where to watch Help for the Holidays (2012) tonight

Help for the Holidays (2012) runs 1 h 24 min, is rated G in the US and averages 6.1 from 68 TMDB members. Although she loves Christmas, Santa’s elf Christine (Summer Glau) wonders if there could be more to life than making toys in the North Pole. When Santa receives an emergency wish from a little boy in Los Angeles, he puts Christine on a special assignment, sending her to L.A. to give the VanCamp family—mom Sara (Eva La Rue), dad Scott (Dan Gauthier), and their two kids Ally (Izabela Vidovic) and Will (Mason Cook)—a…

Runtime: 1 h 24 min — ends 9:24 pm if you start at 8:00 pm
Rated: G (US)
Genres: Family, Fantasy
Released: December 9, 2012
TMDB rating: 6.1 / 10 from 68 votes
Director: Bradford May
Starring: Summer Glau, Dan Gauthier, Eva LaRue, Izabela Vidovic
Language: English

Good for a group? Yes — a crowd movie.Family and Fantasy hold a room: people can talk, laugh or scream over it and still follow what is going on.

Where to watch it tonight

Availability loads live for your country. See where Help for the Holidays streams (JustWatch via TMDB) →

Streaming availability by JustWatch. In the US, as of 2026-11-05: UP Faith & Family Apple TV channel (subscription), UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel (subscription), Xumo Play (free with ads).

Questions people ask

How long is Help for the Holidays?: Help for the Holidays is 1 h 24 min long (84 minutes). If you start it at 8:00 pm it ends at 9:24 pm; add about 20 minutes if you watch trailers first.
What is Help for the Holidays rated?: Help for the Holidays is rated G in the US.
Is Help for the Holidays a good movie to watch with a group?: Yes — a crowd movie. Family and Fantasy hold a room: people can talk, laugh or scream over it and still follow what is going on.
Where can I stream Help for the Holidays?: In the US, as of 2026-11-05: UP Faith & Family Apple TV channel (subscription), UP Faith & Family Amazon Channel (subscription), Xumo Play (free with ads). Availability changes often; this page loads the live list for your country (streaming availability by JustWatch).

Lists it could be on

If you like Help for the Holidays

Help for the Holidays on TMDB · This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Lights Down is a free tool: tell it your streaming services and how long you have, and it ranks what you can stream tonight, with a this-or-that, a roll, a bracket and a wheel. Movie data from TMDB; streaming availability by JustWatch. Page updated 2026-11-05. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Lights Down is a Somebody Decide program. How the data works · Legal & privacy · Tonight's lists