25 best animated Christmas movies and specials on Netflix

12. Oddbods: The Festive Menace (2018)

With so many cartoons out there to choose from, it can seem daunting at times to find the right ones for kids to enjoy and even hard to find holiday-themed episodes or specials to enjoy to get everyone into that yuletide sprint that makes the holiday season all the more memorable. Thankfully the streaming powerhouse that is Netflix has plenty of options regarding Christmas capers of the animated variety. One of which comes from the Singaporian animated comedy series Oddbods. The show’s main players, Pogo, Bubbles, Jeff, Slick, Fuse, Newt, and Zee, wear furry suits of different colors and make sounds instead of utilizing words making the international sensation easily translatable, making any of their entries with a watch, especially there noel special Oddbods: The Festive Menace.

The Oddbods: The Festive Menace is the second installment of the third season and originally aired on December 1, 2019. In the well-crafted special, Bubble’s creates an invention called the Naughty or Nice machine, which zaps poor Santa Claus, casting good old Saint Nick to go bad, putting the entire Christmas holiday season in jeopardy. The entire ordeal is a great watch for fans of the series and for Netflix subscribers who generally appreciate all kinds of memorable animated holiday sagas.