What to stream over the Christmas break? Netflix, Disney+, Amazon and more

Truly the best thing about the holiday season is ‘Betwixt-mas’: the in-between-y week of Christmas and New Years where no one gets out of pyjamas and everyone survives on leftovers, selection boxes and Christmas biscuits.

To save you the endless scroll, here’s a few of the best new releases and binge-able shows to keep every couch potato entertained.

Disney+:
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - December 2 premiere
Star Wars meets The Goonies - Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is the latest addition to the Disney+ juggernaut which now spans eight seperate series. Hailed as a “purely nostalgic kids’ adventure” and set in the same timeline as The Mandalorian, it follows four kids trying to get back home after getting lost in “a galaxy far, far away”, with Jude Law and Nick Frost in supporting roles.

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Marvel’s What If? Season 3 - December 22 premiere
Over at the OTHER Disney+ juggernaut, the third and final season of Marvel Animations What If…? drops just before Christmas. An animated anthology series that re-imagines iconic events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in vastly new ways, season three is set to feature Storm from the X-Men as the new Goddess of Thunder, a super-sized super soldier Captain America and a cowboy Shang-Chi, plus appearances from Agatha Harkness, Sam Wilson, Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes and the Hulk.

Netflix:
Squid Game Season 2 - December 26 premiere
Why anyone would step back into a deadly game they barely survived and won is anyone’s guess. But Player 456/Gi-Hun seems to be doing exactly that in an attempt to take down the mysterious gamemakers of the brutal titular games, in season two of the record-breaking Korean horror survival show. One for binging along with the Christmas day leftovers for sure.

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NFL Christmas Gameday - December 25
Netflix are pulling out all the stops for their inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday, with Beyonce set to perform the halftime show during the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens game. It’s the second of two games being streamed live on Christmas day as a part of a recent three-year deal with the NFL, signaling a shift towards broadcasting live sports events on the platform.

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Kick-off for the first clash between Kansas City Chiefs vs. Pittsburgh Steelers should be around tea-time Irish time.

Prime Video:
The Sticky - December 6 premiere
As if Canada couldn’t get any more, well, Canadian, it turns out they’ve got a federal reserve of maple syrup. Not only that, but it was the target of the most valuable heist in Canadian history in 2011/2012.

Yep.

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The Sticky, loosely based on this Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, is a Coen Brothers-style six part series starring Margo Martindale as a syrup farmer whose farm gets shut down by the government. Teaming up with a Boston mobster (Chris Diamantopoulos) and a French-Canadian security guard (Guillaume Cyr), they hatch a plot to siphon syrup from the country's national reserve to make ends meet, with a guest star turn from Jamie Lee Curtis.

Cross Season 1 - Binge all episodes now
If you’re looking for a crime series to keep you on your toes while stuck to the couch over the holidays, Prime Video’s Cross will do the trick. Based on the bestselling series by James Patterson, Aldis Hodge plays the brilliant but flawed detective trying to stop a serial killer before he claims his next victim.

Apple TV+:
Bad Sisters - Streaming Now
The Garvey sisters are back - and things are badder than ever for them.

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Two years after the “accidental death” of Grace’s abusive husband, the close-knit Garveys have moved on, but when past truths resurface, the five are thrust back into the spotlight. With the addition this season of the ever-excellent Fiona Shaw as a less-than friendly neighbour, suspicions are at an all-time high, lies are told and secrets revealed, culminating in a Christmas Day finale.