Disney+: New movies and shows in December 2024

Santa is coming – As well as some new shows and movies. We're breaking down all the new stuff hitting Disney+ in December 2024!

Whats awaits us during the most wonderful time of the year at Disney+? | © Disney

Giving the fact that Christmas is right around the corner, Mickey Mouse and his company will bring a lot of holiday related shows and movies to Disney+ in December – but there will be also a few other things to look forward to. Let's dive right in and see what you can expect.

And if you can't find anything interesting, maybe check out what Apple TV+ and Netflix have in store!

New Disney+ shows and movies in December 2024

December 2

  • Mickey and the Very Many Christmases
    • Is there a better way to start in the list of things comming to Disney+ in December than with the mouse himself? In this special holiday event staring Mickey, Minnie and the rest of their iconic friends, the title giving mouse wishes for Christmas to be everyday – only to learn that a day like that loses its magic when celebrated more than once a year. A beautiful animated, heartwarming special for young and old fans of the beloved Disney characters and the perfect start in the holiday season on Disney+.
Mickey and the Very Many Christmases – December 2. | © Disney

December 3

  • Jung Kook: I Am Still – The Original (Season 1, 3 episodes)
  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Season 1, 2 episodes)
    • Experience the most-known “Galaxy Far, Far Away” in a way you’ve never seen it before! Star Wars: Skelton Crew is set in the New Republic era alongside shows like The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba or Ahsoka and tells the story of a group of stranded, finding themself in a ship the barely know to navigate. When shady pirates enter the scene, the kids have to fight them with the help of a mysterious user of the Force played by Jude Law. The series that reportedly is heavily inspired by The Goonies, debuts on this day with a two-episode premiere.
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – December 3. | © Disney

December 4

  • CMA Country Christmas (premiere)
  • Light Shop (four episode premiere)
  • Marvel’s Spidey and his Amazing Friends (Season 3, 5 episodes)

December 5

  • Wild Crime (Season 4)

December 6

  • Buddy’s Holiday Recipe Rumble (Season 1)
  • Critical Incident (Season 1)
  • Paris Has Fallen (Season 1)

December 7

  • Destruction Decoded (Season 2, 9 episodes)
  • Inside the Enchanted Forests (Season 1, 6 episodes)

December 9

  • Blue Minisodes
  • The Simpsons Funday Football (Live 5 p.m. PT)

December 10

  • Coup!
  • The Real Full Monty
  • Sugarcane

December11

  • Big City Greens (Season 4, 1 episode)
  • Mickey Mouse Funhouse (Season 3, 4 episodes)
  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Season 1, episode 3)
  • Dream Productions (all episodes)
    • The spin-off of Pixar’s highly successfull Inside Out movies Dream Productions follows the day-to-day job a production studio that realizes our dreams. You will get so see, how dreams are literally made when we enter Riley’s mind in this mockumentary fashioned show.All episodes of the show will be released on that day and fully available on Disney +.
Dream Productions – December 11. | © Disney

December 13

  • The Bravest Knight: Season 2A
  • Elton John: Never Too Late
  • Invisible (all episodes)

December 16

  • Law & Order (Seasons 1-20)
  • Morphie and the Magic Pets (Season 1, 6 episodes)

December 17

  • Blink
  • Cuckoo
  • The Simpsons: O C’mon All Ye Faithful

December 18

  • SuperKitties (Season 2, 5 episodes)
  • ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series (Season 1, 4 episodes)
  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Season 1, episode 4)

December 20

  • Ilana Glazer: Human Magic (premiere)
  • Lost Treasures of the Bible (Season 1, 6 episodes)

December 22

  • What If…? (Season 3, episode 1)
    • The third and last watch of The Watcher will lead to a dramatic conclusion of Marvel’s What If...? The show so far featured almost every alternative story line you can imagine for the comic book multiverse from having Peggy Carter receiving the super soldier serum to a zombiefied world, in which Earth mightiest heroes are a bunch of undead, brain craving monsters.Next to a lot of more, new ideas, the second season will feature the X-Men for the first time, when the show is starting on December 22.
What If…? Season 3 – December 22. | © Disney

December 23

  • What If…? (Season 3, episode 2)
  • Me & Winnie the Pooh (Season 2, 5 episodes)
  • Playdate with Winnie the Pooh: Shorts (Season 2, 3 episodes)

December 24

  • What If…? (Season 3, episode 3)

December 25

  • Doctor Who: Joy to the World
  • What If…?” (Season 3, episode 4)
  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (Season 1, episode 5)

December 26

  • What If…? (Season 3, episode 5)

December 27

  • Breaking
  • John Williams in Tokyo
  • What If…? (Season 3, episode 6)

December 28

  • Alice, Darling
  • What If…? (Season 3, episode 7)

December 29

  • What If…? (Season 3, episode 8)

What are the highlights in December on Disney+?

This December brings a few shows perfectly fitting in the holiday season. Not all of them might be Christmas-themed, but they still catch the perfect feeling of something you should watch together with friends and family.Old and young will get in the perfect mood for the season with Mickey and the Very Many Christmases, while sci-fi, action and especially StarWars fans are having a blast with the all new Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. For those of you who always wanted to know how dreams are made and having a lot of laughs, should check out Pixar's Dream Productions and if you ever wanted to see your wildest Marvel dreams come true, you might give the third season of Marvel's What If...? a try.

What are you thinking about our highlights? Do you have other shows and movies you are hyped for?
Daniel Fersch

Daniel started at EarlyGame in October of 2024, writing about basically everything that includes gaming, shows or movies – especially when it comes to Dragon Ball, Pokémon and Marvel....