Looking for the Best Lesbian Christmas Movies in 2025? Both the new releases and suggestions for nice LGBTQ stories to watch during the Holidays. We’ve got you covered here at Womentainment. Check out our list here!
What are the Best Lesbian Christmas Movies in 2025? Well, obviously, that’s very much a question of taste and what you’re looking for. However, beggars can’t be choosers (okay, we can, but not too much), and maybe we don’t have to be.
There are three new lesbian Christmas movies coming out in 2025.
When I say “lesbian”, please note that it could just as well say LGBTQ. I don’t know for sure what these characters define themselves as. They’re women loving women, so I’m going with the L word because that’s what I’d search for myself.
So, let’s begin with the latest LGBTQ Christmas movie additions.
The new 2025 Lesbian Christmas movies
Coming out (yes, pun very much intended) as the first new lesbian Christmas movie of 2025 is The Christmas Writer on Tello. It came out fairly early on November 15, 2025. And yes, it could have been titled The Lesbian Christmas Writer because that’s what it’s about. And it’s quite good.
In December, we’ll be getting The Christmas Baby on Hallmark on December 21, 2025. Finally, with less information on the release date, but with a title that will titillate most gay ladies, we have The Firefighter’s Christmas Wish. And yes, it’s a female firefighter.
Let’s take a closer look at all three Christmas gaybies, shall we?!
The Christmas Writer (2025)
The Christmas Writer is the story of a lesbian Christmas writer (yes, such a thing exists), who is experiencing writer’s block. So, she leaves the big city (and yet another ex-girlfriend) behind and return to her small town. Not unlike the location of Gilmore Girls… and most Hallmark Christmas Movies.
Here, she lives with her beloved grandmother and gets to know the new owner of the bookstore. A lesbian woman, divorced, with a cute daughter.
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This is a very cute lesbian Christmas movie where the two love interests have wonderful chemistry. This did change later, for me, but that doesn’t take anything away from this being a classic, cute lesbian Christmas movie on Tello. Also, it was directed by Christin Baker, who also gave us a Queer Halloween treat with Double Booking.
The (Lesbian) Christmas Writer premiered on Tello on November 15, 2025.
Also out on Digital via your preferred VOD platform (Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango at Home).
The Christmas Baby (2025)
The Christmas Baby stars Ali Liebert, who was also in the 2023 Hallmark LGBTQ Christmas movie Friends & Family Christmas. This time around, she co-stars with none other than Wynonna Earp‘s “Officer Nicole Haught”: Katherine Barrell.
This is the official plot:
A couple receives a baby boy before Christmas with a note meant for them. While temporarily caring for him during the holiday rush, they navigate their relationship, careers, and the foster-to-adopt process.
But honestly, Ali Liebert and Kat Barrell play a loving couple in a lesbian Christmas movie. Do you really need to hear anything else before you’re sold on it?!
I don’t.
The Christmas Baby will air on Hallmark on December 21, 2025.
The Firefighter’s Christmas Wish (2025)
Finally, we have The Firefighter’s Christmas Wish coming to Lifetime as the third Lesbian Christmas movie of 2025. It’s coming out in Canada first, which makes sense as it is also a Canadian production.
This is the official plot of the Lifetime movie:
When firefighter Dani Reed rescues a family just before Christmas, she reignites her late mother’s “Holiday Heroes” fundraiser to help the community. With her ambitious sister Jackie, charming photographer Sasha, and supportive dad by her side, Dani finds love, purpose, and the courage to step into true leadership..
Holly Deveaux stars as firefighter Dani Reed (yes, “Dani” as in The Haunting of Bly Manor), and you may recognize her from The Mist or Supergirl. Or, even more likely perhaps, the 2023 movie Polarized by filmmaker Shamim Sarif (I Can’t Think Straight). Her love interest appears to be the character Sasha, portrayed by Kyana Teresa.
The Firefighter’s Christmas Wish will air on Lifetime sometime before Christmas 2025. In Canada, it will be released on W Network on December 21, 2025, according to this post from Kyana Teresa.
The Queer Holiday releases of 2024
Not brand new, but still new enough that they just might be new to you. Check out the lesbian Christmas movies that were released last year. Here are the two queer holiday movies that came out in 2024.
The Holiday Club (2024)
The Holiday Club features the classic Scrooge-like character who hates the Holidays (all holidays) and another who loves the jolly season (and every other holiday). Sam is the former, Bailey is the latter. The two have a meet-cute on a lonely Valentine’s Day, where they quickly bond and become friends.
With every passing holiday, Sam and Bailey spend together, they fall for each other, but it’s not that simple to act on. When Christmas comes up, they have another holiday to divide them.
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This lesbian Christmas movie (which seems to have more of an LGBTQ Holiday theme) comes from writer-director, and star of the rom-com, Alexandra Swarens. She also brought us the LGBTQ movie Looking for Her (2022).
The Holiday Club premiered on Tello on November 26, 2024.
Also out on Digital via your preferred VOD platform (Amazon, Apple TV, Fandango at Home).
Watch The Holiday Club on Tello here >
Last ExMas (2024)
Last ExMas is the story of Maggie & Julianne. Two ex-girlfriends (this is a “ghosts of exes past”-tale) whose bitter breakup led them down different paths until they unexpectedly rekindle the spark. Of course, this happens during a visit to their hometown for the holidays.
Are they meant to be together forever? Or is it just the magic of the season playing tricks on their hearts?!
Find out when Last ExMas premieres worldwide on VOD on December 3, 2024.
The Christmas movies that have made the season gay for years
For this list, we’re including brand new titles (even those we weren’t crazy about) and the wonderful movies released in previous years. We simply want to help you find LGBTQ stories to watch during the Holidays.
Check out our list of the best lesbian Christmas movies below.
LGBTQ Holiday movies vs. Gay and Lesbian Christmas movies
As already mentioned, though we’re leading with “Lesbian” and “Christmas”, we really aren’t going to exclude any other LGBTQ story or a Holiday movie that doesn’t focus on the Christian aspect of this season.
That’s why you’ll be seeing us use everything from “Lesbian Christmas movie” to “LGBTQ Holiday movie” interchangeably. Being a website focusing on women and entertainment, we will simply be focusing on stories with female (as well as non-binary) characters in queer relationships.
LGBTQ and Lesbian Christmas movies from 2023
We also got a few new releases in the LGBTQ Christmas department in 2023.
The first one was a horror movie with an “alternate universe” storyline and lots of queer characters. Let’s look at that one as the first 2023 Christmas movie.
A Wonderful Knife (2023)
We begin during one Christmas and continue one year later when life isn’t looking or feeling great. That’s why our main protagonist wishes she’d never been born. And then she sees what the world would be like without her in it.
Even her lesbian aunt ends up having a worse life, so it’s pretty bleak… until the Christmas miracle.
A Holiday I Do (2023)
Up next is a classic Christmas movie with a lesbian love story at the center. Or rather, that’s what it officially is, but this one is very light on the gay stuff. However, it is very much a Classic Christmas Movie.
Okay, fine, it’s downright stereotypical, but we need those too. It’s all part of equality and we need cheesy love stories too. We also need a lot more kisses, but maybe we’re being greedy here?!
Then again, it was made by LGBTQ-run Tello (which is where you can watch it), so not really.
Friends & Family Christmas (2023)
Finally, we’ll have to get much closer to Christmas Eve before the third LGBTQ Holiday movie of 2023. For me, this was the Lesbian Christmas Movie of 2023. Not only is it a Hallmark Christmas Movie, but the plot reads like delicious fan fiction.
The movie stars two queer actors as the female leads (Ali Liebert and Humberley Gonzalez) and uses the “fake dating” trope to get things started. Oh yeah, we are definitely here for that!
The Best Lesbian Christmas Movies
Having covered the new Lesbian Christmas Movies of 2023 and 2024, let’s take a look at what else is out there. We’re getting to the point where we do actually have quite a few good LGBTQ love stories that take place during the Holidays.
Looking for Her (2022)
And what better place to start than where we left off with the 2023 releases; The fake dating trope. Just last year another LGBTQ Christmas Movie was released with a fake dating / pretend relationship storyline. It’s on TUBI and turned out to be surprisingly deep.
In 2020, we got two new queer Christmas movies. One got a lot more attention than the other, but both are very much worth watching.
A New York Christmas Wedding (2020)
First up is the Netflix Christmas movie A New York Christmas Wedding which is very much a classic Christmas movie. It’s cheesy, romantic, a bit dark towards the end before the Christmas miracle happens. Also, it does get quite steamy.
A New York Christmas Wedding >
Happiest Season (2020)
Obviously, we also got the Hulu Christmas Movie starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as girlfriends. It’s a comedy with a great cast and so much heart. Fair warning: It does get quite dark with a “closet case” story at the center, which leads to confusion and pain for everyone.
Also, there’s the much-discussed issue of Kristen Stewart and Aubrey Plaza having such great chemistry that viewers were rooting for them to get together. I also loved the main couple, but no one can forget Aubrey Plaza’s character. Hopefully, we’ll be getting a sequel or spin-off with her!
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Christmas anthologies with LGBTQ storylines
There are a few series and anthologies that have lesbian or queer storylines, so we’ve included some of those as well.
Let it Snow (2019)
First up is the Christmas anthology Let it Snow which is available for streaming on Netflix. One of the stories includes a story about a romance between two female characters – along with a coming out element.
Season of Love (2019)
Yet another Christmas anthology, but with Season of Love, all the stories are queer. A rom-com about three pairs of women and their relationships.
Lesbian love stories that play out during Christmas
Finally, there are those big bold love stories. These are not Christmas movies, but they do play out during the Holiday season. In other words, it’s a bit like how Die Hard is a Christmas movie classic in its own right. These are Lesbian Christmas movie classics.
Carol (2015)
The amazing adaption of Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara with Sarah Paulson in a key supporting role. Not only do I love this movie, I adore the score by Carter Burwell.
Nominated for six Academy Awards in 2016 (including for the music) and won none. Classic Hollywood!
Silent Night (2021)
This is actually an apocalyptic dark horror comedy. The world is ending, so we all need one final Christmas Eve to say goodbye. Starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Goode (yes, as in the wonderful man from Imagine Me and You).
It actually has a brilliant ensemble cast with the WLW couple portrayed by Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Killing Eve, The Sandman) and Lucy Punch (You, Me and Him).
Rent (2005)
The Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning musical was made into a film in 2005. A wonderful cast helped bring this story (which focuses on AIDS) to an even larger audience. The story plays out between two Christmasses, so it definitely deserves to be on the list.
Idina Menzel and Tracie Thoms play a queer couple. Rosario Dawson is another star of the movie, which almost makes it LGBTQ+ by default. Directed by Home Alone (1990) director Chris Columbus, which also makes it (sort of) a Christmas movie by default.
