When the weather gets colder during the holiday season, many families enjoy cozy nights in watching their favorite Christmas movies while sitting by a warm fire.

Although watching the same movies every year can be a fun family tradition, it can grow a bit bland.

Traditional Christmas movies will always hold special places in all our hearts, but it can be fun to watch a newer seasonal movie.

Little Women is a classic novel written in 1868 by Louisa May Alcott.  While this may not technically be a Christmas story, the movie adaptation by Greta Gerwig in 2019 takes this heartwarming story and gives it a holiday spin.

Little Women can be a perfect addition to your family’s must-watch Christmas movie list as it blends a classic book and gives it the feel of a holiday movie.

Little Women follows the story of four sisters: Jo, Beth, Meg, and Amy as they struggle with growing up during the Civil War. The sisters are left to be raised by their mother because their father has left to fight in the war.

The movie shows the sisters’ struggles and triumphs but ends with an uplifting and happy ending.

Greta Gerwing’s Little Women is a perfect Christmas movie because of the overall themes of family, love, hope and kindness that give this movie its holiday feel like many other beloved seasonal movies.

Little Women has several important scenes that involve the Christmas and winter seasons and gives the movie not only the feeling and the look of a holiday film.

One negative about this movie is that it is on limited streaming platforms like Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV, but it is rated PG, making the movie family-friendly.

If your family is looking for a non-traditional holiday movie, this movie is highly recommended because it is so touching watching these sisters grow up during this time period.

Viewers feel as if they are right there with them as they root for their successes and mourn their losses. Favorite moments in this movie involve Christmas because of the close-knit sisters.

The movie takes place in New York, so the magic of Christmas is felt through the screen. While it is during the aftermath of the Civil War and the big city is not shown in the film, it’s just as entertaining and magical.

There are many famous stars in Little Women as well including Meryl Streep, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Waston, and Florence Pugh.

If you thought Barbie was impressive, wait until you see Greta Gerwig’s other masterpieces, such as Little Women.