They’re back!
Buddy the Elf, Jack Skellington, George Bailey, Kevin McAllister, Santa Claus and the Grinch return for the El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival’s FREE Holiday Movies at the Plaza Theatre, part of the City of El Paso’s WinterFest.
Admission is FREE. No tickets are required.
The Plaza Classic will show six holiday favorites over three weekends. Audiences can enjoy holiday music played live on the theater’s original Wyler Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ 30 minutes before each movie.
The schedule is:
Sunday, November 30
3 pm: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG)
5:30 pm: Home Alone (PG)
Sunday, December 7
2:30 pm: It’s a Wonderful Life (PG)
6 pm: Elf (PG)
Sunday, December 21
3 pm: The Polar Express (G)
6 pm: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (PG)
This is the 14th year the Plaza Classic will show holiday movies. It is part of the City of El Paso’s annual WinterFest, which runs November 22-January 4. WinterFest includes the specially decorated San Jacinto Plaza, The Rink at the convention center, and opens at 5 pm Saturday, November 22 with the Scherr Legate WinterFest Lights Parade and tree lighting ceremony at 5 pm at San Jacinto Plaza.
The 19th annual Plaza Classic Film Festival will be July 16-26, 2026 in and around the Plaza Theatre. Passes are on sale now here.
