A warm, embracing Christmas story is a 1978 TV movie "Stubby Pringle's Christmas" w. Beau Bridges, Julie Harris, Strother Martin and the last appearance of Chill Wills.
I can only find it on YouTube.
One we enjoyed numerous times is 2010 Hallmark movie "November Christmas" w. Sam Elliot, Karen Allen, Jon Corbit. So many interpersonal relations to be addressed.
I could watch Sam Elliot talk to a turtle for two hours.....
We’ve seen it on TV, but we want to buy it - we’ve been collecting all our favorite Christmas movies. It shows up on Amazon every now and then, and if you don’t grab it, it disappears and takes months to show up again.