the Netflix Christmas universe,

also known as the NCU.

Let us know which holiday hit is your favorite

in the comments.

The NCU is a magical, romantic holiday world

where most of the men are royal bachelors

and most of the women are Vanessa Hudgens.

If you're a heroine working for the holidays,

a spontaneous carol singer,

or a potentially magical old person,

you might just be in the NCU.

There are 10 total films in the NCU.

In order of release, they are "A Christmas Prince,"

"Christmas Inheritance," "The Holiday Calendar,"

"The Princess Switch,"

"A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding,"

"Holiday in the Wild," "The Knight Before Christmas,"

"A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby,"

"Operation Christmas Drop,"

and "The Princess Switch: Switched Again."

The NCU began with 2017's "A Christmas Prince."

This movie established the story basis

for each of these films.

- Come with me, please.

- [Narrator] An everyday heroine

enters a magical Christmas world

where she finds love and herself.

Beyond this, "A Christmas Prince" and its two sequels

undoubtedly form the main pillar of the cinematic universe.

Think of Amber as Iron Man and if Amber is Iron Man,

then Vanessa Hudgens is Captain America

and the Hulk and Thor.

- Do I really need to explain?

- [Narrator] While "The Princess Switch"

and "The Princess Switch: Switched Again"

obviously form the second royal pillar of the NCU,

"The Knight Before Christmas" also ties in more subtly.

- Your great grandmother's cousin Cecil

fled the country after a dalliance

with a vulgar American divorcee.

It was rumored that Cecil settled in the United States.

- [Narrator] And if Cecil has one descendant in America,

why not two?

This explains how Brooke fits into this world.

She's another holiday-loving Hudgens

destined for royal romance.

These films have similarly enchanting royal stories

but "A Christmas Prince" and "The Princess Switch"

are also connected in deeper and more meaningful ways.

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- [Narrator] Aldovia, Belgravia, and Montenaro

are the three fictional countries

prominently featured in these two film series.

In "A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby,"

this map even confirms

that Aldovia and Belgravia are neighbors.

Of course, the first link between these two worlds

came in "The Princess Switch," when Kevin and Margaret

watched "A Christmas Prince" on Netflix.

- Your favorite?

- No, it's your favorite.

- Right.

- [Narrator] Then, in the sequel,

Amber and Edward are actually present

at Lady Margaret's coronation.

This suggests that within the NCU,

these movies could be biopics or even documentaries,

rather than fictional films.

It follows that the televised appearance

of the other movies, including "The Holiday Calendar,"

"Christmas Inheritance," and "Holiday in the Wild,"

would be documentaries or biopics as well.

- There is nothing like a happy ending to make someone cry.

- [Narrator] The biopic slash documentary angle makes sense,

as each of these 10 films is focused on

a particularly newsworthy story.

Just like a royal wedding,

the transformation of a party heiress

or the saving of an elephant orphanage

are real events that are likely famous enough within the NCU

to be made into films.

Even "Operation Christmas Drop,"

which has yet to appear on Vanessa Hudgens' TV,

establishes just how newsworthy

the story is within the movie.

But you're probably still wondering,

"How exactly did this universe get started?"

Well, all of the films in the NCU are made by MPCA

in partnership with Netflix and produced by Brad Krevoy.

It all began when they needed a film to have on TV

in 2018's "The Holiday Calendar."

The creators decided to intentionally link the films

in deeper and more complex ways,

planting Easter eggs, or acorns,

in their other collaborations with Netflix, too.

- What with the Belgravians here in Aldovia as well,

it seems royals marrying outside of the noble classes

has become quite fashionable.

- [Narrator] And that's everything you need to know

about the Netflix Christmas universe.

Thanks for watching and happy holidays.

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