With almost two weeks until Kris Kringle descends the chimney, not all of us are fortunate enough to have a working hearth to heat the home and lend fitting holiday ambience. And so, we scoured streaming services for the most festive fire this side of the flat screen. A few criteria: The following selections are explicitly holiday in nature. The business of fireside broadcasting has become a year-round cottage industry no pun intended , so we intentionally chopped any videos that were not of the season. Lastly, the focus here is on the fire itself, and not other holiday vignettes, picturesque as they may be. Crackle factor: Steady and sharp—basically the only thing this one has going for it.