Overdone it on mulled wine at the Christmas market? Us too. And what better to accompany that cheerful feeling than watching a holiday delight. Seeing as Notts has just witnessed its first snow blanket, why not chuck on your favourite holiday movie.
5) Home Alone
I think this film mostly brought up the utter terror at the thought of having our house, or more importantly, our presents, robbed. With that said, it’s absolute gold. As a child actor, Macaulay Culkin really manifested the youngest sibling syndrome. His brilliant preparedness of booby traps set to target dim-witted thieves is what makes him so likeable. Thereās also something hilarious about the disastrous series of events during the ābreak inā.
4) The Grinch
This film is a timeless classic. Jim Carreyās characterisation of the Dr Suess villain we love to hate couldnāt be more unhinged yet cunning. Also, the highest-grossing Christmas film of all time, who wouldāve thought?
For any of you yuletide drinkers, this movie makes for a very quickfire way to get drunkā¦ (e.g. drink when anyone says āGrinchā, if you see the mountain, when the Grinch speaks directly to Max, or if thereās a reference to the Grinchās heart. Add in āChristmasā if youāre feeling brave festive…
3) The Holiday
Going to start by pointing out the unbelievable soundtrack for this movie. Weāre talking ‘Last Christmas’, ‘Winter Wonderland’, ‘Santa Baby’, the works! Iām a sucker for romcoms, so throw in the winter holidays and you have, potentially, my favourite movie ever. Oh, and can we talk about the cast? How indicative of the talented early noughties actors and actresses. The film ends around New Yearās Eve, and I think weāre all waiting for those 2022 celebrationsā¦
2) Love Actually
Who wouldāve thought that following so many storylines would perfectly represent this merry time of year? Richard Curtis did a phenomenal job of illustrating the trials and tribulations of love. Itās such a sentimental film and an all-around portrayal of intimacy in relationships, whether itās family, friendship or romantic.Ā Also, it’s British ā another win.
PSA Itās on Netflix at the moment! 24-hour movie marathon anyone?
1) Elf
āOk people tomorrow morning, 10am, Santaās coming to town.ā āSANTA, OH MY GOD!ā This is an honourable mention. Iām sure we all begged our parents for maple syrup spaghetti after seeing Buddy coat his in all sorts of treats. I canāt think of a film that encompasses the season better!
Also, whatās better than Christmas-time in New York? The snow over Central Park, the adorned dĆ©cor of department stores and the radiating lights of the concrete jungle ā simply dreamy. No one else could rock the green and yellow elf attire quite like Will Ferrell.
Final thoughts…
Iām biased thoughā¦ I would happily watch Nativity every day of the year if I could. But it doesnāt mean there arenāt some other great movies out there! Iām sure it might seem slightly criminal that movies such as The Nightmare Before Christmas and Miracle on 34th Street arenāt featured but grab yourself a hot chocolate, warm blanket and pop yourself in front of the screen to get involved.
By Katie MortimerĀ
Feature image: Pixabay