So, we’re nearing the end of November, and we all know what that means…. the decorations go up, the music starts playing in every single shop you enter, the awful itchy jumpers get pulled out of the drawer that never sees the light of day… and for the next twenty four days, if you haven’t started already, you spend your time painstakingly covering gifts in pretty paper which ultimately just going to be ripped apart and thrown in the rubbish…. 

However, I take some joy in wrapping presents. It’s a weird kind of relaxation… until you get your finger stuck on some sellotape and spend the next forty-five minutes trying to get it off, while it decides to stick to the table, the carpet, and the entire roll of wrapping paper. 

Wrapping Christmas presents in our house is a wonderful thing. Now, I know that this isn’t the case for everybody, as I’m sure a lot of people hate the act of wrapping presents and can’t wait for them all to be done. But for me, there is just something so festive about wrapping presents under the glow of the twinkly lights whilst binge-watching all the cheesy, cliche, laugh-out-loud, romantic Christmas movies. Because what better way to get into the Christmassy spirit?

Whether you’ve started watching Christmas films or not, or whether you’ve seen these all multiple times or never before, here is a list of some Christmas films that will really get you in a festive mood!! (This is by no means all of them because if I were to list them all we’d be here forever!)

• A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• Christmas with the Cranks (2004)
• Elf (2003)
• Home Alone (1990)
• Home Alone 2 (1992)
• Just Friends (2005)
• Klaus (2019)
• Love Actually (2003)*
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Nativity! (2009)
• The Christmas Chronicles (2018)
• The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020)
• The Holiday (2006)*
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• The Snowman (1982)

And, of course, if you love cheesy made-for-TV films, here are some of my favourite:

• A Christmas Melody (2015)
• A Royal Christmas (2014)
• A Timeless Christmas (2020)
• A Wish for Christmas (2016)
• Christmas at Castle Hart (2021)
• Christmas in Evergreen (2017)
• Coming Home for Christmas (2017)
• Heart of the Holidays (2020)
• Holiday Hearts (2019)
• Hometown Christmas (2018)
• Last Vermont Christmas (2018)
• Matchmaker Santa (2014)
• Miracle in Manhattan (2010)
• Mrs Miracle (2009)
• Sleigh Bells Ring (2016)
• The Sweetest Christmas (2017)

*These are probably my two most watched films over the holiday period. They’re rom-coms, but if I don’t watch them, then it never really feels like Christmas.