Yesterday was pretty much a snow day. Everything was called off and other than shoveling snow, doing chores and drafting blogs, its the best time to snuggle up with some hot tea/water and watch some Christmas classics. I may not have gone through this whole list but it did spark the inspiration for a Christmas must-see list! Its pretty much movies I watch every year during Christmas 🙂 Last year, I reviewed them all so I’ll just link them all back to their respective reviews so you can just click through and read it if you’d like.
1) A GARFIELD CHRISTMAS
I love Garfield and I love Odie. This little short animated flick is fun and all about family love during Christmas. Its meaningful and totally great. I tend to kick off my Christmas marathon with this one. If you’d like the review, you can check it out HERE!
2) DISNEY CLASSIC HOLIDAY STORIES/MICKEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL
Classic Holiday Stories is a pretty cool one with 3 features: The Small One, Pluto’s Christmas Tree and Mickey’s Christmas Carol. If I have no time, usually I always watch Mickey’s Christmas Carol. Its a great Disney version of A Christmas Carol all Disney-fied. I love it! It has the whole Disney crew and just so much fun to watch 🙂
You can see my review HERE!
3) DR. SEUSS’ HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS!
I’m a HUGE Dr. Seuss fan. I’ve written a few posts related to it already, you could search it up if you’re interested. So, it goes without saying that my go-to Christmas movie has to be How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I don’t read it as much as say, Green Eggs and Ham or The Lorax but this animated flick is one of my faves. It has some catchy songs and pretty fun to watch with the awesome narrator and all 🙂
Check out the full review HERE!
Who doesn’t watch this for Christmas? Its a classic! Thats really all I have to say. Every single time I watch this I want to sing O Christmas Tree. And then I have a blast when Schroeder and Lucy talk about Beethoven 🙂
You can check out my review HERE!
5) MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1994)
I haven’t watched the original but I promise that I will this year so expect it probably some time soon 🙂 But this one seriously rocks. Why? Mara Wilson is adorable. She’s one of my most fave child actresses. She doesn’t act anymore now that she’s older but still, she was fantastic. Plus, Richard Attenborough is fantastic as Kriss Kringle. I totally buy that he is Santa Claus! Watching this one warms my heart 🙂
Check out my review HERE!
While You Were Sleeping is one of my feel good Christmas movies. Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman are amazing together. The chemistry is fantastic and the whole family they used is great. Warm moments, happy moments, mixed in with some funny ones as well. Love it SO MUCH!
You can check out my review HERE!
7) LOVE ACTUALLY
Love Actually was the first movie that had these multiple rom-com storyline and probably the only one that was actually great. It had a really great cast and it was a nice balance between funny, cute, happy, weird (*ahem* Bill Nighy’s character) and just the whole deal. Its just so great! Lots of wonderful moments and just pure awesomeness! 🙂
Check out last year’s review HERE!
8) ELF
Elf is a must-see mostly because its my boyfriend’s most favorite. Why its so low on the list is because this is somewhat the order I watch my movies and we always watch Elf on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve depending on work and holidays that year and in between our family parties and all. I’m not normally a Will Ferrell fan but I am one when I watch Elf and plus, there’s Zooey Deschanel and I have the biggest girl crush on her, especially now that I love her as Jess in New Girl 🙂
Check out my review HERE!
9) POLAR EXPRESS
Polar Express is a fave for both me and my boyfriend so we usually put either this (or Elf) on Christmas day/eve. Similar to the deal with Elf. Just depends how we feel. Polar Express has a great story about believing, a fantastic job by Tom Hanks and has beautiful animation, packed with some fun and sweet songs. Its one of the ultimate Christmas movies that I always find time to watch. 🙂
FINALLY…
I still have one more but I have opted to do a separate post for it which should be up later this week. How about a few honorable mentions which rotate every other year: Alvin and the Chipmunks (REVIEW), Serendipity(REVIEW), and Home Alone (REVIEW). This year, I decided to put in Rise of the Guardians (REVIEW) into the mix. Not sure if I’ll get to it but its a pretty festive one as well 🙂
What are your must-see flicks on Christmas? Did I cover some of them? Are there others you would add?
Tranquil Dreams 
Thank you so much for this post. You’ve inspired me: I’m going to go back and watch some of these films, most of which I haven’t seen in ages. My favorite is How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and has been since I was very, very small.
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Glad to hear it! Enjoy 🙂 How the Grinch Stole Christmas is totally epic!
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I like the cartoon of the Grinch as well as Charlie Brown. While I never thought of While You Were Sleeping as a Christmas movie , I loved the movie. One of the reasons I came to love Sandra Bullock’s work.
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While You Were Sleeping is a nice holiday movie 🙂 I consider it in Christmas for its strong family aspect. But yes, definitely one of them that also boost Sandra Bullock’s awesomeness for me. 🙂
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Not a Christmas goes by without me watching Garfield Christmas! It’s a staple item for our family. That and Charlie Brown Christmas. Gosh, I love that jazz piano music in the background!
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Yup! I always start with those 🙂 Fun short flicks!
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I have only two must-sees, the other is Love Actually that I just watched the other day and the second is the classic of all classic Christmas movies, It’s a Wonderful Life that I’ll be watching on Christmas Day.
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Fantastic! Absolutely adore Love Actually! I still have to watch that one, I’m thinking I’ll do that tonight 🙂
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