20 Home Alone (1990) Chris Columbus
A slightly irritating Macaulay Culkin is forgotten by his extended family and left to battle the burglars on his own. The comic set-pieces are terrific and Joe Pesci provides the menace.

"I've seen that movie like 300 times, my fav movie of all time, i grew up when those movies came out...awesome movies!"

19 Love Actually (2003) Richard Curtis
A big sloppy kiss of a movie which dusts the whole of London with a thick layer of sugary romance. Tooth-rotting but delicious.

"I would love to look like Keira and be naturally thin and eat what ever I want! i'll ask Santa to bring me that as a present"

18 Christmas In Connecticut (1945) Peter Godfrey
Barbara Stanwyck stars in this spirited screwball comedy as a cookery writer with a secret: in fact she can’t even boil an egg.Will she keep her secret – and her head – when she has to cook Christmas dinner?

"This has always been my favorite Christmas film! It always makes me laugh. They don't make them like that anymore!"

17 Babes In Toyland (1934) Gus Meins, Charley Rogers
Laurel and Hardy star as two lowly workers in Toyland who step in to save Bo-Peep from exile in Bogeyland. A timeless children’s classic.

"Oh man this was my favorite growing up. I'm only 20 but I haven't seen this in a long time. So great"

16 Gremlins (1984) Joe Dante
Festive anarchy is the result a present comes with three important rules. The mean-spirited little monsters cause chaos in small-town America.

"I swear this movie has racial undertones...They wrecked the whole town, and they even ruined Christmas!! LOL LOL"

15 Scrooged (1988) Richard Donner
Yet another take on the Dickens tale sees Bill Murray cast as a selfish television executive who gets a good talking to from three spectral manifestations. A little dated perhaps, but still good fun.

"This is THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER. Hands down. I watch it every year"

14 Joyeux Noel (2005) Christian Carion
Inspired by real events, Carion’s sober but sentimental World War 1 story tells of the football game played on the Western Front between the trenches on Christmas Eve in France.

"As deeply as I detest Christmas-now, I love this movie, just watched the whole thing last night. Watched and wept, and wept, for joy and hope. This is the Christmas movie everyone should see"

13 A Christmas Story (1983) Bob Clark
An affectionate, wryly funny nostalgia-fest that wallows in 1940s Americana and follows one little boy’s desperate quest to persuade his parents that a BB air-rifle is a suitable seasonal gift.

"I LOVE THIS MOVIE.. every year when they play it 24 hours on christmas, its almost like a tradition that it stays on all day long in my house. Love it"

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