Yahoo Lifestyle 10 Movies To Get You Excited For Christmas
Liz Elton (Art Director): National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
"The '80s high-jinx always makes me want to wear reindeer apres ski cable knit jumpers and drink eggnog."
Lorna Gow (Senior Sub-Editor): Bad Santa
"I'm a sucker for Bad Santa. Billy Bob does derro so well!"
Kate Moffatt, (Online Editor): Home Alone
"Not only was this film responsible for some of the best catchphrases of all time ("Keep the change, ya filfthy animal!"), it also makes me feel strangely nostalgic for the 90s."
Sherine Youssef, (Acting Beauty Director): The Holiday
"A few things I enjoy: the snow-white Christmas, the neighbour (that old guy - he's so cute!), and Cameron Diaz's (literally) unreal blue eyes. But I wouldn't say this belongs in the so-bad-they're-good category - it's an excellent film"
Ann Do (Designer): To Grandmother's House We Go
"We taped this on VHS when I was either eight or nine and I used to watch it repeatedly. It was the start on a love affair (or sorts) with the Olsen twins - who star in this as two mischievous stowaways in the lead up to Christmas. (and yep, they even manage to steal Santa's sleigh)."
Hannah-Rose Yee (Junior Features Writer): Miracle on 34th street
"The '90s version, not the original from the '40s (not that I have anything against Natalie Wood, but, you know... Dylan McDermott). Watching this on Christmas Eve used to be a family tradition. Back then I admit I wanted to be Susan Walker, all precocious and cute. Now, I think I'll settle for Elizabeth Perkins' perfect two-sets and that gorgeous apartment overlooking Fifth Avenue."
Sue Hoffman (Advertising Strategy Manager): Love Actually
"It's one of those movies I never get sick of seeing. It covers the whole gamut from young love to heartbreak to adultery to friendship - all packaged up with a fabulous Christmas theme. Oh, and not forgetting Hugh Grant as a very spunky (and young) PM!"
Jessica Prince-Montague (Senior Features Editor): A Mom For Christmas
"I never grow tired of this corny 1990 film that stars Olivia Newton-John as a department store mannequin who comes to life at night to help a motherless little girl get her Christmas wish. It hasn't dated well, but I love it all the same"
Katie Stow (Beauty Intern): Elf
"Will Ferrell eating maple syrup covered spaghetti and picking 'free candy' (aka gum) off the subway stairs, represents Christmas to me. I sometimes watch it in July with a big old mug full of hot chocolate, because I'm British and that is when I feel most Christmassy."
Courtney Thompson (Features Intern): The Grinch
"Because there really isn't anything more uplifting than the moment the Grinch's heart starts to grow and Christmas is saved."
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