A holiday movie bucket list

/

Photo of woman eating popcorn on her bed or couch
Photo of woman eating popcorn on her bed or couch
Contributed image

Are you a Hallmark lover or a sucker for Christmas classics? This holiday season, carefully craft your holiday movie bucket list to watch with your loved ones. Nothing says holiday spirit quite like a good film that decks the halls and jingles all the way. Make some hot chocolate and snuggle up for this movie marathon list!ย 

This year, Netflix brings a new Hallmark-style Christmas movie. You know the type; cheesy love stories with a predictable ending, but are lighthearted and warm your heart regardless.  

โ€œFalling for Christmasโ€ is a new holiday movie with Lindsay Lohan. Her character goes on a ski trip during Christmas, bumps her head on the ski hill and forgets everything about herself. Rather than finding her way back to her husband, she finds her way into a family ski lodge owned by a single father. If you canโ€™t already tell where this is going, youโ€™ll have to find out for yourself!  

Next on the list is a musical you canโ€™t miss with some Hollywood favourites; Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds, called โ€œSpiritedโ€. This comical twist to Charles Dickenโ€™s โ€œA Christmas Carolโ€ story might just be added to your Christmas Classic list. For now, you can stream โ€œSpiritedโ€ on Apple TV+. 

If you love Will Ferrellโ€™s sense of humour, youโ€™ll love watching Elf even if itโ€™s your 10th viewing! Nothing says Christmas like a big man in an Elf costume who thinks heโ€™s an actual elf and nothing says Will Ferrell more than this movie. You can watch โ€œElfโ€ on HBO or purchase it to watch on Amazon Prime.  

Donโ€™t forget about the true Holiday classic films, the childhood favourites that even your family has grown to love. Our list includes the original Home Alone series with Macauley Culkin; โ€œHome Aloneโ€ and โ€œHome Alone 2: Lost in New Yorkโ€.  

Of course, you could go on to watch the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Home Alone movies, but they may not give you the same sentimental feeling  the originals do. All the Home Alone movies can be found on Disney Plus. 

โ€œThe Grinchโ€ is another holiday must-watch. How many times do you think youโ€™ve watched this movie in your life? You really canโ€™t overdo it with this one! If you havenโ€™t yet seen the 2018 iteration of โ€œThe Grinchโ€, the music and comedy make it worth a watch!  

If you havenโ€™t seen โ€œThe Santa Clauseโ€ chronicles, do not walk, run to Disney Plus to watch them. This trilogy consists of the original โ€œThe Santa Clauseโ€, โ€œThe Santa Clause 2โ€, and โ€œSanta Clause 3: The Escape Clauseโ€. The best of Christmas magic is seen in this series. 

Some last, but not least films to add to your holiday movie bucket list, are โ€œChristmas With The Kranksโ€ on Netflix, โ€œThe Polar Bear Expressโ€ on Apple TV, โ€œMiracle on 34th Streetโ€ on Disney+ and โ€œNational Lampoonโ€™s Christmas Vacationโ€ on Netflix. Happy viewing! 


Leave a Reply

Serving the Waterloo campus, The Cord seeks to provide students with relevant, up to date stories. Weโ€™re always interested in having more volunteer writers, photographers and graphic designers.