Ten Christmas Films To Watch This Holiday Season

As the holiday season is upon us and Christmas is approaching, we are sure everyone is getting into the holiday spirit as much as possible. From wrapping gifts to watching your favorite holiday films, the holidays are always a time of joy. Here Kaleidoscope Pictures gives a short list of some of our personal favorite films to watch this season. What are your top holiday films? Let us know!

Home Alone (1990) - An eight-year-old troublemaker must protect his house from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation.

Main Cast: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, John Heard, etc.

Elf (2003) - After discovering he is a human, a man raised as an elf at the North Pole decides to travel to New York City to locate his real father.

Main Cast: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Mary Steenburgen, Zooey Deschanel, etc.

How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - On the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.

Main Cast: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin, etc.

The Santa Clause (1994) - When a man inadvertently makes Santa fall off of his roof on Christmas Eve, he finds himself magically recruited to take his place.

Main Cast: Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold, Wendy Crewson, Eric Lloyd, David Krumholtz, etc.

A Christmas Story (1983) - In the 1940s, a young boy named Ralphie attempts to convince his parents, his teacher and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect Christmas gift.

Main Cast: Peter Billingsley, Melinda Dillon, Darren McGavin, Scott Schwartz, Ian Petrella, etc.

Die Hard (1988) - An NYPD officer tries to save his wife and several others taken hostage by German terrorists during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.

Main Cast: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason, De’voreaux White, etc.

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) - The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.

Main Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki, John Randolph

Jingle All The Way (1996) - A father vows to get his son a Turbo Man action figure for Christmas. However, every store is sold out of them, and he must travel all over town and compete with everybody else in order to find one.

Main Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, etc.

The Polar Express (2004) - On Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.

Main Cast: Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari, etc.

Love Actually (2003) - Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.

Main Cast: Bill Nighy, Gregor Fisher, Rory MacGregor, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson