Christmas movie marathon

Sit back, relax, and take some time to enjoy a Christmas-themed watch-a-thon. Or maybe just one.

Anyway, take your pick from the below and Meri Kirihimete!

Romantic Christmas

Unapologetically schmaltzy just the way we like them

• Love actually 
• Lovely, still
• Dashing through the snow

Want more? Try one of these Made-for-TV Christmas films.

Historical Christmas

Looking at the real stories behind Christmas traditions and literature

• Saint Nicholas: The real story (55min)
• The man who invented Christmas Dramatising the story behind Dickens' A Christmas Carol

Musical Christmas

Don't fight the Christmas music... embrace it!

• O come all ye faithful: Music of Christmas (45 mins episode of The Great Works of Sacred Music)
• The nutcracker
• Mariah Carey's All I want for Christmas is you

Kid-friendly Christmas

Watchable for kids (and not so terrible as to be unwatchable for everyone else)

• Disney's A Christmas Carol
• Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas
• Home Alone
• The Polar Express
• Arthur Christmas
• Stick man

Streaming video

Short films, so if you don't like them, move onto the next

• The Downfall of Santa Claus (14 mins)
• The Santa Claus brothers (48 mins)
• The Lost Letter (8 mins)
• The Gift of the Magi (20 mins)

Wibbly wobbly timey-wimey Christmas

Christmas means a Doctor Who special... except this year it's not on until 2 January. But why wait, I say.

• Doctor Who: Ten Christmas specials

"Adult themes" Christmas

Movies for people who enjoy some sex, violence and/or bad language with their festive viewing.

• Bad Moms 2
• Bad Santa 2
• Die Hard
• Krampus
• Office Christmas Party
• The night before
• Red Christmas

And if, in the end, you can't be bothered watching any of these. You can just read about them and pretend that you watched them.