With eleven days left until Christmas Day arrives, excitement is hitting fever pitch for the most wonderful time of the year.
As families prepare to be reunited and preparations in full swing, Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without watching our favourite festive films.
From the Home Alone films to Elf, to rom-coms like Love Actually and The Holiday, these films have cemented themselves as the most iconic Christmas films.
Here’s where you can stream some of your favourite classics this year…
Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The 1990 classic stars Macaulay Culkin as eight-year-old Kevin McCallister who is accidentally left home alone over Christmas, leaving him to defend his home from a pair of robbers.
A sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was released in 1992 and once again, Kevin is separated on their way to Florida. Instead, he ends up boarding a flight to New York, where he once again comes faces to face with the robbers from the first film.
Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York are available to stream on Disney+
The films starring Macaulay Culkin are fan-favourites over Christmas -Credit:Publicity Picture
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Elf
Christmas day wouldn’t quite be Christmas day without Elf, which released back in 2003 and has become everybody’s favourite.
It stars Will Ferrell as Buddy, a human raised by Santa’s Elves, who learns about his origins and heads to New York City to meet his biological father.
James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Asner and Bob Newhart feature in supporting roles. Elf is available to watch on NOW TV.
Love Actually
Written and directed by Richard Curtis, Love Actually delves into different aspects of love as shown through 10 different stories involving a variety of actors.
It has a stellar cast of actors including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney and Emma Thompson.
Alan Rickman, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon, Rowan Atkinson and Bill Nighy round out the fine list of stars. Love Actually is streaming on NOW TV.
Love Actually stars Hugh Grant and Martine McCutcheon as well as a huge ensemble -Credit:Universal Pictures
The Holiday
Romantic comedies don’t get better than this one and with a cast comprised of Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Jack Black, it was only ever going to be gold.
Two lovelorn women from opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, arrange a home exchange to escape heartbreak during the festive season.
It was filmed in both California and England and featured two romantic tracks running side by side with unlikely connections between the characters. The Holiday is streaming on NOW TV.