The holidays are now here, and you know what that means: watching Christmas movies while stuffing yourself with Christmas cookies along with some hot chocolate. If you don’t know which movies to watch this season, here’s a list of seven holiday movies ranked as “the best of all time.”

1. The Polar Express

   

“The Polar Express” captures the magic of motion capture through excitement and cheer. In this movie, a young boy takes a magical train ride to the North Pole and makes amazing friends along the way. In the beginning of the film, he is skeptical about the existence of Santa Claus, but the journey leads him to believe the true spirit of Christmas. “The Polar Express” has been nominated for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for its amazing editing and soundtrack.

2. The Night Before Christmas

Even though this movie is more of a Halloween and Christmas crossover, it still checks off all the requirements for a holiday movie: excitement, cheer, and spirit. Moving from his trick-or-treat dimension to a beautiful Christmas town, Jack Skellington attempts to get the citizens of Halloween Town to experience Christmas. He believes that this is the “right way to live”, even though the citizens have a difficult time adjusting to the holiday lifestyle. Jack also recruits his girlfriend Sally to help him with the task of redoing Halloween Town and changing it to a more lively setting. If you want a more melancholy mood for your movies, this film is perfect for you.

3. Home Alone

The holiday season isn’t the same without watching “Home Alone” at least once. In this movie, a family prepares to visit Paris for Christmas and accidentally leaves young Kevin at home by himself. Kevin’s hilarious antics as he struggles to take care of himself is the best part of the movie. When the Kevin’s entire neighborhood block is compromised due to two ugly, intimidating thieves, Kevin attempts to save his house from being robbed. This heartwarming film is perfect if you and your family are looking for a good laugh.

4. Arthur Christmas

In this beautifully animated film, Santa’s youngest son, Arthur, makes it his goal to deliver a present to the one child who Santa forgot to bring a present to on Christmas Day. Arthur and his team fly Santa’s high-tech ship and go on a daring and venturesome journey to make sure this one child has a Christmas they will remember.

5.The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

Of course, who can forget this holiday classic? If you are a big fan of Dr. Suess, then this movie is the one to watch! In the movie, the audience explores the Grinch’s journey of attempting to ruin Christmas for the excited and cheerful citizens of Whoville. His plan is interrupted when he meets a young Who named Cindy Lou Who, and the two start a beautiful friendship.

6. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

On Christmas Eve, a man named Benjamin Stahlbaum decides to give his three children Louise, Clara, and Fritz the presents his wife had planned to give them before she died. The three children explore their gifts and discover the four realms through clues in the gifts. This movie has fun characters like The Sugar Plum Fairy and Captain Philip. Definitely great names for a Christmas movie like this one.

7. Klaus

In this comedy film, the spoiled son of the Royal Postmaster General is sent to a distant town called Smeerensburg as a punishment. There, he meets a ferryman named Mogens and a teacher named Alva. Little does he know, the woodsman who lives in the town (his name is Klaus. Ironic, right?) is actually Santa Claus.

We hope that you enjoy this holiday season and the break in two weeks! Go Knights!