Our 6 Favourite Classic Christmas Movies

With only 6 Sundays till Christmas here are our favourite classic Christmas films. Perfect for a cold, rainy afternoon.

This American film is considered one of the greatest films of all time. It stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his dream to help others. His imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel who shows him just how many lives he has touched.

Staring Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn, this story takes place in New York City and focuses on a department store Santa Claus, Kris Kringle, who claims to be the real Santa. The 1994 remake with Richard Attenborough is also a gem!

This American Christmas musical is based upon Victor Herbert’s 1903 operetta and the 1943 film adaption with Laurel and Hardy, but this technicolour, Walt Disney version is our favourite. The music, the toy soldiers, an easy to watch classic..

A musical holiday love story with an all-star cast of Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds and Virginia Dale. This is the seasonal classic that also introduced the idea of a “White Christmas” to the world.

This modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," stars the wonderful Bill Murray as Frank Cross, a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.

The 1994 adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's classic, this coming of age story follows the March sisters as they confront growing pains, financial shortages, family tragedies and romantic rivalries in mid-19th-century Massachusetts. A wonderful cast and a beautiful heartfelt story.