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How do you pick the greatest Christmas movie of all time? Is it all about prioritising cosy vibes and life lessons or would you want to reward something a bit edgier?
Do you need a gang of hi-tech international thieves chasing a cop in a vest around a skyscraper to make the festive period complete, or will a catch-up of The Holiday do the trick with much less bloodshed?
Because Christmas movies come in all shapes and sizes. In fact, you could apply that to the umpteen movie versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on their own – from the Alastair Sim classic, to Robert Zemeckis’s 2009 adaptation with a mo-cap Jim Carrey as Scrooge, to the Jim Henson favourite where Tiny Tim is a small felt frog.
Even Ingmar Bergman got in on the act, keeping the existential despair to an absolute minimum in his nostalgic cockle-warmer Fanny and Alexander.
But we want to know what London’s favourite Christmas movie is – and we need your help to find out. We’ve narrowed down the field to 12 evergreen classics, festive films of all kinds spanning the merriment scale from straight-up twinkly (The Holiday) to bittersweet (Carol).
Just click on your personal favourite below by December 18 and we’ll tally up the votes and announce London’s favourite Christmas film in the lead-up to the big day. Then everyone has to watch it.
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