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When winter winds dominate outside our houses during Christmas, the enjoyment alternatives are narrowed down to handful choices. Adding to that you also have endless traffic and some extremely over crowded places. Well there is no need to be sad, for one can always enjoy Christmas in our living rooms with the family watching some great Christmas movies.

We list down some top picks for you to watch this Christmas Eve. So just grab your popcorn and find that favourite spot on the couch!

1. Home Alone

The Home Alone series is based on a kid home alone at Christmas and takes charge to defend his home from burglars in the absence of his family. As it throws you and your family into piles of laughter together, watch out for that seamlessly blends humour, pain and human emotions with a bit of family drama. Yes, get on to it ‘ya filthy animal.’

2. It’s a Wonderful Life

This is one of the ageless classic which keeps on charming people with its steer simplicity and message every time. A must-watch for everyone, ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ restores your faith in the celestial beings if you’re discouraged with life. It’s an inspiring tale of a man who touches so many lives in his town by his good behaviour. This movie isn’t just a Christmas holiday favourite, but a great movie by all standards.

3. Love Actually

This British movie is known to be the ultimate romantic comedy and one of the best Christmas movies. ‘Love Actually’ weaves ten storylines into the fabric of festive movie. It spreads love all around and explores love in different kinds of relationships. The happy endings and nuances of romance and comedy make this movie impossible to ignore while choosing a movie to watch on Christmas.

4. A Christmas Carol

Adapted into numerous cinematic versions from Charles Dickens’ classic novel, it is a tale that is symbolic to Christmas lore. On our list we have put the 2009 version with Jim Carrey. Like all others, Disney succeeds in bringing Scrooge and his cynicism to life in this version as well.

5. Miracle on 34th Street

One of the perennial Christmas favourites, the cynics who refute the existence of Santa Claus should certainly give it a watch. This movie is sentimental and manipulative and comes out to be a solid family feature that makes it difficult to dislike. The movie has been made twice-in 1947 and 1994 for two different generations but it never loses out it blissful Christmas appeal.

So get on with all that visual celebration! Oh. We almost forgot. Merry Christmas! 😀

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December has always been my favorite time of the year. I get a break from the sweltering summers and winter comes like a breath of fresh air (Only the air is way too cold, but that is what makes winters my favorite), the dense fog adds to the mistiness usually associated with Christmas, it’s a time of year end retrospection and Connaught Place becomes the ideal hang out zone to experience the sweetness of new year and shake hands with the people roaming around dressed as Santa.

However, this time around the situation wasn’t the same. Since December 1 the end of the world became the trending topic on Twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites, and to just see your Facebook wall being spammed by “end of the world” posts don’t help. After this Modi gained attention. Everything he did was seen as “enroute Delhi via Gandhinagar. Then, chaos reached its pinnacle. A 23 year old physiotherapist was gang raped and brutally injured by 6 men in a moving bus. Next thing you see, everyone was out on the streets, protesting against the inefficiency of the police and government. The public demanded- either give the rapist capital punishment or something so brutal that makes him suffer for rights. The girl till this time continues to be in a critical condition and is fighting for her life every second.

What I mean to say this, things don’t seem very Christmas-y when you go to Connaught place with your family to celebrate and all you see is police barricades blocking every road. Things don’t seem very festive when you go to India Gate to have ice cream and all you hear are cries of “hang them hang them!” You are in no mood to retrospect on your past year when all you have for conversation topic is the percentage of intestines left in the girl. Yes, this doesn’t seem like new year at all.

But amidst this, I spot one ray of hope. I went to CP on the morning on 25^th December and saw a lady distributing chocolates to some construction workers. That woman, amongst all the negativity, made efforts to spread happiness.

And that’s when I found my spirit of Christmas.

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