1. White Christmas – Can you really resist crying when all the military men come marching in at the end and the doors are opened and it’s snowing? Not us…We’re getting teary eyed just writing about it (sniff, sniff).

2. Elf – Even if you’re not a Will Ferrell fan, he’ll make you laugh out loud with his kid-trapped-in-an-adult’s-body immature antics in one of his best comedic performances ever. Not to mention we heart co-star Zooey Deschamel.

3. A Christmas Story – In the same vein as Caddyshack, we can pretty much repeat at least 5 – 10 lines from this movie. And let’s be honest, who isn’t hankering for a luscious leg lamp to display in their living room window?!

4. Love, Actually – Not sure which of the relationship vignettes we like best in our chart-topping favorite holiday movie: lonely Liam, honorable Hugh, or cheated Colin, but the Portuguese proposal gets us every time…

5. Home Alone – It’s like Sixteen Candles but sub an adorable Macaulay Culkin for Molly Ringwald and center it around Christmas instead of a birthday and you still have a heartwarming how-could-they-forget-about-me home run.

We know what you’re thinking: How could they forget about It’s a Wonderful Life?!?

We didn’t, it’s just so darn obvious. Yeah, we all love it and it’s a classic. So go knock yourselves out watching it for the one zillionth, seven hundred and eighty-fifth time already, and maybe an angel will get its wings.

Merry friggin’ Christmas.