Winter is the coldest month of the year, so what can you do to entertain yourself while indoors? Christmas movies. Watching Christmas movies is bound to spread joy, whether you’re with your family, friends, or by yourself. Embrace the Christmas season and watch these five Christmas movies. 

How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a great family Christmas movie. The Grinch, who is extremely bitter, grew hatred for Christmas when he was only eight years old. A young girl named Cindy Lou-Who changed his whole perspective on the holiday, and got him to save Christmas. Children and adults everywhere fawn over the Grinch, and look at the movie as a Christmas miracle. 

The Polar Express is a timeless Christmas movie. Most think this movie is only for children, but many adults frequently enjoy it as well. In The Polar Express, kids explore on a train and are faced with many challenges. Through this, they discover the true meaning of Christmas. 

Home Alone is definitely a movie for the family. This movie is filled with blunt humor and sarcastic remarks bound to make everyone laugh. The family in this movie left their son home when going out of town, when their house was burgled. The eight year old boy, Kevin, had to fight off these intruders alone. Kevin let nothing stand in the way of having a pleasant Christmas. 

Elf is the best Christmas movie of all time. Buddy is the elf’s name, who was raised by Santa. He goes back to his original home to find his father and discovers he is kind of a scrooge. Buddy does all in his power to change his point of view. Buddy’s father ends up falling in love with Christmas and becomes a real dad to Buddy. 

Christmas Story is another humorous holiday movie that follows the story of Ralphie Parker. Ralphie has a bully he frequently butts heads with. Ralphie’s Christmas wish is to make it to Christmas with his glasses and his dreams still with him, and not stolen by his bully. This story raises the Christmas spirit and teaches that persistence pays off. 

Christmas movies are by far the best, and easiest Christmas activity to participate in. With many options to choose from, these are the top five. Christmas is about spreading love with holiday spirit and what better way to do that than watching some movies.