STILL having trouble deciding on what to buy this Christmas? We have compiled a top 10 DVD list of Christmas classics. Whether its a last minute Christmas present; or a film to watch around the tree, you're bound to find something here.
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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
An angel (Henry Travers) helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman (James Stewart) by showing what life would have been like if he never existed in Frank Capra's beautiful classic.
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalised as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
This Christmas classic was first released in 1947, starring Edmund Gwenn and Maureen O'Hara.
In 1994 audiences were treated to an updated version staring Richard Attenborough and Elizabeth Perkins.
An old miser who makes excuses for his uncaring nature learns real compassion when three ghosts visit him on Christmas Eve.
There are many adaptations of this classic including; this years animated version, Scrooge, Clive Donner’s 1984 and The Muppet Christmas Carol.
A successful song-and-dance team become romantically involved with a sister act and team up to save the failing Vermont inn of their former commanding general.
Staring Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney.
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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
The film chronicles the origins of Santa Claus, who, along with his wife Anya (Judy Cornwell), goes from being a simple working man to becoming an international icon of Christmas.
At the same time, the film also tells a contemporary story in which one of Santa's elves - Patch, sets out to employ Santa's toymaking methods on his own, unaware that he might be ruining the magic of Christmas in the process.
Staring David Huddleston and Dudley Moore.
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely and interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London.
Staring Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson and Emma Thompson.
Guilty pleasure of Free Press Reporter Adele Forrest, here is the famous wedding scene from the hit British film:
Musical adaptation about an orphan who runs away from an orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor.
Staring Ron Moody, Oliver Reed and Mark Lester.
An eight year-old (Macauley Culkin), who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern).
A Christmas classic in every sense, this film is the highest grossing live action comedy film of all time.
Followed by Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
Big budget remake of the classic cartoon about a creature intent on stealing Christmas.
Staring Jim Carrey.
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