'Hello! Canada staff' reveal their favourite holiday movies

Elf
Mike Killingsworth, Senior Editor
@m_killingsworth
"I only got around to seeing the 2003 Will Ferrell flick a few years ago – with the whole family (including parents, pre-teen niece, etc.). Twas fun for the whole family! Plus: Will and love interest Zooey Deschanel sing a memorable version of `Baby It's Cold Outside.'"
Photo: © New Line

A Christmas Story
Kristine Ryall, Photo Editor, @karyall: "My family quotes this movie all year long, and not just, 'You'll shoot your eye out!'"
Photo: © Warner Bros.

White Christmas
Alison Eastwood, Editor-in-Chief, @alisoneastwood: "Feel-good classic. Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye’s banter still makes me giggle. And my sister and I did a mean rendition of “Sisters” a la Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen."
Ally Dean, Fashion & Beauty Editor, @allyedean: "My family watched 'White Christmas' every Christmas Eve. My younger sister and I even mastered the "sister, sister" song and dance sequence, naturally."
Farzin Ghayour, Assistant Photo Editor, @farzinghayour:
"White Christmas was the first ever Christmas movie my family saw when we moved to Canada and it brings back great memories."
Photo: © Paramount Pictures

It's a Wonderful Life
Ava Baccari, Staff Writer, @avabac: "I can't count all the times I’ve seen it but it still makes me teary-eyed. Plus I really feel like I can relate to George Bailey; Clarence is probably the kind of guardian angel I would be sent, too."
Nicole Duplantis, Digital Colour Specialist, @nicoleduplantis: "I watch it every Christmas Eve once the food prepping, gift wrapping and Christmas mass is through. Best warm and sappy (and tragic at times) movie to kick your legs up and sip on a Baileys on the rocks to *fuzzy feelings.*"
Photo: © Paramount

Home Alone
Pat Flynn, Editorial Co-ordinator: "It reminds me of Christmas time when I was a kid …"
Photo: © 20th Century Fox

The Holiday
Erica Cupido, Staff Writer, @ericaec: "It combines travel, romance and a nod to Old Hollywood. When you want to sit down and escape the hustle and bustle of the holidays, there’s no better place to do so than in writer-director Nancy Meyers’s stunning world (every single home or set in her movies is picture-perfect)."
Photo: © Sony Pictures

Everyone Says I Love You
Jessica Pollack, Managing Editor, Digital, @foodfetishist:
"Every year I throw on my favourite Beaver Canoe onesie and cuddle up with my husband to watch Woody Allen's 'Everyone Says I Love You' because what's more holiday than family dysfunction? Plus, Drew Barrymore, Alan Alda, Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Edward Norton, Goldie Hawn, Tim Roth, Liv Tyler, Billy Crudup, Lukas Haas, Gaby Hoffman and Natasha Lyonne? Literally the cast that my dreams are made of."
Photo: © Miramax

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Marko Popovic, Deputy Art Director: "Because it leaves me feeling warm and fuzzy about the holidays."
Photo: © Warner Bros.

Love Actually
Anna Redman, Staff Writer:
"How can you not love this hilarious, feel-good film? My mom and I look forward to watching it every year while eating way too much chocolate!"
Patrick Limgenco, Publishing Application Designer:
"It’s a great feel-good movie, I love seeing more than one character's story. It has love, family, friends and drama - all things I usually experience over the holidays."
Photo: © Universal Pictures

Die Hard
David Lee, Associate Photo Editor, @davidsunlee:
"I forever connect 'Die Hard' to the Christmas holidays. There's nothing really sentimental about it other than it takes place during Christmas and it's a great action movie. Yippee ki-yay!"
Photo: © 20th Century Fox