FEEL-GOOD FILMS FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

A film that tickles the rib! You've been planning the Christmas break for months. You want it to go smoothly. And then what happens? Cousin Eddie and family unexpectedly show up and everything starts going pear-shaped! Chevy Chase is a comic genius in this screwball comedy that sends up everything that can possibly go wrong during Christmas.
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Trading Places

What is Christmas without a laugh? This hilarious comedy, starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, brings Christmas cheer that's laced with laughter of the belly-aching variety. Lots of gags in a snowy New York; what's more, Aykroyd's rendition of the drunken Santa Claus will leave you in stitches.
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Elf

Elf is a wonderful fun-fest for the family. Will Ferrell plays the orphan who, as a baby, climbed into Santa's sack one Christmas and was then raised by elves. Ferrell is loveable as the man-child who returns to New York to meet his real father and turns the city on its head.
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Scrooged

There have been so many movie versions of Dickens' timeless A Christmas Carol, but Scrooged is a cut above the rest just because its stars the ever-cynical and funny Bill Murray. As a miserly TV executive, Murray is chasing the ratings war until the haunting begins.
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E.T.

Although, strictly speaking, nothing to do with Christmas, no one can deny the feel-good factor of this film as a Boxing Day treat. It warms the cockles of your heart to see the relationship develop between the young Elliot and his bug-eyed friend from outer space.
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The Snowman

Not exactly a film, more an animated short at just 26 minutes long, but is included because it defines all that's enchanting and dreamy about Christmas - flying across the world holding onto the friendliest snowman ever. The signature song Walking in the Air is enough to make us sigh, sit back and give over to the romance of it all.
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