✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
✦
The Christmas Archives

The North Pole Picture House

Film · Television · Christmas Memories

1990 · 103 min · Chris Columbus

Eight-year-old Kevin is accidentally left behind when his family flies to Paris for Christmas — and defends his house from two burglars.

FunnyAdventurousCosy
Snack
Cheese pizza
Drink
Fizzy lemonade

The Shop Around the Corner

Where to Watch →
1940 · 99 min · Ernst Lubitsch

Two clerks in a Budapest gift shop cannot stand each other — and have no idea they are also anonymous pen pals falling in love.

CosyRomanticNostalgic
Snack
Sugar-dusted shortbread
Drink
Mulled wine

It's a Wonderful Life

Where to Watch →
1946 · 130 min · Frank Capra

A building-and-loan man, shown by an angel what his town would be like without him, rediscovers the weight of a single life.

EmotionalCosyMagical
Snack
Buttered toast and orange juice
Drink
Hot chocolate with cream

Christmas in Connecticut

From the Archives
1945 · 101 min · Peter Godfrey

A food columnist who pretends to be a perfect farmwife must fake an entire country Christmas for her publisher — and a returning soldier.

FunnyCosyNostalgic
Snack
Pancakes with syrup
Drink
Spiced cider
1982 · 26 min · Dianne Jackson

A boy builds a snowman that comes to life at midnight, and together they fly to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.

MagicalEmotionalCosy
Snack
Mince pie
Drink
Warm milk
1988 · 132 min · John McTiernan

A New York cop visits his estranged wife at a Christmas Eve office party that is taken over by terrorists. He is the only one who can stop them.

AdventurousFunny
Snack
Tinned Christmas biscuits
Drink
Whatever is in the fridge
The Picture House

What Should We Watch Tonight?

Answer four small questions. The Picture House will choose.

Who is watching?
What mood?
What era?
How much time?