In the 20 years since Love Actually was released, I've rediscovered a love of Christmas movies.  

Part of me harks back to watching White Christmas with my Grandmother.  Cuddled up on the sofa, sipping proper cocoa made with jersey milk.  It would be so thick you could use it as grout, but it was rich, creamy and made, as with everything my Grandmother did, with love.

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71 = Total Watched To Date
23 = November
48= December​

As the Christmas Movie watching countdown continues, this girl's thoughts turn to what classics I want to watch between Christmas and the New Year, whilst I eat my body weight in chocolate and knit my latest blanket.

​I'm not limiting myself to films for this one, I've a few TV classics that I also want to watch again.

And the Christmas TV line up hasn't been announced yet, so I'll be adding a few more along with suggestions from friends. 

Let's see how good I can make this list.

On the watch list are:

• Joan Hickson Miss Marple (I've got the DVDs)
• Abigail's Party
• The Third Man
• The Maltese Falcon
• Key Largo
• Peter Ustinov's Poirot (Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun)
• The Mirror Cracked (Angela Lansbury Marple)
• Kenneth Branagh's Poirot (Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile)
• Casablanca
• Room with a View
• Skyfall
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Babette's Feast
• The Dressmaker
• Harvey
• Kenneth Branagh's Henry V
• Denial
• Went the Day Well
• David Suchet's Poirot
• Glass Onion - A Knives out mystery (Netflix)

So, I'm trying to watch a Christmas movie each day between now & Christmas. 

​Yes, I want schmaltzy.
Yes, I want corny romance.
Yes, I want Die Hard!

62 = Total Watched To Date

November = 18
​December = 44

The List watched so far:

• Saturday, 19th November - A Castle for Christmas (Netflix) - worth watching it includes knitting
• Sunday, 20th November - Falling for Christmas (Netflix) - Linsey Lohan trying to put on a fitted sheet.
• Sunday, 20th November - A Christmas Prince (Netflix) - the zombie from iZombie meets a prince
• Monday, 21st November - A California Christmas (Netflix)
• Monday, 21st November - A California Christmas : City Lights (Netflix)
• Tuesday, 22nd November - Christmas Under Wraps (Netflix)
• Tuesday, 22nd - Wednesday, 23rd November - Merry Happy Whatever (series Netflix)
• Wednesday, 23rd November - A New York Christmas Wedding (Netflix) - Thought provoking
• Thursday, 24th November - Christmas with You (Netflix) - Lovely to see Freddie Prinze Jr in a recent role
• Friday, 25th November - Return to Christmas Creek (Netflix)
• Sunday, 26th November - The Noel Diary (Netflix)
• Sunday, 27th November - Christmas with a View (Netflix)
• Monday, 28th November - All about Christmas Eve (Prime) - Sliding doors for Xmas
• Monday, 28th November - Fatman (Amazon) - a hitman is sent to take out Santa ... only Santa is Mel Gibson
• Tuesday, 29th November - ​Christmas Cookies (Hallmark)
• Tuesday, 29th November - Christmas in Vienna (Hallmark) - brought back memories of our honeymoon​
• Wednesday, 30th November - Christmas in Evergreen (Hallmark)
• Wednesday, 30th November - Small Town Christmas (Hallmark)
• ​Thursday, 1st December - Christmas in Evergreen, Letters to Santa (Hallmark)
• Thursday, 1st December - A Christmas Chalet (Hallmark)
• ​Friday, 2nd December - Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane - the sheriff from Eureka falls from one of the detectives from Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
• Saturday, 3rd December - ​Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (Apple TV) - Introducing Kevin Bacon!
• Saturday, 3rd December - Noelle (Disney+) - when Santa wants to teach yoga and his sister comes to the rescue
• Saturday, 3rd December - Miracle on 34th Street (Original Version) (Disney+) - Maureen O'Hara looks beautiful in her 40s suit
• Sunday, 4th December - A Timeless Christmas (Hallmark)
• Sunday, 4th December - Shaun the Sheep: The flight before Christmas (Netflix) - what could go wrong trying to get a bigger stocking
• Sunday, 4th December - Starlight by Christmas (Hallmark)
• Monday, 5th December - A Snow Globe Christmas (ITVx) - be careful with those snow globes.
• Monday, 5th December - Our Christmas Love Song (Hallmark)
• Monday, 5th December - A Cookie Cutter Christmas (Amazon) - two school teachers have been rivals since childhood.  I liked this so much last year that I actually bought it to watch this year.
• Monday, 5th December - Christmas Tree Lane (Hallmark) - who would have thought that Alicia Witt would have made so many Christmas movies.
• Tuesday, 6th December - Santa's Secret aka Christmas at Cartwright's (Amazon) - yes, another Alicia Witt film.  I like her!
• Tuesday, 6th December - Christmas Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses (Hallmark)
• Tuesday, 6th December - Hope at Christmas (Hallmark) - starring Tony's undercover love interest from NCIS
• Tuesday, 6th December - Road to Christmas (Hallmark)
• Wednesday, 7th December - Angel Falls Christmas (Netflix) - when angels mess in the business of women and men
• Wednesday, 7th December - A Kindhearted Christmas (Netflix)
• Thursday, 8th December - A Christmas to Remember (Hallmark) Mira Sovino gets amnesia and learns to be kind ... Sound familiar?
• Thursday, 8th December - Spotlight on Christmas (Hallmark)
• Friday, 9th December - A Christmas Melody (Hallmark) Watching even though it has Mariah Carey in it and was even directed by her.
• Saturday, 10th December - The Christmas Club (Hallmark)
• Saturday, 10th December - ​​Christmas in Evergreen Tidings of Joy (Hallmark).  The detective from Psych goes on holiday and finds love.
• Saturday, 10th December - White Christmas (Amazon).  The song, 'White Christmas' was previously a hit in the film Holiday Inn (Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire) but became the central theme of the later White Christmas.
• Sunday, 11th December - Romance at Reindeer Lodge (ITVx)
• Sunday, 11th December - Christmas in Mississippi (ITVx)
• Sunday, 11th December - Christmas at Holly Lodge (Hallmark)
• Monday, 12th December - My Favourite Christmas Tree (Paramount)
• Tuesday, 13th December - Rocky Mountain Christmas (Hallmark)
• Wednesday, 14th December - Christmas Joy (Hallmark)
• Thursday, 15th December - Christmas Connection (Hallmark)
• Friday, 16th December - Christmas in the Air (Hallmark).  One of the FBI agents from without a trace is a toy inventor and falls for the good witch
• Friday, 16th December - I believe in Santa (Netflix). A woman who thinks that the 4th of July is the best holiday meets a guy who thinks that it's Christmas.
• Saturday, 17th December - Christmas in Washington (Paramount)
• Sunday, 18th December - Die Hard (Disney+).  It is a Christmas movie
• Monday, 19th December - The Christmas House (Hallmark)
• Monday, 19th December - A Nashville Country Christmas (Hallmark).  Wyonna Judd reminds all of us that caring for people is essential to a happy Christmas.
• Tuesday, 20th December - Christmas at the Plaza (Hallmark).  Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Simmons finds out that there is a lot to learn about Christmas tree toppers.
• Wednesday, 21st December - Nostalgic Christmas (Hallmark)
• Wednesday, 21st December - Meet Me at Christmas (Hallmark).  The good witch finds the man she shared a magical day with many years ago
• Wednesday, 21st December - ​The Holiday (Amazon).  Still stands up, even after 16 years.
• Thursday, 22nd December - Charming Christmas (Hallmark).  How playing Mrs Claus changes different women's lives, including Dexter's girlfriend
• Thursday, 22nd December  - Love Actually (Amazon).  "It's so much more than a bag"
• Friday, 23rd December - Christmas Confessions (Hallmark)
• Saturday, 24th December - The Nightmare before Christmas (Disney+)

On the list:

• Four Christmases (Amazon)​​
• It's A Wonderful Life (Apple TV)
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (Disney+)
• The Santa Clause (1, 2, 3 and clauses) (Disney+)
• Arthur Christmas (Amazon)
• Christmas with the Kranks (Amazon)
• Christmas Eve (Amazon)​
• Last Christmas (Amazon)
• The Santa Claus (Amazon)
• The Christmas Chronicles 1 & 2 (Amazon)
• A Christmas Candle (Amazon)
• ​The Bishop's Wife (Amazon)
• Godmother (Disney+)
• A Charlie Brown Christmas (Apple TV)
• Sound of Music (Disney)
• Bell, Book & Candle (Amazon)

Tried but failed:

• The man who invented Christmas (Amazon) - found it slow and heavy going
• The Loss Adjuster (Amazon) - watched 20 minutes and still have no idea what is going on
• Spirited (Apple TV) - 20 minutes of fast forwarding through Will Farrell singing. I just gave up.