Our Top Christmas movies picks
It’s not the Christmas holidays without a few light-hearted Christmas movies to get you in the spirit of things. And if you need a quiet place with free WIFI and Apple to TV to watch them then book a night at Ovolo for some laughs and zen!
Because we know everyone is susceptible to a bit of cheese we’re making it easy for you by including a few. Feel free to blame us when your spouse complains and thank us later.
So here’s our top picks…
Office Christmas Party
When the low performing branch of their business is about to be shut by the CEO, the whole office must come together to host an epic office Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and close a sale that will save their jobs.
Why we love it- At Ovolo we know how to throw an epic party and this juuuust makes sense!
Four Christmases
After flights for their Christmas vacation get cancelled on national TV, a couple who prefer to avoid their families, struggle to visit all four of their divorced parents on Christmas Day.
Why we love it- We love both family and a good vay-cay
Surviving Christmas
A lonely millionaire goes to his childhood home and pays the family living there $250,000 to spend Christmas with him.
Why we love it – sometimes money does buy you happiness.
Serendipity
A man and a woman meet by chance on Christmas Eve, have an amazing connection and let fate bring them together a decade later on the same day.
Why we love it – We love all types of cheese; blue, cheddar, brie, gouda and the type in this movie. Say no more.
The Family Man
A wealthy bachelor wakes up on Christmas to find he’s been transported to an alternate reality with a wife and kids living in a middle-class suburban neighbourhood.
Why we love it – it shows that money is useless unless you have a family to spend it on.
While You Were Sleeping
Lonely transit worker saves her crush, from the path of an oncoming train. At the hospital, while he is in a coma, a misplaced comment causes his family to assume that she is his fiancée. When She doesn’t correct them, they take her into their home and family.
Why we love it – Who doesn’t love to indulge in a little self delusion
The Holiday
Dumped and depressed, an English woman agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky in love Californian woman for a much-needed break. In their new environments, they quickly find what they’ve been looking for.
Why we love it – sometimes you have to get away, to find yourself.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
The follow up to the popular Home Alone movie, Kevin McCallister, mistakenly gets on a flight to New York City alone on Christmas, and books himself into a fancy hotel using his dad’s credit card and his creative way of thinking.
Why we love it – We’re all big kids at heart..