10 Romantic Christmas Comedies You Should Watch This Season

Christmas time makes us think of things like; cold nights, hot cocoa, sitting by the fireplace and watching a good movie. Romantic comedies are great to watch alone, with friends, or with someone special. They may make you a little teary -eyed, but they generally boast a happy ending. These romantic comedies all take place during the holiday season, and the general census is that most were enjoyed by both men and women.

The Holiday starring Cameron Diaz, Jack Black, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet is an excellent Christmas movie. The movie is focused around two women living in two different countries and who are each having man troubles. They both want to get away from it all. They decide to trade houses and vacation in each other's home. You have to watch to see what happens to these women while they are away. The cast is great and the story line is something we can all relate too.

The Family Stone is awonderfully funny movie about a son who brings his girl friend home at Christmas time to meet his family. The Family Stone are a bit too outgoing and eccentric for his somewhat uptight girlfriend. She feels disliked and out of place. See the funny things that happen when she desperately tries to fit in. It is an awesome all star cast including; Claire Danes, Diane Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Luke Wilson and more. They are great together and extremely funny. If you have brothers and sisters or wish that you did, then you should watch this movie.

Bridget Jones Diary starring Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant is Hilarious. It is based on a 30 something year old woman who is obsessed with her weight, cigarettes, and her love life. She becomes enamored by her boss Daniel and after an encounter at a Christmas party is unable to get him off her mind. She decides to try to take control of her life by keeping a diary. You have to watch this movie to see what poor Bridget Jones goes through.

The next two movies on my list star Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. Our whole family has watched them over and over again. Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail are both sappy stories about falling in love and living happily ever after, but every once in awhile that's just what you want. In Sleepless in Seattle Meg Ryan falls in love with a man she hears on a radio talk show on Christmas Eve. His son calls the show trying to get his Dad, Tom Hanks, a new wife. When Tom Hanks gets conned into talking, he pours his heart out and Meg Ryan instantly falls in love. It's a great romantic Christmas Comedy. You've Got Mail is about a man and a woman who fall for each other after talking online. The thing they don't realize is that they are business rivals. One is the owner of a mega bookstore chain and the other is the owner of a small local bookstore forced to close by the mega store. You have to watch it to see if they can put love before business.

Another Hugh Grant movie on the list is Love Actually. This movie is about the love lives of eight people in England during the Christmas season. Some of these couples lives overlap with one another and turn into funny and awkward situations. See which relationships are meant to be and which should never be. This is an entertaining and enlightening movie. You may want to watch it more than once.

Serendipity is one of my favorite holiday movies. I love almost anything that stars John Cusack. This is a movie about destiny, fate and true love. A couple meets Christmas shopping for each's significant other in New York City. They are both smitten with each other, but the timing isn't right. They decide that if they are meant to be together, then fate will reunite them when the time is right. You need to rent this movie to see whether or not fate brings them back together.

Christmas in Connecticut is a about the star of a cooking show who has to cook Christmas dinner on live television for a man who has lost his home in a terrible fire. The problem is that she really can't cook. She doesn't want her t.v. viewers to find out and ruin her career. See what happens in this great Christmas comedy.

Elf is one of my family's favorite movies of all time. It doesn't even have to be Christmas time for them to watch it. The cast is hilarious made up of; Will Farrell, Ed Asner, James Caan, Bob Newhart, and Mary Steenburgen. The story is based on an orphan named Buddy who is raised as an elf at the North Pole. He realizes that he doesn't fit in with the other elves. He decides to venture off to NYC to find his birth father, who doesn't even know that Buddy exists. The hysterical adventures that happen to Buddy in the city will have you laughing out loud. Watch the movie to see what relationships Buddy makes during the Christmas season.

It's a Wonderful Life is last but not least. I'm not really surewhether it classifies as a romantic comedy or not. It is about love, Christmas, and does have some funny moments. I figured I'd add it just in case there was someone out there who actually hasn't seen it. It's an all time Christmas classic. The story is about a man who believes that the people around him would be better off if he was dead. An angel comes to show him what life would be like without him. This makes him realizes how many people's lives he's had an impact on over the years. He finally comes to realize that he does have a wonderful life. If you haven't watched this movie, then you should.

Don't wait for a cold, snowy day to snuggle up and watch one of these movies. Any time is a good time to watch a fantastic romantic Christmas comedy.