{"id":8076,"date":"2021-12-01T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1522549"},"modified":"2021-12-01T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:26:24","slug":"whats-the-best-christmas-film-of-all-time-vote-now","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/whats-the-best-christmas-film-of-all-time-vote-now\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s the best Christmas film of all time? Vote now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 01 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The question as to what\u2019s the best Christmas film of all time is never an easy one to answer \u2013 for every person who believes Frank Capra\u2019s Golden Age classic It\u2019s a Wonderful Life is the unassailable winner, there\u2019s another who reckons The Muppet Christmas Carol is the true number one.<\/p>\n<p>And so, as we head into December and the icy cold weather continues, it\u2019s time to ask <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;skimlinks-unlinked&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"&quot;skimlinks-unlinked&quot;\">readers what your go-to festive favourite is.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve shortlisted a total of 23 films for you to choose from \u2013 the earliest released in 1946 and the latest from just one year ago \u2013 and there\u2019s a fairly wide range of movies in all sorts of genres, so no one should have any trouble finding at least one prized gem they\u2019re happy to go to bat for.<\/p>\n<p>The list includes no fewer than three different versions of A Christmas Carol \u2013 Scrooge from 1951, Bill Murray-starring comedy version Scrooged from 1988, and the Muppets\u2019 take on Dickens\u2019 classic Yuletide yarn from 1992 \u2013 as well as two well-loved romcoms from the mid-\u201900s, a number of family favourites including Elf and Arthur Christmas, and even a couple of highlights from Netflix\u2019s plentiful supply of holiday movies.<\/p> <p>And there are plenty of other treats as well, including a classic Christmas musical in the shape of White Christmas, a beloved Raymond Briggs animation in The Snowman, two films from the Home Alone franchise, and the essential inclusion of Die Hard \u2013 which absolutely <em>is<\/em> a Christmas film.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, our poll was topped by It\u2019s a Wonderful Life, but can something knock it off the top spot this time around? Vote below to have your say.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;riddle_target&quot;\" data-rid-id=\"&quot;355022&quot;\" data-fg=\"&quot;#1486CD&quot;\" data-bg=\"&quot;#FFFFFF&quot;\" style=\"&quot;margin:0\" auto=\"\" data-auto-scroll=\"&quot;false&quot;\" data-auto-scroll-offset=\"&quot;0&quot;\">\n<script src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/files\/js\/embed.js&quot;\"\/><link href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/files\/css\/embed.css&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;stylesheet&quot;\"\/><iframe style=\"&quot;width:100%;height:300px;border:1px\" solid=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.riddle.com\/embed\/a\/355022?&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;autoplay&quot;\" title=\"&quot;Opinion\" poll=\"\" what=\"\" is=\"\" the=\"\" best=\"\" christmas=\"\" movie=\"\" of=\"\" all=\"\" time=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><strong>Looking for something else to watch? 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