12 Days of Film-mas Christmas movie challenge! Day 1#

So, I guess it's December 8th already... 12 days till' Christmas?! :0 Inspired by Finny's 31 Days of Teen Screams this year I'm doing a 12 days of film-mas, where I'll be watching 12 films (Christmassy of course) in 12 days. 

I'm gonna be real with this one - I have barely watched any Christmas films and I also really do not like Love Actually. On these 12 days I'm gonna try and watch only films I have never seen before, so I can officially say that I have watched the best Christmas movies. To date my favourite Christmas film is Nativity! but this could all change... ok maybe not but I'll see...

Day #1 - The Holiday

this coat... ahhh

I have spent 22 years of my life nearly watching this film and then not. As it's my sister's favourite I thought it would be a good start! It's a classic rom-com and has so many stars in it I can't count lol, it's like every single person in it is famous lol. The premise is simple - two single women swap houses for the holiday season and find themselves falling in love - not with eachother
LOL. All the sets and costumes in the film are adorable - especially Cameron Diaz' afgan coat. The whole film is very cute but kind of hard to keep up with as it keeps switching between story lines, so you don't really get to know the characters properly before, especially as Cameron Diaz and Jude Law's story line gets the most screen time. Personally, the Christmas vibes aren't really all there until you get to the end and are like ohh its a Christmas film but I imagine if you watch it every year it helps get one into the spirit. My mum watched the end of it with me and I much preferred watching it with someone else than on my own - helped with the cozy vibes. 

Christmassy rating: 4/10

Rewatch value: 5/10  

Overall rating: 5/10