I have a soft spot for watching the same Christmas movies every year, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. It’s these movies that bring me the most comfort and entertainment during the most wonderful time of the year.

This is the time of year when the best, biggest, and most ambitious movies come out. Not Oscar season, but rather that stretch when the halls of streaming services are decked with the brightly lit, thinly disguised advertisements that are the year’s new Christmas movies.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—snow, gifts, family, and most importantly, cheese. Not the edible kind (though that rules too), but rather good old-fashioned Christmas Movie cheese. There’s a certain kind of Christmas movie,