These 6 Christmas Movies Always Tug at Our Heartstrings—Grab Your Tissues!
Grab your tissues!
It’s fair to say that the point of a Christmas movie is to bring us joy as opposed to making us cry, but sometimes, the ooey-gooey moments of our favorite holiday flicks hit us in the perfect spot, forcing a tear or two to fall no matter how many times we watch it. Here, take a look at some of our favorite holiday tear-jerkers. Though most of them aren’t inherently sad, we can always count on them to put us in our feelings, even for a scene or two.
Love Actually (2003)
Love Actually made it hard for us to listen to Joni Mitchell the same way again—after all, who can forget the heartbreaking moment in which Emma Thompson discovers her husband, played by Alan Rickman, has purchased a necklace, only to be gifted with a measly CD come Christmas morning? Her devastating realization that he’s involved with another woman gets us in the gut every time, and it’s hard to watch this scene unfold without shedding a tear.
Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
The Grinch is at the center of the beloved tale, but before he was the menacing green grump, his origin story paints him in a much sadder light. While this film is an overall uplifting Christmas classic, we can’t help but feel sorry for the fuzzy little youngster when we watch the way he was treated when he was little.
Home Alone (1990)
We’re not sure why this one gets us the way it does, but there’s something about the adorable young Kevin McCallister that tugs on our heartstrings. Whether it’s how his family members treat him or his sadness at the realization that they might be gone forever, there’s something about this Christmas classic that brings a tear to our eye.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Much like the first film in this series, there’s a melancholic feeling that this movie captures so well—the most prominent instance being the interactions between young Kevin and the pigeon lady in the park. Plus, there’s no scene we love to revisit more than that in which he gifts her one of the turtle doves—only for their moment to be interrupted by his father’s reprimanding over the room service bill.
The Snowman (1982)
This 1982 animated Christmas classic is ultimately a story about loss, but there’s something about the main title song that makes the story all the more nostalgic and gut-wrenching. A boy is taken on an exciting adventure through the night with a snowman he’s built who came to life, but their fleeting friendship concludes when he melts the next morning.
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
When the stress of the holidays has got you down, allow this Christmas classic to put it all into perspective for you. A man down on his luck thinking about ending his life is given the chance to see how the lives of those around him would have been altered had he not been a part of them.
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