Having a cosy night in?
Image via Pexels.comLet's save ya some mindless flicking through Netflix. The streaming service has a massive amount of content at your fingertips over the festive season.
Here's a breakdown of what to watch, depending what you're in the mood for.
Need a bit of a laugh? Try Single All the Way
Desperate to avoid his family’s judgment about his perpetual single status, Peter convinces his best friend Nick to join him for the holidays and pretend that they're now in a relationship. But when Peter’s mother sets him up on a blind date with her handsome trainer James, the plan goes astray.
Fancy a classic? Love Actually and The Holiday are solid festive favourites.
Love Actually is on Netflix this year! If you haven't watched this one yet, it follows eight couples across London who try to deal with their relationships in very different ways. Expect love, heartbreak, wholesome family moments, weddings and emotions reunions at airports. Here's the trailer:
The Holiday is also on the streaming site and is a great easy-watch. It follows two gals who're fed up of being stuck in relationships with unfaithful men. On a whim, LA-based Amanda and Londoner Iris decide to swap homes for the holidays. However, their lives change unexpectedly when they meet and fall in love with two locals.
Want to watch an Irish creation? Give Angela's Christmas Wish a go.
This short Irish animated film follows a determined Angela who makes a wish to reunite her family in time for Christmas. It features the voices of Lucy O'Connell, Brendan Mullins and Ruth Negga.
Want a rom-com? Watch The Princess Switch 3
When a priceless relic is stolen, Queen Margaret and Princess Stacy enlist the help of Margaret’s audacious look-alike cousin Fiona who teams with a dashing, mysterious man from her past to retrieve it... rekindling the sparks of a tantalizing Christmas romance and resulting in a very unexpected switch.
Holidate is a good choice too for a rom-com...
Fed up being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other’s plutonic plus ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way. Here's a look at the trailer:
Like musicals? Try Robin Robin.
When her egg fortuitously rolls into a rubbish dump, Robin is raised by a loving family of mice. As she grows up, her differences become more apparent. Robin sets off on the heist to end all heists to prove to her family that she can be a really good mouse – but ends up discovering who she really is. Bronte Carmichael, Gillian Anderson and Richard E Grant have all lent their voices to this stop-motion holiday musical special. Check out the trailer:
A bit of a foodie? Try School of Chocolate
Eight top pastry and chocolate professionals are coming to School of Chocolate to take their skills and careers to the next level. Their teacher is world-renowned chocolatier, Amaury Guichon, known globally for creating mind-blowing chocolate showpieces and unbelievable pastries.
