Take some time out from your hectic holiday schedule and pick up a movie from the rental department at your local store to get you in the mood. Plan a movie night with your family to watch some great holiday classics including:

A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)
Charlie Brown tries to find the true meaning of Christmas. (unrated)

A Christmas Carol (1951) with Alastair Sim
In this classic Dickens’ tale, an old bitter miser is given a chance for redemption when he is haunted by ghosts on Christmas Eve. (unrated)

A Christmas Story (1983) with Peter Billingsley
Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for this 1940s Christmas. (PG)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) with Boris Karloff (animated)
A grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos of Whoville. (unrated)

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) with Jimmy Stewart
An angel helps a compassionate, but despairingly frustrated, businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed. (G)

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) with Chevy Chase
The Griswold family’s plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster. (PG-13)

The Santa Clause (1994) with Tim Allen
When a divorced father inadvertently kills Santa on Christmas Eve, he puts on the red suit to find himself magically recruited to take Santa’s place. (PG)

White Christmas (1954) with Bing Crosby
After leaving the Army after W.W.II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song-and-dance act who end up in a series of romantic mix-ups as they try to help the General. (unrated)

But before you settle down to watch that film, why not make a big bowl of popcorn and a traditional drink to go along with it? Try some easy peppermint hot chocolate: make traditional hot chocolate and add peppermint flavoring or peppermint schnapps for the grown-ups. Garnish with a candy cane for extra flair. Then just turn off the lights, get cozy, and watch an old favorite in the glow of the lights on the Christmas tree.