Each year, we all get lost in the magic of Christmas and a major part of the enjoyment of the holidays comes with the vast number of films we get to watch.

Now, more than ever, it seems like there’s a plethora of Christmas movie goodness to get our hands on: Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ have us all spoilt for choice.

The big question is, though, which one is your ultimate favourite? The one you look forward to watching the most, that you need to watch every year to feel appropriately festive. The one, if asked, you would defend in a very (not) serious Christmas film face-off?

Christmas movies are big business, especially in the sentimental stakes, and a well-loved classic has been pitted against the a relatively modern comedy here at Stylist HQ. As Christobel Hastings, Stylist’s entertainment editor, and Morgan Cormack, Stylist’s digital entertainment writer, reveal – Christmas movies are, at the heart of it, all about making us smile.

Read ahead to find out what makes Bridget Jones’s Diary and Four Christmases so special.

Bridget Jones’s Diary versus Four Christmases: 2 Stylist writers battle it out over their favourite festive film