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There’s nothing more relaxing than settling down to watch a Christmas movie, but which film is the most relaxing? In this research of Christmas films and looking at metrics including wintery snow scenes, calming Christmas songs, relaxing roaring fires and Santa cameos to determine which Christmas films are the most relaxing.
The Most Relaxing Christmas Films
| Films | Overall score |
| The Snowman | 65.3 |
| Elf | 64.5 |
| A Muppets Christmas Carol | 48.2 |
| The Holiday | 41.7 |
| The Santa Clause | 41.5 |
| Miracle on 34th Street | 39.6 |
| The Nightmare Before Christmas | 35.0 |
| The Polar Express | 32.2 |
| Love Actually | 29.8 |
| Home Alone | 28.9 |
| It’s a Wonderful Life | 13.8 |
| How The Grinch Stole Christmas | 9.7 |
| Gremlins | 3.8 |
| Batman Returns | 0.0 |
| Die Hard | 0.0 |
The Snowman
The most relaxing Christmas film is ‘The Snowman’ with the top score of 65.3. The animated film follows a young boy and a snowman on a journey to meet Santa. The film has no dialogue, only a continuous composed orchestral soundtrack with the song ‘Walking In The Air’ as the main theme. The film is uber relaxing due to the use of classical music of which the structure and repetitive tunes create a calming effect on the listener. This is due to the release of dopamine which is the body’s natural happy chemical that improves a person’s mood, and also blocks the release of stress.
Elf
The 2003 film feel-good film ‘Elf’ is the second most relaxing film with an overall score of 64.5. The story follows Buddy, raised among Elves at the North Pole on his search for his biological father. The film is highly enjoyable to watch, due to its many snow scenes (including skating, snow-ball fights and more), Christmas soundtrack and Santa appearances which all contribute to making the film feel good and relaxing.
A Muppets Christmas Carol
In third place with an overall score of 48.2 is ‘A Muppets Christmas Carol’ which follows the classic tale of A Christmas Carol with a muppets twist. The film features a wide selection of Christmas songs as well lots of cute, cuddly animals making the film a hugely relaxing watch this Christmas.
The snowman is definitely relaxing. As is The Polar Express.
Love the Polar Express too. I get the hot chocolate song in my head!
I like watching The Snowman on YouTube. It’s a very warm and relaxing animation. I also like Elf and Muppets Christmas Carol.
Great choices! Love those too.
I didn’t expect to see Batman Returns on the Christmas relaxation list, but I’m glad Die Hard was on there, although it didn’t score well
Yeah, I wasn’t expecting it either!
I definitely think The Snowman is so relaxing. It also brings back childhood memories of watching it before bedtime.
Yes! So many memories of our childhood. It’s such a lovely film.