It’s not a massively sweeping statement to suggest that the majority of Christmas movies are total turkeys.

Jingle All the Way . Christmas with the Kranks . Fred Claus . Black Xmas .

Really, the purveyors ofꦜ these celluloid sprouts deserve more than a🤪 lump of coal in their stockings.

But what꧟ if we turned to our f෴avourite Christmas jingles for filmic inspiration? We raid the back catalogue and dream up a confection of festive delights...

Last Christmas

The Movie: Twenty-something Sarah (McAdams) is dying. She has a degenerative heart condition that means she probably won’t see another Christma☂s.

Determin🐷ed to make this the best festive season ever, her fia🉐ncé Ryan (Maguire) goes all out.

He invites all of Sarah’s friends and family to a gathering at her parents’ home; the home of Sarah&ꦬrsquo;s childhood. There he hopes to make this,ꦅ her last Christmas, one worthy of her enduring memory.

Then, on Christmas Eve, Ryan goes ahead ܫto help prepare his in-laws'🐬 home for the festivities.

But on th𝄹e way, he gets caugh❀t in a snowdrift and crashes his car into the side of a lorry.

Rushed to hospital, Ryan fights f༺or his✅ life. But his injuries are fatal.

When Sarah hurries to his bedside, the pair share an emotional goodbye, in which Ryan promises Sarah the only thing that he 𒉰has left to give: his💮 heart.

The Cast: Rachel McAdams, Tobey Maguire

Sample Dialogue: “La🐟st Christmas, I gave you my heart...&r꧂dquo;

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