MILLIONS of us will settle down in front of the telly after our Christmas dinner excesses – and what better time to watch our favourite festive films?
Whether it’s a classic such as Miracle On 34th Street or more modern rivals such as Elf and Polar Express, there are so many to choose from.
But how well do you know them?
Find out whether you’re a quizmas master or a bit snow-flaky by matching these 30 famous film lines to their movie characters.
Questions posed by Josh Saunders.
Answers below
1. ‘Now I have a machine gun, ho, ho, ho’
2. ‘Even though he is odious, stingy, wicked, and unfeeling. And badly dressed’
3. ‘Your name is Rudolph, you’re a freak with a red nose, and no one likes you’
4. ‘It’s Christmas Eve! It’s…it’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we…we cheer a little more’
5. ‘Put the cookie down!’
6. ‘Sex makes everything more complicated. Even not having it, because the not having it…makes it complicated’
7. ‘Santa! Oh my God! Santa, here?! I know him! I know him!’
8. ‘That marker in your mouth, I peed on it!’
9. ‘I am the Wizard of Blizzard!’
10. ‘It’s a cinnamon stick, sir… oh you won’t regret it, sir’
11. ‘Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind…and that’s what’s been changing’
12. ‘What’s this? There’s white things in the air’
13. ‘You do know I don’t actually ski, don’t you?’
14. ‘I’ll just be hanging around the mistletoe, hoping to be kissed’
15. ‘Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings’
16. ‘If I could work my will, every idiot who goes around with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips would be cooked with his own turkey’
17. ‘You can mess with a lot of things. But you can’t mess with kids on Christmas’
18. ‘F*** me, Santa!’
19. ‘We’re floating in the moonlit sky’
20. ‘I know he’s mean and hairy and smelly. His hands might be cold and clammy, but I think he’s actually kinda…sweet’
21. ‘One thing about trains…it doesn’t matter where they’re going’
22. ‘I think what I’ve got is something resembling gumption’
23. ‘I’m going to count to three. There will not be a four’
24. ‘If you’re worried and you can’t sleep, just count your blessings instead of sheep.’
25. ‘I did have an awful premonition that I was gonna f* up on the first day. Oh, p* it!’
26. ‘Why is Mr Maddens such a grumpy grumps?’
27. ‘I can sing, I just choose not to sing. Especially in front of other people’
28. ‘Santa’s having some trouble getting the sled off the ground?’
29. Just because I cannot see it, doesn’t mean I can’t believe it!
30. ‘If you were a melody…I used only the good notes’
1) John McClane (Bruce Willis), Die Hard;
2) Miss Piggy, The Muppets Christmas Carol;
3) Grinch (Jim Carey), How The Grinch Stole Christmas;
4) Frank Cross (Bill Murray), Scrooged;
5) Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Jingle All The Way;
6) Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz), The Holiday;
7) Buddy (Will Ferrell), Elf;
8) Kate Kinkaid (Reese Witherspoon), Four Christmases;
9) Jack Frost (Michael Keaton), Jack Frost;
10) Rufus the jewellery salesman (Rowan Atkinson), Love Actually;
11) Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn), Miracle on 34th Street;
12) Jack Skellington (Danny Elfman), The Nightmare Before Christmas;
13) Sierra Fairchild (Lindsay Lohan), Falling For Christmas;
14) Mia (Heike Makatsch), Love Actually;
15) Zuzu Bailey (Karolyn Grimes), It’s A Wonderful Life;
16) Ebeneezer Scrooge (Michael Caine), The Muppets Christmas Carol;
17) Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), Home Alone 2: Lost In New York;
18) Sue (Lauren Graham) Bad Santa;
19) James, The Snowman;
20) Cindy Lou Who (Taylor Momsen), How The Grinch Stole Christmas;
21) The Conductor (Tom Hanks), The Polar Express;
22) Iris (Kate Winslet), The Holiday;
23) Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), Die Hard;
24) Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby), White Christmas;
25) Natalie (Martine McCutcheon), Love Actually;
26) Mr Poppy (Marc Wootton), Nativity!;
27) Jovie (Zooey Deschanel), Elf;
28) Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn), Fred Claus;
29) Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon), The Nightmare Before Christmas
30) Miles (Jack Black), The Holiday.
