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Christmas and TV go together like turkey and stuffing. When you’re tired of squabbling families and over-full of food, watching festive movies can be the one way to restore a little peace and good will among men. However, Christmas schedules can be a nightmare; the massive TV guide is falling apart as it’s wrenched from hand to hand and, despite the many shows you’d love to watch now you have the time, somehow when you sit down with a glass of mulled wine, there seems to be absolutely nothing decent on.

So, to take the stress from your scheduling and inject a little Christmas calm, LocateTV have produced two indispensible theme pages showing where and when you can watch holiday movies in the next couple of weeks: Christmas Turkeys and Christmas Crackers.

You’ll guess from the titles where we’re going with this. Some obvious classics like It’s A Wonderful Life and Gremlins are always worth a repeat and somehow restore a bit of sparkly spirit however many times you’ve seen them. They’re not all old; the wicked Bad Santa is a worthy recent addition to the ‘crackers’ canon.

However, Christmas is legendarily a time when, out of tradition, habit and brandy-addled sloth, you end up watching movies you’d never dream of wasting time on at any other time of the year. One word for you: Elf. Of course, sometimes watching cringe-worthy ‘turkeys’ makes it feel more like Christmas than any well-crafted film.

What are your Christmas TV traditions? Do you agree with the choices on our lists, or do you think Jingle All The Way is a work of comedy genius? Whatever your preferences, have a harmonious, stress-free holiday with LocateTV.