WITH just hours to go until the big day, what better way to spend Christmas Eve than with a classic festive film?

We asked you, our readers, what your favourite Christmas movies are.

Here are the top seven festive movies voted for by you.

It’s a Wonderful Life

This 1946 classic black and white movie starting Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed was voted the top Christmas movie of all time.

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Home Alone

There was no doubt that this laugh-out-loud movie would make this list, and was voted second by our readers.

The plot follows Kevin McCallister as he is mistakenly left behind when his family go on holiday - just as a pair of hapless burglars try and break in.

Santa Claus: The Movie

This popular 1985 Christmas movie was voted in third place by our readers, Santa Claus is put in jeopardy when a toy manufacturer attempts to take over Christmas.

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Elf

This silly and funny classic staring Will Ferrell as an overgrown Elf is voted in fourth place by our readers.

Die Hard

This action-packed movie featuring Bruce Willis was voted in fifth place, despite the endless debate around whether or not it qualifies as a Christmas movie when it obviously does.

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Jack Frost

This festive classic is voted in sixth place. After being killed in a car accident a father comes back as a snowman a year later for a chance to put things right before disappearing forever.

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National Lampoons Christmas Vacation

Last on the list in seventh place is this 1989 movie about a big family Christmas that goes wrong and turns into disaster.

Just missing out on the top seven were favourites including A Christmas Carol, Love Actually, Miracle on 34th Street and The Polar Express.