My controversial Christmas opinion? The Holiday is better than Love Actually. IÔÇÖm not even sorry about it.

The Holiday follows Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, who are lonely at Christmas and decide to swap houses for the holidays. ItÔÇÖs your usual festive rom-com ÔÇô they each find their perfect holiday romance. What makes this better than Love Actually? The stories have time to develop, itÔÇÖs not overloaded. Cameron Diaz falls for a widower, which allows her to deal with the impact of her parentsÔÇÖ divorce and her own commitment issues.

However, itÔÇÖs not all about love. Kate WinsletÔÇÖs character helps a grouchy, ageing filmmaker prepare to receive the honorary award he deserves. SheÔÇÖs able to help him find a new lease of life and return to his witty self. ItÔÇÖs along the way that she finds Jack Black, whose personality compliments hers and proves that she doesnÔÇÖt need to keep running into the manipulative man sheÔÇÖs head-over-heels for back in England.

ItÔÇÖs a cosy Christmas film with a white Christmas in the Cotswolds cottage that weÔÇÖve all dreamed of. Not only this, but itÔÇÖs about escaping an unhappy place youÔÇÖre trapped in; itÔÇÖs about doing your own thing. LetÔÇÖs not forget, thereÔÇÖs a really relatable scene where Cameron Diaz gets drunk and sing-shouts Mr. Brightside ÔÇô if that doesnÔÇÖt sell it, I donÔÇÖt know what will.

By Alys Jones