Christmas Eve Movies - What's On The Box?

Everyone has their Christmas Eve traditions and whether you take a family trip to midnight mass, meet friends you haven't seen since last Christmas in the old local or desperately try to search for and wrap last minute presents, you will probably flop down in the sitting room for a film. Just for a minute. To rest your poor feet. And eyes. There they are, starting to droop...

Wake up! Here are our top movies on this Christmas Eve.

• Skyfall (2012) - UTV - 8.00 pm

Daniel Craig's third stint sees Bond investigating an attack on MI6 with Adele singing in the background.

• Avengers Assemble (2012) -  RTE One - 8.40pm

All your favourite Marvel superherores gather together to fight off Thor's evil bro Loki.

• The Holiday (2006) - ITV2 - 9.00 pm

Winslet and Diaz switch gaffs for Christmas, with HIGHlarious and heartwarming consequences.

Other must-see movies on today (in our humble opinion) include:

• Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) - RTE One - 3.50pm
• War Horse (2011) - RTE 2 - 7.25pm
• Scrooged (1988) - TV3 - 9.15pm
• Little Women (1994) - BBC 2 - 2.35pm
• The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) - Channel 4 - 4.50pm

Will you have time to chill out with the telly today? What are your favourite movies to watch at this time of year? Let us know in the comments!