- It’s the days after Christmas – and we have no idea what date it is, let alone what to watch next on TV
- With half the family keen for the festivities to be over, the rest of us are still fully in Christmas mode
- So how to reach a happy medium? Look no further than Pubity.com’s top rom-com picks…
It’s December 27, and while Christmas is over, it’s not so over that we’re ready to get back to reality just yet.
And as we lose track of the days in the run up to 2025, the most exercise we’re doing is reaching for the remote and deciding what to watch on TV next.
If you’re still feeling Christmassy, but your viewing-mates are ready to take the decorations down, it can be a difficult balancing act in keeping everyone happy.
But we’re here to help – look no further than one of the rom-coms below as your next pick to fill the Christmas-week void…
When Harry Met Sally
Spanning the 11 year friendship between Harry Burns and Sally Albright, this movie actually ends on New Year’s Eve – making it the perfect film for the period between Christmas and 2025.
Addressing the question, ‘Can men and women ever just be friends?’, you’re bound to fall in love with Meg Ryan’s portrayal of Sally, as well as Billy Crystal’s grumpy Harry.
And who can forget that scene, set in Katz’s Delicatessen…
You’ve Got Mail
Another Meg Ryan classic!
Written again by Nora Ephron – the brains behind When Harry Met Sally – Tom Hanks stars opposite Ryan as Joe Fox.
With Ryan playing as Kathleen Kelly, the pair strike up an online relationship via email – but you’ll have to see if they get together in the end!
Bridget Jones’s Diary (and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason… and Bridget Jones’s Baby)
Look, Christmas just isn’t Christmas without watching Bridget at her mother’s annual turkey curry buffet!
But if your viewing partner isn’t feeling festive, the movies encompass all seasons – with the second movie even taking place in part in Thailand.
Now is also a great time to recap on Bridget’s antics – as the fourth movie in the franchise, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, is due to hit theaters in early 2025.
While You Were Sleeping
This could be classed as a Christmas movie – as, like Bridget, the movie starts on December 25.
But While You Were Sleeping also runs over New Year’s Eve – making it, like When Harry Met Sally, the perfect viewing for this in-between period.
Throw in Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman, and you’re onto a winner.
Gilmore Girls
Okay, this one isn’t strictly a movie, but hear us out.
Lorelai and Rory Gilmore’s mother-daughter, best friends relationship is bound to warm even the stoniest of hearts. Throw in a whole host of eccentric characters in their town of Stars Hollow – as well as many, many of their relationship woes – and you’re onto a winner.
It’s impossible not to feel a little festive as Lorelai gushes over the ‘first snow of the season’, but the series is set at all times of the year.
And the best part? There are seven whole seasons to get through – which should keep you going until the new year!
