12 days of Christmas: Cheesy Christmas movies on Netflix you have to watch this year
Some Christmas movies are so bad that they’re kind of good. Fortunately for bad Christmas movie lovers, Netflix has plenty to choose from. Here are six cheesy Christmas movies you don’t want to miss.
The Princess Switch
This movie is like The Parent Trap of Christmas movies. Vanessa Hudgens the baker and Vanessa Hudgens the princess switch lives for a few days, fall in love, cause some mayhem, but mostly just feel the Christmas joy. If you watch this movie for anything, watch this movie for Kevin.
The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again
Not often does a sequel live up to the glory of the original, but this movie is definitely an exception. Released just this year, The Princess Switch 2 picks up a few years after the first, introducing a third Vanessa Hudgens character with a bad accent and making you believe in love again. And if you thought Kevin couldn’t get any hotter, wait until you see his sweaters in this one.
Christmas Wedding Planner
Do you love weddings, private investigators and horrible coping mechanisms? Then you’ll love this movie. A wedding planner falls in love with a private investigator/her best friend’s ex-boyfriend, and Joey Fatone owns a restaurant. What else could you want?
The Knight Before Christmas
Another movie that proves that the best Netflix Christmas movies are the Vanessa Hudgens Christmas movies. A medieval knight travels to the future, Vanessa Hudgens hits him with her car and the rest is history. (Get it, history?)
Christmas in the Smokies
This movie has everything: small-town romance, country Christmas music, a hunky yet respectful country singer, strong yet vulnerable female leads, and overbearing parents. I was already crying 17 minutes into this movie.
A Christmas Prince
Some cheesy Christmas movies are so bad that they’re still bad, and this is one of them. But it is essential viewing in order to understand the Netflix Christmas Cinematic Universe. If you’re into royal drama and secret villain plots, this movie might be for you.
Darcy Ritchie is a second-year journalism student at Utah State from Idaho Falls, Idaho. Outside of writing for the Statesman, she loves to DJ for Aggie Radio, eat french bread in the Walmart parking lot, and tweet.
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